Duterte Praises Kylie: Filipinas Are Beautiful
Duterte Praises Kylie Verzosa – Upon winning the Miss International 2016 pageant, President Rodrigo Duterte praised Kylie Verzosa because, like other Filipinas, ‘she is beautiful’.
In a report by PhilStar, Duterte said that Verzosa has given bragging rights for Filipinos to say that Filipinas are indeed beautiful. But, the President added that she’s unlike those who were from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR).
“Of course, I am happy. I am always happy if our beautiful women win titles. Simply because they are Filipinos, but all of you from the Commission on Human Rights, you are all pangit (ugly),” Duterte said as quoted in the report.
In earlier reports, the CHR has been having ‘bad blo0d’ long before with Duterte as well as Senator Leila De Lima who also became a former chairman of the Commission and Etta Rosales.
In the report, both the officials have called the attention of the President regarding the alleged extrajudicial kil1ings and human rights violations.
It added that Duterte has congratulated Verzosa when she was crowned Ms. International 2016 and hoped to do it personally. Duterte was just coming home in the Philippines when Verzosa won.
“Mabuhay … I’d like to meet her just to congratulate her personally,” the President said.
Even the Vice Mayor Edgardo Bilog of the city praised Verzosa for her “beauty, intelligence, and hard work coming into play, her crown is a fitting reward.”
Now, the report added that the Vice Mayor is drafting a resolution honoring the beauty queen, who, according to Bilog, is a role model to the youth of Baguio City.
Meanwhile, the new Ms. International was a native of Baguio City who went to the Ateneo de Manila University and graduated with a degree in Business Management.
Last 2015, the Philippines won the Miss Universe crown with Pia Wurtzbach, the third Ms. Universe title of the