Miss Indonesia Qory Sandioriva’s Interview in Miss Universe 2010

Being a woman, what piece of advice would you give to a man?

I think that when you downed the women can make you up and(s) I think that women can be said they I have advice for you that (em) if you way up you have to be nice to people (ex) (e) include women so when you downed women can be [clap] nice with you.

What is the best gift you have ever received?

The best gift somebody ever given to me is the one(d) box but (e) the character is is not a good or beautiful but it’s it it have a sounds a beautiful sounds that makes me love music.

I love music now and (um) now I’m a singer and I’m study at a singer for jazz (um) for classical and of course for pop.

That is (e) makes me know what I want to do.

That makes me know what I love it what that makes me know (um) what jobs or what kind (e) activity that I love it. [clap]

What is the worst date you have ever been on?

In one restaurant and that is the day is that I know she (eh) he is a playboy so (eh) he he have a three girlfriend like (e) include me. But before that I know that they have (e) more than one one hundred girlfriend [small laugh].

It’s very bad but I know but it’s the good is now he always care for me care not be a best friend for me and he always protect me don’t please Qory don’t like me, don’t don’t don’t same like me, you you are a nice girl, you are-

So he never touch me like a you know like a playboy but (um) he always (um) make comfortable in beside her and (um) yeah it’s very bad bad [small laugh] bad day but (um) he inspiring me to be a tough woman.

-transcribed by hub-

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UPDATE

(due to certain developments, I am obliged to add something blue to my previously planned writing)

From the above paragraphs, what do you see?

If you see a beautiful dumb girl speaking in broken English humiliating our beloved country, then I suggest you bear these things in mind:

- Qory Sandioriva is barely 19 years old. I can’t remember of achieving something special now when I am in my 27th year, let alone when I was in the same age, which I believe is also the case with A LOT of people.

- Miss Universe is the largest beauty pageant in the world. You can imagine how intensely nerve-wrecking it is, being judged from every possible angle and at every second without a break. I doubt anyone can handle that.

So if you’re going to say something pointless, baseless, and unnecessarily harsh, please think it over. It’s just drop dead idiotic and rude.

Now, let’s get on with it.

First, language problems.

The first thing that came to mind when I first saw the video on Youtube was of course, her broken English. I thought it was bad.
From the comments, however, I could see that some people still tried to defend her by supporting bahasa Indonesia and regarding English as not that big of a deal.

I can see the logic behind their defense. Besides, English is only a language among tens of thousands of languages in the world, right?

Well, actually no. I deeply believe that English IS the language of the world, or at least, world affairs. It is the language most used internationally.
So, on a world stage, I think that a proper use of English is appropriate.
I don’t know what caused Qory Sandioriva to fall to such a disaster (she basically spoke bahasa Indonesia using English words). I can only assume, considering she is after all the winner of Putri Indonesia 2009 and supposed to be fluent in English, she was deeply stressed and nervous.

So if that was the case, why hadn’t she used an interpreter?

Now that remains a mystery to me. The organization that sent her had to know the competition’s suffocating atmosphere and how it could break anyone, and Miss Mexico won even though she used one. So why not using an interpreter?
I guess we may never know.

But, the thing that I find more interesting is the rude comments posted on Youtube by fellow Indonesians themselves. Some of them were written in English, and, as you may have guessed, most of which were equally troubled.
So now basically, you’ve got someone with broken English on one side, and her own countrymen with the exact same problem insulting her mercilessly on the other side.

Now, isn’t that just plainly… sad?

Especially when you’re considering the fact that Qory Sandioriva was on the face of recording cameras and intimidating judges at the time, while the commenting people were on the safe protection of their quarters.

But I guess that’s just how Indonesians are. We insult easy targets to make us feel better.

Second, her very answers.

Some people think that had she used an interpreter, her answers would have been better.
I think they probably would, but not much. To tell you the truth, the ideas behind her answers were not that good.

On the first question (being a woman, what piece of advice would you give to a man?), she basically answered, “Please treat us (women) kindly, because when you feel down we can comfort you, and if you don’t, we won’t.”

Now, what kind of an answer is that? She implied that women’s role were only to comfort men, and that they should be respected according to the sad role. I sense a lot of feminists will be offended by this statement. The fact that the competition was held in a country that supported feminism only made it worse.

On the third question (what is the worst date you have ever been on?), she mentioned a relationship with a man who had had 100 girlfriends before her and how he was basically a nice guy who always supported her. I can’t say anything other than her answer was politically incorrect. Again, in a competition which is held in a country that tried to support women, you can’t say good things about such a degenerate man. It will be more tactical to show that you are a tough woman regardless of what any man has done to you.

So, I totally get the people who cried for a better representative for Indonesia, someone who has better ideas that will fit nicely to how westerners think, someone who has a real chance of winning.
Even though, after giving it another thought, Qory Sandioriva was actually the perfect representative for Indonesia. Based on my personal experience, the ideas she shared through her answers correspond nicely with the ideas people have right here, especially surrounding feminism, don’t they?


Well, in the end I just want to say that despite everything, she has tried her best to stand for Indonesia in a suffocating nerve-wrecking environment, a feat that I believe not many of us ever did.
So be gentle and keep that in my mind when you put out your own criticism.