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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/life/08/03/maureen.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Screengrab from YouTube</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Instead of showing her runway walk or getting glammed up in front of the camera, Maureen Wroblewitz opted to keep things simple in her Miss Universe Philippines 2021 introduction video.</p><p>The &quot;Asia&#x27;s Next Top Model&quot; winner instead showed focused on her personality, describing herself as &quot;weird, clumsy, and awkward&quot; in the one-minute clip.</p><p>&quot;So, you can imagine. I think. I hope,&quot; she said, before letting out a nervous laugh.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AtBPvqJHrgE?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>In her intro video as a representative of Pangasinan, Wroblewitz referred to herself as &quot;an aspiring beauty queen,&quot; on top of being a model, host, and actress.</p><p>She also spoke of her German father and Filipina mother, being born and raised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and living in Germany for six years where she worked as a gelato waitress.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m a third-culture kid,&quot; she said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/05/27/20/how-animal-crossing-helped-maureen-wroblewitz-during-quarantine">How &#x27;Animal Crossing&#x27; helped Maureen Wroblewitz during quarantine</a></li></ul><p>Wroblewitz ended her Miss Universe Philippines 2021 video by expressing her love for cats and special effects makeup.</p><p>&quot;That is probably the reason why I love Halloween,&quot; she said. &quot;My cats, though, they may not love it as much. I&#x27;m a cat lady, by the way.&quot;</p><p>On Monday, Wroblewitz ranked third in Miss Universe Philippines 2021&#x27;s headshot challenge, which is based on online votes on the pageant&#x27;s mobile app.</p><p>The Miss Universe Philippines 2021 coronation night will be held on September 25 and will feature only 30 candidates, who will be chosen after a series of virtual challenges. </p><p>The winner will represent the country in the Miss Universe pageant set in Israel in December.</p><div><strong>Related video:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2HNxNCMstI8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Instead of showing her runway walk or getting glammed up in front of the camera, Maureen Wroblewitz opted to keep things simple in her Miss Universe Philippines 2021 introduction video. </p>

Instead of showing her runway walk or getting glammed up in front of the camera, Maureen Wroblewitz opted to keep things simple in her Miss Universe Philippines 2021 introduction video.