Here’s something that Filipino beauty pageant fans might be delighted about: Miss Universe Singapore 2020 Bernadette Belle Ong said that she was born and raised in the Philippines until she was 11 years old.
“I actually came from the Philippines. I was born there and raised up until the time I was 11 years old,” Ong stated in a video on Miss Universe’s Facebook page on April 27. “In between that, I was also living in Hong Kong for a year or two.”
She added that her experiences while living in different countries helped her expand her knowledge of different cultures and communities.
“I was really able to appreciate different roots of me being Filipino-Chinese, but also being …
Keep on reading: Miss Universe Singapore Bernadette Belle Ong was born, raised in the Philippines