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Ex-Miss Earth PH Imelda Schweighart, now a singer, says she hates K-pop

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/tvpatrol/11/23/imelda-schweighart.jpg"/><figcaption>Former Miss Earth Philippines Imelda Schweighart is now a singer. Here&#x27;s the cover art for one of her singles, &quot;Bubba Luva,&quot; under the stage name Imelda.</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Former Miss Philippines Earth Imelda Schweighart did not hold back in expressing her dislike for K-pop as she encouraged her fellow Filipinos to embrace their own culture through music.</p><p>Schweighart, who is now a singer under the stage name Imelda, made the statement in a series of Facebook posts on Monday.</p><p>She began with a short and straightforward statement: &quot;I hate K-pop.&quot;</p><p>In another post, she wrote: &quot;Filipinos are losing their identity trying to be like Koreans. Konting pride, please?&quot;</p><p>&quot;Di hamak na mas magaling namang mag-English mga Pinoy kesa Korean. Kala ko ba Chinese nananakop? I think we&#x27;re getting it wrong. Lagi na lang tayong sinasakop,&quot; she ended.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/imee.schweighart.79/posts/1853921148092434" data-width="auto"> </div><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/imee.schweighart.79/posts/1853939898090559" data-width="auto"> </div><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/imee.schweighart.79/posts/1853942544756961" data-width="auto"> </div><p>In the comments section, a Facebook user told Schweighart that K-pop is a &quot;worldwide phenomenon&quot; and listening to the said genre &quot;does not make us less of a Filipino.&quot;</p><p>The former beauty queen, in response, reiterated that Filipinos &quot;should have our own identity as a culture and nation than losing ourselves into trends.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Instead of seeing it in a way where they make hit charts therefore we should patronize, see it in a way where we deserve to make it as Filipinos and don&#x27;t sleep on how talented we are,&quot; she explained.</p><p>&quot;Haven&#x27;t you seen the oppression and slavery on Korean artists? The processes and suffering for entertainment,&quot; she claimed. &quot;I&#x27;m not sure if anyone can identify to them but if anyone could, it&#x27;s imagining what you could look like after heavy plastic surgery. It&#x27;s altering the children&#x27;s minds to alter how they look... and it&#x27;s carving the next generation&#x27;s minds... Insecurity is what they sell. They are not promoting self-love.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I want to see us carve our own lane, promote self-love, acceptance for shapes and sizes without too much compromise and sacrifice as entertainers. Diversity, for once!&quot;</p><p>Schweighart earlier referred to herself as an &quot;independent artist,&quot; and described her music as having a &quot;tribal sound.&quot;</p><p>Her singles, such as &quot;Power Trip,&quot; &quot;Bubba Luva,&quot; and &quot;Super Wave,&quot; are available on Spotify.</p><div><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="380" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/artist/4oEhLoaLoDM2VWNAmiwV6J" width="300"></iframe></div><p>Schweighart made headlines in 2016 when she relinquished her crown as Miss Philippines Earth, following her controversial statements as the country&#x27;s representative in the pageant.</p><p>Related video:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/geDY_mWb7dc?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>"Filipinos are losing their identity trying to be like Koreans. Konting pride, please?"</p>

"Filipinos are losing their identity trying to be like Koreans. Konting pride, please?"