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Catherine Muguerza, a 56-year-old pageant veteran, is set to compete with nine other candidates hoping to win the crown of Miss Universe Philippines - Quezon City 2025. In a meet and greet with the media on Jan. 15, 2025, Muguerza shared her experience joining international beauty pageants and how this new experience give her a fresh perspective in life.
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Catherine Muguerza, a 56-year-old pageant veteran, is set to compete with nine other candidates hoping to win the crown of Miss Universe Philippines - Quezon City 2025. In a meet and greet with the media on Jan. 15, 2025, Muguerza shared her experience joining international beauty pageants and how this new experience give her a fresh perspective in life.
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00:00Ms. Sanandaan, why are you a light to the universe?
00:10Well, as a woman, just being here is an honor and a privilege.
00:19This universe, specially representing Quezon City, this is a dream, a dream come true.
00:27Every day I wake up, that's happiness.
00:34And every day is a blessing.
00:36Being here is a blessing.
00:38Just to be a part of it, it is really a privilege and an honor.
00:42So, I would like to be an inspiration to all,
00:46because at my age, I can still be something that I wanted to be.
00:55I can still pursue my dreams at my age, and be happy, and enjoy every minute of it.
01:04Ms. Kat, when did the idea of joining Miss Universe start?
01:10Actually, I just got back from China, I was still in Malaysia.
01:15So, my friend and I were at a hotel,
01:19and she saw the ads.
01:23She said, Miss Universe Quezon City, did you know that Miss Universe has no age limit now?
01:29So, she said, really?
01:32She said, you're from Quezon City?
01:34I said, yes, yes.
01:35So, she clicked.
01:36That's how she learned.
01:38So, she called and I was accepted.
01:43So, I was really hesitant.
01:46That was the first day when I got here.
01:49Because, you see, I'm not that confident,
01:53so, I thought, I'm really going to lose.
01:55No.
01:56Well,
01:57You fought for it.
01:59Actually, I was champion in Malaysia.
02:02Which pageant was it?
02:03Mrs. Legend Universal Intercontinental Champion.
02:07That was last December 2.
02:10But, last August 24, I was crowned Mrs. Universe Southeast Asia Worldwide.
02:15So, you've been joining pageants since when?
02:17This is my third.
02:18Since August.
02:19So, how many sashes do you have?
02:21A lot.
02:24You know, in Malaysia, 70 candidates, 12 special awards.
02:30The special awards are amazing, because 12 candidates, 12 special awards, I got one more.
02:36Most beautiful pose, I don't know if it's a pose.
02:39Maybe it's because I'm sexy.
02:42But, is there a no age limit?
02:45No, we have four categories.
02:48My opponents are 52 to 75.
02:51I'm the oldest, I'm the Mrs. Elite category.
02:55So, what was your reaction when you found out that you're going to the MUPH Presidency?
03:00I said, don't!
03:02That was my reaction.
03:03Don't!
03:04Then, they said, that's not a dream.
03:06Just to be a finalist is a privilege.
03:10An honor and a privilege.
03:12What's your dream?
03:15I want to be Miss Universe.
03:17Well, I had the same dream when I was a kid.
03:20So, I said, why not?
03:22Yes, I'm already 56, but it's a legacy that you can give your children.
03:27My mom is Miss Universe.
03:30She's just 100 years old.
03:31Wait a minute.
03:32Wait a minute.
03:34If it's okay to ask, how many children do you have?
03:37I have four children.
03:38Four.
03:39And then, what was their reaction when they learned that?
03:42My kids always say, that's a goal.
03:44Mommy, that's a goal.
03:46That's a goal.
03:47You can do it.
03:48When I asked for my freedom last year,
03:51they said, Mommy, what do you want to do?
03:53I said, I don't know yet, but I wanted my freedom back.
03:57Because I had a kid when I was 21, 22.
04:00So, you know, you didn't do anything, but you raised four kids.
04:06So, she's 34 now.
04:09And the youngest?
04:1023.
04:11So, you're already a graduate.
04:13Congratulations on raising them.
04:15They're all gone.
04:16They have their own house.
04:17So, I live alone.
04:18So, okay.
04:19What I do every day, I go to the gym.
04:21I paint.
04:22That's it.
04:23Then, I sleep all day.
04:25I watch TV.
04:26It's a little boring, right?
04:28So, what I did is, I prayed.
04:30I said, Lord, is this it?
04:32Is this it?
04:34I said, I think there's more to it.
04:36So, every day, I pray, I pray.
04:38I said, I want to have excitement in my life, Lord.
04:41I don't have a man anymore.
04:44I don't have cuteness.
04:46I've been to four countries since September.
04:49Oh, my God.
04:50I'm going to get in trouble.
04:51Oh, my God.
04:53No, no.
04:54There are more handsome men here in the Philippines.
04:56That's why.
04:57In the Philippines.
04:58Yes, in the Philippines.
04:59No, I have a problem because I'm getting old.
05:02I want to get old, right?
05:03Yes.
05:04Because your grandmother is a little old, I want her to get older than me.
05:07So, they're dead.
05:11So, what?
05:12So, what?
05:13So, they're dead.
05:14Sixty?
05:15Oh, my God.
05:16Oh, my God.
05:17Are you jacked up?
05:18It's just six months.
05:19Nothing.
05:21So, what?
05:22So, be one.
05:23You don't have a personality.
05:24You're not pretty.
05:26I don't have anything to say.
05:27I don't have anything to say.
05:28What can you say to those who want to join the 50s or 40s?
05:34Boys and women like me.
05:36Well, I was hoping that I'll be an inspiration.
05:39Because last year, the one who's older than me, actually, I admire her.
05:43She's so sexy.
05:45She should have won.
05:47Even though she's on the top five.
05:49So, for me, I wanted to be an inspiration.
05:53I was hoping that I won't get bashed.
05:55It happened in her life.
05:56It happened in her life.
05:58Oh, my God.
05:59I'll beat you up.
06:00Don't do that.
06:02So, well, anyway.
06:03I wanted to be an inspiration.
06:06So, women like me.
06:07Because what are you waiting for?
06:08To get bashed?
06:09To die?
06:10Until you die?
06:11Maybe not.
06:13Because every day is a blessing.
06:15So, the blessing that you can receive, you should be happy.
06:18Right?
06:20So, find that happiness.
06:22You have to find it.
06:23So, it's just next to your house.
06:27Once you find it,
06:29you'll be beautiful.
06:30You'll look cute, right?
06:32For this fashion, how are you preparing?
06:35Aside from going to the gym, what else?
06:38That's it.
06:39Because we're on prayers.
06:40They're so cute.
06:41Pasarela.
06:42Pasarela.
06:43The other one said,
06:44Isn't that for eating?
06:45I thought that's for eating.
06:47Our cameraman really didn't know.
06:49He thought it was a candy.
06:50I thought it was a pasarela.
06:51Because it's a pasarela.
06:52It's just here, right?
06:54You're training.
06:55That's it.
06:56So, the kids like me,
06:57don't do pasarela.
06:58We're still young.
07:00I'm already there in the corner praying.
07:01Lord, please,
07:02Lord, let your faith be done.
07:04Hey, let the faith come.
07:06What faith?
07:08I'm surrealism.
07:10But I'm good at portraying.
07:12So, it's slow, of course.
07:14You know, when you're an artist,
07:16you have to have creativity.
07:18Choo, choo, choo, choo.
07:20I just became busy now.
07:22But I really wanted to have an exhibit.
07:25I said,
07:26First, first.
07:27Or there's a lot already.
07:29No, I was supposed to have an exhibit last December.
07:31But I chose to go to Malaysia,
07:34to compete internationally.
07:36Of course, when you're a pageant,
07:38because my first international was in August.
07:41So, what I targeted,
07:43next stop,
07:44international.
07:45So, that's it.
07:46Of course, I had an opportunity.
07:48I became an international.
07:50I was lucky.
07:51Maybe it wasn't lucky.
07:52It was really,
07:54God gave it to me.
07:55Yes, blessing paid.
07:57After this,
07:58what are your plans?
08:00Are you going to join more pageants?
08:02No, actually,
08:03I don't make plans.
08:05Okay.
08:06Sometimes, when I'm praying,
08:07when I open my eyes,
08:08Lord, thank you,
08:09I'm awake, right?
08:11And my day is so happy.
08:13I'm so excited
08:14about what God has given me today.
08:17So, everyday like that.
08:19So, I don't make plans now.
08:44I don't make plans.