What makes Miss Philippines' journey at the Miss Universe worth watching is the possibilty of a simple girl's victory over poverty and discrimination. Venus, who lives in a house with no electricity and whose family solely depends on farming to put food on the table, was nearly prevented from representing the country. But because people got to know her story and eventually sypathized with her, she was reinstated as the country's official candidate to the prestigious pageant. Clearly, she is the people's choice to represent the country. And the way things are happening, the people are right after all. There is indeed beauty inside and out of the farm girl who walks barefoot along rice paddies.
Venus has managed to take poverty as a challenge to do her best. Hopefully, she wins the crown to serve as an inspiration to millions of Filipinos who dare to dream big and refuse to succumb to the debilitating clutches of poverty and discrimination.
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