BANGKOK, Thailand (Update 2, 9:42 a.m.) — After nailing her 15-second statement, Filipina bet Catriona Gray advances to the next round anew.
In her opening statement, Catriona said that it is the lack of child support and not poverty that killed the dreams of her countrymen.
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"A child once told me, 'Cat, it's just not my life and those dreams are not for me' but I stand here today because someone believed in me and we owe it to our children to believe in them,” she said.
Catriona will now compete with nine other beauties from all over the world in the evening gown and swimsuit rounds.
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Judges will choose five finalists from the Top 10:
- South Africa - Tamaryn Green
- Vietnam - H'Hen Nie
- Venezuela - Sthefany Gutiérrez
- Philippines - Catriona Gray
- Costa Rica - Natalia Carvajal
- Curacao - Akisha Albert
- Nepal - Manita Devkota
- Canada - Marta Magdalena Stepien
- Thailand - Sophida Kanchanarin
- Puerto Rico - Kiara Ortega