Why did the Filipino beauty burst into tears and apologize to the audience?

The outfit with wings reminiscent of Victoria’s Secret lingerie angel of the controversial beauty Rabiya Mateo in her home country Philippines.
After the national costume contest, the design reminiscent of the Victoria’s Secret angel of the Philippines beauty met with mixed opinions of the people of this country. The representative of the Philippines also livestreamed explaining and bursting into tears when apologizing to the home audience.

According to ABS-CBN News, the outfit of the beautiful Rabiya Mateo has not been completed. Initially, designer Rocky Gathercole – who has created many dresses for Hollywood stars – created a costume inspired by the Philippine flag with three colors blue, red, white and three stars, along with the sun symbol. . The national costume put on the catwalk (right) of the Philippine representative has a change from the original design (left). However, Rocky Gathercole died suddenly in March without having time to complete the costume. The new design is only about 80-85% complete, and was taken over by the famous designer Albert Andrada. Albert Andrada tweaked some details in the original skin, and removed the sun crown. Explaining to ABS-CBN News, Andrada said that the new traditional costume of the beautiful Rabiya Mateo will be reminiscent of the logo of the Miss Universe contest, which means a woman reaching for the stars. Deciding to drop the sun crown, Andrada commissioned famous jeweler Manny Halasan to make a hat out of precious stones. However, the crew of the Filipino beauty decided to leave the hat on and not bring it to the stage. Explaining to the country’s media, Miss Universe Philippines national director Shamcey Supsup said the hat kept falling off Rabiya Mateo’s head every time she tried to put it on. Mateo himself admits that the hat as well as the overall outfit is too heavy, sources say that the bodysuit and wings weigh about 45 kg, and the hat weighs 15 kg. She had to do intense physical exercise to wear the upper design. But the representative of the Philippines is still worried every time she wears a costume, she is also afraid that the catwalk at Miss Universe is too long, which will lead to her not being able to perform. After the national costume competition night, the reaction of the Filipino audience for Rabiya Mateo’s competition was not positive. Information resource Philstar said Mateo was criticized and criticized after the performance. The 29-year-old beauty had to livestream to apologize to the audience and burst into tears because she couldn’t show the perfect performance. “I’m sorry if I let you down. I’ve been running around looking for pins and scissors to get my outfit right. I still try even when I don’t have time to fix my hair and makeup,” Mateo explain. The beauty Rabiya Mateo decided to remove the gem-set hat weighing about 15 kg. In addition, the Filipino audience also said that Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray was not satisfied with the performance of Rabiya Mateo. She complimented the national costumes of Indonesia, Ukraine, Nepal, Peru, Thailand and Vietnam. Gray was fiercely criticized for not mentioning the beauty of his country. In response to the reaction of the domestic audience, Catriona Gray explained that she chose the top 6 based on the beauty of the costumes, not based on the individual performance or nationality of the contestants.