MISS Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach finally addressed the rumors that she allegedly did not want Catriona Gray to win Miss Universe in 2018 because she felt threatened.
The beauty queen said that she was even in Thailand in 2018 to see the pageant and celebrated when Catriona won.
“I was there in Thailand when she won. I was actually like, almost in the front row. It’s so nice to see it from the audience’s point of view because I’ve been there as a contestant, I’ve been there as a judge, but it was my first time to be there as an audience member where I’m literally there just to experience it,” she shared.
She continued, “People would say to me before, ‘She’s threatened because she doesn’t want another Filipina from the Philippines to win.’ But once you’re there, all of that goes out of the window because you just want to raise the flag. You just want Philippines to win. Everybody’s so happy. How can you be the bitter one? Why would you want to ruin the party?”
She shared her realizations after her reign as Miss Universe. She shared that it dawned on her that she needed to work as twice as hard after her reign.
“The thing I wish somebody told me was that, after you win, you got to work twice as hard to stay relevant. Because the peak is the win, and then the reign. After that, usually, you’ve got to work twice as hard to keep yourself up there, to keep yourself relevant and in the public eye,” she said. (Push)
