New news that's old news

The past few days, I've been following - with much interest - the story of Caster Semenya. She's a South African runner who they think is a he. They say it's her muscular built and overall masculine demeanor. Which is prominent in this photo.



To counter this claim, they even did a "make over" session with Caster dolled up to look like a girl. After make up and styling, she now looks like Serena Williams. Harhar.



The international press is picking up this story as if it were a breakthrough news item. But the thing is, this happened in the Philippines a few years back.

Who can forget Nancy Navalta.



They also made her over, tried to make her look more of a girl and less of a thug. But I don't think the result was as good as Caster's. Now, Nancy is out of the spotlight, and if rumors are true, she's coaching a track and field team in some provincial school.

It's funny how the country usually pioneers in oddities like this.