{"id":184654,"date":"2018-10-08T23:47:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T03:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=184654"},"modified":"2018-10-08T23:47:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T03:47:10","slug":"former-asntm-contestant-takes-home-mwp-2018-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/08\/former-asntm-contestant-takes-home-mwp-2018-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Former AsnTM contestant takes home MWP 2018 crown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For the question and answer portion, Katarina was asked, \u201cThere are people who believe that beauty pageants are a form of women exploitation. What can you do to change their opinion?\u201d (File Photo<\/a>: @katarinarodri\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Model\/Host Katarina Rodriguez bested out 39 other candidates last Sunday, October 7 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay as she was crowned Miss World Philippines 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the question and answer portion, Katarina was asked, \u201cThere are people who believe that beauty pageants are a form of women exploitation. What can you do to change their opinion?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

She answered, \u201cI\u2019d like to think that one should live by example. And I actually would like to admit that I was one of those before, until I learned more about what beauty pageants are about. One thing I can tell you is that you may think it\u2019s very competitive, but it\u2019s not. You understand beauty pageants when you know that it is actually not competitive against other women. It\u2019s actually competitive towards yourself. And in a sense, it\u2019s all about women empowerment. And you can feel that in this group of girls\u2026 each girl knows that we are all individually beautiful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Among the winners were also Reina Hispanoamericana Filipinas 2018 Alyssa Muhlach Alvarez, Miss EcoInternational Philippines 2018 Maureen Montagne, Miss Multinational Philippines 2018 Kimi Mugford, First Princess Chanel Morales and Second Princess Pearl Hung. Miss World Philippines 2017 Laura Lehmann, Reina Hispanoamericana 2017 WynWyn Marquez, Miss Ecointernational 2017 Cynthia Thomalla, and Miss Multinational 2017 Sophia Senoron were present to crown their successors. <\/span><\/p>\n

Miss World 2013 Megan Young, Miss World 2016 Stephanie De Valle, and Miss World 2017 Manushi Chillar were also at the event as judges.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before the coronation, Katarina shared a photo on Instagram captioned, \u201cMy heart cannot be fuller than tonight, to walk the stage again for all of our nation, competing to wear the Philippine sash over my heart one more time – and this time for the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This is not Katarina\u2019s first victory in a pageant, representing the Philippines in January 2018 for Miss Intercontinental in Egypt where she landed first runner-up. She began her career as a contestant for Asia\u2019s Next Top Model Cycle 2.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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