Imperialist Beauty Standards Rule in the Philippines

Yet another mestiza takes a beauty crown

May 10, 2017

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By: Isabel Taylor Escoda

Once again Western standards of beauty are on display in Asia, with beauty contest officials inevitably picking a mestiza to be Miss Universe Philippines 2017. Rachel Peters' father is British, her mother a Filipina. Last year's Miss Universe was Pia Wurtzbach, who had a German father. A former Miss Cebu, Raine Baljac, had a Croa…

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