Aetas of Itogon are the Real Pure Blood Filipinos and so as Igorots, Mangyans, Tausugs, and other Indigenous Tribes of Luzon, Visayas & Mindanao. They are the original inhabitants of the Philippines. The looks of Miss Glenda and Miss Karen Davila are the result of inter-racial mixture of Filipinos and foreigners.
Modern Filipinos found in Central Luzon and Visayas such as in Manila and Cebu are descendants of indigenous tribes that had inter-racial mixture with foreigners who migrated or colonised the country, such as Chinese, Malays, Spanish, Japanese and others. This happened even before the year 1500s when Philippines was first discovered or found by European Sailor Magellan. This means Filipinos in Manila and Cebu came to civilisation many centuries before indigenous Filipinos of the mountains and outskirts of the country were discovered.
Real Pure blood Filipinos like the Igorots of the Mountains of Cordilleras remained pristine and were just introduced to civilisation probably in the late 1800s. The Aetas of Central Luzon were lately discovered or introduced to civilisation probably in mid 1900s. Even if they were almost just recently introduced to civilisation, they are now almost of the same transformation with the other Filipinos in the cities who were earlier brought to civilisation.
If all indigenous tribes were discovered and introduced to civilisation at the same time with those in Manila and Cebu, the looks of Igorots, Aetas, Mangyans, Tausugs and other indigenous people will be the same or far better than the looks of Miss Glenda or Karen Davila.
Nevertheless, races of people, indigenous or mixed-race, have their own beauty. The looks of people should never be used to discriminate one from the other. Each race and culture have their unique beauty and identity.
P.S.: There are no Aetas in Itogon. Title is just a Literary Art. Aetas and Igorots are both indigenous peoples with respective culture, history and beliefs.
THE CORDILLERA CONNECTION 