Former Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach has been on a mission of spreading HIV/AIDS awareness and ending the stigma surrounding the disease for quite some time now. In order to encourage people to get tested for HIV, the beauty queen herself went through a public HIV screening at the “Love Gala” which is one of Asia’s most prestigious charity and awards galas.
Wurtzbach who is also the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Goodwill ambassador for Asia and the Pacific displayed her deep concern for the health of the youth in her country and also for the growing number of Filipinos that are being diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and said “Nag-uumpisa ang pag-progress ng awareness sa pagpapa-test (The progress of awareness starts with getting tested).”
In order to promote her own project called Progressive Information Awareness, Wurtzbach, also the first Love Gala ambassador, said “With the PIA project, we hope to see an increase in HIV awareness, spread love for people living with HIV, and make HIV testing among Filipinos a normal part of their health and wellness routine.”
Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach has proven to be one of the well-hearted beauty queens, who has been passionately trying to fulfil her commitments and has raised her voice to spread awareness about the causes that she advocates.
