A REAL "Precious" GEM!

Alvis "hit the nail in the head" when he said-

"Alam ninyo na nanalo ang Pilipinas sa Ms. International! But what was most memorable about this event was the way our candidate LARA "Precious" QUIGAMAN answered a sarcastic and seemingly negative question about the Filipinos.

Sana lahat ng mga kababayan natin ganito ang attitude."

What Alvis was saying was how our very own Miss International 2005 candidate answered the question thrown to her -

"What do you say to the people of the world who have typecasted Filipinos as nannies?"

to which she retorted in a most dignified and straight forward manner -

"I take no offence on being typecasted as a nanny.

But i do take offence that the educated people of the world have somehow denigrated the true sense and meaning of what a nanny is.

Let me tell you what she (the FILIPINA) is.

She is someone who gives more than she takes. She is someone you trust to look after the very people most precious to you - your child, the elderly, yourself. She is the one who has made a living out of caring and loving other people.

So to those who have typecasted us as nannies, thank you.

It is a testament to the loving and caring culture of the Filipino people; And for that, I am forever proud and grateful of my roots and culture."

WHAT A BABE!