Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Tuesday said she is prepared to contest the 4th place finish of Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup in the recently-concluded Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. "I'm going to file a protest if possible... if there's a legal remedy I don't think that it might be taken as lacking in sportsmanship," Santiago told reporters in an interview on Tuesday. Supsup was the third runner-up in the pageant while Leila Lopes of Angola was crowned the 60th Miss Universe on Tuesday. Aside from Supsup, the others who are part of Lopes' entourage are:
Miss Ukraine Olesya Stefanko (1st runner-up); Miss Brazil Priscila Machado (2nd runner-up); and Miss China Luo Zilin (4th runner up). Santiago, however, said she thought the contest would be between Miss Ukraine and Miss Philippines. "As it turns out neither one made the top two positons which shows that I'm better as a senator than as a beauty consultant I imagine... but I thought that she did very well," she said. Not sour-graping Santiago said her comment about Supsup's fourth place finish may sound like she is sour-graping or saying negative things about something one cannot have. However, Santiago insists that she is not sour-graping because she thinks the decision "may have been partly political." She said the judges might have wanted "somebody from Portugal or thereabouts in that region" to win because Asians have supposedly been winining beauty contests for a while. "Sometimes you can't discount these possibilities. They all deserve to win, except that I'm very disappointed because I thought that our contestant was an ideal candidate that represented the best of the Filipina," she said. Commendation from Vice President Binay Meanwhile, Vice President Jejomar Binay commended Supsup for her victory in the pageant. "Her representation of the beauty of the Filipino people in the pageant adds to our national pride, and her victory serves to solidify our status as a beautiful country rich in natural resources, and populated by hospitable, beautiful and intelligent people," he said. "From here on, the enormous responsibility of being the face of the Philippines is placed upon her. I hope that she shall bear this with the grace and fortitude characteristic of the Filipina," he added. - VVP, GMA News 
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