May pari, pageant winner, businessman, etc… BEA ROSE, UMAMING PAULIT-ULIT MINOLESTIYA NG IBA'T I

Janice DS Navida / SHOWBIZ SPECIAL

MATAPOS magsalita ang ilang kandidata ng Miss Earth 2018 kaugnay ng diumano’y sexual harassment na ginawa sa kanila ng isang sponsor ng nasabing beauty pageant, isa-isa na ring lumulutang ngayon ang ilang beauty queens natin para magpatotoong nang­yayari talaga ang mga ganitong eksena hindi lang sa patimpalak sa kagandahan.

Una nang nag-tweet si Mariel de Leon ng… “Sexual harassment in pageantry is real.”

Pero mas nakakawindang ang rebelasyon ni Miss International 2013 Bea Rose Santiago sa kanyang Facebook account nu’ng Linggo (Nov. 11) kung saan isiniwalat niya ang paulit-ulit na sexual harassment na pinagdaanan mula sa kamay ng iba’t ibang kalalakihan.

Panimula ni Bea Rose, “Se­xual Harassment IS REAL. NOT JUST IN PAGEANTS BUT EVERYWHERE!

“I was molested when I was a child by a priest. He is still prea­ching somewhere in Masbate.

“I was told “Why are you born too late!’ or ‘Sus, sayang ka, Bea, kong (read: kung) napanga­­nak ka lang mas maaga’ by a pag­eant guy winner. I WAS 12 YEARS OLD AND HE WAS 21.”

Bukod sa pari at sa pageant guy winner, nabiktima rin daw siya ng isang kilalang negosyante.

Patuloy niya, “I was once touched inappropriately by a well-known businessman. This guy is a well-known CEO of a big company (companies pa nga, eh). He even organized parties for girls who didn’t win with his friends (I think “hoping” they stopped it).

“The next time I met him I was a candidate and the organizers were there to see things thoroughly. He couldn’t interact with us because the chairwoman was present and so as the chaperones. - still he was talking nonsense to us.”

Kahit daw sa linya ng trabaho ay na-harass siya.

Dagdag niyang kuwento, “I was working when I posed with a middle aged man (I had a feeling he was a perv) so I put both my hands behind me. He still managed to “accidentally swing his hand touching my behind.”

Nangyayari raw talaga ang sexual harassment at kahit saang propesyon ay may mga ‘manyak’ o ‘pervert’.

Sabi pa ni Bea Rose sa FB post niya, nagi-guilty siya na ngayon lang nagsasalita at hindi nagsampa ng reklamo noon o pumalag sa nang-harass sa kanya, pero sana raw, makatulong sa mga susunod na beauty queens ang pagbabahagi niyang ito ng kanyang karanasan.

Aminado rin siyang natakot noon at pagtatapos niya sa kanyang post, “I am honestly really scared to speak up. I hope I won’t regret this.”