Miss Gay Philippines, the country’s biggest and most prestigious gay pageant in the Philippines was held on March 17, 2009 at the Music Museum.

The pageant, now on its 30th year, awarded five major titles:

• Miss GP Universe
• Miss GP World
• Miss GP Earth
• Miss GP International
• Miss GP Asian Pacific

This year, 22 candidates vied for the crowns but Boom Reyes (from Bohol) emerged victorious and became Miss Gay Philippines 2009! She will be competing  in the Miss Queen International Pageant in Thailand in October.

Watch this video clip from GMA7’s Chika Minute after the jump:
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I arrived home quite later than usual yesterday morning and decided to tidy up my apartment a bit.  I used to listen to early morning radio shows after work but ever since I got myself a television set (and then later on a boyfriend who’s now an ex – in case you didn’t know).  There’s a lot of early morning radio “talk shows” nowadays and I actually love listening to them.  I don’t know why, but I was on a radio station surfing roll yesterday and what did I hear from almost all of them? Something to do with penises!  I’m not complaining!

89.9 Magic’s “Goodtimes with Mo” had a urologist for a guest and they were talking about, well… wangs!
90.7 Love Radio’s Chris Tsuper and Nicole Hiyala were talking about CHUPA being a non-offensive, non-bastos word in Zamboanga
93.1 Monster’s Chico and Delamar had some listeneres contributing “Abot Pusod” and the like to their top 10 list of (odd, or something) romantic movies

I didn’t get a chance to listen to 91.5 Energy FM’s Mr. Fu anymore since I fell asleep before his boardwork started. Meganon!

So yeah, penises and wangs and CHUPA in the morning are fun!

I know this is kind of late, but we just wanted to share with you (for those who haven’t heard of the news yet… I mean, where have you been hiding?) the new Rustom Padilla: Bebe Gandanghari or BEBE for short (Bebe also means Be all you want to Be!”). (watch the Startalk interview here)

We can only surmise that ever since he came out on the reality TV show Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition, he has gone through so many things in his life – and we were all witnesses to some of them. One of them was when he surprised everyone at the Urian Awards last year when he entered the stage (to present an award) dressed in women’s clothes.

Recently, he came out on national television and announced that Rustom Padilla is now “dead” and he is now called Bebe Gandanghari. We knew this time was gonna come after he announced a few months ago that he did not need permission from anyone to wear women’s clothes. Also, he said in an interview in October of 2008 that the reason why he was dressed in women’s clothes was that he was doing a character study to prepare for his one-(wo)man show at the Music Museum this February.

So do you think Bebe Gandang Hari will stay for long or is this just a publicity stunt for his show? I don’t know. One thing I know is that he’s brave enough to face the consequences of his actions. Ganda mo ‘teh!

This Saturday, November 15, all eyes down south are on Dumaguete as Hari ng Negros presents:

“Legends of Sugarlandia – The Hari ng Negros Body Paint and Tribal Fashion Show” co presented by Fashion TV.

This promises to be another hot and sizzling event so if you’re in Dumaguete City, somewhere near Dumaguete City, or can fly to Dumaguete City this Saturday, go now and see the Legends of Sugarlandia!

For tickets please call or text 09173140114. This promises to be one incredible show that will surely go to the extremes.

For mor information, you can visit the Hari ng Negros blog or their Friendster account!

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You’ve seen Dingdong Dantes for Belo. You’ve seen Katrina Halili for Belo… But you aint seen nothing yet!

The Belo Medical Group has recently launched its new website (along with other promos) and boy is it beautiful!

The site now is more interactive and easier to navigate.  The website also has some new pages of interest including Featured Bloggers (of which Bakla Ako is one!), Patient Stories, Recent News, Media Features, and a Gallery! Not only that, when you enter the website, you will see Hayden Kho and Katrina Halili like you’ve never seen them before! Wanna know what I’m talking about? Click here to find out!

Oh and if you’re looking for the scandal video of Hayden Kho and Katrina Halili… it’s not here. It could be here.

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Tumba-lata, piko-flag, piko-tae, chinese garter, tubig-tubiganay, takyan and shatong. These games were the games I grew up playing.  They may sound a little familiar to some of you because they are familiar to you, only thing is, these games are named in my local Cebuanong Davao language.  In Tagalog, they’re called Tumbang Preso, Piko, Another version of piko, Chinese garter, patintero, sipa and shato, respectively.

These were the games I used to play as a kid and these games were the coolest things in the world for the children of my generation. I rarely see kids nowadays playing these games, thanks (or no thanks) to the wonderful world of PSPs, Nintendos, Playstations, and Online RPGs. I still think that the physical outdoor games I used to play as a kid are the best games for kids. Oh, those were the days.

Recently though, I was able to revisit my childhood by playing these games at Bonifacio High Street. Thanks to Havaianas and their Havaianas Playback, I was able to go back to my childhood. Havaianas Playback was a way of giving old-school, street gamers like myself, the chance to play the games that made us the champs and then pass the torch to the next generation.

While playing, I suddenly remembered how competitive I was (still am)! I made sure that I won and received the perfect points in every game I played.

I played Chinese Garter first and secured the perfect score by doing a cartwheel on the last level!

Photo by Noemi Dado

Another view by Byahilo.com

Then off I went to try my luck at Piko. The piko I grew up with had several versions and they are not as easy as the one I have played here in Manila in my younger years.  The Havaianas Piko was a Read the rest of this entry »

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Here’s the schedule (which I got from DhonJason’s Runway2Reality Blog) of the Philippine Fashion Week Spring Summer 2009 shows. (Schedules may change without prior notice)

Can anyone score me invites to any show (or all shows), pretty please? Thanks! lol.

PHILIPPINE FASHION WEEK Spring Summer 2009 Show Schedule

October 22, 2008, Wednesday

THE OPENING NIGHT
5:30PM
AT THE SMX CONVENTION CENTER FUNCTION ROOM 4-
THE COLLECTION SHOW OF FREDERICK PERALTA
7:30PM

AT THE SMX CONVENTION CENTER FUNCTION ROOM 4-
THE PREMIER COLLECTION A
FEATURING Jeffrey Rogador ,Jerome Lorico , Pia Gladys Perey and Ralph Ng
9:30PM
AT THE SMX CONVENTION CENTER FUNCTION ROOM 4-

Proceed to MyGandaAko.com for the complete Philippine Fashion Week Spring Summer 2009 Schedule

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Rustom Padilla at the Urian Awards (Photo courtesy of James Samaniego)

Out Filipino gay actor Rustom Padilla recently stole the scene at the 31st Gawad Urian last October 1 after going onstage as a presenter, dressed in a women’s clothes. Rustom, who won the Best Actor award last year, surprised many people as he went onstage dressed as Binibining Gandang Hari – a character he will be playing in a one-man show at the Music Museum in February.

In an interview with TV show Startalk, Rustom explained that he was dressed as a woman as a part of his preparations for his upcoming show.  He adds that he doesn’t need permission from anyone for him to be able to wear women’s clothes.

Rustom adds, in an interview with Chika Minute, that he finds it very interesting and very challenging to play this role.  He even had to study ballet!  When asked if there’s a difference between the character he is playing and the real-life Rustom, he quipped: Read the rest of this entry »