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'Sorry na, Linda Walker': Former Miss Universe PH Rabiya Mateo scores 741 on NMAT

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1773290332372Rabiya.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960" alt=" Rabiya Mateo/Instagram"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em> Rabiya Mateo/Instagram </em></span></span></span></div><p>Rabiya Mateo could not help but laugh at the comparisons between her and a fictional character from a Chinese drama after her impressive score at the National Medical Admission Test (NMAT). </p><p>The former Miss Universe Philippines was reported to have a score of 741, higher than Linda Walker&#x27;s 719 in &quot;The Heiress Who Won With Brains.&quot;</p><p>&quot;This is so funny. Sorry na, Linda Walker,&quot; she said on Instagram Stories as she shared a post that reported about her latest feat. </p><p>Screenshots of the said IG story have been reposted by pageant pages online as fans commended her for having both &quot;beauty and brains.&quot;</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D1359256202904348%26set%3Da.544783311018312%26type%3D3&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="664" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Mateo took the NMAT as she <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2026/2/28/rabiya-mateo-reveals-she-is-enrolling-in-med-school-1705">plans to enter medical school</a> to pursue her long-time dream of becoming a doctor.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a calling, and I&#x27;m so happy to share this to everybody that I&#x27;m gonna go back to med school. And I wanted to become a doctor ever since,&quot; she revealed in a recent interview with DJ Chacha in her YouTube vlog.</p><p>Mateo is known for representing the Philippines in the Miss Universe pageant in 2020, where she finished as a Top 21 semi-finalist.</p><p>Before entering the world of pageantry and entertainment, she graduated cum laude from Iloilo Doctors&#x27; College with a degree in Physical Therapy.</p>

<p>Former Miss Universe Philippines Rabiya Mateo could not help but laugh at the comparisons between her and a fictional character from a Chinese drama after her impressive score at the National Medical Admission Test (NMAT).</p>

Former Miss Universe Philippines Rabiya Mateo could not help but laugh at the comparisons between her and a fictional character from a Chinese drama after her impressive score at the National Medical Admission Test (NMAT).