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Pia Wurtzbach addresses bashers, defends advocacy work

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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:62.4537037037% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BMft8DoA0ng/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Pia Wurtzbach | Miss Universe (@piawurtzbach)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-11-07T04:30:51+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Nov 6, 2016 at 8:30pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>MANILA - Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach posted a lengthy message on her personal Instagram account, addressing bashers who keep questioning her work as Miss Universe.</p><p>In her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BMft8DoA0ng/?taken-by=piawurtzbach">caption</a>, Wurtzbach said she posted the message because she is tired of people complaining about her seeming lack of focus on her advocacy, especially on raising awareness for HIV/AIDS. </p><p>&quot;Just to get some things straight. I haven&#x27;t forgotten about my advocacy, ok? I&#x27;m so tired of people complaining that I haven&#x27;t found &quot;the cure&quot; for HIV when clearly I said I would raise awareness. I&#x27;m not magically gonna come up with a potion that cures everything,&quot; she said.</p><p>She added that she is not the type of person who would document all her movement and post it online for people to see.</p><p>&quot;Just like the during the competition, I wasn&#x27;t posting my everyday pageant activities and that upset a lot of fans. They thought I wasn&#x27;t doing any effort. I just really did not like posting anything online. Why? Cos I didn&#x27;t feel like I needed to. Instagram isn&#x27;t part of the judges panel. Am I gonna carry my phone around with me and take every selfie, every photo I see to ease your worries? No. I don&#x27;t work like that. I put my phone down and I work. And did it work? Yes,&quot; Wurtzbach said.</p><p>For Wurtzbach, the fact that she is being bashed for allegedly not doing her job is in itself raising awareness for HIV/AIDS.</p><p>&quot;So before you go saying that I haven&#x27;t done anything, the mere fact that you&#x27;re talking about how little I am doing charity work for HIV/AIDS, isn&#x27;t that awareness in itself? You&#x27;re thinking about it, right? Talking about it, correct? Bashing me in the process BUT still getting the message out there.&quot;</p><p>She accompanied the post with a bikini photo to get the attention of her followers.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BMfZgrlgQxo/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Pia Wurtzbach | Miss Universe (@piawurtzbach)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-11-07T01:32:21+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Nov 6, 2016 at 5:32pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Meanwhile, in a separate post, Wurtzbach reminded her fans to always be grateful. She accompanied her message with photos of her praying.</p><p>&quot;The reason why I&#x27;m posting this is to remind everyone that sometimes we forget to simply say thank you. Too often we pray when we&#x27;re in the dark but do we also pray to say thank you when we&#x27;re okay?&quot; she said.</p><p>She also told her fans not to lose hope and to always believe in God&#x27;s plan for everyone.</p><p>&quot;So guys, don&#x27;t lose hope. He has a plan for you. You just have to have faith in yourself and in Him. And together you will find your destiny. Just like I did. I&#x27;m still a work in progress but I&#x27;ll never forget the true power He holds and will always hold. To my first and true love. You,&quot; Wurtzbach wrote.</p>

<p>Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach posted a lengthy message on her personal Instagram account, addressing bashers who keep questioning her work as Miss Universe.</p>

Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach posted a lengthy message on her personal Instagram account, addressing bashers who keep questioning her work as Miss Universe.