Rabiya Mateo tells pageant fans to stop putting words into her mouth

Published December 16, 2020, 1:29 PM

by Stephanie Bernardino 

Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo has called on pageant fans to stop making an issue of her edited video which made to appear she was insulting other candidates.

“Some people are trying to bully me on IG. In the first part of the video which was not included here, we talked about the fact that if I’m gonna accept any role in the future I wanted to be an antagonist because I really wanna challenge myself. The hosts gave me a situation myself. The hosts gave me a situation and I had a disclaimer that this is just a role before and after this video which was also cut,” said Rabiya, in reference to a video that featured her interview on Critical Beauty Philippines recently. But she said that the video uploaded was altered.

According to the beauty queen, she has never done anything to “discredit” or “insult” other candidates.

“But putting words in my mouth and creating problems out of nothing is just toxic and it has to stop,” she said

Rabiya, 24, pointed out how no one should be bullied even public figures because it is “unkind and pure evil.”

She believes fans of certain girls can support their own candidates without destroying others.

“This needs to stop. I have nothing but love and admiration for Indonesians,” she declared.

Rabiya said pageants should be “fun.”

“We need to create a positive image of empowering women. I know bashers will always be there but can we not normalize things that are evil and not right? Hatred is an acquired behavior. We can surely unlearn it and start doing the right thing,” she added.

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