Winner collapses after being named Miss Grand International 2018

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/10/23/20181025-mgi.jpg"/><figcaption>Paraguay&#x27;s Clara Sosa managed to pick herself up after appearing to pass out and do her first walk as the winner of this year&#x27;s Miss Grand International.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Asked for a short message before the results of Thursday night&#x27;s Miss Grand International were announced, Paraguay&#x27;s Clara Sosa joked that she was &quot;about to have a heart attack.&quot;</p><p>And a good many must have thought that she did have one after she appeared to have collapsed seconds following the reveal that she had won the international beauty contest.</p><p>The camera for the live broadcast immediately zoomed out just as Sosa hit the ground hard, with India&#x27;s Meenakshi Chaudhary, who was named first runner-up, failing to catch her.</p><p>A number of people were then seen rushing to her aid.</p><p>You can watch the worrying moment in the video below (skip to the 2:16:47 mark):</p><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/MISSGRANDINTERNATIONAL/videos/112397823018622/" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Sosa, however, was able to get up a minute or two afterwards, and was able to properly do her first walk as the winner.</p><p>She won after saying that she will visit US President Donald Trump and ask him to be &quot;an example of peace, love, and tolerance&quot; --answering a question about how she would promote the pageant&#x27;s advocacy of ending war and violence.</p><p>Sosa succeeded Peru&#x27;s Maria Jose Lora, making it back-to-back wins for South American countries.</p><p>The Philippines&#x27; Eva Patalinjug, who <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/10/24/18/eva-patalinjug-buo-ang-loob-matapos-matalisod-sa-miss-grand-international-stage">slipped</a> during the preliminaries, failed to advance to the Top 20.</p>

<p>Asked for a short message before the results were announced, Paraguay's Clara Sosa joked that she was "about to have a heart attack."</p>

Asked for a short message before the results were announced, Paraguay's Clara Sosa joked that she was "about to have a heart attack."

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Winner collapses after being named Miss Grand International 2018

Winner collapses after being named Miss Grand International 2018

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Published Oct 26, 2018 12:47 AM PHT

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Updated Oct 26, 2018 08:48 AM PHT

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