This was Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach’s answer when she was asked about her “personal thought on American culture opposed to anywhere else” during her Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session on Saturday.
“In the Philippines, it's very Americanized. If you go to the Philippines, compared to the other neighboring Asian countries, on TV we have American series, TV shows, the movies as well. Almost everybody speaks English,” she said.
“We're very pro-American, I would say almost everybody. I daresay 1% — and I'm sure the nerds are going to correct me on this but — I'd say just about 1% are not pro-American. Most Filipinos are pro-American, and so am I,” she added.
This was not the first time Wurtzbach shared her thoughts about the ties between the United States and the Philippines.
During the Miss Universe question and answer portion, Wurtzbach also emphasized the “good relationship” between the two countries.
"I think that the US and Philippines have always had a good relationship with each other. We were colonized by the Americans and we have their culture and traditions even up to this day. I think we are very welcoming with the Americans and I don't see any problem with that at all," she said.
Although her answer sparked strong opinion among policymakers in the Philippines, Wurtzbach said she would give the same answer if someone would ask her a similar question.
Nonetheless, the Filipina beauty queen said she is open to dialogue with the country’s policymakers to listen to their opinions.
Bigger audience
Meanwhile, during the same Reddit session, Wurtzbach shared how delighted she is to finally have her own thread in the social networking site.
Wurtzbach said she only used to lurk on Reddit after she discovered it through her former boyfriend.
“I would see him on Reddit a lot and then that got me into Reddit, so during my free time I just go on Reddit. I don't have an account myself. Well now I do, but I didn't have one. I was a lurker. But I go on it, and you know the best thing about Reddit are the comments. That's my favorite. The comments are so witty all the time. Whenever I'm feeling a little bit down, I go on Reddit and then I find something witty right away and that picks up my mood right away,” she said.
In fact, she considers having her own thread on Reddit as one of the “cool things” that changed in her life after she was crowned.
“People actually listen to what I say now. I mean come on, I have my own thread on Reddit! That's one of the cool things. So, it's just being able to reach out to more people and get the interest of people,” she said.
While she remains the same person, Wurtzbach said things are now different because she has a bigger audience.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
