"Finally, I have my own send off."
Ito ang nasambit ng Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2015 na si Pia Wurtzbach matapos nitong maging emosyunal sa double send-off party kahapon, November 26, sa Novotel Manila Araneta Center kasama si Binibining Pilipinas Intercontinental 2015 Christi McGarry.
Patuloy pa ni Pia, "And I've been to so many send offs but I never had my own."
Halos magkasunod na gaganapin ang beauty pageant ng dalawa ngayong Disyembre. Gaganapin sa Dec. 18 ang Miss Intercontinental 2015 sa Magdeburg, Germany, habang sa Dec. 20 naman gaganapin ang Miss Universe 2015 sa Las Vegas, USA.
Hindi makapaniwala ang dating teen star-turned-beauty queen dahil tuloy na tuloy na nga ang kanyang pagsabak sa Miss Universe pageant.
Sabi pa ni Pia, "It feels like I won again because now it's finally sinking that I'm actually going to Miss Universe.
"It's like the first moment when I saw my picture on the Miss Universe website.
"I used to browse in the website and look at the girls, you know, pick my favorites.
"And now, I'm one of them as Philippines [representative] and I can't believe it."
Sa kanyang pagkapanalo sa Binibining Pilipinas nitong March 15, umani ng sari-saring opinyon at pambabatikos ang natanggap ni Pia.
Kaya naman, maigi nitong pinaghandaan ang nalalapit na Miss Universe pageant upang patunayan sa kanyang bashers na karapat-dapat siya sa titulo.
Aniya, "All the three years that I've tried, people are laughing at me and saying na trying hard daw ako.
"So my answer is yeah, trying hard talaga ako. I tried very hard, I tried very hard because this is what I want and I don't care if it looks like I'm doing this for a showbiz comeback or trying to come off as desperate.
"If that was the case, I could've just stop at first try but no, this is what I really want and I went through a lot of things to get through here like a lot of criticisms."