Ms. Universe 2020 Fashion Week at Home

Rabiya featured in Fashion Week, best-dressed list

 By Earl D.C. Bracamonte

Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo is one of the featured candidates in the "Fashion Week at Home"video  posted by the Miss Universe Organization. Albeit in a non-speaking part, Rabiya, together with 17 other candidates, strutted their stuff in varying apparel of choice. In the video clip, Rabiya is seen doing a studio pasarela, donning an off-the-shoulder wine-colored midriff with Dolman sleeves over an asymmetrical tulip skirt.

In a related video, beauty queen turned pageant coach Dani Walker also named Rabiya as one of the ten best dressed Miss Universe 2020 candidates from the field of 67 official entrants, in a virtual awards for fashion poll.

Rabiya shares the honors with Maria Thatil (Australia), Elizaveta Yastremskaya (Ukraine), Carmen Jaramillo (Panama), Andrea Meza (Mexico), Amanda Obdam (Thailand), Natasha Joubert (South Africa), Bianca Lorena Tirsin (Romania), Clarence Botino (France), and top pick Nguyen Tran Khanh Van (Vietnam).

Pundits and pageant followers have observed that contestants who have been featured in the Fashion Week shows of previous Miss Universe seasons made it to the semi-finals. It can be remembered that Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray joined the 2018 Sherry Hill trunk collection presentation prior to the finals.

Of the ten that Walker mentioned in the video, four did not appear in the Miss Universe video. These are Kisses Ukraine, Panama, Mexico, and France.

The other candidates featured in the 'Fashion Week at Home' video were Cristiana Silva (Portugal), Denise Speelman (Netherlands), Viviana Vizzini (Italy), Leyla Espinoza (Ecuador), Sunniva Frigstad (Norway), Klara Vavdoskova (Czech Republic), Anshika Sharma (Nepal), Ana Marcelo (Nicaragua), Dhenia Covens (Belgium), Anthea Zammit (Malta), Nadia Sayers (Ireland), Vivi Altonen (Finland), as well as Misses Vietnam, Thailand, South Africa, Romania, and Australia.

In the compilation video, the candidates were shown wearing gowns, dresses, casuals, jeans, and OOTDs from their Instagram accounts.

Of the featured candidates/countries, only seven, including the Philippines have won the most coveted beauty title.

The Miss Universe 2020 coronation night unravels on May 16 in the United States. Keep watching for updates and changes leading to the weeks and days to the most beautiful night in the universe.

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