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Catriona Gray on her scoliosis: ‘I'm starting to feel its effects in my everyday life’

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<p>Former Miss Universe Catriona Gray opened up about the challenges she&#x27;s facing because of her scoliosis.</p><p>In an interview with ABS-CBN News, Catriona shared: &quot;&#x27;I&#x27;m getting older, magthi-thirty na ako, sorry older in my context. I&#x27;m starting to really feel the effects of scoliosis in my everyday life.&quot;</p><p>As per mayoclinic.org, scoliosis is &quot;a sideways curvature of the spine that most often is diagnosed in adolescents.&quot;</p><div><iframe width="1688" height="651" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4s3SPPmjqdI" title="Catriona Gray ramdam ang scoliosis kaya tutok sa kalusugan | TV Patrol" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>The beauty queen relayed that she&#x27;s been doing Pilates to combat the effects of scoliosis.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m just prioritizing my health, doing Pilates <em>halos</em> everyday because it just makes me feel better,&quot; she said.</p><p>Back in 2018, Miss Grand International 2016 first runner-up Nicole Cordoves shared that Catriona cried while the latter was initially practicing her famous &quot;lava walk&quot; for the Miss Universe competition because of her scoliosis.</p><p>“Prinaktis po niya ‘yan with Carlos Buendia, Jr. Kuya Caloy, yes. At may scolio (scoliosis) siya, so ‘yung first few practices nila talaga, umiiyak siya, kasi ‘yung posture pa lang na you’re going to pull yourself like this (gestures) para straight na straight ‘yung body mo and you get the curves, ang hirap para sa kanya,” Nicole relayed in her interview with Boy Abunda.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-1" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4AVWW0RzYc/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=506&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A869205.2000002861%2C%22ls%22%3A70499.7000002861%2C%22le%22%3A71302%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="880" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Catriona recently celebrated her 30th birthday last January. A surprise birthday party was organized by her friends and family.</p><p>&quot;Feeling so so loved. Thank you to everyone who made this surprise ccelebration/debut/ birthday sooo special. We sang and danced till the early morning ✨️,&quot; she posted on her Instagram page after her party.</p><p>The beauty queen went on: &quot;So excited to be entering this new decade surrounded by such amazing people. Thanks also to everyone who has messaged and made me feel so loved! My birthday fundraiser is still ongoing for @smiletrainph.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/1/7/catriona-gray-celebrates-30th-birthday-feeling-so-loved-1446"><strong>READ: Catriona Gray celebrates 30th birthday: ‘Feeling so loved’</strong></a></div><p>Catriona also returned to the Miss Universe stage last year as a backstage correspondent.</p><p>&quot;I am super honored to be invited back as backstage correspondent again for my second year. Also because I love the feeling of being there. Of course I&#x27;ve experienced being a candidate. I&#x27;ve experienced being a reigning [Miss Universe]] and giving my title to the next one in line. And being back there, feeling the fans&#x27; energy and also seeing our country being so proudly represented on stage, I am so happy to be part of it,&quot; she remarked in her previous interview with ABS-CBN News.</p>

<p>Catriona Gray shares that she's been doing Pilates to combat the effects of scoliosis. </p>

Catriona Gray shares that she's been doing Pilates to combat the effects of scoliosis.

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Published Mar 19, 2024 02:53 PM PHT

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