Skinless mags for the masses

So I was browsing at a Booksale branch yesterday and noticed that the guy mags occupy a whole shelf now. Aside from the FHMs of the world, Gear, Details and what have you, nagkalat na rin pati non-hetero oriented mags. At a booksale, and at convenience stores ha. FHM is like all over the place, and people talk about it in FX cabs over rush hour traffic.

Anyhow, I saw this Latino FHM-esque magazine. What caught me was the name: Open your eyes, Or Oye, for short. And those who know me, all three or four of you, would know that Open your eyes is for me synonymous with that horrible film Vanilla Sky and Abre los Ojos, and the even more horrible partnership of Cruise and Cruz. Aside: I wonder why the people behind Oye just didn't call their mag "Alo" for abre los ojos? So Oye is for the Latino guys, and I don't really know all the women featured in it aside from Alicia Machado, who won the Miss Universe title several years ago and nearly lost the crown because she was allegedly overweight. And beauty titlists, and Misses of the Universes should never have more than 3% body fat. Yeah right.

I realized how much out of touch I was with my beauty contest knowledge. I haven't watched any of the Miss U pageants recently. I cannot name them now. But it was like I was being haunted by them. Last week, I was in a cafe in Malate, in the area where Pride Exchange is. PEx also carries videos with them. A whole wall dedicated to the Miss Universe contest, with each year's Miss Venezuela highlighted. What is it with Venezuela? Why do they keep coming out with all those Barbie doll contestants? My friend and I were amazed at the sheer effort that went into that collection. I mean, who among us mortals knew the name of Miss Universe 1963, and what the final question was right? Who cares if you knew the right witty answer to "If you had the choice, will you be fire or water?"