MIRIAM'S "BEAUTY, BRAINS"

For the Defensor family of Iloilo, her being the epitome of “beauty and brains” has always been debatable, but there is no contest as far as her “brains and shapely legs” are concerned. Thus recalled Nenalyn Defensor, younger sister of Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, on Saturday night when she acknowledged the tribute given by the UP Vanguards where Miriam served as corps sponsor in 1969. Nenalyn fondly recalled the “big debate” in their family every time the issue of Miriam being an example of “beauty and brains” was brought up.