Pia Wurtzbach posts bikini photo with an important message

Reigning Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach posted a bikini photo on Instagram on Monday to get people's attention—in order to set some people straight about her advocacy to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS.

"I haven't forgotten about my advocacy, ok?" she wrote.

"I'm so tired of people complaining that I haven't found 'the cure' for HIV when clearly I said I would raise awareness. I'm not magically gonna come up with a potion that cures everything," she added.

Wurtzbach said that some fans thought she "wasn't doing any effort" because she wasn't posting about her daily activities every time, saying she doesn't feel the need to do so.

"Am I gonna carry my phone around with me and take every selfie, every photo I see to ease your worries?" she wrote.

 

Just to get some things straight. I haven't forgotten about my advocacy, ok? I'm so tired of people complaining that I haven't found "the cure" for HIV when clearly I said I would raise awareness. I'm not magically gonna come up with a potion that cures everything. I know the whole being chosen out of 79 from all over the world, getting crowned in a beautiful gown in front of billions of people is all good. But are you really getting the point of my message during the final Q&A? I said I would raise awareness. Putting the spotlight on it so we can start talking about it. Just like the during the competition, I wasn't posting my everyday pageant activities and that upset a lot of fans. They thought I wasn't doing any effort. I just really did not like posting anything online. Why? Cos I didn't feel like I needed to. Instagram isn't part of the judges panel. Am I gonna carry my phone around with me and take every selfie, every photo I see to ease your worries? No. I don't work like that. I put my phone down and I work. And did it work? Yes. Sometimes the plans you carry have a bigger chance of reaching a larger magnitude if you're just focused on the work. I'm good with letting people know about what I'm doing or what I plan to do. I'm a woman of my word. What I say in public is a promise. Why worry about updating everyone on social media and in the process losing the experience because you were on your phone the whole time staging photos. Now ask yourself. Did you get yourself tested? This year the numbers have gone at an all time high. But maybe that's because more people are getting themselves tested making our statistics more accurate. I can't work a miracle here. I still consider myself as a student and I'm learning more and more everyday. So before you go saying that I haven't done anything, the mere fact that you're talking about how little I am doing charity work for HIV/AIDS, isn't that awareness in itself? You're thinking about it, right? Talking about it, correct? Bashing me in the process BUT still getting the message out there. I don't have to spell it out. Oh and here's a bikini photo. Just so I get your attention. ???????????

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Nov 6, 2016 at 8:30pm PST

Wurtzbach added that she prefers to focus on the actual work and that she can't afford to miss the experience by spending too much time focusing on social media.

She said that she is a "woman of [her] word" and that what she says in public is a promise.

"I put my phone down and I work. And did it work? Yes. Sometimes the plans you carry have a bigger chance of reaching a larger magnitude if you're just focused on the work," she said.

"Why worry about updating everyone on social media and in the process losing the experience because you were on your phone the whole time staging photos."

To some people who for some reason expect her to solve HIV—a global medical crisis that doctors, researchers, institutions and governments all over the world have been working on for decades—she says, "I can't work a miracle here. I still consider myself as a student and I'm learning more and more everyday."

With her characteristic humor, Wurtzbach ended the post with a cheeky, "Oh and here's a bikini photo. Just so I get your attention." — Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/BM, GMA News