Catriona: Women in pageantry are multi-hyphenates, not just pretty faces

Expect Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray to give her full support and words of encouragement to women who wish to enter the pageantry scene although some of them worry that they are not beautiful enough.

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"I think everyone can be their own type of beautiful. I may be a sentimentalist in saying that but honestly, I've always believed that the energy of someone speaks louder than the facial symmetry, or what they deem typically beautiful," said Catriona about women aspiring to be beauty queens but are not so confident with their looks.

"It's really how they treat other people, their energy that they exude to those around them I think that's the thing that makes them magnetic and even though they may be on a stage in a pageant, I feel like people can feel that. People can feel when your energy is in a right place and when you are being genuine and authentic.

So that's why we encourage them to not limit themselves by their physical appearance alone," she added in an interview with The STAR.