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[Uncle Bob] Why are Filipinos crazy about beauty pageants?
Five centuries of interracial procreation, large families, and a population of about 120 million – one of the 15 largest in the world – have produced a steady supply of tall, English-speaking beauty contestants from the village to the international level
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