Are you satisfied with Shamcey's answer?

i am not satisfied if what you mean is it conforms to what i believe should be the answer. there is something missing, and something in the answer that should have not included. but i am satisfied with the way she handles herself during the Q & A portion. she handled it with confidence. it maybe true that she stood to what she believes, or it can also be that she is smart enough to give a safe answer. but overall, her take in the Q & A is satisfactory.

I don't know about you but I respect if you didn't like her answer. You have your own opinion too. But as for me, her answer was an answer without sugar coating, brave and boldly said and it stands out among 88 contestants. You just can't please everyone. Shamcey stands for what she believes. Why be ashamed of being a christian??? why live in the standards of others? Be brave about it, be bold. Her character speaks well for that answer, she is intelligent, didn't even paused to think what to answer, neither use an interpreter for that. We should be happy for that, she is a winner after all even if she was a runner up. Sometimes, people just think they can do better than others. They don't know that there is also pressure when you stand up in front of many people watching on live television. I am proud she answered that question well, congratulations to my kababayan Shamcey Supsup!

Her answer is a very intelligent answer. This is an answer that comes from a person who has strong faith and will never ever trade her faith for anything. I don't really know what kind of faith she has but her faithfulness to her faith is admirable and very honorable thing. So, I found nothing wrong with the answer of Shamcey. It is a very smart answer.

I have no clue who Shamcey is (I assume someone on one of those godawfule "newest star" kind of things) but I must say it's lovely to see religious intolerance and bigotry being given a public voice... (That's sarcasm, by the way.) More seriously, she has the right to free speech and she exercised it. The fact that she's closed-minded and intolerant, with a real "holier-than-thou" attitude is probably a good reason for her not to win anything. At least she's honest.

I am not satisfied as well because it was not only her last sentence that is misleading but her first answer which is "I will not marry the person that I love". In the first place she was only asked about changing her religious belief not if she is going to marry the person she loves if she needs to change her religion. The answer of "I will not marry" is kinda unnecessary, judges wouldn't care about it if she wants to marry that person or not but then again the point is if she is going to change her religious belief. Either if she has answered it in YES or NO then explain her reason maybe she will be able to bring home the crown. Another thing that she mentioned is that God is the first person that she love where in fact God is not a person but the only one almighty. She could have said that God is her first one that she love. And lastly the word "love her God too" has a repercussion and the right term there must be "respect her religious belief or respect her God too". That is why there are other people who have been thinking that her answer was selfish. Aside from that it was not direct to the point. The repercussion that she wants her boyfriend to love her God too sounds like she has her own God, she is imposing that her boyfriend must be converted to the same religion as hers which is it already happened, she wouldn't care to her boyfriend's religion or even religious belief. To think that judges are came from another countries and yet they have different religious beliefs. Speed, accuracy, choices of words, and being direct to the point answers are really included in judges criteria. It is not about pleasing them but we must have the understanding of the main point of idea. Aside from that it is part of challenge to test your confidence, intelligence, sincerity and conviction. And you see our fellowman judge Lea Salonga rank her as 2nd in Q and A where in fact she can put that on 1st if she likes Shamcey's answer in 100%. Meaning she must be more satisfied with other candidate's answer which I think it was Ms. Angola.

From what I see, it is her personal answer to the question. By deduction, she answered according to the context of that question and her religious belief. It is her prerogative to answer the question in such a way pleasing to her not necessarily gaining the approval of everybody. Granted that she indeed face a situation the question presented, would it be sensible to question her why she would not marry a person not sharing her religious belief? Everyone knows that she has the prerogative to decide on that matter and no perfect stranger is in the position to question that. Also, her answer if analyzed doesn't make a categorical statement that her God is the only "real" God. The question was really not about who is the true God or has the true God. It was a situational question about "what will she do" and not about "if her God is true." It is reasonable then to think then that her answer would be according to the question's phraseology. By the way, I am not lawyering for her and as far as religion is concerned, we are different. I'm only stating in my answer that although there are certain things that doesn't please us with regards to personal viewpoints or beliefs about a certain matter, still, a personal autonomy is inviolable.

For me not so because how about if you love that person personally it is good to change a religion so that you became united.

Her answer is correct and in accordance with the bible.. GOD.. from the very beginning command that His chosen people must not marry other people who do not belong to His chosen ones.. why? God also told the reason why.. They would lead you to worship other Gods other than Him. Do you believe that there is only ONE true religion which God have chosen? Everyone should start looking for it now..

That answer is very subject and it depends on one's principles and beliefs in life. I don't think it has a right or wrong answer at all. In fact i would have answered it differently from her too. She only answered according to what she believes in. Like what Jenni Epperson said, her answer is very controversial and is subject to criticism. I would have answered it like this: I would choose the man i love. I have God, religion sucks. And that is what i believe and that is my opinion. There's no right or wrong answer to that question.

Personally, I don't think that religion should be an issue when you're in love with someone. I am not religious and I would not care at all what the woman's religion was. She could follow her thing and I will not follow any. Thats the problem with religion, people take it way to personal. And, think of this way, there are so many religions, how does anyone know which one is true. Me, I don't believe in any of them. I feel that religion as a whole is evil because it causes not only arguments, but it causes wars. Love is unconditional and has no rules or laws. It is the strongest emotion we know. Just be with the Person you love. Remember, you're not marrying a religion, you would be marrying a human being.

I think she answered just right because she answered what was true to her heart. To stick to your convictions and with what you believe in such as faith under immense pressure is very admirable, who knows, maybe to Shamcey this is more important than the crown

you hit the nail on its head, very true.... because she only admit that her God and my God and everybody's God are all different... why giving up your God and receive her God and in fact they are all the same God... by combining two different religion's strong points, i think it makes you more closer to our universal God (and not by giving up your own religion for her religion)

I'm not sure who Shamcey is, but I think her answer is acceptable. When you think about it, you can't just change your religion so easily. Changing your religion isn't something as simple as changing your clothes, or your hair color. Following a religion is about devotion. You shouldn't call yourself a believer of a religion if you don't truly believe in it. For example, let's say you have a Christian woman who wants to marry a Jewish man. If she truly believes Jesus was the Son of God, she can't be expected to change her religious beliefs and call herself Jewish. I don't think you're right about if she loves the man she would love his God. That isn't so. You can love someone but that doesn't mean you have to love everything about them, or everything that they believe. Personally, I wouldn't want to get too romantically involved with someone who doesn't have the same religious beliefs as I have. But if I were to fall in love with someone who follows a different religion, I still wouldn't change my religious beliefs.

though i was not able to watch the pageant, I was so impressed with her answer. She is a God-fearing person, we have to respect her identity. For me, she's the winner!

I believe that we only have one GOD and it only varies on the way we worship him that's why there are religions. I am not satisfied with her answer because for me that was a cliche. I believe that GOD wants us to be happy by all means, if we will change our religious belief to marry the man we love, I know that he will still loves us because our belief and faith in him will never change. The most important for GOD is our faith in him.

Why they inserted a question that could turn controversial, and then they also have a question that is routine to any beauty contests, simply astounds me. We really cannot blame Shamcey for her answer. That is her religious conviction. You may not agree with her stand, but she was raised like that so nobody, not even a beauty contest can chance what she believes overnight. My opinion is that these kind of questions should be filtered out, because it is a Catch 22 for the contestant. (Catch 22 means damn if you did, darn if you dont). Some probably wants Shamcey to surgarcoat her answer, a.k.a lie, just to win the sympathy of the judges. I call that sleazy. She stood by her belief and I admire her for that. I still think Shamcey should have won the title as she really deserves it. But majority of the judges already have their own predetermined choices.

Actually I liked her answer. It's very straight to the point and it's based on her own opinion. Everyone may vary or answer differently but then, most Filipinos are known for their strong religious belief. I think this point was clearly expressed by Shamcey when she answered the question :) Congrats to her :)

I dont think Shamcey wasn't able to get the Ms Universe Crown because of her answer because there could be other factors they have considered from among the finalists. There was no right and wrong answer to the pageant's questions provided the candidate can strongly support or give emphasis to her answer. In Shamcey's case, I dont think she gave a wrong answer, it just happened that her answer was not the favored answer the judges wanted to have.I myself have considered positively her answer because we have the same religious beliefs and affiliation. You know, in beauty pageant competitions, the candidate must not only possess beauty and brains but her destiny as well.

I admire Shamcey and I am 100% satisfied with her answer to the question during the Ms. Universe pageant. She is indeed beauty and brains. She showed her steadfast faith in God. Although it is but common for beauty pageant to raise this kind of question that involves love and religion but I guess Shamcey was able to answer it well. If I am the judge who asked this question I would give a high rating to that answer. God and love is synonymous so I don't even think that this would be a problem if a person is truly in love. For love learns to compromise. If I were in the same situation, I would give the same answer that she has.

There's nothing wrong with her answer. It is her owen thinking and her answer shows her strong belief in her God.