: Senator Ernesto Maceda, using testimony from actress Rosanna Roces , claimed that numerous actresses and beauty queens were being recruited as entertainers and "high-priced prostitutes" for an elite clientele in Brunei, including Prince Jefri , the brother of the Sultan.
In 1993, was at the center of the "Brunei Beauties" scandal , a high-profile controversy involving allegations of high-priced prostitution and illegal recruitment of Filipino celebrities to entertain royalty in Brunei. The Core Controversy Ruffa Gutierrez Brunei Scandal