Bea Rose Santiago Winning Speech in Miss International 2013 (Q&A) Video

It was not only Bea Rose Santiago's beauty and grace which bagged for her the Miss International crown for the Philippines but also her wit and eloquence which was reflected in her heartfelt speech during the finals night (check out the complete list of winners HERE).

The top 5 candidates were given 30 seconds to answer the final question "What will you do if you win Miss International?" and here's what Bea Santiago said:

"The whole world saw how my country, the Philippines, suffered. The agony of my people was felt. But one by one, country to country came to help. I would like to thank all the nations that helped my country. In our darkest hours, you have opened my eyes and my heart in how important it is if we all just support each other. If I become Miss International, I will uphold international camaraderie to sustain the spirit for symphaty and to continually share the message of hope. I believe that whatever calamity may come to us, as long as we have each other, there will be hope. Thank you."

Here's the video of Bea's speech. To watch the crowning moment video, CLICK HERE.

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Miss International 2013 Crowning Moment (Video)

The Philippines bagged its 5th Miss International crown this year courtesy of Bea Rose Santiago who was hailed Miss International 2013 in a ceremony held in Tokyo, Japan. (Find out how she answers the final question - CLICK HERE to watch).

Miss Netherlands and Miss New Zealand, who were very close friends of Bea (New Zealand was eventually her roommate) emerged as 1st and 2nd runners up, respectively (check out the complete list of winners here).

By virtue of Bea Santiago's win in Miss International 2013, the Philippines is officially country of the year 2013 in the world of pageantry. Watch the crowning moment of the new Miss International in the video below.

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Bea Rose Santiago of Philippines Wins Miss International 2013

The Miss International 2013 Pageant was held December 17 at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Miss Philippines, Bea Rose Santiago was crowned Miss International 2013 at the end of the event (watch the crowning moment here).

Bea Rose Santiago (check out her winning answer in q&a here) bested 66 lovely ladies from all over the globe in the 53rd edition of Miss International to get the night's most coveted crown. Bea was the Philippines' 5th Miss International winner following Gemma Cruz-Araneta (1964), Aurora Pijuan (1970) Melanie Marquez (1979) and Precious Lara Quigaman (2005).

Here are the winners of the 2013 Miss International:

Miss International 2013 – Philippines, Bea Rose Santiago 1st runner-up – Netherlands, Nathalie den Dekker 2nd runner-up – New Zealand, Casey Radley Top 5 finalist – Colombia, Lorena Hermida Top 5 finalist – Hungary, Brigitta Ötvős
Top 15 semi-finalists
Gibraltar, Jamielee Randall Brazil, Cristina Alves Da Silva Puerto Rico, Ashley Beth Pérez Ecuador, Nathaly Arroba Hurtado USA, Andrea Neu	Lithuania, Elma Segzdaviciute Iceland, Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir Russia, Olga Gaidabura Thailand, Chonticha Tiengtham Spain, Araceli Carrilero Martínez
Special Awards
Best in National Costume – Aruba, Erialda Croes Miss Photogenic –  Lithuania, Elma Segzdaviciute	Miss Internet – Macau, Adela Ka-Wai Sou Miss Friendship – New Zealand, Casey Radley

Miss International 2012 Ikumi Yoshimatsu of Japan was not able to crown her successor because she was barred from attending the event due to her involvement in a media scandal. The Miss International organizers did not want the controversy to overshadow the event and hence asked her to voluntarily refrain from attending.

According to reports, Ikumi Yoshimatsu filed a criminal complaint against a top talent agency executive for obstruction of business, stalking, intimidation and extortion. She accused the executive of threatening her life after she refused to sign in the said agency and forming her own instead.

In lieu of Ikumi, the new Miss International 2013 was crowned by 2008 titleholder, Alejandra Andreu of Spain.

This recent victory in Miss International sealed the deal for the Philippines to become the country of the year when it comes to pageants. This 2013, the Philippines bagged three crowns—Miss Supranational (Mutya Datul), Miss World (Megan Young) and Miss International (Bea Santiago).

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