Catriona Gray is looking forward to her dad Ian Gray's visit to the country this coming July.
The 28-year-olf Filipino-Australian beauty queen revealed this in a short chat with PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at The Look Watsons and Cetaphil's Bright Healthy Radiance event.
Her dad had been allowed to travel back to the Philippines after two months of recovery following his successful heart surgery last April.
"My dad is recovering really, really well! Thank you for asking. The last time that we had a chat, he had just an operation, but he's recovering so well that they're coming to visit the Philippines next month."
It was a "very anxious trip for me" because she was away from her dad "when he was having his operation done."
She told PEP.ph in a previous interview, "So it was a very anxious time for me and my mom, and for our family, but praise God, he had a great operation, [he’s] recovering well...
"So I’m just grateful… so, so grateful. Prayer is so powerful."
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CATRIONA GRAY AT MISS UNIVERSE VIETNAM 2022
But before the reunion with her dad, Catriona will also be reuniting with her Miss Universe sisters at the biennial Miss Universe Vietnam 2022 pageant.
On June 6, 2022, the Miss Universe Vietnam Organization announced that Catriona will be part of the selection committee along with Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova and reigning Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu.
Catriona is also expected to reunite with her Miss Universe 2018 batchmate and 4th runner-up H'Hen Niê.
The event is scheduled to happen on June 25, 2022, at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in Ho Chi Minh City.
To the Filipino pageant fans, she said it's going to be "another celebration of Filipino culture."
She added, "I always love bringing our culture wherever it is that I travel."
On the pageant itself, the Top Class host revealed what she is most excited about:
"Just the celebration of what the pageantry is—uplifting and celebrating women and really highlighting what it is that they stand for, what they're passionate about.
"And I always love seeing how women, even if they are from different countries, represent that and how they really use their platform to raise their voice for something."
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