Kung sa Miss Earth, may sexual harassment… CATRIONA, NAGSALITA NA SA PAMBU-BULLY DAW NG MGA CO-CAND

Anj Cabilla / PAK ANG GANAP!

KUNG sexual harassment ang kinaharap na problema ng beauty pageant na Miss Earth 2018, bullying naman ang isa sa mga na­ging isyu sa katatapos lang na Miss Universe 2018.

Nagsimula ito sa isang Ins­ta­gram live video ni Miss Colombia Valeria Morales, kung saan nag­bigay ng komento ang kandi­da­tang si Miss USA Sarah Summers tung­kol sa limitasyon ng kandi­datang sina Miss Cambodia Nat Rern at Miss Vietnam H’Hen Nie sa wi­kang Ingles.

Kasunod nito, sa interview sa kanya ng TV5 reporter na si MJ Marfori, nagbigay ng komento ang bagong Miss Universe na si Catriona Gray tung­kol sa usaping ito. Sinabi ng Miss Universe 2018 na huwag agad husgahan ang kanyang kapwa kandidata dahil lang sa napanood na video.

“And even though those things that arise online, I mean, in real life, it’s not that way at all,” pahayag ni Catriona.

Dagdag pa niya, “I want to tell people, you know, don’t base your judgement over one thing.

“You see a small moment but that doesn’t need to define someone’s relationship or some­one’s friendship.

“It can be taken out of context, perhaps it was said in a certain way, but you should never define the whole stand­ing or their relationship or the whole situation in that one glimpse.”

Hindi raw nakausap ni Catriona ang mga nasangkot sa bullying issue, pero base sa kanyang obserbasyon ay maayos naman ang pakikitungo ng lahat sa bawat isa na parang magkakaibigan.

Pahayag nito, “We’re in big groups and I see them together.

“I see them sitting next to each other being friends and being whatever-whatever.

“So I wouldn’t even know if there was a controversy if I wasn’t made aware of it. Like, there was no sign whatsoever.”