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Philippines' Laura Lehmann makes it to Miss World 2017 Top 40

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<p>Miss Philippines Laura Lehmann has advanced to the Top 40 of the Miss World 2017 pageant ahead of the main competition Saturday in Sanya, China.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/MissWorld/posts/10156010307994974:0" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Lehmann is among the 20 candidates who won in the Head-to-Head Challenge, a new segment of the pageant where a group of candidates answered a common question. </p><p>The Philippines&#x27; bet, who was grouped with candidates from Turkey, Thailand, Lesotho, Myanmar, and Serbia, answered a question on what could be done to address cyberbullying. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nZ_i0EdQIhI?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>&quot;I think it&#x27;s a question that we understand, but we also know that it&#x27;s something that&#x27;s very hard to avoid because sometimes, we can&#x27;t really control what other people really say or what other people think,&quot; Lehmann said in her response. </p><p>&quot;But I think the best thing we can do is use our platform and use our voices because the whole world is watching us. So whenever we see someone being bullied online, I think that we can&#x27;t be passive bystanders. We have to do something about it, we have to point it out, and we have to remind them that trolls and bashers aren&#x27;t allowed on our Facebook pages and it&#x27;s our job to just post things that are positive rather than negative or something that condemns other people,&quot; she said.</p><p>The Head-to-Head Challenge is one of five fast track events of the pageant. Winners automatically qualify for the Miss World Top 40 round.</p><p>Meanwhile, Lehmann is also among five finalists of the Beauty with a Purpose segment along with contestants from South Africa, Vietnam, India and Indonesia.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/MissWorld/posts/10156009763229974" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The 24-year old former courtside reporter for the Ateneo de Manila University is pushing for her advocacy to set up a milk bank for the maternity ward of the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center in the Philippines.</p><p>Proceeds from fundraising projects under her advocacy will provide for the procurement of a pasteurizer, ultra low freezer and breast pumps in the hope of further improving the hospital&#x27;s quality of service for indigent children.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/62B13_VHTmk?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>Miss Philippines Laura Lehmann has advanced to the Top 40 of the Miss World 2017 pageant ahead of the main competition Saturday in Sanya, China.</p>

Miss Philippines Laura Lehmann has advanced to the Top 40 of the Miss World 2017 pageant ahead of the main competition Saturday in Sanya, China.