Katarina Rodriguez accepts her fate after failing to win the Beauty with a Purpose award
The country's representative in the Miss World 2018 pageant Katarina Rodriguez released a statement on Facebook after failing to win the Beauty with a Purpose award.
In a lengthy post, Katarina revealed that her "Project Become," which focuses on peace education for the kids of Marawi didn't follow the guidelines set by the Miss World Organization.
The beauty queen explained, “I wanted to say I am so sorry to all of the people who worked on this Beauty with a Purpose project with me. It may have been because of specific guidelines, which I was unfortunately unaware of, that I did not even cross for the top 20 BWAPs this year for Miss World.”
“I have accomplished many things in 26 years but by far this is my proudest. No crown, nor title could come close to the purpose #ProjectBecome has opened me to.”
Katarina even apologized to Ms. Julia Morley, the chairwoman of the Miss World Organization and stressed that she meant no disrespect.
“It hurt me that I did not qualify for BWAP more than anything else has in the past because I wanted the world to see what war and violence does to real life people. Miss World has guidelines and sadly, I had no briefing about them before creating my BWAP, other than the time limit. I owe an apology to Mrs. Morley and the Miss World Organization as well for not having followed the set guidelines. I meant no disrespect and wish I had known.
She added, “I also wanted to say thank you for generating this powerful channel for us to give our hearts to”
The former Asia's Next Top Model finalist also vowed that whatever happens to her Miss World campaign, she will continue with this advocacy.
“Kilala niyo po ako nang lubusan at alam niyo rin pong lahat na may paniniwala akong ang mga limitasyon natin ay nasa isip lamang. Ano man po ang magiging kapalaran ko sa nalalapit na Miss World 2018 finals, ipagpapatuloy ko pa rin po ang napili kong adbokasiya. Ito po ay inaalay ko sa mga kabataan ng mga susunod pang henerasyon.”