SPORTS BANTER | Nakapanayam natin live sa studio si Asia Rose Simpson, Miss World Philippines 2026 title holder at isa ring sports advocate.

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SPORTS BANTER | Nakapanayam natin live sa studio si Asia Rose Simpson, Miss World Philippines 2026 title holder at isa ring sports advocate.

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00:06PTV Sports

00:06We're going back to PTV Sports today

00:08with Miss World Philippines title holder, Asia Rose Simpson.

00:14Hello!

00:15Asia Rose, welcome to PTV Sports.

00:16Thank you guys so much.

00:17Thank you for having me.

00:19She's so pretty.

00:23So gorgeous.

00:25Now, let's start from the very beginning.

00:27You were introduced to sports as early as 3 years old, specifically gymnastics and dance.

00:33But how have these experiences helped shape your discipline, mindset, and perspective in life?

00:40Yes, so actually I started dancing when I was 3 years old.

00:44My dad was a gymnast and a dancer.

00:47So he passed that down to me and my siblings.

00:51So he taught us dance and gymnastics.

00:54We actually did gymnastics first.

00:55And then we transferred little by little into dance.

00:59And you were asking about discipline.

01:01Really, there's a lot of discipline that goes into dance and gymnastics.

01:05There's a lot of training.

01:06We had to be very consistent in what we did.

01:09So usually our training was, I believe, six days a week.

01:13Or five or six days a week.

01:15Sometimes more if we had a competition.

01:18But it was during those trainings in my early days, I think it was very important for me as a

01:23child to learn it young.

01:25Because it shaped who I am today.

01:28And it helped me with my discipline in being consistent.

01:32It helped me learn that in order to be great, in order to succeed, you have to put in the

01:37work.

01:37It helped me to shape my skills.

01:40It helped solidify the basics of what I already knew.

01:44So that, like now, we don't train as much in gymnastics.

01:46But I still have the very basic skills that I learned when I was, you know, five or six years

01:51old.

01:52Because, for example, I still have my back handspring.

01:54Which is like one of the highest tricks that I can do as a moment and an aerial.

01:58I learned those when I was very young.

02:00Probably a back handspring.

02:01The first time I did it was probably when I was seven years old.

02:05And so even from then, even though we haven't been consistently training specifically in gymnastics,

02:10I still have those skills because of what solidified during when I was a child.

02:15And so not only has it helped me in my discipline, in sharpening my skills, in my creativity.

02:22But the reason they taught us dance and gymnastics was, one, we're homeschooled.

02:27So we don't get a lot of social connection in school, obviously, because I'm the only person in my class.

02:32I'm the only one. It's so lonely.

02:35Anyway, no, I have my siblings, but they're all in different grades, you know.

02:38So, so, they gave us an opportunity to go out into the world through, you know, dance and gymnastics.

02:49And we started doing auditions and competitions.

02:51The first one, one, one, dance kids.

02:54So, Roja City, we were just at the mall.

02:58You know, just going to the mall and probably for lunch or something.

03:02Tapos, my dad, I saw a sign, right?

03:06And he said, you guys are going to join.

03:09No preparation, no choreography.

03:12We were in the hallway and we were practicing a dance that we made up on the spot while our

03:17mom went to go get the costumes.

03:18And so that was our first ever competition.

03:21We did not make it.

03:22Disclaimer, we did not make it.

03:24However, it was a start.

03:26And from there, the second, or I think the second biggest thing that we did was we auditioned for PGT

03:31Season 5 when I was eight years old, I think.

03:35And we made it onto national television and we made it to the judges' deliberation.

03:39And that was my very first introduction to the media business, right, and to that type of industry.

03:46And it gave me a different perspective.

03:49Dance and gymnastics has given me an avenue to look at the world through different lenses, not just as a

03:55homeschooler, not just as me personally.

03:59It's given me a way to go out into the world to see different types of business, to see different

04:03types of people, to see different types of cultures.

04:06Not just people cultures, but also industry cultures.

04:09And doing dance and gymnastics, it introduced me to the stage.

04:13And if you have never been on the stage, you won't understand how much work it takes and how it

04:18shapes your character, how it shapes your confidence.

04:21Because if you're on stage, all eyes are on you.

04:24Every move you make is being judged, whether that is by an actual judge or just by the audience.

04:30And so it really helps you learn how to be sure of yourself, how to be confident on stage, and

04:35how to fake it till you make it in a way.

04:39One thing that my dad always taught us is if you're going to make a mistake, make an aggressive mistake.

04:45Because no one knows the choreography except you.

04:48So those are just some of the things I've learned over the years through sports and dance, but specifically dance.

04:54I think, Jane, that's the reason why a lot of sports people would want a particular person to start young,

05:03especially in sports.

05:04Because it's the foundation of so many things like discipline, confidence, and it definitely exemplifies through Asia how it paved

05:13the way for so many opportunities for her.

05:15You know what I'm curious about is the chosen sport that you were put into, right?

05:20Gymnastics and dance.

05:21You would say, you know, foundational skills in terms of motor coordination.

05:27And then, you know, it's the mastery of your body, being able to isolate different parts of your body, right?

05:32Yes.

05:33So the question is, outside of being able to perform on a stage, does it help you in terms of

05:40your confidence that you have mastery of your body at a very young age?

05:44Yes.

05:45So specifically for dance, it is not just, okay, for some people don't think that dance is a sport.

05:51It definitely is.

05:53It takes coordination.

05:54It takes agility.

05:55It takes strength.

05:56So I think that it definitely qualifies as a sport.

05:59But dance is not only a sport.

06:01It's also an art.

06:02It has to flow.

06:03You have to look graceful.

06:05There's choreography.

06:07So not only does it help you with your physical, it also helps you with your mental because you have

06:12to remember all the moves and you have to do it to where it's muscle memory.

06:16And so for physical, it takes a lot of strength to do dance, to do the different types of moves,

06:23whether that's leaps or jumps or lifts.

06:25For example, me and my siblings, we're called the Simpson tribe.

06:29And so when we dance, I'm usually the one doing the lifts because I'm the oldest and the tallest and

06:36they can't lift me.

06:38Definitely can't lift me.

06:39I mean, if they all three did it together, maybe.

06:42But I usually lift them in different lifts.

06:46And so it takes a lot of strength to be able to lift another human being above your head.

06:49Right.

06:50And then in coordination as well, dance really challenges people who have coordination issues.

06:58And it helps you, like you were saying, it helps you get control of your body.

07:02And when you have control of your body, then you're able to make it flow better.

07:06But it also helps you in your daily life.

07:10The grace that you have in dance can translate to the way that you present yourself in daily life.

07:16Yeah.

07:17Now, besides gymnastics and dancing, you discovered pickleball in 2023.

07:21Yes, in 2023.

07:22What attracted you to the sport and what keeps you playing it?

07:27In the beginning, it was an accident that we even started pickleball.

07:31When it was in 2023 and we were trying to get sports in our curriculum.

07:39And we started out with volleyball because we all love volleyball.

07:43And unfortunately, my dad got hurt.

07:46Two days.

07:47Two days.

07:49And he got hurt.

07:51He pulled one of his leg muscles and he couldn't.

07:55He couldn't play volleyball anymore.

07:56And the gym that we were going to at that point had started doing pickleball.

08:02They had the equipment and they let you borrow the equipment if you were there and you had the specific

08:07pass.

08:07And they were starting to teach it.

08:09And our uncle also worked there at the time.

08:11And he said, what if you guys just played this?

08:13What if you tried it?

08:14And so we decided as a family, oh, we're going to take a detour to pickleball and then go back

08:21to volleyball.

08:22And so we started playing pickleball.

08:24We were terrible.

08:25I couldn't get the ball over the net to begin with.

08:29But we loved it.

08:30It was fun.

08:32There was no pressure.

08:33It was a simple concept to begin with.

08:36Get the ball over the net.

08:38Pass it back to your partner.

08:39Get the ball over the net.

08:40Pass it back to your partner.

08:41It was a very simple game to start out with before knowing the rules.

08:45And so as we played it more often, it became this battle of, okay, so how many times are we

08:50going to get over the net?

08:51Oh, we're getting better.

08:52So let's keep going.

08:53And then we learned the rules.

08:57But I mean rules.

08:58There's so many rules.

09:00And so as a beginner, it is very overwhelming.

09:04It could be very overwhelming because there are a lot of rules.

09:07For example, the scoring system is zero, zero, two.

09:11Okay.

09:12So to anybody out there, we were confused at first.

09:16But to explain it, zero is the first team's points.

09:22The next zero is the second team's points.

09:25And then the two is server number two.

09:30And the first server is always on the right side.

09:33Alright.

09:34Yeah.

09:34Did you get it?

09:35Yeah, yeah, yeah.

09:35Did you get it?

09:37I have to because I've been getting into the game, again, also like you, by accident.

09:42I was just...

09:43You also played pickleball.

09:45Yeah, because my in-laws, you know, they want to stay active.

09:49Yes.

09:50And them and their siblings, they're looking for reasons to stay active.

09:53And they're like, you know, why don't we try pickleball?

09:55And I'm like, I'm all about trying to support them in their endeavors.

09:58And I was like, you know, let's take it easy.

10:01I'm against older people.

10:02And then the first ball goes...

10:03Yay!

10:04And I'm like, guys, I'm serious.

10:06Yes, I'm serious.

10:07But I'm still playing.

10:07I know.

10:08I'm serious.

10:10Especially, don't underestimate the older people who play.

10:13They are amazing.

10:14They're some of the most amazing players out there.

10:17Like, we got beat so bad.

10:19Don't ever underestimate them.

10:20It's not about just your physicality as well, you know.

10:23It's the technique.

10:25Oh, yeah.

10:25Of course, strategy for sure.

10:27Now, pickleball is rapidly growing here in the Philippines.

10:31Why do you think it appeals to both the younger and the older generation?

10:35Honestly, I think pickleball started out as mostly a trend.

10:39But now, as people are playing it,

10:42now they're getting to realize that it's an actual sport

10:45and that it's actually very fun.

10:46I think also why it has such a wide demographic

10:49is because it's a very simple game.

10:52And it's very accessible to everyone.

10:57So it's easy for kids to pick up the paddle and just hit the ball.

11:02And it's easier than tennis on, you know, older people who may have arthritis.

11:07It's easier on their body to play pickleball than it is to tennis.

11:11We've had a lot of tennis players who say they have transferred to pickleball

11:15and it's easier on their body.

11:16So I think that pickleball is a sport for everyone.

11:22And it's easy to get into.

11:25It's easy to start in.

11:26And then if you want to level up your playing, then you can learn the rules.

11:30And then once you learn the rules, then you can start doing tournaments and competitions.

11:34And then it's basically you get addicted and there's no going back.

11:38So do you compete?

11:39I have done several competitions, yes.

11:42When we first started playing, my sister and I, Genesis,

11:46we did two different tournaments.

11:49One, I believe we won second.

11:51And then the other one, I believe we won first.

11:54But that was a couple of years back.

11:56I haven't done another tournament since because we've been more focused on doing things with the organizations that we partner

12:05with.

12:05So like Pickle Lab, Button Pickleball, the Pickle Bells, we do more outreach type things.

12:10So I haven't really been able to do tournaments yet.

12:12But maybe soon.

12:13Maybe that's coming.

12:14Who knows?

12:15No.

12:16Yeah.

12:16No, I'm curious about those groups that you just mentioned there.

12:20Like what do you guys do with those advocacies of yours?

12:24So actually last month we went to Las Piñas with Batang Pickleball.

12:30And Batang Pickleball is a youth oriented initiative that specifically advocates for the growth and development of pickleball among youth

12:39in the Philippines.

12:41So Batang Pickleball is a more competitive organization.

12:47They have a group of students and kids that they are training.

12:53But they bring in professional coaches.

12:55So last time they had people like, I'm not sure if you know her, Sarah Jane Lim Narbasa.

13:00She's a pickleball player, a professional pickleball player.

13:03And they brought her in to teach the kids.

13:05And it's basically a training course.

13:08It's a training camp that they gather the students, they gather professional coaches who have the same mindset and mission

13:15as the organization.

13:17And they do it to raise up the next generation of pickleballers.

13:20And so what we do, my family and I specifically with Seed, is that we are connected with them through

13:26pickleball.

13:27But they also allow us to share our gift of dance.

13:31So at the end, like the little ending ceremony type thing, we'll get to dance and then I will get

13:37to speak, share my testimony of how sports or pickleball is not just a game.

13:42It's a way that you can impact the community.

13:45It's a way that you can, for us, share the gospel, fellowship, create community, create connections that go beyond just

13:53playing a game.

13:55Now, how has your journey in pageantry influenced the way you use pickleball as a platform for your advocacy?

14:05Pageantry has given me a larger avenue and a larger platform to make an impact to people around me.

14:13Sports and dance is the tool that we use.

14:15They're both universal languages, which means that everybody, no matter where they're from, can understand it.

14:22For example, I believe it was last year, we went to Vietnam.

14:25And I do not speak Vietnamese.

14:27Tagalog at the hiligaynon lang.

14:29Or in English, no Vietnamese.

14:31And they can't really speak English.

14:33So in a country where we could not understand each other verbally, we could understand each other through the game.

14:39And through the game, we built a community with them.

14:42And through dance, because we were also able to dance there, we built a community with them, we built connections.

14:47And now, through that, we were able to understand each other on a different level.

14:51And so through pageantry, pageantry has given me that access.

14:56On our own, we can only go so far.

14:58But pageantry has really opened the door for us to be able to do different things with sports and dance.

15:04Now, one of your advocacies is about mental health issues.

15:08Now, how can Pickleball Health support these young people in terms of their mental well-being?

15:14So mental health crisis is really on the rise now.

15:17And then, I believe it's the World Health Organization that relays that 80% of adolescents don't meet the recommended

15:24levels of activity.

15:25Which is a really sad reality, but it's something that needs to be addressed.

15:29And one thing that I really live by is that you need to meet people where they are.

15:33And you need to talk to them in a way that they will understand.

15:36So this generation, or my generation even, they understand things differently than, say, my parents' generation would.

15:44And so the sports, it's a connecting factor.

15:47It breaks barriers.

15:50So if you play the game with them, you create connection.

15:53You create a friend.

15:55And then, through that, then you can meet them on a different level if you want to connect with them

15:59about mental health.

16:01Or, I'll explain it through SEED initiatives.

16:04So one of the more standard things that we do with SEED is if we do a dance workshop, we

16:09do the teaching part.

16:10And then, after the teaching part is done, we do what we call breakout sessions.

16:15Where we just go into little groups, we separate them into little groups, and we speak to them.

16:20And we let them speak.

16:22And we have covered issues like mental health and suicide and all these different things.

16:26And because of that connection that we created with dance or sports, they feel open enough and connected enough to

16:34us to be honest about how they're doing, about how their mental health is.

16:40And it's incredible to see how open people can be if you just give them that avenue, and you give

16:45them the freedom, and you give them a safe space.

16:49Which is really what SEED is about, and that's the mental health aspect of it, is bridging a game for

16:55movements with mental health.

16:57Because there are so many benefits to dance and sports, not just physically, but also emotionally and mentally.

17:05So for physical, you have the obvious exercise, it gets your stamina up, it gets your heart pumping.

17:12And then mentally, it helps you to remain mentally strong.

17:18You have to remember the movements, you have to remember the rules, you have to remember who's serving.

17:22And then, emotionally, it's an outlet.

17:27I remember Dia Mate, her advocacy also is with the arts, so hers was more along the lines of singing.

17:37But she said that it gives students a safe outlet to express themselves instead of them going to self-harm.

17:46They can go into dance and listen to a song that helps them feel the emotions and then do the

17:52movements to it so it lets it out.

17:54And it's an expression and it's passion, but it's a safe outlet.

17:58So definitely, besides being a sport, Pickleball now becomes a safe space for conversation about issues like mental health.

18:10I love that, too. It breaks down the barriers and the boundaries that people might have and allows them to

18:15open up in a nice way.

18:17It is Women's Month and sports, for the longest time, was male-dominated in the psyche of many people, but

18:25that's changing quite rapidly as of late.

18:29You could speak to this personally, but in general, how would you say the importance of sports is with regards

18:37to women empowerment and opening up new opportunities for them?

18:43Well, I believe that sports is empowering for every person, no matter their gender, but for women specifically, since you're

18:50asking for Women's Month,

18:52I think that sports empowers people to take care of themselves.

18:56I think that overall health is a big benefit of doing sports.

19:00It's a way to care for your mental health, for your physical health, and your emotional health in a safe

19:05way.

19:06It's a way for you to make connections with your community.

19:10It's a way for you to build your character in the different things that you learn, like determination, perseverance, discipline,

19:19creativity, sharpening of your skills.

19:21So it empowers you to become a better person.

19:25And then, once you empower yourself, then you can empower others through teaching or through planting seeds.

19:35That's one of the reasons why we named our initiative Seed is because when you have a seed, it stays

19:41a seed unless you plant it.

19:44And so unless you give that seed away, it's not going to do anything.

19:47But once you plant it, it can grow into a harvest that reaps a hundredfold return.

19:51And then it will not only benefit you, but it will benefit the people around you.

19:55And then what they have seeds of their own that they can continue planting.

19:58So it's a generational thing.

20:00So it's not just you.

20:01So if you plant a seed, then you're planting for a generation if you think that far ahead.

20:06And so for sports and women, think of it like you're not only empowering yourself, but you're giving yourself the

20:13power to empower others.

20:15No, that's so great.

20:16I love that.

20:17I have one pageant question.

20:19As Miss World 2026, how can you elevate Pickleball into a movement for social impact?

20:26Honestly, to continue doing what I'm doing.

20:28The Seed initiative is the main reason why I joined the Miss World system in the beginning.

20:34People keep asking me,

20:36Why Miss World's system, why Miss World's Philippines, do you want the other system?

20:43It's nice.

20:44But the Miss World system has a very special thing.

20:48And that's beauty with a purpose.

20:49It gives a deeper level to pageantry.

20:53And so for me, Miss World, the Miss World organization and the Miss World system aligned with what we were

20:59already doing as missionaries.

21:00It aligned what we were doing with our life already.

21:03And we saw it as an avenue to create bigger impact, to have a larger platform and basically have a

21:11megaphone to a voice that was already speaking.

21:14And so for me, I will continue to use Seed as a way to serve the people, to be an

21:19example that no matter how young you are, you can make a difference.

21:23If you have something that you are passionate about that can change lives, then use it.

21:28It doesn't matter how young you are, how old you are.

21:32If you are breathing, live, well, or even sick, you have a testimony and you have the ability to impact

21:40your sphere of influence.

21:41You also have the ability to go out like social media is so abundant in our generation today and in

21:47the age that we live in.

21:49So it's so easy to access so many different parts of the world through one post.

21:54And so it's really up to us how we use the platforms that we are given and to really not

22:01just think in terms of what's happening now in terms of the present, but to think about things in terms

22:06of future.

22:07And so for me, we have been able to go to places across the Philippines, also in Besayas and Mindanao.

22:14A couple of weeks ago, we were in Rojas City for a Seed outreach and we were able to speak

22:20with the dancers there.

22:21We were able to dance with them as well, which was incredibly fun.

22:25It was incredibly fun for me personally, but it was also a way that we impacted the community.

22:30I grew up in Rojas, so napalik kami for a homecoming.

22:36And not only did we do a homecoming, we did an outreach.

22:40And it's incredible to see the impact that you can make and the impact that lingers.

22:44Because we had been going to Rojas for many, many years and the people who were once children back when

22:49we first started are now adults

22:51and they still remember the impact that we had made.

22:54And so just never underestimate what you have in your hands because it can grow into something that shades a

23:00generation.

23:01It's incredible.

23:02You know, utilizing, it's palpable, the passion that you have for your advocacy.

23:09We can feel it.

23:10Yeah, yeah.

23:11It's fantastic that you're using your platform and the attention that you've garnered through your victory.

23:16Congratulations, by the way.

23:17It's only been a month, but you're utilizing your platform for some fantastic means.

23:23So glad you could join us here this morning and to share the work.

23:27Thank you so much.

23:28Thank you, guys.

23:29It's been an honor, really.

SPORTS BANTER | Nakapanayam natin live sa studio si Asia Rose Simpson, Miss World Philippines 2026 title holder at isa ring sports advocate.

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