Miss World Philippines 2018 Katarina Sonja Rodriguez was diligent and confident as she answered the question given to her during the Q & A round of the pageant. Her question was, “There are people who believe that beauty pageants are a form of women exploitation. What can you do to change their opinion?”

To this, she said, “I’d like to think that one should live by example. And I actually would like to admit that I was one of those before until I learned more about what beauty pageants are about. One thing I can tell you is that you may think it’s very competitive but it’s not. You understand beauty pageants when you know that it is actually not competitive against other women. It’s actually competitive towards yourself. And in a sense, it’s all about woman empowerment. And you can feel that in this group of girls and each girl knows that we are all individually beautiful.”

Indeed, a very heart-warming and beautiful answer; Katarina could not stop blushing as the audience cheered her with applause and hooting.