MAKATI CITY, Philippines—The Philippines’ representative to the coming Mrs. World pageant hopes to use the global platform to shed light on postpartum depression among the international audience.
“I am a postpartum depression survivor. I went through very dark times with practically no hope to live a happy life and no effective medical treatment,” Meranie Gadiana Rahman told the Inquirer in an online interview.
What helped her cope, she said, was pageantry. The Hawaii-based Filipino was crowned Mrs. World Philippines in Paris, France, in 2019. But the international pageant she was supposed to compete in was postponed because of the COVID-19 pande…
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