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Imelda Schweighart blames 'lack of support' for Miss Earth loss

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<figure class="op-interactive"><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="1462152" 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></figure><p>MANILA - Imelda Schweighart is blaming her <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/life/10/29/16/ecuador-wins-miss-earth-2016-after-ph-bet-crashes-out" target="_blank">dismal showing</a> in the recent Miss Earth 2016 pageant on the alleged lack of support from Filipinos.  </p><p>&quot;I think what went wrong is that I lack support,&quot; said Schweighart in an exclusive phone interview aired on &quot;Tonight with Boy Abunda&quot; on Thursday.</p><p>&quot;Nobody like assisted me. Emotionally I&#x27;m drained from all the work and from not being myself. You know yung pagpipigil sa totoong ako, it&#x27;s just too much for me. Parang I cannot be myself because you have to be this, you have to be that,&quot; she added. </p><p>Schweighart failed to make it past the first cut of the 2016 Miss Earth pageant, becoming only the second Filipina to miss out on at least a top-16 finish in the Philippines-based beauty pageant.</p><p>She earlier drew flak for her comments <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/trending/10/10/16/miss-ph-earth-in-hot-water-after-likening-duterte-to-hitler" target="_blank">likening</a> President Rodrigo Duterte to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. </p><p>She drew more criticism when she was caught on video <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/life/10/31/16/miss-ph-earth-if-its-a-crime-to-tell-the-truth-im-sorry" target="_blank">accusing</a> eventual winner, Ecuador&#x27;s Katherine Espin, of undergoing cosmetic surgery. </p><p>Schweighart later <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/life/10/31/16/imelda-schweighart-quits-as-miss-philippines-earth" target="_blank">stepped down</a> as Miss Philippines Earth, and was <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/life/11/02/16/new-miss-ph-earth-ready-to-replace-imelda-schweighart" target="_blank">replaced</a> by Laoag City&#x27;s Loren Mar Artajos. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/life/11/01/16/miss-earth-2016-denies-undergoing-plastic-surgery">READ: Miss Earth 2016 denies undergoing plastic surgery</a></li></ul><p>Explaining her decision to relinquish her title, Schweighart said: &quot;I don&#x27;t want to be a bad example. I think you know I carry the name of Miss Philippines Earth. Sa nag-viral na video na &#x27;yun sabi ko ang perception ko ng isang Miss Earth kasi is natural. For me, natural beauty wins personally which is my right.&quot; </p><p>She continued: &quot;I&#x27;m sorry. I know it was destined for her. I&#x27;m happy for her. That&#x27;s bad, what is said there and it&#x27;s not a good example like I&#x27;m the mother of haters (laughs). So I didn&#x27;t want to be that --you know, encourage people to do the same.&quot; </p><p>Schweighart also took the opportunity to lash out at her critics, saying that no one has the right to judge her because everyone has a &quot;bad side.&quot; </p><p>&quot;Whatever you say, bumabalik lang din naman sa inyo kasi whatever comes out from your mouth, that&#x27;s what you are. Mali iyun eh,&quot; she explained. </p><p>&quot;People have no right talaga to trample all my hard work since no bad side of me can destroy that I have a bad and a good side. Every person has that. Stop acting like lahat kayo si Princess Sarah.&quot; </p>

<p>Imelda Schweighart is blaming her dismal showing in the recent Miss Earth 2016 pageant on the alleged lack of support from Filipinos. </p>

Imelda Schweighart is blaming her dismal showing in the recent Miss Earth 2016 pageant on the alleged lack of support from Filipinos.