Miss Philippines Is Going Viral For Being Black

Miss Universe Philippines is going viral let's talk about it let's run the clip and our first run up is [Music] K boom Andrew you seen the clips Andrew Chelsea Manolo here here is the title it reads Miss Universe Philippines crowns first black Filipino winner black Filipino model Chelsea Manolo makes history as she's crowned Miss Universe Philippines Andrew some people say she is a front runner to potentially win the whole thing in Mexico woo guys we got to talk about it cuz we're going to be covering the top seven comments because there was a lot of comments from people from the Philippines and people outside of the Philippines but we're going to analyze the comments you let us know what you think in the comments down below please hit that like button and check out other episodes of the hop hop boys we also got the super thanks button right there below plus you know in the Philippines we do battle you our beauty pageants quite a bit uh that is true guys Miss Philippines they always go viral and get talked about for some reason let me just say this Chelsea Manolo is incredibly gorgeous she's fine she's hot but let's take a look at who she beat out in the field Andrew the number one uh front runner for the internal Miss Philippines that she won Andrew was Attis Manolo oh interestingly enough I don't think she's related okay yeah I guess Manolo is a pretty common last name uh number two was christe number three was Victoria number four was Chelsea and number five was Chris and a lot of people were saying Andrew that Miss Philippines traditionally have almost looked like haa but more like Filipino mixed with white right they've always looked kind of mixed I guess even though we know that the Philippines is a very mixed place that's kind of the sentiment in a lot of these comments but anyways basically at this point Chelsea Manolo shout out to her she will be now competing in the larger Miss Universe to represent the Philippines the Philippines Miss Universe was pulling Filipino contestants from all over the globe to see who would compete on behalf of the Philippines right in the international Global competition right and I think that this really opens up a really interesting discussion about colonialism colorism is it changing now because obviously uh just people are more I guess more diverse and more open and getting away from the old days right I mean I mean all different shades are representing all different countries now so you know every almost every country is to an extent an immigrant country on some level more than they were yes obviously not to the level of the new world in America um Andrew in Japan they had a je uh Japanese Miss Universe Ariana mamoto yeah I mean and let's be honest guys a lot of the Miss universes are often times is mixed because I don't know either people find them the most beautiful maybe they also come from those circles like their social status or their family comes from those Elite circles where they would get into this kind of stuff early on or for whatever reason usually it's white I just think that you want it it's messed up to say but it's like if you're going to compete in a global competition sometimes your phenotype if you just take 100% local native person it doesn't seem as competitive on a global scale right because everybody's gonna be bringing like people from Latin countries that are already ancient mix for like hundreds years I think it's just weird that whether you're from the Philippines or Latin America then like the beauty queen Miss Universe looks similar usually well they all look like Barbies they all look like Barbies but with a different ethnic twist yeah they all look onethird barbie actually uh or AI generated but in a gorgeous way uh Crystal K Andrew was a popular half black half Japanese pop star in Japan for a long time L Jing was uh on China's Next Top supermodel as a half black half Chinese contestant Apple to app is from the Philippines Andrew her is also a half black half Filipino um so a lot of people were basically were talking about how this is a break from the classic pattern of more white passing Filipino uh beauty pageant winners um so yeah it's a big change because it is true that for uh Chelsea Manolo Andre a lot of the global modeling campaigns that she's been in she plays as a black model like that's uh she's been in like black black beauty or like uh you know different ad campaigns for different companies right um so anyway let's just get into the first comment it says finally not white this is a win against colonialism I mean I guess what do you think it is if there was like let's just say for example let's analyze the last 20 years of Miss Philippines winners and they've definitely been either lighter skinned Filipinos or half white themselves is it a big change for one to be half black uh I mean I think it's cool I think it's cool that uh you know traditionally It's usually the white features that are valued more but I mean here I mean dude Manolo is fire like I don't know any guy who would you know not want to marry her you know what I mean so I guess like I think it's good I think it's good I mean she has pretty dark skin so and uh I don't know like I she looks almost like some just African girls I've seen like her eyes are a little bit more Asian but you know if you've ever met black people who end up having a little bit more Asian eyes you know they usually get an Asian nickname growing up because they look the most Asian out of their friend group even though they're full black yes it's like that well some black people were in the comment section wondering if she was guane or Trinidadian or something like that like anyway moving on to number two um this is a comment that you saw from more white people why do we have to mention that she's black and the first one why can't we just celebrate her achievements without mentioning the racial component you mean without mentioning her mix yeah I mean no the fact that it it was a break from the pattern right right right I mean I do think that they are going to give her a boost for breaking the pattern you know for the agenda of you know pushing more diverse Miss universes and stuff like that so I think there is a little bit of that for sure the political game but uh I don't know but maybe it's good too because like if all the winners were all half Spanish or half Italian for like 50 years I mean they got a break from it right right um Point number three somebody said how come there's still no full Filipino uh no full Filipino beauty queens but I'm happy for this is more from the Philippines yeah I mean listen if there's no full Filipino first of all a lot of Filipinos we know are mixed but yes it does seem like a lot of these women right here on this picture right of these contestants definitely mixed yeah they're definitely mixed with something whether it's uh Latino some European blood or black you know blood so I'm saying like at the end of the day I guess this is just something that the Philippines would figure out like if the Philippines or this uh organization that puts this on doesn't really mind then that's on them right like I don't know like obviously whiteness and like being Tanner or darker skinn in the Philippines has always been a conversation right because it's always been a colonized place so of course there's always that conversation but I guess is it more comparable to a Latin American country country where there's such a wide spectrum of looks that are legitimately Filipino because it's not I guess as homogeneous yeah I mean dude if you looked at this Miss Philippines list it looks like some of them are appear to be like some of the girls seem to be Arab some of them seem to be more Asian some of them seem Latino some some look like Indian like two of them two of them are mixed black you know I would say the ones that looked the most Filipino to me in like what I grew up with was 15 18 19 and 20 I know but then that's also just basing it on what we know is Filipino and if all these women are either from the Philippines or of Filipino parents I mean of course them being mixed is going to make them look different but Filipinos is a mixed place right right right Point number four somebody said one little token win is not going to change centuries of programming or colonized thinking yeah I mean I think it it could be a start though and especially for the older generation it goes to show you that the younger generation is just more Media Matters like what if she starts dating like the most famous Filipino actor or something like that you know that's going to change things and then now if she starts dating Jordan Clarkson then that would be the best that if she started dating Jordan Clarkston actually I feel like no that be the the black Filipino take she would have to yeah that would be the black Filipino power couple but I'm saying that really she would need to for it to matter in the Philippines and make an impact is that she needs to date like the top Filipino actor in the Philippines like a Filipino male celebrity and then they need to have a family and now their bloodline is part black right right right you're saying like the one of the HOA guys or something like that sure Point number five can she be as just as Filipino as she is black so basically there was three different people asking this with three different agendas some white people were asking this why and of course this is like a white black beef right but then some Filipinos were asking how come in the media they're just calling her black well can she also be Filipino so some Filipino people asking that and then I looked on the blazion Reddit and even the blazion Reddit was kind of like ah man I feel like my Asian side is also always downplayed by the media too so I'm saying that these are three different people wondering why the Western media is positioning her as black but obviously for different reasons I mean I guess it's because I don't know is it just because she was black passing I don't know Point number six Andrew somebody said the native Filipinos themselves were black and this turned into a gigantic debate yeah yeah yeah I've heard this obviously this the B the debate pointing out like the uh Filipinos in the mountains like the AAS NEOS um they appear to be more black now here's my question I'm not a DNA expert but I do know this that people visually can look more similar and they're not necessarily that connected right right like there's people there's Asian people who I know are 0% European but they have more European features it's just because we associate those features with European blood but you can in fact have Western features without being of European blood yes I mean long story short I mean I don't want to get into it because people are going to be like a who made you the expert I just did some research basically at homo erectus which is like one of the transition points between like a essentially like a neanderthal and like a human Asians sort of split off and they have like that's why you can have somebody who looks Inu and in Japan who looks white and somebody who looks ITA and the Philippines that looks black but they're still all Asian genetically right right but they just look like they could be white or black so anyway that that's just me based off DNA research anyway guys ultimately I'll tell you this I am happy for Chelsea Manolo I'm really glad she won I hope she wins the whole thing in Mexico because it is a cool story about like what transracialism oh yeah you know what I mean yeah and I mean hey hey shout out to her dad the who raised her he's he looks like a chenoy yeah he looks like a Chinese Filipino guy anyways guys uh let us know in the comments down below what you think about all this I mean I think it is true the Philippines being such a mixed place over time is there some sense that the native Filipino look is not getting as much attention and not getting on as much as they should be I mean I would agree probably not you know but uh either way I'm happy for her cuz she's breaking just whatever was usually happens and you know anytime that happens that is cool to see so it helps to have a one in 100 million gorgeous Barbie look oh my God she is she's chela manala anyways guys let us know in the comments down below what you think and until next time we out peace