Krishnah Gravidez released a statement about the recent social media issue
Reigning Miss World Philippines 2024 Krishnah Gravidez apologized for the viral “guest the bill challenge” video that her friend social media personality Emman Atienza shared online.
To recall Emman and her friends received bashing after the video she posted circulated on social media. In the video, they did the “guess the bill challenge” after they had dinner at an expensive Japanese restaurant.
It was revealed that the bill reached over Php 130,000. For netizens, this showed insensitivity and bragging. However, Emman contradicted the negative reactions from netizens as she defended herself and her friends.
Following this issue, as Krishnah Gravidez was in the video, beauty queen Samantha Panlilio was asked to react. The Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2021, speaking in general, said that awareness should be the first in mind when it comes to this because there are still a lot of people who are suffering and recovering from the pandemic.
Krishnah spoke about the issue and clarified that she was just invited to that dinner and she had no liberty to choose where the dinner would take place. She also said that she did not pay for the bill. Krishnah stressed that they did not intend the video to be insensitive or generate assumptions.
The beauty queen also apologized to the public. She said that she is taking full responsibility for her actions and that she regretted that this caused negativity on social media.
As Miss World Philippines 2024, I am fully aware of my role and the responsibilities that come with it, especially in aligning with the organization’s advocacy for charity and compassio,” she said.
She also thanked everyone who continued supporting her. The beauty queen wished to move on from this incident with “more wisdom and grace.”
The Miss World Philippines Organization also released a statement regarding this matter and expressed support for Krishnah Gravidez.