What’s your mix?

Posted on June 1, 2012 by CVS

Each one of us comes from a different lineage. My maternal grandmother—believe it or not—was blonde and blue-eyed, of German-American-Spanish descent. She’s the one on the right.

She loved to travel with my paternal grandmother (dark hair and eyes) on the left.

This is me. Obviously I look more like my Filipino lola.

In their latest ad campaign, Bayo celebrates everyone’s uniqueness, whatever your mix is.
Just like their collection, Bayo and encourages you to mix and match their pieces and create a style that is you.

What about you? What’s your mix?

http://www.bayo.com.ph/

http://twitter.com/kaminokami Cami 카미 カミ

What I find completely idiotic is that the models are just Filipino. They either have no or little mix of another ethnicity. (I know this because my sister is a model and knows the models on the ad. She told me about it and laughed that they used 100% Filipino women, making their point of the ad useless)

This is an example of colonial mentality that Filipino only when mixed is good. Filipino alone is nothing special.

Although Bayo’s idea is great to mix and match. Mixing and Matching Filipino.? So the point is, only if you’re mixed are you anything special.? Dude. Wow.

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jewelballerina

I’m 50% Pilipino, 50% Diyosa.

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Drifter4h0b0

I’m 50% bisaya, 50% ilocana = 100% bisacol

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efriend

Advocacy gone wrong! The Glutamax ad implies that whiter and clearer skin means “kutis mayaman” and nobody complains. They even chose that crappy endorser (Gretchen Baretto) which made it more offensive to our taste. And here is a BAYO ad that celebrates our diversity and some people complain. What’s happening in this country?

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Poging Pinoy

Bayo’s “What Your Mix?” is an attractive ad for me. Read the message, use your common sense; it never emphasized in anyway that being pure Filipino is ugly or anything inferior. Optimism people!

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magman8523

I’m 50% Spanish, 50% Chinese, 50% Filipino.
150% kumbaga. LOL

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Jude-Lopez-Mancuyas/672309086 Jude Lopez Mancuyas

Im 80% Filipino and 20% Lechon Fat.

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CVS Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 12:54 AM
lol

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nicojr2005

I’m sure those who are overreacting about this being racist were all shouting their support for Jessica Sanchez of AI because she is 50% FIlipino.

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Meg
Twitter: briandelro
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June 8th, 2012 at 8:03 PM
i think it’s racist, and i don’t watch american idol. i also think “Pinoy pride” is stupid.

Your argument is invalid.

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Katrina

We have Spanish surnames, not necessarily Spanish ancestors. Most Pinoys are Malays. Those of Spanish descent are a minority.

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CVS Reply:
June 6th, 2012 at 11:41 AM
true

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http://twitter.com/juliotronic julio jose malantic

hmmm… parang dapat ata 50%whatever race the father is and 50% whatever race the mother is = 100% Filipino

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http://scatterbrainadventures.blogspot.com Rae

Honestly, people seem to see this as racist, and I don’t understand why. Many pinoys have become overly race-sensitive these days. That in itself IS RACIST in my opinion.

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http://www.facebook.com/philip1718 John Philip Yu

Looks like this is for girls only. Anyway, I’ll still post. Im 50% chinese, 25% korean, 25% filipino

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Meg
Twitter: briandelro
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June 8th, 2012 at 8:03 PM
who cares?

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Judealday

My neighbor’s name here in NJ is also Deepa.

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http://profile.yahoo.com/HDFNOZKGH5YYOB6JYTZAIDUBPQ Donna

Ms.C! OMG! You have an AMAZZZIIIiiiiinnnggg CAMERA! Love it!

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Kellyn see

did those leaf tables survive? (i kind of want it) hehehehe

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CVS Reply:
June 2nd, 2012 at 12:56 AM
haha. cool no?

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http://twitter.com/zfiledh Zel

Not sure of the percentage, but I do know that there’s Spanish + Chinese blood from Mom’s side of the family and Filipino + Chinese from Dad’s side. One of my older sisters look European, two siblings are morena/moreno, and the rest (3) of us are singkit.

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Katrina Atienza

My mom’s Spanish, third generation born and raised in the Philippines, but originally from Santander (although they say one of my lolo’s grandmothers was Italian.) My dad’s Ilonggo with Chinese and Spanish blood too. Ako, I took after my dad. My sister got all the Spanish genes, hehehe.

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http://www.utotmopink.com/ Mrs. Kolca

Ang ganda ng African at Indian mix. I am 100% Filipino, but my daughter is mixed.

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http://twitter.com/SungEmpress Mayo

I remember a college professor telling us in class that in all likelihood, most Filipinos have Chinese and Spanish blood. All those frailes’, insulares’ and sangleys’ marriages with the natives are responsible for that.

I am deeply fascinated with genealogy and one of my frustrations is having almost no knowledge of my ancestors on both sides of the family. Right now, I’m addicted to watching this TV series called “Who Do You Think You Are?” which was originally from the UK and then adapted by the US, Australia, Ireland, etc. It deals about genealogy and they feature celebrities like Brooke Shields (descended from French royalty and Italian nobility), Martin Sheen (activist/rebellious ancestors on both sides, hence), Lisa Kudrow, JK Rowling, etc., and these people travel and try to retrace where their ancestors come from, often with surprising results.

Very intriguing and insightful. I wish we had such a show in the Philippines but baka kung ano ang mabuking!

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CVS Reply:
June 2nd, 2012 at 12:58 AM
ooh! i want to see that show!

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Mayo
Twitter: briandelro
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June 2nd, 2012 at 6:42 PM
Download lang, Ms. C. I’m sure Vuze has it.

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Bruho Reply:
June 2nd, 2012 at 11:26 PM
Kate Ceberano (famous Australian singer with Filipino lineage) -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zPe8bvNtBg

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http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HU6TW5A67UOLM5IPLN6INMAVZ4 Martin C

Retro furniture: What are those leaf table things your lola’s using in the pic?

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http://www.currystrumpet.com/ Deepa | Currystrumpet

Proud to be 50% Indian and 50% Filipino!

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deepa mansukhani
Twitter: briandelro
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June 2nd, 2012 at 9:22 AM
I’m a Deepa, too and like you, Proud to be 50% Indian and 50% Filipino! How koinkidink!!!

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Deepa | Currystrumpet Reply:
June 2nd, 2012 at 3:54 PM
Omg!!! And I thought there was only one of me! So you can relate to all the “deepa naliligo” jokes I had to endure growing up LOL! So nice to meet you!

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Pia

I’m just 100% Filipino. That’s all. Nothing exotic about me but I still love what I am, and I think it’ll never go out of style.

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http://twitter.com/ajbrophy AJ Santos

25% American/Irish ( maternal grandfather immigrated from Ireland) 75% Filipino ( 50% Ilocano and 25% Waray ) this is fun… haha!

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http://thekaloka.com/ kaloka

i often hear the mix Italiano= 50% Ita + 50% Ilocano…bad no?

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coffeeandpiegeneration

mahihilo ka sa family picture ng cousins ko from my mother’s side… my grandmother is half african american, half spanish and my grandfather is blue eye, blonde of spanish decent. i have one set of cousins who definitely got the african american features (from fez to the kinky hur) from our lola and then my other set of cousins who are all blonde with light colored eyes. kami ng mga kaptid ko…bisaya.

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http://twitter.com/sayskrish Krish

I’m 50% Waray and 50% Igorot = 100% awesome!

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Mrs. Kolca
Twitter: briandelro
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June 1st, 2012 at 5:07 PM
Haha. Panalo ka teh!

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Krish
Twitter: briandelro
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June 2nd, 2012 at 1:36 PM
I’d humbly accept the award! Hehe.

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Anna

I don’t understand why they need to put the numbers

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coffeeandpiegeneration Reply:
June 1st, 2012 at 1:53 PM
truth

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jetterz Reply:
June 1st, 2012 at 2:19 PM
Hear, hear. Or better yet, why don’t they mention that even with the mixed ethnicities, that each of the girls are nevertheless 100% Filipino?

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projectfusebox

i like this campaign. who shot this? is that jasmine curtis smith for the 50:50 aussie/fil?

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Rajoalurel

I really like this campaign! It feels new and fresh. BRAVO to the creative team of BAYO!

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http://twitter.com/friedneurons fried neurons

Mixed here, too. My maternal granda is half German-American, quarter Filipino, and quarter Spaniard. But my paternal grandpa’s and my dad’s Filipino genes are strong, so I look completely Pinoy.

Curious lang.. how exactly does one become 40/60 or 30/70? Parang ang hirap i-compute without going through multiple generations and mixes. lol.

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dontaskmetosmile
Twitter: briandelro
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June 1st, 2012 at 7:37 AM
Because I am a math geek, I can answer this. Pwede naman ang 70/30 and 60/40, but they just had to round to the nearest %.

70/30 = 68.75/31.25 = 11 great great grandparents of once race, 5 of another
60/40 = 62.5/37.5 = 5 great grand parents of one race, 3 of another

But of course, the computation will get complicated if the ancestors themselves are of mixed ancestry.

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Krish
Twitter: briandelro
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June 1st, 2012 at 12:12 PM
Biologically, you’d need to see which inherited genes were expressed and which weren’t. Just cause your dad’s Spanish doesn’t mean your genes would express Spanish 50% traits. Besides, there is really not such thing as a gene that makes you Spanish, Filipino, etc.
Pero I think pampasaya lang ang mga numbers . I have Chinese, Polynesian somewhere in my blood but I prefer to say I’m 50% Waray and 50% Igorot!

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http://chenmeicai.blogspot.com Chai Chen

I’m 25% each – Indian, Filipino, Chinese, Spanish. Pwede na? Gawa rin ako nang ganyan. Hahah! LOL. Di pa man rin ako masyado maka-Bayo. Waaaah. I think I only have 1 or 2 pieces. (^_^)

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