Aug 21, 2012

So how come Miss Philippines' Queenierich Rehman didn't win the Talent?


Miss Philippines Queenierich Rehman received an standing ovation for her not-your-typical talent choice for a beauty pageant. Her beatboxing performance was said to be the first of its kind in the long history of Miss World pageant. Miss Philippines' video performance during the Miss World 2012 Talent Finals has gone viral online. (Video Captured: live.wsj.com/video)

..all of the contestants have been overshadowed by Miss World Philippines, Quenerich Rehman, who has gone viral with her beatboxing performance of “Teach Me How to Dougie” and other hip-hop songs. Definitely not something you’d see at the Miss Universe pageant.
-Miss World Pageant: What in the world is it?
washingtonpost.com/blogs
The Philippines' Miss World 2012 contestant Quenerich Rehman amazes the audience with an unusual beauty pageant performance.
-Miss Philippines Shows Off Her Beatboxing Skills
Wall Street Journal
Miss Philippines has surprised observers at the Miss World 2012 pageant with her hidden talents. The teasing introduction - "the first ever performance of this type in this world" - gave little away. The 23-year-old Queenierich Rehman took to the stage to show off beatboxing skills and it was quite an impressive performance..
-Miss World 2012: Miss Philippines Shows off Beat-Boxing Skills
International Business Times
A video of the 23-year-old Las PiƱas City beauty’s beatboxing performance—said to be the first of its kind in the history of the long-running pageant—during the recently held Miss World Talent Finals Night in China has gone viral online, earning considerable mention from various no-nonsense foreign publications.
-PHL’s Miss World Bet Wows The World With Beatboxing PerformanceManila Bulletin
The results of the 2012 Miss World pageant won't be announced until Saturday, but anyone who's seen footage of one contestant beatboxing onstage during the talent portion of the competition can agree: Miss Philippines has already won the title of "Miss Buzzworthy" It's a perfectly lovely and very typical pageant performance -- until the beat is dropped, straight from the contestant's mouth.
-Beat-boxing beauty queen wows Miss World judges
CBC News
We’ll say one thing for Queenierich Rehman: she can sure drop a beat. During the talent segment of the Miss World 2012 competition, Miss Philippines strode out on stage in an evening dress and began singing — but that was only a prelude to some serious funkiness. The 23-year-old then proceded to bust out some serious beat-boxing, ’80s style, while singing and air-record scratching for good measure.
-The Philippines’ Beat-Boxing Miss World Contestant
TIME
When it comes to the talent portion of beauty pageants, the typical menu of items includes singing, dancing, playing a musical instrument and the occasional death-defying stunt (blazing fire batons, anyone?). Then there is Queenierich Rehman, the Filipina pageant contestant who may singlehandedly make talent acts cool with her wildly impressive skillz (yes, skillz with a z). For the talent portion of Miss World 2012, currently happening in China, Rehman sang... and beatboxed. At the same time. And girl is one hell of a beatboxer.
-Queenierich Rehman, Philippines' Miss World 2012 Contestant, Beatboxes
The Huffington Post
Miss Philippines Queenierich Rehman made crowd go wild as she took on hits by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Usher. She put on the unconventional performance during last week’s Talent round where competitors are encouraged to show something special on stage, a requirement which Miss Rehman definitely fulfilled.
-Miss Philippines beauty queen competitor reveals secret talent and stuns audience with awesome beatbox routine
Daily Mail

So how come Miss Philippines' Queenierich Rehman didn't win the Talent? Everyone thought it was a given.

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