PH bet on Asia’s Next Top Model gets bullied, proves them wrong

Joan Leary

<p style='text-align: center; '><img src='' alt='052817-ASNTM_PUSH.jpg' width='500' height='390' align='center' border='0'><br/></p><p>A clip from the Wednesday episode of 'Asia’s Next Top Model' went viral after Indonesia's bet Clara Tan confronted Filipino-British Maureen Wroblewitz of the Philippines. </p><p>“You know what? For Top 6 you don’t deserve to be here,” Clara said.</p><p>“That’s what you think,” Maureen responded.</p><p>“So why do you think you deserve to be here? Because of your pretty face but no skills?” Clara asked.</p><p>“Well that’s not your decision to make. Everyone deserves to be here, I wouldn’t like come up to anyone and just say, ‘Oh, you don’t deserve to be here,’” Maureen replied.</p><p>'I want to compete with strong models, you only have a pretty face but no skills,' Clara and Malaysian candidate Shikin Gomez agreed.</p><p>Maureen might have brushed the naysayer’s comments but it did affect her a bit during their next photo shoot.</p><p>'I just blanked out. I had ideas and I just had to do it but I just . . . overthink,' she told the camera.</p><p>Nonetheless, she was able to pull off after photographer Yu Tsai gave her a little push, making her win the week's Best Photo. </p><p></p><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-0' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUekwtwlD4j/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=7#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A110.88000000000001%7D' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='635' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-0' scrolling='no' style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); margin: 1px 1px 12px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: none; display: block; padding: 0px;'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script><p>'I was so impressed by you. Your face came laser-focused. At one point I didn’t say anything, I just had to shut up. You have what it takes to be an amazing, amazing model,' the photographer said.</p><p>As for Clara, she and her fellow Indonesian bet Veronika Krasnasari landed in the bottom two, and the latter eventually got eliminated. With Maureen’s win, she is now at the Top 5 of the competition.</p><p></p><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-1' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUgD4crFmC8/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=7#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A113.23000000000002%7D' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='856' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-1' scrolling='no' style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); margin: 1px 1px 12px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: none; display: block; padding: 0px;'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script>

<p>“That’s what you think,” Maureen responded.<p>“So why do you think you deserve to be here? Because of your pretty face but no skills?” Clara asked.<p>“Well that’s not your decision to make. Everyone deserves to be here, I wouldn’t like come up to anyone and just say, ‘Oh, you don’t deserve to be here,’” Maureen replied.<p>'I want to compete with strong models, you only have a pretty face but no skills,' Clara and Malaysian candidate Shikin Gomez agreed.<p>Maureen might have brushed the naysayer’s comments but it did affect her a bit during their next photo shoot.<p>'I just blanked out. I had ideas and I just had to do it but I just . . . overthink,' she told the camera.<p>Nonetheless, she was able to pull off after photographer Yu Tsai gave her a little push, making her win the week's Best Photo. <p><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-0' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUekwtwlD4j/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=7#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A110.88000000000001%7D' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='635' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-0' scrolling='no' style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); margin: 1px 1px 12px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: none; display: block; padding: 0px;'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script><p>'I was so impressed by you. Your face came laser-focused. At one point I didn’t say anything, I just had to shut up. You have what it takes to be an amazing, amazing model,' the photographer said.<p>As for Clara, she and her fellow Indonesian bet Veronika Krasnasari landed in the bottom two, and the latter eventually got eliminated. With Maureen’s win, she is now at the Top 5 of the competition.<p><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-1' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUgD4crFmC8/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=7#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A113.23000000000002%7D' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='856' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-1' scrolling='no' style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); margin: 1px 1px 12px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: none; display: block; padding: 0px;'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script>

<p style='text-align: center; '><img src='' alt='052817-ASNTM_PUSH.jpg' width='500' height='390' align='center' border='0'><br/><p>A clip from the Wednesday episode of 'Asia’s Next Top Model' went viral after Indonesia's bet Clara Tan confronted Filipino-British Maureen Wroblewitz of the Philippines. <p>“You know what? For Top 6 you don’t deserve to be here,” Clara said.

Other contestants from Asia’s Next Top Model think Maureen Wroblewitz is just a pretty face.

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