So from 15 to 17 years old, I joined the most prestigious pageant to the pageant where it's at the back of the truck, literally, or sometimes it would be a pavement next to a rice field, and when it rains -- it rains a lot in the Philippines -- the organizers would have to move it inside someone's house.
Od petnaeste do sedamnaeste godine,  uključila sam se u neka od najprestižnija natjecanja, do natjecanja koja se održavaju  na prikolici kamiona, doslovno, ili bi to ponekad bio pločnik  pored rižinog polja, i kada pada kiša -- a na Filipinima često pada kiša -- organizatori bi ga morali preseliti u nečiju kuću.