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<p>Miss Universe Philippines Rabiya Mateo and 2nd runner-up Michele Gumabao were spotted together at a relief program on Wednesday, November 4, after controversies surrounding the pageant made headlines.</p><p>The two beauty queens alongside the other candidates who belonged to the top 5 took part in a relief operation for the benefit of the victims of Typhoon Rolly in Bicol.</p><p>Frontrow president RS Francisco shared a snapshot of Rabiya and Michele sitting next to each other and repacking rice together. </p><div style="text-align:center"><img alt="" src="https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/dev/push/media/2020-november/110620/rabiya-mateo-and-michele-gumabao-join-forces-in-relief-operation.jpg"/></div><div style="text-align:center"><small><em>Photo credit to @rsfrancisco888 Instagram Story</em></small></div><p>Meanwhile, Rabiya shared snapshots of their relief activity on her Instagram page. 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style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"> </div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"> </div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"> </div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"> </div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"> </div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"> </div></div></div><div style="margin:8px 0 0 0;padding:0 4px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CHJ-dFnDifV/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">Bangon Bicol because Frontrow cares❤️ Together with my MUPH sisters and Kuya @samverzosa and @rsfrancisco888, we were able to repack thousands of sacks of rice and canned goods for the benefit of the victims of Super Typhoon Rolly in Bicol region. Babangon at babangon ang Pilipino basta mag kakasama tayong lahat sa anumang hamon ng buhay! #phenomenalwoman #muphxfrontrow #frontrowcares</a></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rabiyamateo/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px" target="_blank"> Rabiya Mateo</a> (@rabiyamateo) on <time dateTime="2020-11-04T04:44:08+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Nov 3, 2020 at 8:44pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>&quot;Bangon Bicol because Frontrow cares. Together with my MUPH sisters and Kuya @samverzosa and @rsfrancisco888, we were able to repack thousands of sacks of rice and canned goods for the benefit of the victims of Super Typhoon Rolly in Bicol region. Babangon at babangon ang Pilipino basta mag kakasama tayong lahat sa anumang hamon ng buhay!&quot; she said.</p><p>It can be recalled that Michele recently released a statement regarding her experience in the Miss Universe Philippines pageant following accusations thrown her way. </p><p>&quot;All the stories and all the issues that people were making up, I just couldn&#x27;t believe it. I couldn&#x27;t believe that people are capable of such things, that we&#x27;re in this beauty pageant, joining because of our dreams, because we want to empower people but it&#x27;s so toxic. The industry, the fans, the bashers, the criticism. I was not hurt,&quot; she said in her vlog. </p><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="384" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NBYxW5a9crM" width="683"></iframe></div><p>She added, &quot;I was not angry. But I was sad because so many girls just like me dream of this platform, dream of this position because we know it is meant for something good, but so much people who aren&#x27;t even connected to the organization are just trying to tear everybody down.&quot;</p><p>Meanwhile, Rabiya was also hounded by accusations regarding her win in the pageant back in October and addressed the said issues. </p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2020/10/27/fresh-scoops/miss-universe-ph-rabiya-mateo-reveals-my-goal-wa-189278"><u><strong>READ: Miss Universe PH Rabiya Mateo reveals: ‘My goal was just to reach Top 5’</strong></u></a></div><p>&quot;To be honest po, maybe I wasn’t a frontrunner so people didn’t expect me to win and now that I have the crown... I’m sorry I’m being emotional. They’re questioning my capability as a person, as a candidate… but I know that I did everything and anything that I could during that night and ibinigay ko talaga,&quot; she said in her interview with MJ Marfori in October. </p><p>“And yung mga nagsasabi na the question was given to me that’s why I answered that way, it wasn’t given po sa akin. I did everything that I could because I want to make Iloilo City proud,” she remarked.</p>

Rabiya Mateo, Michele Gumabao, and the other Miss Universe Philippines top 5 candidates participated in a relief operation for the victims of Typhoon Rolly.