Jan 072014
 
Sharon Cuneta (MNS Photo)

Sharon Cuneta (MNS Photo)

Sharon Cuneta has had enough of the “obscene, painful words” she has been receiving on Twitter, saying she has decided to leave the micro-blogging site.

Early this week, the 47-year-old actress posted a series of tweets directed at those “hiding behind anonymity, enjoying a very false sense of power” and asked her followers to understand her decision to take a break.

“I know you’ll understand if I do not use Twitter for some time and just go back to living my happy life with those who truly love me and who deserve my love,” she said.

Cuneta noted her achievements in showbiz, saying she doesn’t deserve the kind of ridicule she gets from some netizens.

“How easily people forget that I once maybe made them, or their mom, or someone they love, happy. The awards, the box-office queen trophies, the top-rating shows and #1 singles and albums. How easily they forget.

“I hope they remember more than any contribution I have made to my beloved industry the way I lived my life, raised my daughter with only the help of my parents and friends, how good of a daughter I have been. And how much I loved my public. Maybe they’ll even remember how very much they loved me,” she said.

Cuneta has already taken a break from Twitter last September, citing the need to rest from all the “meanness of people, the intrigues and questions.”

The earlier decision came after Cuneta drew flak for congratulating Megan Young for becoming the first Filipino to be crowned Miss World, while stressing that, at least for her, actress Ruffa Gutierrez has “already won the crown.” (MNS)

Oct 302013
 
Ms. World 2013 Megan Young Pays Courtesy Call on Philippine Consul General

Consul General Maria Hellen Barber De La Vega with Ms. World 2013 Megan Young. Los Angeles, 28 October 2013 – Ms. World 2013, Megan Young paid a courtesy call on Consul General Maria Hellen Barber De La Vega at the Philippine Consulate General on 25 October 2013. Ms. Young was accompanied by Miss World Events Director Steve Douglas. In their discussion with Consul General Maria Hellen Barber De La Vega, they informed that Miss World, aside from being a beauty pageant, is a platform for young women in making a difference. As Ms. World, Megan will be travelling to 40 countries. She will be involved with charity projects such as fund raising for Haiti and fund-raising for ventilator machines for the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and the Tuloy Foundation in Alabang, Philippines headed by Father Rocky Evangelista. Tuloy Foundation started years ago with only 12 children from the streets and presently has over 900 children in their compound. The Tuloy Foundation has built a gymnasium and a church and providing education for children, aside from housing 200 to 300 children. Ms Young was born in Alexandria, Virginia of a Filipina mother and American father. She moved to the Philippines when she was a child. She went to school in the Philippines and pursued a career in show business. Ms. World 2013, Megan Young at the Philippine Consulate General (L-R) Consul Charmaine Serna-Chua, Deputy Consul General Daniel Espiritu, Ms. Megan Young, Consul General De La Vega, Consul Marlowe Miranda, Vice Consul Read More …

Oct 182013
 
Senate commends Megan Young for winning Miss World title

Newly crowned Miss World Megan Young of the Philippines, smiles after winning the Miss World contest, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. (MNS photo) MANILA  (Mabuhay) – The Senate on Monday commended beauty queen and actress Megan Young for winning the Miss World 2013 title. Young attended the Senate session on Monday afternoon wearing a sparkling white terno and her blue crown to receive the commendation. In sponsoring Senate Resolution 272, Senator Grace Poe praised Young for showing Filipina simplicity to the world. “Tunay nga bilang isang Pilipina, ang pinakamaningning sa kanya [Young] ang pagiging simple ngunit nagmamarkang pagka-Pilipina,” Poe said during the session. After Poe’s speech, Young ascended the Senate rostrum to receive her commendation and to have a photo opportunity with senators. Last September 28, Young won the first ever Miss World crown for the Philippines, besting 126 candidates from all over the globe. (MNS)