Jasmine Omay starts campaign to be the next Universal Woman

The svelte speaker and stunner Jasmine Omay is representing the country and raising the Philippine flag — as a pageant parlance goes — in the ongoing Universal Woman 2025 in Jaipur, India.

- JERRY DONATO

The 10-day beauty competition culminates on Aug. 10, and whose reigning queen is the Pinay Maria Gigante as Universal Woman 2024.

In its third edition, Jasmine is expected to continue the good showing of the Philippines and secure a back-to-back win.

"Yes, I do think that is possible," said the Universal Woman Philippines 2025 in a recent send-off event and press conference, held a day before she left for India. "There is much pressure there, but I do believe that this pressure is good."

To play the part, she had a four-month training on her walking and displaying elegance and confidence during evening gown and interview segments.

For the talent competition, Jasmine and the ALV Pageant Circle team decided to showcase her knack for playing the violin.

From her responses, one could gather that the Philippine bet appears to know the importance of not being complacent and keeping her eyes on the prize or the goal, although fate is also a game changer.