Kapuso Showbiz News: Samantha Panlilio on doing public service

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00:00After being exposed to pageantry alongside my business, I thought what's a better platform to get into

00:07to actually help people and make a significant change.

00:14I guess before it was all about beauty, but now you got to be a queen too, because being a queen means you have to be

00:21or you have to walk with grace, you have to walk with integrity, truth, a good heart.

00:27And I'm glad that it has evolved because beauty queens are more than just a pretty face.

00:30Again, you have to bring something into the table and people forget that when you join a beauty pageant,

00:37it's a job interview. Are you fit for the job? Do you have what it takes?

00:41And can you give us something that we can use to our advantage on the org's perspective?

00:48And of course, it's all about the change you can make.

00:51These are girls, but they're all kind of interconnected.

00:54What I found most helpful is during my run in Binibini or even Miss Grand,

01:00I was able to pull my business network connections in order to help also with my certain advocacies.

01:06And I think it's the same for public service. I can use my business connections like our partners,

01:11Radisson Hotel, they are donating to the Class Foundation in order for us to help build those classrooms.

01:17So again, I'm really a firm believer that if you have a strong community who actually

01:22want to help out each other, then you can really achieve great things.

01:25I think my eyes were opened when I joined beauty pageants because there,

01:29you have to have an active voice. Wala akong choice, right?

01:32But it's great that in my high school, I studied in Las Pinas before, in Southville.

01:37And so in Southville, you know, they required us to have CAS, so it was a creative act of service.

01:44So at a young age, I was very much exposed to it.

01:46My father also, he would help out the community center nate.

01:50Even Boracay, we just donated, we demolished the whole resort,

01:54so we donated our own items to the fire victims.

01:57So I guess I was always growing up knowing that I had to give back to the community

02:01some way or another.

02:03And after being exposed to pageantry alongside my business,

02:07I thought, what better platform to get into

02:11to actually help people and make a significant change.

02:14Yes, of course, I'm all about legacy and I'm all about sustaining that legacy.

02:18I actually joined Binibining Pilipinas again because of legacy,

02:23but my dad allowed me to explore different facets of myself.

02:27Hence why I joined beauty pageants.

02:29Kasi syempre, I was always destined to come back

02:32from the U.S. after my four years there for college

02:36to help with the family business.

02:37But then I said, dad, wait lang ha.

02:39Gusto ko pang umara.

02:42But I also wanted to discover more of myself

02:44and also, of course, make a name for myself.

02:46I don't want to be reliant on just the last name, right?

02:50I mean, it's all about making your own mark now,

02:52especially with my generation.

02:55It's a competitive market no matter where you go to.

02:58So how was the journey so far?

03:00How's the journey so far?

03:02Dito, my bags.

03:04We're still surviving, love and all.

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