Bea Rose Santiago responds to bashers

Cristina Malonzo-Balane

<div><img src='' alt='122413-Bea-Rose_Main.jpg' width='305' height='290' align='left' border='0'>Newly-crowned <i>Ms. International 2013</i> Bea Rose Santiago was warmly welcomed when she came back to the Philippines last Saturday, December 21. Among the people who congratulated her were Pinay International beauties<i> Ms. Universe 2013</i> third runner up Ara Arida, Ms. International 2005 Precious Lara Quigaman, and the very first Ms. International and Chairperson of <i>Binibining Pilipinas Charities</i>, Stella Marquez-Araneta.</div><div><br/></div><div>Bea did her rounds of TV appearances in the morning, followed by a courtesy call in the afternoon at the Malacanang palace where she took another selfie with President Noynoy Aquino. Many dubbed this as Bea’s lucky charm because she took a selfie with the President at the Asean Summit in Tokyo, Japan before the coronation.</div><div><br/></div><div>Warm welcome aside, Bea has been plagued with the allegations that hers was a sympathy win in the wake of super typhoon Yolanda that hit the country.  “They’re saying sympathy win daw and stuff and I talked to the chaperone and she said No, you know what, you have ten points higher than the next one in line. It’s not just sympathy vote.”</div><div><br/></div><div>Bea Rose added, “The judges were coming up to me and saying you were our favorite even before the speech.”</div><div><br/></div><div>Bea also stressed that her message to the world that night came from the heart. “I can’t make everyone believe me of course. My tears when I saw and interviewed some of the Yolanda victims. It’s not fake.”</div><div><br/></div>

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