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TRANSCRIPT: How Miss International 2024 Top 8 fared in Q&A

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://news-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com/api/upload-raw/20241112131144/ac03c332628edd971633be77b47c85a12c875ff3181353a2540ed9b7322e8e3c.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii" alt="Screenshot from Miss International/YouTube" style="width:960px"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em>Screenshot from Miss International/YouTube</em></span> </span></span></span></div><p>It was a historic day for Miss International as Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy gave Vietnam its first title for the country.</p><p>It was a neck-and-neck battle during the question and answer portion as they shared their thoughts on sustainability.</p><p>Here is the transcript of the answers of the Top 8 queens of Miss International 2024:</p><div><strong>Miss International 2024: Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy (Vietnam)</strong></div><p>QUESTION: What has been the most significant global development that affected your generation&#x27;s educational system?</p><p>ANSWER: I think it is the emergence of the global educational system during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the COVID-19 (pandemic), we have to stay at home and learn online. So, it is the change for the growth of the education development. And I hope that students have more chances to explore the opportunities for learning through change it&#x27;s through the (Sustainable Development Goals) number four, quality education.</p><div><strong>1st runner-up: Camila Roca (Bolivia)</strong></div><p>QUESTION: What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word sustainability?</p><p>ANSWER: The first thing that comes to my head when I hear the word sustainability is hope, prosperity, and I believe that the most important thing that a human being can have is empathy. And when we are sustainable, we are not just thinking about us, we&#x27;re thinking about our legacy and what we&#x27;re leaving in the world. I believe that we come to the world with a purpose in life and that we have to share this purpose for the world to contribute.</p><div><strong>2nd runner-up: Alba Pérez (Spain)</strong></div><p>QUESTION: Despite seeing progress in job opportunities, many people remain poor. What can be done to reduce the poverty rate?</p><p>ANSWER: I have the chance of becoming a medical student and this year, I&#x27;m going to be graduating officially as a doctor but since I was a little girl I always question to myself why? In another part of the world, there is a woman like me with the same dreams and aspirations but with difference that they have no voice because she has less rights or opportunities than me. I don&#x27;t know why but for some reason today it&#x27;s me who&#x27;s here having the opportunity to voice to all of those women that nowadays still don&#x27;t have it and that&#x27;s precisely what I want to do if I was chosen as the next Miss International. I would like to raise awareness about the importance of ensuring quality education for everyone without discrimination as the perfect tool to finish poverty. I believe we can change the world with our action and this is our platform to do it.</p><div><strong>3rd runner-up: Sakra Guerrero (Venezuela)</strong></div><p>QUESTION: Share with us your thoughts about artificial intelligence.</p><p>ANSWER: For me artificial intelligence means a very modern tool which helps us to create a lot of things, which helps us to have a better life. But I also think, we also have to keep a balance between our human selves and our modern society. We have to remember that in this modern world, there&#x27;s also a heart beating. That&#x27;s I think that we have to do with artificial intelligence.</p><div><strong>4th runner-up: Sophie Kirana (Indonesia)</strong></div><p>QUESTION: What did you think is the biggest obstacle in achieving gender equality?</p><p>ANSWER: (For) me the (one) hinder(ing) gender equality is only the mindset, us, generation, it is our job to know that we are different, that we have the same value, we have the same purpose, and we have the same chance to support gender equality. And me as the brand ambassador of Rising Girls, a community empowered by UNESCO and Women@Dior. I feel very proud to be representative for gender equality. I would like to support women empowerment.</p><div><strong>Top 8: Alina Dementjeva (Czech Republic)</strong></div><p>QUESTION: Which political figure, man or woman, do you admire the most and why?</p><p>ANSWER: If I had to choose just one person, I would choose Ursula von der Leyen. She is the first ever woman to be a head of (the) European Commission and she makes me feel very proud as a human and also she is working for sustainability. This is the goal that I truly believe in. I commit in sustainability by working on the goal number 13 which is climate action. I organized three clean up initiatives and tree planting because I believe every single action matters and we all can make a difference by small things.</p><div><strong>Top 8: Ewa Jakubiec (Poland)</strong></div><p>QUESTION: Name some of the qualities of a leader that you believe are the most important in today&#x27;s society?</p><p>ANSWER: I think that a good leader is not only honest, strong and visionary but also empathetic. I think the best leaders are women. We need empowered women as leaders and for me the best example is Kamala Harris. She shows her skills during (the) campaign.</p><div><strong>Top 8: Samantha Poole (New Zealand)</strong></div><p>QUESTION: Which environmental problem or issue (you) are personally concerned about the most and why?</p><p>ANSWER: I believe the biggest issue right now for the environment is climate change. It affects everyone, it affects the homes globally, it affects our ecosystems, and our societies. I think that we need to create a change and us creating sustainability and pageantry is a good step towards that already. We need to respect our land. We need to respect our world because we are inheriting it to the next generation and they deserve a beautiful planet.</p>

<p>It was a historic day for Miss International as Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy gave Vietnam its first title for the country.</p>

It was a historic day for Miss International as Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy gave Vietnam its first title for the country.