Meranie Gadiana Rahman, the reigning Mrs. Philippines World, will represent the country in the Mrs. World beauty pageant in Sri Lanka in August. Rahman said joining a beauty pageant helped her change in many ways, most importantly in helping fight postpartum depression which is her advocacy. As a young girl, she was fond of joining beauty pageants but she felt that was more important for her then was to finish a degree. Asked if she believes that beauty pageants are still relevant in this day and age of Gen Zs? “While practicing Q&A, I had to give positive answer to each question and after practicing about 1000 questions, I was healed from postpartum depression.

Source: Manila Times March 13, 2021 01:30 UTC