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Philippine bet Michelle Arceo is in full force in her bid to earn the country its second Reina HispanoAmericana crown at the pageant taking place in Santa Cruz, Bolivia later this month.  To tell us more about her preparations is none other than the queen herself.  Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:00 While Philippine bet Michelle Arceo is in full force in her bid to earn the country its second

00:05 reina hispanoamericana crown in the pageant taking place in Santa Cruz Bolivia later this month.

00:11 Now to tell us more about her preparations joining us live is none other than the queen herself.

00:16 Good morning to you Michelle. Good morning. Happy new year. Merry Christmas. Happy holidays. Happy

00:22 holidays. That's right. I mean you were here with us on set when you know you you got your crown and

00:29 there was such a long wait for you. Very long wait. How was that? I mean were you more anxious? I mean

00:36 considering like other other queens who just like win the crown a month or so later just just

00:42 continue on right? I'm in a way grateful for how long my gap was because I was able to kind of

00:48 rest, take time for myself, evaluate my performance from Miss Grand and also just

00:56 kind of relax a little bit because pageants are so hectic and it really takes a lot out of you.

01:02 But at the same time I kind of wish I was able to just go on with it but I'm fully prepared now

01:10 and I'm very excited. It was just a little tough around the holidays. I'm sure I'm sure like so

01:15 okay in terms of being prepared what were the things that you needed to do and what were the

01:21 lessons that you learned from Grand to to bring to your next conquest? So my biggest lesson from Grand

01:30 was I think to just trust in myself, trust in the process, enjoy it. I think that is one of

01:38 the biggest things I regret not doing was being able to just enjoy the whole pageant because

01:44 sometimes you're just so focused on winning all your efforts and you're just tunnel vision with

01:51 everything that you lose sight of the real importance of it all which is making friends,

01:56 enjoying the journey, and learning from the whole process of everything. So my preparations this

02:00 time around I'm focusing on my Q&A, my pasarela, and I'm just grateful that I have a great team.

02:09 I have pro media to help me along the way and we're gonna get this next Grand. So which part

02:15 of the pageant are you most looking forward to? So I'm looking forward to meeting the girls of

02:21 course and the food. I'm very excited to try a Latin and Hispanic food because it's really always

02:30 better in the country when you go there rather than like having it anywhere else. So I noticed

02:35 you like you skirted around. I mean there was like nothing in terms of pageantry. You wanted

02:39 the tour and the food. How about in terms of like the competition and the pageant?

02:44 I'm very excited about. Or most nervous about? I'm most nervous about the language barrier

02:52 because of course it's a Spanish-speaking country like every single contestant there speaks

02:58 Spanish. Yeah. So I'm a little worried about that but I'm just gonna smile, enjoy,

03:07 trust in my girls to help translate for me. And like I moved here eight years ago and I wasn't

03:14 able to understand like a single bit of Tagalog. So if I can do that and navigate my way here,

03:21 I can do the same thing over there. And even in my last international pageant, Miss Environment,

03:26 it's in India. Yeah. Like not a lot of people speak English. So I can do this. Well you're also

03:33 best in swimsuit. Yes. Right. So how are we looking at? Are we looking forward to the swimsuit

03:39 competition this time? You've been working out so hard. Luckily I was able to get my body right

03:45 back in shape just in time. I'm at my goal weight but through diet, exercise, the right determination,

03:53 I thank goodness I was able to do it again. Because after Miss Grand I did gain some weight

04:00 and I just had to really focus on the diet. And it was really difficult around the holidays.

04:06 No Noche Buena for me, no New Year's celebration for me. Just focus, focus, focus. We'll definitely

04:12 celebrate, you know, after the pageant. I mean you were the last. I mean so once again, I go back to

04:18 that question because you know most of the other queens competed already. So you are the last of

04:24 the 2023 batch competing in 2024. Do you feel more pressure? Of course. There's definitely a lot more

04:32 pressure. I'm only human but I'm grateful that my organization is being hands-on with me and like

04:38 guiding me through the journey which I'm very grateful for. And what better way to start off

04:44 the new year by going into my competition as well. Started right. Yes. So you, why, okay, you were in

04:52 Miss Grand and you won the Miss Reyna Hispano Americana. Why do you think that this would be a

04:58 perfect avenue for you? For me, I've actually thought about this question a lot and I believe

05:05 that I'm a chameleon in a sense. I've joined so many different competitions and I've been able to

05:10 mold myself to each one and prepare differently for all like what kind of peg I need to set myself

05:17 to. And for this, it's a way to get me out of my comfort zone and I know I'm a performer. I'm a

05:25 singer and musician at heart and I think with Reyna Hispano Americana like you need to be kind of used

05:31 to being in front of the camera like showing your personality what you can do all the spice because

05:37 Latinas are spicy let's be honest. Well you're kind of spicy. I am spicy. There you go. I mean you can sing.

05:44 You're what a black belter. Yes. I mean all of these you know wonderful things which is also

05:49 part of your advocacy. Yes. Because it's violence against women. True. And you are excited to share

05:54 that. I mean is that one of the passions that you have in terms of joining the pageant? It definitely

05:59 is one of my passions because I really love speaking about it and I hope I can inspire other

06:05 girls to use their voice, use their power within them to talk about their experiences and hopefully

06:12 spread that awareness to other people and make a difference. But what I'll be advocating for as well

06:17 in this competition is music education in the youth. Why? Tell me about that. Well since I have

06:24 a musical background. Opera right? Opera. I play. I have classical piano background. I have guitar

06:30 background and I did choir all of my life. So and I think it's really important to ignite a passion

06:38 with children especially. It helps with brain development. You're able to be creative, make

06:44 friends, find a sense of community and it's just it's great development for children and especially

06:52 if you're going through tough times. Music was always my outlet. So I hope to kind of teach that

06:57 to the younger generation. You went through tough times as well. Of course. Yourself. We all go through

07:02 tough times. And so the music and you singing and it just helped you get through that tough spot.

07:07 Well you know we have this thing here on New Day Q&A. It won't be hard for you because you have

07:12 practiced this. You have mastered this. This is like no you know it's just a walk in the park for you.

07:18 Okay so we asked our Reina Hispanoamerica 2017 Win Win Marquez. I mean she that was her debut

07:24 and then she brought home the crown. Incredible. You're gonna be the second one okay. Let's manifest

07:29 this. Okay so her question was how would you promote Hispanic American culture with the great

07:35 difficulty and you mentioned this the language barrier. Yes well the best way I think nowadays

07:42 to promote like the pageant and the culture itself is through social media because most everyone uses

07:48 social media nowadays and you could really promote tourism, culture, heritage and with the Philippines

07:56 especially like we have so much Hispanic culture rooted in our heritage through our language,

08:03 our religion, even our foods. So what better way to promote through social media as well and spread

08:09 that to the entire world because everyone uses that platform whether it's Facebook, TikTok, Instagram,

08:16 everything. Yeah. And like Win Win said language can always be learned. That's right. Humans can

08:23 do crazy things if they set their minds to it. And we can learn different aspects of the language

08:28 you know. There's so many ways to speak and to communicate. We have Hispanic, like it's in our

08:35 language already. It's just the words are a little different so have to learn that. Okay so first we

08:40 have to cross this hurdle but after this hurdle moving forward 2024, 2025 okay what else are you

08:50 setting your your sight on? Well I joined Miss Grand and I something about my heart is really

09:00 there but of course if I win Reina I think I'll be satisfied and just take a break but if ever

09:08 I will see what we'll see where I go whether Beanie Beanie, Miss Universe, everything always

09:15 changes and evolves around us so we'll see. I'll talk to my team as well. I hope to have you back

09:20 here on New Day so we can discuss that. That's part two, part two of our conversation. Let's do

09:26 this first. Let's you know go through this hurdle and come home with a crown. Congratulations to

09:33 you. We wish you all the best. Thank you so much for being with us here on New Day. Thank you for having me.

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