{"id":218131,"date":"2019-06-09T22:28:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T02:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=218131"},"modified":"2019-06-09T22:28:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T02:28:49","slug":"catriona-gray-shares-emotional-farewell-speech-to-binibining-pilipinas-universe-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/09\/catriona-gray-shares-emotional-farewell-speech-to-binibining-pilipinas-universe-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Catriona Gray shares emotional farewell speech to Binibining Pilipinas Universe title"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_218132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218132\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64260494_2375144809209090_5756080784591028224_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-218132 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64260494_2375144809209090_5756080784591028224_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64260494_2375144809209090_5756080784591028224_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64260494_2375144809209090_5756080784591028224_n-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cTo conquer our dreams. Philippines, I will forever our raise our flag.\u201d &#8211; Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realbbpilipinas\/photos\/pcb.2375153012541603\/2375144805875757\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realbbpilipinas\/?tn-str=k*F\">Bb. Pilipinas (Official)<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dressed in a violet Mak Tumang creation inspired by the \u201cQueen of Philippine Flowers,\u201d the waling-waling, 25-year-old Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray gives an emotional speech during her farewell walk as she passed the Binibining Pilipinas Universe title during the Grand Coronation Night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao last Sunday, June 9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The beauty queen begins her speech saying, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philippines! My heart is overflowing with gratitude, because here, on this exact stage, I was given the chance to pursue this dream. This journey has been made even more meaningful, because every single step of the way I felt each and every one of you right there with me,\u201d adding, \u201c I am so humbled and immensely grateful to each and every one of you who has given true meaning to feeling the love and support of the Filipino people. I knew I had a big role to step up to once the Miss Universe Philippines sash was placed across my heart. Along the way, I had to surmount three mountains, to conquer three Mayon Volcanos.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She elaborates that the three mountains include \u201cconquering herself,\u201d \u201cconquering others,\u201d and \u201cconquering for a purpose,\u201d which she explains she accomplished with faith, \u201cby surrounding [herself] with people who uplifted [her], supported [her], and mentored [her],\u201d and \u201cthe Filipino people, the children of Tondo, and [her] country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Catriona ends her speech stating, \u201cInside each and every one of us is a king or queen with the ability to conquer the universe, whatever that may be for you. But we must first conquer ourselves, conquer what others perceive of us, and finally, conquer with a purpose.\u201d In her words, \u201cTo conquer our dreams. Philippines, I will forever raise our flag.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the night, Catriona passed on the crown to 23-year-old Gazini Ganados of Talisay City, Cebu.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dressed in a violet Mak Tumang creation inspired by the \u201cQueen of Philippine Flowers,\u201d the waling-waling, 25-year-old Miss Universe 2018 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":218132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218131"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218151,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218131\/revisions\/218151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}