Catriona Gray and R’Bonney Gabriel hosted the Miss Manila 2024
Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray and Miss Universe 2022 R’Bonney Gabriel had this viral moment with Miss Pandacan during the Miss Manila 2024 pageant.
Catriona and R’Bonney do hosting stints in pageants after their reigns. One of their recent hosting stints was this year’s Miss Manila. A moment during the beauty and brains competition went viral.
Based on the article in Balita, netizens have been talking about Miss Pandacan and a clip of what happened circulated on social media.
TikTok page @onlymissuniverse shared a clip showing that Catriona Gray asked Miss Pandacan who or what her spirit animal is.
“Ooohhh, I think my spirit animal is something that I’m… Uhm… I think my spirit animal is…” the pageant contestant answered. However, Miss Pandacan was honest about not knowing the meaning of spirit animal.
“I’m so tensed at this moment. What’s a spirit animal to be honest?” she said. Catriona immediately said, “It could be something that maybe reflects your personality.’ Then, R’Bonney added, “Or your favorite animal.”
After hearing that from the two hosts, Miss Pandacan came up with an answer. She said that her spirit animal is the monkey. “A monkey is very fun so that’s something that describes me, thank you so much for that!” she said. Then, R’Bonney said that she loves monkeys.
Miss Pandacan admitted that she was so tense and this is to show her personality. R’Bonney said, “You did it, girl!”
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As of this writing, this video is about to reach a million views with more than 94 thousand likes, and netizens in the comment section shared their funny reactions. On the other hand, Miss Pandacan was also commended for handling the situation well. Here are some comments.