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Miss Universe baby? Rabiya Mateoâs national costume gets recreated
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This composite photo shows Rabiya Mateo, Miss Universe Philippines 2020 backstage during the National Costume Show at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida on May 13, 2021 and Baby Gab Cipriano. (Miss Universe Organization/Tracy Nguyen; Handmade by Sabelle) ); Rabiya Mateoâs national costume just into a hand-crocheted baby version.
Zai Fabia-Cipriano, a mother from General Trias, Cavite recreated the Rabiyaâs national costume created by the late R
ocky Gathercole for her two month-old baby Gab.
Cipriano, who crafts hand-crocheted costumes, posted a photo of this on her online store Handmade by Sabelle.
Rabiya’s supporters onlike likewise shared the same view as they expressed their amazement with her performance on stage. Video clips and photos of which were also shared across social media platforms.
“VICTORIA’S SECRET MODEL REALNESS!!!!! How can you not love her!” one Twitter user said.
“THIS SCREAMS VICTORIA’S SECRET!” another user wrote.
“Wow! She looks like a Victoria’s Secret Angel with her National Costume!” another Twitter user said.
“Don’t be deceived! This is Rabiya competing in Miss Universe, not a Victoria’s Secret angel (or not yet),” a Twitter user said.
Some pageant fans, meanwhile, noticed that Mateo’s costume was a fusion of designs and colors of the iconic gowns worn by Miss Universe queens Pia Wurtzbach and Catriona Gray during the coronation night in 2015 and 2018.
Rabiya Mateo gets emotional after Miss Universe national costume show By MARGARET CLAIRE LAYUG, GMA News
Published May 14, 2021 1:32pm Rabiya Mateo got emotional after showcasing her national costume for the Miss Universe 2020 competition on Friday. An Instagram Live clip that made the rounds on social media showed the Filipina beauty queen in tears as she expressed her gratitude to those who supported her during the event. “It felt so great that I was onstage and then I kept everybody cheering for me, and I did my best during the competition and I am just really overwhelmed,” she said in a mix of English and Tagalog.
❤️❤️❤️
She must have read quite a number of negative comments which led her to go on an Instagram Live right after, “I’m so sorry
kung na disappoint
kayo sa akin (if you are all disappointed in me). I know I did my best. I even cut my finger earlier and yun stockings ko.
Puno na rin sya ng dugo (It’s full of blood), but I kept fighting,
kahit wala ng oras (even if there was no more time), I didn’t have time to retouch my hair and my makeup. I was running for pins and scissors to be able to execute the costumer really well.”