Ngayon pa lamang ay nararamdaman na umano ni Maria Athisa Manalo na masusungkit ng kanyang successor na si Bea Patricia Magtanong ang pang-pitong Miss International crown para sa bansa.
Ito’y kahit dalawang araw pa lamang mula nang koronahan ng Quezon Province beauty ang 24-year-old Bataan beauty na mas nakilala dahil sa pagpasa sa 2018 Bar exams.
Kung maaalala, naging abot-kamay ni Athisa ang 2018 Miss International crown sa pagiging first runner-up.
Sa panig ni Magtanong, inamin nito na halos pareho lang ang pagiging law student at pakikipagtalbugan sa mundo ng beauty pageant kung saan kapwa nakakapagod “mentally and physically.”
“It’s very hard and it’s mentally exhausting and physically taxing,” ani Magtanong.
Pero ayon kay Atty. Patch, mas madali siyang nakapag-adjust sa law school kung saan kailangan lang niyang i-target ang pagkakaroon ng good grades kompara sa beauty competition kung saan marami siyang dapat pagtuunan ng pansin.
“In law school, you study and you get good grades. Here, we all know there’s so much more. It has so many factors. You have to think about what you say, how you look, how you stand, how you dress,†dagdag nito.
Sa coronation nitong Linggo, naitanong sa beauty queen/lawyer kung sino ang influential person na nais nitong makadaupang-palad at bakit.
Magtanong: “I really idolize Angelina Jolie because she was blessed with such a thriving career in Hollywood, but as a woman, she was able to use that influence, that voice and that audience to advocate for the causes that she believes in like world hunger with the UN. Someday, if I’ll be given the chance, I would like to be just like her.â€
