Beauty queen Rabiya Mateo admitted that although ending her journey in Miss Universe was initially “heartbreaking,” she realized that the title was not meant for her.
“For those who were asking how am I, you have nothing to worry [about],” Mateo said on her Instagram page yesterday, May 24. She also showed photos of herself wearing the orange Sarimanok gown that she was supposed to wear for the pageant’s finals night.
Mateo was one of the 74 candidates who competed for the Miss Universe crown last week at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. She ended her journey in the pageant as one of its top 21 candidates.
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