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Dia Mate excited to promote Filipino culture as Reina Hispanoamericana 2025

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<div> <span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1739253438825476840931_18359794522133480_429177621804981873_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Reina Hispanoamericana 2025 Dia Mate of the Philippines. Reina Hispanoamericana/Facebook"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Reina Hispanoamericana 2025 Dia Mate of the Philippines. Reina Hispanoamericana/Facebook </span></span></span></div><p>Dia Mate is filled with gratitude with pride after winning the Philippines&#x27; second Reina Hispanoamericana crown.</p><p>The Filipina beauty queen made history in Bolivia after emerging victorious in the Latina-dominated Reina Hispanoamericana 2025 pageant. </p><p>She followed in the footsteps of Winwyn Marquez, who won the country&#x27;s first Reina Hispanoamericana title in 2017. </p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m just so grateful and proud that I got the second crown for the Philippines,&quot; the 22-year-old singer-songwriter said in an interview with the pageant website Missosology.</p><p>Mate is looking forward to her activities as the new titleholder -- which would involve a lot of traveling to promote Hispanic culture.</p><p>She sees it as an opportunity to showcase what the Philippines has to offer: &quot;I&#x27;m so excited for what the organization has in store for me. I know that&#x27;s traveling around different Latin American countries, promoting Hispanic culture. And I get to promote my Filipino culture, which is almost the same as Latinos.&quot;</p><p>When asked to react to comments that she should not have been a Reina Hispanoamericana candidate since she is from Asia, the beauty queen replied: &quot;The Philippines, we have the same culture as the Latinas -- we just live in a different continent. It does not mean that we cannot embrace Hispanic culture.&quot;</p><p>Aside from her reign, Mate also plans to continue her career as a singer-songwriter, and hopes to expand her reach to Latin America. </p><p>She has been using music as a tool for mental illness, believing that it can &quot;heal others and yourself as well.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I want people to remember me by me heart, how I care about people, and how I want to empower them through my music and my voice,&quot; she declared. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/events/2025/2/10/dia-mate-thankful-for-unexpected-reina-hispanoamericana-victory-1440">Dia Mate thankful for &#x27;unexpected&#x27; Reina Hispanoamericana victory</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/2/10/juan-karlos-congratulates-baby-dia-mate-for-winning-reina-hispanoamericana-2025-crown-1305">Juan Karlos congratulates &#x27;baby&#x27; Dia Mate for winning Reina Hispanoamericana 2025 crown</a></div>

<p>Dia Mate is filled with gratitude with pride after winning the Philippines' second Reina Hispanoamericana crown.</p>

Dia Mate is filled with gratitude with pride after winning the Philippines' second Reina Hispanoamericana crown.