MANILA, Philippines — Miss Universe Philippines 2021 Beatrice Luigi Gomez revealed that she didn’t expect that the question for her in the 70th Miss Universe was going to be political.
In an interview on Tuesday, Beatrice said that she had second thought on how she would answer the question.
"Hindi ko po actually in-expect na ‘yung mapupuntang question sa'kin is political. So nagdadalawang-isip ako how I should answer the question. Inisip ko na lang core values ko, ‘yung paghuhugutan ko ng sagot," Beatrice said.
She, however, said that she’s confident that she answered the question well.
"Pero for me, na-deliver ko po ‘yung answer na gusto kong isagot," she said.
Beatrice advanced to the top 5 of the prestigious pageant. She was asked, "Given the ever changing COVID situation, what is your opinion of mandating a universal vaccine passports?”
The beauty queen from Cebu said public health is everyone’s responsibility.
"I believe that public health is everyone's responsibility and to mandate vaccine inoculation is necessary. And if mandating vaccine passport would help us in regulating and the rollout of vaccine and mitigate the situation of the pandemic today, then I would agree on mandating the necessary passport of that vaccination," she answered.
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