Just a humor column by Alan C. Robles – There is nothing like a beauty contest to lift up troubled spirits.

That’s what the dictator Ferdinand Marcos did in 1974 when he hosted the Miss Universe beauty pageant.

And that’s what his loyal supporter, President Rodrigo Duterte, did this year by hosting another Miss Universe pageant amid the extra-judicial killings.

So this is also what my hubby Alan is recommending to the low morale police in his latest humor column…