February 12 ------ Dia Mate is filled with gratitude with pride after winning the Philippines' second Reina Hispanoamericana crown. The Filipina beauty queen made history in Bolivia after emerging victorious in the Latina-dominated Reina Hispanoamericana 2025 pageant. She followed in the footsteps of Winwyn Marquez, who won the country's first Reina Hispanoamericana title in 2017. "I'm just so grateful and proud that I got the second crown for the Philippines," the 22-year-old singer-songwriter said in an interview with the pageant website Missosology.
Mate is looking forward to her activities as the new titleholder which would involve a lot of traveling to promote Hispanic culture. She sees it as an opportunity to showcase what the Philippines has to offer: "I'm so excited for what the organization has in store for me. I know that's traveling around different Latin American countries, promoting Hispanic culture. And I get to promote my Filipino culture, which is almost the same as Latinos."
When asked to react to comments that she should not have been a Reina Hispanoamericana candidate since she is from Asia, the beauty queen replied: "The Philippines, we have the same culture as the Latinas we just live in a different continent. It does not mean that we cannot embrace Hispanic culture."
Aside from her reign, Mate also plans to continue her career as a singer-songwriter, and hopes to expand her reach to Latin America. She has been using music as a tool for mental illness, believing that it can "heal others and yourself as well." "I want people to remember me by me heart, how I care about people, and how I want to empower them through my music and my voice," she declared.
Source: news.abs-cbn.com
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