WATCH: Rachel Peters gets teary-eyed as she thanks family

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div style="padding-top:66.375%"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1454454" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></div></figure><p>Newly crowned Miss Universe Philippines Rachel Peters couldn&#x27;t help but turn emotional as she spoke up about the relentless support she received from her parents during her Binbining Pilipinas journey. </p><p>&quot;I just want to say thank you for supporting me always,&quot; Peters said of her mother Annie and father Nigel, who flew from Australia to support her during the pageant last Sunday, in an interview with ABS-CBN News&#x27; Dyan Castillejo. </p><p>In tears, she added: &quot;I&#x27;m very stubborn and they had to put up with me all the time. But they&#x27;ve stuck by me during times when I didn&#x27;t really know what was going on, what I wanted to do in life. ...They were there for me, always. So thank you.&quot; </p><p>She then quipped: &quot;And I wish they didn&#x27;t live so far away.&quot; </p><p>Both her parents replied by joking to their daughter that Australia is not &quot;too far,&quot; and gave her a hug. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/03/rachel3.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Rachel Peters (2nd from left) poses with her family during an interview with ABS-CBN News&#x27; Dyan Castillejo</div></figcaption></figure></div><p>Meanwhile, Peters&#x27; brother was asked to give her a message. </p><p>&quot;All I want to say is that I&#x27;ve seen the transition from when you decided to start the Binibini journey to now -- you deserve everything you get,&quot; Daniel told his sister. </p><p>&quot;You get home after I go to bed and you wake up and leave the house before I wake up. And I try to wake up early and I try to stay up late but you&#x27;re always just there working for it. So you really deserve everything you get. And I&#x27;ll be right there next to you until the day you do Miss Universe, wherever it may be.&quot; </p><ul class="op-related-articles" title="">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/life/05/03/17/rachel-peterss-parents-open-up-about-her-bb-pilipinas-win">Rachel Peters&#x27;s parents open up about her Bb. Pilipinas win </a></li></ul><p>Peters will compete in the upcoming Miss Universe pageant in an attempt to become only the fourth Filipina to win the title, following Gloria Diaz, Margie Moran, and Pia Wurtzbach. </p>

<p>Newly crowned Miss Universe Philippines Rachel Peters couldn't help but turn emotional as she spoke up about the relentless support she received from her parents during her Binbining Pilipinas journey</p>

Newly crowned Miss Universe Philippines Rachel Peters couldn't help but turn emotional as she spoke up about the relentless support she received from her parents during her Binbining Pilipinas journey

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WATCH: Rachel Peters gets teary-eyed as she thanks family

WATCH: Rachel Peters gets teary-eyed as she thanks family

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Published May 03, 2017 09:54 PM PHT

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