GMA NEWS:
Filipino Internet users showed their support for the Puerto Princesa Underground River and Shamcey Supsup as voting for the respective contests they are competing in draws to a close, data from two major search engine companies showed Thursday.
According to separate search data sent to GMA News Online by Yahoo! Philippines and Google Philippines, Pinoy netizens trooped to their favorite search engines to get updates about the status of the country's bets to different online voting competitions.
The Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) is currently vying for a spot in the search for the "New 7 Wonders of Nature," a competition that seeks to elect seven natural wonders of recent history.
According to Yahoo! data, the PPUR currently ranks third in terms of share of international and national votes.
Voting for the competition ends on November 11, 2011, so Filipinos can still vote by logging on to the New 7 Wonders website or by texting PPUR to 2861.
Automatic semi-finalist
Meanwhile, Shamcey Supsup, the country's representative to the 2011 Miss Universe pageant slated on September 11, is reportedly leading in the pageant's online poll, whose winner will automatically advance to the semi finals of the competition.
Based on search insights from Google Philippines, "Shamcey Supsup" was among the top topics searched for by Filipinos online from August 24 to 30.
According to a report by Yahoo! Philippines, Supsup got a total of 25 percent of the partial results of the vote, followed by Puerto Rico's Viviana Ortiz.
The final results will be released on the awards night on September 12, which will be held in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Voting, however, will close on September 11, so Pinoys could still log on to the official Miss Universe website to vote.
Supsup, an Architecture graduate from the University of the Philippines-Diliman, was crowned the Bb. Pilipinas-Universe in April.
Information Courtesy of GMA News / JM TUAZON
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