2009 Time 100 Finalists Out: Two Pinoys In (Manny Pacquiao and Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie)!

Time Magazine has once again rounded up their list of finalists for their 2009 Time 100 newsmakers. Jotting down the "world's most influential people in government, science, technology and the arts", Time came up with 203 finalists (comprised both the notorious and the heroic) which will be whittled down into 100 people through web votes. Two Filipinos are in the list -- Manny Pacquiao currently at #6 and Thomas Beatie (Tracy Lagundino) or more known as the "Pregnant Man" who is currently at #112.


Unless you've been living under a rock, you now know that Manny Pacquiao gained some media mileage after defeating Golden Boy Oscar dela Hoya. Time noted how Pinoys love Manny Pacquiao but we are turned off by his political ambitions. Ditto for Filipino-American Thomas Beatie (former Pinay Tracy Lagundino picture below). Transgendered Beatie gained notoriety after giving birth as a "man". However, Time lamented that thanks to Octo-mom Nadya Suleman, Beatie is now overshadowed by her as "America's strangest parent"!



Currently topping the Time 100 list are Rwandan president Paul Kagame, 4chan.org founder Moot (Christopher Poole) and Korean superstar Rain. Incidentally, Rain placed number two last year but he "has still not broken big in the United States", according to Time.



If you want to vote, you can visit the Time 100 website. Well, before voting for these Pinoys, you have to remind yourself that this is not "Vote for the Worst" contest, okay?

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World's First Pregnant Man Infanticipating Again

He (formerly she) is making headlines again! Filipino-American Thomas Beatie, the world's first pregnant man has recently announced to the world that he's pregnant the second time around.

Guesting on The View and interviewed by no less than Barbara Walters herself, Thomas said that he deferred his intake of testosterone-inducing drugs because he said he will be due on June 12th of 2009.

Thomas, formerly known as Tracy Lagundino, is a transgendered man married to wife Nancy Beatie. Nancy had hysterectomy before and cannot bear a child. So the couple opted for artificial insemination on Thomas with an unknown sperm donor. Thomas just gave birth to a bouncing baby girl, named Susan, June 29 this year.

This time, however, many critics are throwing potshots at the couple's publicity stunt because they say that the Beatie couple are so into it for profit. Beatie and his wife has already sold exclusive rights for the pictures of their first child. And soon, Beatie himself is set to release a new book. Now, when he's barely 2 months preggy and they're stirring up another plot to continuously make it to the news.

Oh well, better maintain being in the limelight than to be out of it and forgotten entirely. They might just need the money so that they can fully afford to raise the kids, given the pending doom of the current global crisis.

I think Beatie might just have learned the tactics from Madam Auring. As we all know, Madam is always seeking media attention since the 1970s. Well, it really helped finance her longevity! Just look at her... she needs a lot of money to look like that -- even if she was born during the Cretaceous Period. Rawrr!

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