A photo of six 2GO models who got booed by the crowd during the Sinulog Festival in Cebu on Sunday had gone viral.
The image was shared on Facebook by Chang Euldan who obviously got irked by what the models did to the much respected Sinulog Festival Queen.
According to Cebu Finest, "a Festival Queen is considered the star of a Sinulog Festival Parade," and for this reason she earned so much respect from the Cebuano devotees.
So, when the contingent of 2G0 models took the Sto. Nino statue from the queen and let her stand in front of them to get their picture via their cellphones, all hell broke loose.
Cebu Finest wrote:
"The Sinulog Festival Queen (on photo), according to sources, was with the float of 2GO Express. Even so she was also with the entry, no one (in my opinion) should let her take picture of you holding her Sto. Niño. The alarming part was this:
When the 2GO models approached the Festival Queen, she thought she was included on the group picture. But no. They took her Sto. Niño statue, gave the phone to her for their photo to be taken. Of course, she was embarrassed.
Now, look again at the photo. These well-built models let a lady take their photo. Consider the head dress (that looks heavy), the costume (looks amazing but surely uncomfortable to wear), and dancing from 9AM to 9PM for the parade (that’s tiring but good job, Festival Queen).
A Festival Queen is considered the star of a Sinulog Festival Parade. Cebuanos and visitors from other parts of the country consider these women the center of the street dancing. They earned so much respect, especially from Cebuanos who are devotee of this event. Probably, this caused the reaction of everyone.
The result: Thousands of spectators at the sports arena saw the actual scene (photo was even captured) and they [the models] got booed by the people."