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BABEWATCH: Mason Ho
Name: Mason Ho
Hails from: North Shore of Hawaii
Occupation: Professional Surfer
Ho Ho Ho! Christmas must have come early.
Why He’s A Babe: Mad water skills and a great pedigree. Son of surf legend Michael Ho, Mason was clearly destined to chase the endless summer. A North Shore baby, Mason has been surfing since age 6 or 7, and has the achievements and body to prove it.
Although no longer in contention at Pipeline Masters, he made a splash last week in the early rounds of competition. But look, we didn’t exactly have our eyes on the swells.
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Thanks, Colin!
Filed under: Born To Surf, Cute Boys, Hawaii, Hawaiians, Hot Bodies, Hotties, Mason Ho, Michael Ho, North Shore, Pipeline, Pipeline Masters, Progeny, Surf Competitions, Surf Lends, Surfers
AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! LPGA Tour Champion Michelle Wie
Name: Michelle Wie
Age: 20
Occupation: Student and pro golfer
After becoming the youngest player to qualify for an LPGA tour event at age 12 and turning pro at 16, only to have her career declared “over” by age 18, Michelle Wie’s finally won her first LPGA tour title. Wieeeeeeeeeee!
We’ve been tough on Michelle Wie in the past, particularly when she became better known for her bratty tournament shenanigans than her game, but her win this weekend at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational suggests that the former child prodigy who always wanted to compete with men may have grown up and sacked up over the last few years. Certainly what Wie had to say after her win can be taken as a good sign:
“I think that hopefully life will be a lot better (after this), but I still have a lot of work to do.”
“I still have a lot of work to do”…that’s music to our Hardass Asian Ears!
[AP: At long last, Michelle Wie gets 1st LPGA Tour win]
Filed under: Asian Golfers, Golf, Growing Up, Hardass Asian Expectations, Hawaiians, Korean-Americans, Michelle Wie, Michelle Wie First LGPA Win, Michelle Wie Wins, Punahou School Alumni, Stanford, Winners
BABEWATCH: Ehren Watada
Ehren Watada is a beautiful, beautiful (Did we mention beautiful?) Hawaii native who graduated magna cum laude from Hawaii Pacific University in 2003, and was subsequently commissioned by the Army’s Officer Candidate School–ultimately rising to the high military rank of First Lieutenant. His motivation to serve arose from a reaction to the September 11 attacks and his resulting “desire to protect our country.“
Last Friday, he resigned from the Army, having been granted a discharge under “other-than-honorable conditions.”
What happened in between? When Watada learned that his unit would be deploying to Iraq, he did some real homework on the conflict. Ultimately convinced that the war he was being asked to lead troops into was illegal, he attempted to resign his commission–this was refused. He offered to instead serve in the “unambigious war linked to the September 11 attacks” in Afghanistan. The Army–and then-President of the United States–did not budge.
And so a different war began as a result of Watada’s stand, with the Army proffering multiple charges against him under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including that of “Conduct Unbecoming of Officer and Gentleman” (for denouncing President Bush and the war) and “Missing Movement” (for not deploying). For these charges he faced a court martial, as well as potential (dishonorable) Dismissal and years of prison time. But Watada did not back down.
On September 26, under the Obama administration, the Army agreed to allow his resignation.
So why is Watada such a babe? Well, look at him, for crying out loud. And then take into account that he’s a man willing to think rather than blindly follow, to stand up for what he feels is right even when the scariest and strongest machine is out to silence him.
Asked by TruthOut in ‘06 how he felt facing the serious consequences for his controversial stand, Watada said plainly:
“When you are looking your children in the eye in the future, or when you are at the end of your life, you want to look back on your life and know that at a very important moment, when I had the opportunity to make the right decisions, I did so, even knowing there were negative consequences.“
He may no longer be an officer, but if you ask us, his conduct certainly is one of a gentleman. And, for that matter, a total babe.
[NYT: Army Officer Who Refused Iraq Duty Is Allowed to Resign]
Filed under: George Bush is a Dick, Hawaiians, Hot Asian Men, Obama Administration, The Iraq War, U.S. Army
AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! General Eric Shinseki, Veteran Affairs Secretary-Nominee
Name: General Eric Shinseki
Hails from: Hawaii
Occupation: Retired four-star general and Secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee
Known for: Becoming the first Asian-American four-star general in the U.S. Army. Getting an MA in English literature(!) after graduating from West Point. Stepping on a landmine while fighting in the Vietnam War and losing part of his foot. Famously clashing with Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz before Congress at the start of the Iraq War, when General Shinseki was Army Chief of Staff, because he believed that a post-war occupation of Iraq would require way more troops than Rumsfeld had estimated. After that, he was iced out of the Defense Department, even though–like so many other Bush administration critics–he turned out to be right.
Rumsfeld & Co. can suck it (like Tina Fey haters) because General Shinseki’s confirmasian hearing for Veteran Affairs Secretary is this Wednesday, and he’s going to sail right through, finally getting the respect he so deserves.
Filed under: Barack Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, General Eric Shinseki, George Bush is a Dick, Hawaiians, Obama's Cabinet, Paul Wolfowitz, Secretary of Veterans' Affairs, Vietnam Vets, We Love Being Right, West Point
America’s Next Top Model: Eliminasian
Alas, alack, we’ll have to wait ’til next year for an Asian-American Top Model. Sheena Sakai was eliminated from ANTM last night after turning in another boring photo, which seemed to be her only way of responding to the judges’ constant criticism that girlfriend was too hoochie. Despite my enthusiasm for Sheena in the beginning, she was starting to work my last nerve, always picking fights in the house and getting on her soapbox, spoken word-style, about things that were really none of her beeswax, like Marjorie’s shyness or Elina’s control issues (both tired subjects, admittedly). She did handle her exit with restraint, however, without tears or drrrrrrama or uttering that horribly cliché but now de rigueur reality TV closing line, “This isn’t the last you’ve seen of (me in the third person).” Okay, she offered up a version of that–”I’m not going to be forgotten”–but then contradicted herself immediately with “and hopefully, I won’t be,” as though she had finally seen the bullshit in her own bluster. Was this a farewell to fakery for Sheena Sakai, i.e. what is she going to do about those boobs? Tits not for me to say, really.
Filed under: America's Next Top Model, ANTM, Boobs, Buh Bye, Fake Tits, Fakery, Farewells, Hawaiians, Hoochie Mamas, Reality TV, Sheena Sakai, Tyra Banks
BABEWATCH: Ron Darling
Name: Ron Darling
Hails from: Massachusetts
Occupation: Baseball color commentator and retired pitcher
Ron Darling is my older man-crush. Sure, the Hapa pitcher was on the cover of GQ when he was younger, but I find him really hot right now, with his salt-and-pepper hair and that middle-aged thickness (which doesn’t work at all for, say, Cal Ripken, Jr., who is 48, like Darling, but looks like a marshmallow). I also love those sleepy eyes, that yummy caramel skin, and that name (try saying it over and over–it’s fun). And the Yale-educated Darling is doing a decent job providing color commentary for TBS during the playoffs–and by “decent job” I mean not talking too much and not coming off as some backwater Bubba, a la Tim McCarver or Rick Sutcliffe–not that I need anything from him other than to shut up and look pretty.
Filed under: Baseball Commentators, GQ, Hapa, Hawaiians, Mixed People, MLB, New York Mets, Older Men, Pitchers, Ron Darling, Shut Up and Look Pretty, TBS, Yalies
Sheena Sakai Is a Punk Rocker
Duuude. I love Sheena Sakai, the lone Asian-American contestant on America’s Next Top Model Cycle 11, which premiered last night. Even though she does have, as our friend Ty pointed out and this Newsday story seems to imply, a man-face:
And despite the fact that the judges have already compared the native Hawaiian to DISGRASIAN Hall-of-Shamer Kimora and are calling her “Kisheena,” and that she didn’t backhand the dumb sow who told her she had an advantage in the competition because she was the “only Oriental girl” (around the 1:11 mark of this video). Still. Love. Tha. Bitch.
Work it, Sheena.
MAJOR SPOILER ALERT: If you want to know who the finalists will be this season on ANTM, click here.
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Thanks, Ty!
Filed under: America's Next Top Model, ANTM, Hawaiians, Kimora Lee Simmons, Kisheena, Man-Faces, Reality TV Contestants, Sheena Sakai, Trannies, Tyra Banks, Using the Word Oriental Makes You Sound Like a Dumbass
Mark Kanemura, Straysian
The votes are in regarding So You Think You Can Dance contestant Mark Kanemura’s orientasian, and the majority of you think he’s straight…ish.
We believe that the people have spoken–and we find him adorable one way or another–but for shits and giggles, check out fame watcher’s take on the matter. !!!!!!
And, if you still can’t get enough of Mark Kanemura, pop ‘n’ lock on down to YouTube, where Mark has his very own channel of non-SYTYCD dance performances.
Filed under: Dancers, Hawaiians, Majority Rule, Mark Kanemura, Orientasian, So You Think You Can Dance?, Straight Gay or Stray, Straysians, The Importance of Voting
You Tell Us (POLL!)
Ever since I wrote last week about So You Think You Can Dance’s Mark Kanemura (pictured above with his dancing partner Chelsie Hightower), I’ve noticed a lot of people have been visiting DISGRASIAN to find out Mark’s orientasian. I have my own thoughts on the matter, but they’re completely unreliable, since I think everyone’s gay and want to be their #1 fag hag. So you tell us–is Mark Kanemura straight, gay, or stray?
Filed under: Babes, Fag Hags, Gaydar, Hawaiians, Mark Kanemura, Orientasian, So You Think You Can Dance?, Straight Gay or Stray, Y'all Seriously Have Too Much Time on Your Hands, Yes It's a Competition
BABEWATCH: Mark Kanemura
Name: Mark Kanemura
Hails from: Hawaii
Occupation: Dancer and So You Think You Can Dance contestant
Why He’s a Babe: Because he has the look of a silent film villain who would tie a girl to the railroad tracks–dark eyes and a perpetual sneer–but he’s warm and goofy. And when he dances, he looks like a bag o’ bones about to be shake-and-baked. And because of those pokey ears! Without which he might be just another pretty face with moves, instead of a fan favorite and bona fide contender.
Filed under: Bag o' Bones, Contenders, Dancers, Dark Horses, Hawaiians, Mark Kanemura, Pokey Ears, Shake and Bake, Silent Film Looks, So You Think You Can Dance?
AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! Clarissa Chun
Name: Clarissa Chun
Hails from: Hawaii
Occupation: Olympic wrestler
Known for: At 4′11″ and 105 lbs., being the smallest U.S. Olympian; scoring a major upset at the Olympic Trials this month by beating Patricia Miranda, whom the 26 year-old Chun lost to at the 2004 Trials (and who went on to win the bronze in Athens); making those weird wrestling singlets look bitchin’ and putting a cute face on a badass, butch sport.
Somebody give homegirl an endorsement already!
Filed under: Badasses, Beijing, Clarissa Chun, Female Wrestlers, Good Things Come in Small Packages, Hawaiians, Olympians, The 2008 Olympics, Tiny People
AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! Senator Daniel Akaka
Name: Daniel Akaka
Hails from: Honolulu, Hawaii
Occupation: U.S. Senator
Known for: Being the first senator of native Hawaiian ancestry and the only Chinese-American to currently hold that position, serving in the Army Corps of Engineers during WWII, chairing the Senate’s Veterans Affairs Committee, co-sponsoring the new bipartisan GI Bill that promises to provide college educations to Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans after three or more years of service (which Bush is threatening to veto), sporting a bitchin’ silver coif.
Filed under: Afghanistan--'Memba That?, Bitchin' Hairdos, Chinese-Americans, Daniel Akaka, George Bush is a Dick, Hawaiians, Iraq, Memorial Day, The U.S. Senate, Veterans
