Miss Philippines-Earth 2008. Thirtyseven candidates endorsed by their respective city, municipality and province heed the call to be the next guardians of Mother Earth. Filipino communities in France, Germany, United Arab Emirates, USA East Coast and USA West Coast also sent their representative to the pageant.

Coronation Night will be on May 11, 2008 and will be telecast live on ABS-CBN and The Filipino Channel which is the most-watched Filipino channel for Philippine news, entertainment and advocacies in the Filipino communities abroad.

Click above image for a hi-res photo. Here’s antoher one. And be sure to check out the candidates. A brief history of the pageant can be found on wikipedia.

Well it seems we just can’t get most of our bloggers to do any new posts for us any more – and quite frankly I’m sick to death of fighting off hackers and constantly policing the comments – so we’ve made the difficult decision to close Asian Sirens down. We sincerely apologise to all the people who continue to enjoy and make positive contributions to this site, but keeping this place running has just become too much hard work for us.April 2nd Update: April Fools! 😀

Japanese model Serena Kozakura has used her breasts to get a conviction for willfull destruction of property overturned! For all the juicy details, see the following links:

Mainichi Daily News
AFP
The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax)

Although we have already done an article on the Edison Chen photo scandal, there have been so many major developments in this story that I thought it was worth doing a quick follow-up (and I’m sure there will be more to come!).

First of all, it appears as though Edison Chen isn’t the only guy in these photos; a few people who have examined the photos carefully have determined that there at least a few different penises in the photos released to date! Even more interestingly, the person who released the photos apparently has a lot more of them, which supposedly reveal some very important people in the Hong Kong film industry in some very compromising positions!So it now looks as though this isn’t really a story about one pretty boy star who has apparently incredible luck with the ladies; this actually seems to involve many different men, and goes straight to the heart of the Hong Kong entertainment industry – and supposedly involves some HK triad (mafia) bosses as well. Apparently the only reason the person who released these photos hasn’t released all of them is because he is demanding millions of dollars in ransom money to continue withholding them. I suspect he wouldn’t live long enough to enjoy it though. 😉

There have also been some very serious personal consequences for the people involved. They’ve each lost practically all of their advertising sponsorships, pending movie roles etc. It is also rumoured that (as it was his computer that these photos were taken from) Edison Chen is now a marked man – I guess we shall see if that actually comes to pass. Whatever the case, although many people have sympathy for the women involved, it seems no one has sympathy for Edison – he is probably the most hated man in Hong Kong right now.

Still, it seems that he – like all the other stars involved in this scandal – are really just puppets (or even victims) of the HK entertainment industry bosses, who it seems are behind the whole thing. When questioned by the police, Cecilia Cheung has revealed that she knowingly and willingly participated in these photos, but has refused to say any more. It seems increasingly likely that they were somehow coerced into having these photos taken, although until the rest of the photos are released, we can only speculate as to the exact nature of that coercion.

It also appears as though Cecilia’s marriage to Nicholas Tse (another Hong Kong idol) is now on the rocks. They’ve just had their first baby, but the photos of Edison Chen and Cecilia were apparently taken while she was engaged to Nicholas! It has also become clear that these photos were taken on several different occasions over a period of many months, so they weren’t due to just one drunken night of passion on the part of the people involved. This adds weight to the idea that these aren’t just casual snaps – I suspect we will learn more very soon!

Here is a link to the story of the separation of Cecilia and Nicholas (and where I got the photo above):

Nicolas Tse and Cecilia Cheung Separate Over Scandal

This site is also probably the best place for pics (as well as additional info) from this scandal:

Edison Chen and Gillian Chung Naughty Pic Scandal

UPDATE: Sadly, I’ve just received news that the person behind the release of these photos has agreed not to release any more – I guess they made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. 😉 However, he has apparently commented on the content of the unreleased photos, which supposedly include bestiality! This also presumably means that, if Edison continues to “take the fall” for this as he has done so far, his life is probably safe. Let’s hope that – one way or another – these photos actually do come to light, so we can know the full story behind this scandal!

The Edison Chen photo scandal is a media scandal in early 2008 involving Hong Kong actor Edison Chen, actresses Gillian Chung, Bobo Chan, Cecilia Cheung, and possibly other female celebrities.

In January 2008, racy photographs of the aforementioned actors engaging in sexual acts with each other were distributed on the internet. As of 4 February 2008, eight people have been arrested for being connected with the distribution of the photos. The affair has dominated news headlines in Hong Kong for over a week, and has been picked up by CNN.

Check out the clips here, here and here.

Photo stills can be found here.Despite the Hong Kong police enlisted the assistance of Interpol, the spread of the photographs were unstoppable. The actions of the actors and their management in this matter have made heroes and martyrs of those arrested; the actions of the police have raised concerns about violation of free speech and the deference to powerful media tycoons.

Read the whole story on the wikipedia entry about the scandal.

We usually deal with the beauty of Asian women on this site. But today we bring you one of the darker sides of Asian women, Thai women to be precise. They are the world leaders when it comes to ‘penis slashing’. Thai surgeons are becoming experts at putting members back on. “Sometimes they chop into pieces. In those cases we cannot put it back.”

(You can thank Northman for the tip! ;-))