Rabiya Mateo stuns in Miss Universe behind-the-scenes photos and videos
It's only a week before the 69th Miss Universe pageant and Miss Universe-Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo is ready to vie for the coveted crown.
In her latest Instagram posts, Rabiya shared photos and videos of some of her looks for the upcoming Miss Universe 2020 pageant.
In the first set of photos and videos, the Filipina beauty queen is seen rocking a blue sequin-fringe dress, with her hair tied in a top knot bun.
Her caption reads, “Some BTS photos and videos for today. What do you think about my look?
Thank you @i.mderekmunoz for my hair and make up. You're so kind to me. Love you!”
Rabiya also thanked the glam team who created her second look, where she had smokey eyes and nude lips, and her hair was tied in a low ponytail.
She revealed that the shad a pleasant experience working with them and that they even taught her some words from a foreign language.
Rabiya's captions reads, “Closer look of my hair and makeup earlier by @mubacosmetics @andresfelipeofficial.
“Kudos to everybody behind his team. Everyone was very kind to me, they even taught me basic latin words️🧡🖤
@julioescudero88 @laura_c.o_ @i.mderekmunoz @helber_vaquero”
As expected, Rabiya's posts got all Filipino fans and supporters excited for the upcoming Miss Universe pageant.
Many of them complimented Rabiya's looks and cheered her on, including fellow beauty queens such as Miss World 2013 Megan Young, Miss International 2016 Kylie Verzosa, Miss Earth 2015 Angelia Ong, Miss Supranational 2013 Mutya Datul.
Fellow beauty queens showing love to Rabiya Mateo / Source:@rabiyamateo (IG)
The Miss Universe 2020 pageant will be held on May 16 [May 17, Philippine time] at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, USA.
So far, Rabiya is among the front-runners in the competition, who aside from being a crowd favorite, is also included in the well-known pageant website Missosology's hot picks.
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Check out the other candidates who made it to Missosology's hot picks list in the gallery below.