Ang pambato ng Pilipinas na si Dia Mate ang itinanghal na panalo sa Reina Hispanoamericana 2025.
Sa coronation night ng naturang patimpalak na ginanap sa Bolivia, suot ni Dia ang sultry gold gown na likha ni Rian Fernandez.
Sa Q&A portion, tinanong si Dia: “What values do you think are the most important to our society, and why do you think this is important?”
Sagot niya: “I think the most important value that we should have is kindness. In my experience here in Bolivia, Latinas have shown me so much kindness and so much love even though racially I am not Latino.”
“And the most beautiful thing I've noticed is that even though we don't speak the same language, we share the same culture, same heart, and same faith in God, and I hope this shows everybody that if we use kindness we can show that we are all the same and can create a better world and a better society for us all,” patuloy niya.
Si Dia din ang nagwagi sa Best in National Costume, na likha ni Ehrran Montoya na inspired sa Baroque Churches ng Pilipinas.
Sa kaniyang panalo, iniuwi ni Dia na mula sa Cavite ang ikalawang korona sa Reina Hispanoamericana na unang napanalunan ni Winwyn Marquez noong 2017.
Sa Instagram post, binati ni Winwyn si Dia sa kaniyang tagumpay.
“I knew it,” ani Winwyn. “Unang usap pa lang naming, alam ko mananalo siya.”-- mula sa ulat ni Hermes Joy Tunac/FRJ, GMA Integrated News
