Below is a quick Q&A with Miss Progress Philippines 2021 Beatriz “Zea” Awatin which she answered during the meet-and-greet with the pageant media yesterday at Alex III.
1) With national elections coming in 2022, what kind of a President do Filipinos really need to achieve solid #Progress?
“We need a compassionate leader whose platforms are in line with the needs of his people, someone who has genuine intention for the betterment of the nation and a leader who speaks the truth and who understands the importance of integrity
After all, democracy was made not for the government officials but for the people who believe that their rights are greatly secured with the elected leaders. The only way to achieve it is, if we choose a leader with compassion, genuine intentions and integrity.”
2) What is your platform/advocacy for Miss Progress International and why is it so important to you?
“Ever since I was young, I was already exposed to different communities that are involved with rights to education. Since then, I firmly believe that it will help a certain community to achieve progress.
As your Miss Progress Philippines 2021, I emphasize the importance of Human Rights because knowing your in-depth rights will help you know more about the other fields related in the pageant, like Health and Environment. Moreover, Human rights is one of the underlying issues in the Philippines so I hope my platform could inspire people to know their rights and use the democracy that was given to us.”
3) If you can choose only one of the two to keep, which would it be and why: Privacy or Security?
“It depends.
In terms of relationships, I will choose security.
Feeling secured with someone by their assurance, acts of love, support and having a sense of pride with them contributes to you well being and better than being private with no efforts nor having pride of having you.
In terms of finances or financial status, I’d rather stay low key and private than to be flashy. I’m a simple person. I don’t need to show the world how much I earn nor define a certain status.”
4) If people really learn from mistakes, why are people afraid of making them?
“Because people are afraid of what others say. They are too attached to pleasing people that they forgot to know their core and aspirations in life.”
5) How can you be a social media inspiration during these times when virtual presence has become more important to the world?
“By creating a content that talks about my advocacy, by being honest with who i am and what I am not and by showing a genuine interest to this journey.”
Good luck in Miss Progress International 2021, Zea!
You can support Zea in the competition via the pre-arrival online voting using the link below.
Please vote for her thru this link.
https://pageantvote.net/pageants/1443/contestants/6975
Photo credit: Joy Arguil for Fab Philippines
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She is intelligent with profound knowledge of serious matters. I believe she will do well in a pageant where candidates are judged more according to their knowledge on environment, health, and human rights, than their physical attributes.
@ serge You know kung sino’ng makatatalakay sa mga paksa’ng ‘yan at malalim magsalita?
HONEY BE PARRENAS, Bb34 from Sultan Kudarat.
I think it was a past Pageantry Norms episode. 🙂
Progress International, from what I have read, is a platform for the international celebration of holistic beauty. The term “progress” is appropriate for this pageant– progressive, socially relevant and advocacy-driven. Zea obviously is an excellent rep: intelligent, insightful, and community-involved, reflective of her admirable core values and topped by a pleasing physical looks. I know she will clinch the crown with ease.
Justice for Justine Felizarta! To those who are close to Justine, PLEASE tell her to continue her pageant journey back in Canada. She is still ELIGIBLE for Miss Globe, Miss Supranational, Miss Earth, Miss International, Miss Universe, Miss Intercontinental, etc. She just has to find ways to contact the national organizations responsible for sending representatives to the aforesaid int’l. pageants.
Thanks. Maayong udto sa tanan.
@ paul Right there onstage at SMART Araneta Dome last Sunday evening was the Director of MGCanada, Mias Pilar-Alcantara.
Believe me. If ‘Biday Pilar’ (name coined by @ bong700) was impressed, madali na lang… 🙂
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‘Zea’ is corn. Zea mays… It’s HOT here in Manille now… Mais con hielo on my mind. 😦
‘Privacy vs. security’. Same question asked of Fahsai at MU 2019. Parang ‘yun’g tanong ni Boy A. Essentially, it’s asking where you would draw the line. Talaga’ng lagi’ng personal ang pag-atake sa mga tanong na tulad na ‘to. And because of that, we need to RESPECT the individual’s choices!
RESPECT is the glue-solvent that makes possible the union of oil and water. Domo arigatou, dude!
PLEASE FLOR, connect Justine to Miss Pilar-Alcantara. Alam ko makapangyarihan ka Flor bilang isa sa mga diwata ng Diliman. Daghan kaayong salamat. He, he…
@Paul, I think Justine as well as the many holistic beauties that joined the contest, did not fit into the BBP template. Just look at the judging crieria and see the low weight of intelligence and zero weight on advocacy relative to physical beauty. She should join contests that celebrate the mutiple dimensions of beauty, not just the physical.
How anout this contest– Miss Progress Philippines?
Thanks Scorg. I think Justine is excellent for any of the following: Miss Globe, Miss Supranational, Miss Earth, Miss Grand International, Miss International, or Miss Universe.
Sorry I am not yet familiar with this Miss Progress International. How progressive it is? He, he, he…