No Truth About Oprah Winfrey's Statement Regarding Miss Universe 2011 Results

The moderator of Oprah.com has denied that the Queen of Talk, Oprah Winfrey, ever issued a statement regarding the results of the Miss Universe 2011 pageant held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on September 12th (13th in Manila).

Rumors about the alleged statement circulated on the internet a few hours after Angola's Leila Lopes won the crown. According to the statement, Oprah wasn't satisfied with the results of the pageant and that Philippines' Shamcey Supsup should have won.

The alleged statement read: “I have reservations with the results. If the only basis is the Q and A portion, after having been trimmed down to 5, Ms. Philippines deserved to win. What made her different from the rest is that she had no seconds to rethink of her answer as she had no interpreter to break the ice. The rest had their interpreters and having breaks on seconds to think about their answers. Hands down, Ms. Philippines answered straight to the point.”

To verify if the statement was true, a Filipino asked Oprah (through her website) about it. The website's moderator responded with this statement: "There is no truth to the statement. Ms. Winfrey has not made any comments of this nature. thank you for asking."

Majority have been doubtful about the authenticity of this statement, by the way, since there are no videos or the likes to support it considering that it was allegedly said over an interview with NBC News.

Shamcey Supsup, on the other hand, is happy with the results of the pageant, and happy with her 4th place finish. Who wouldn't be? She battled it out with 88 other girls from all over the world and ended up in the 4th spot!

I should say that we Pinoys shouldn't be bitter about it at all. We're 5th last year with Venus Raj, 4th this year with Shamcey Supsup... Who knows what our next year's representative would bring back home?

Related stories:
- Oprah Winfrey: "Philippines Deserved to Win"
- Philippines is 3rd Runner-Up; Angola Wins Miss Universe 2011

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