Ang pambato ng Pilipinas na si Dia Mate ang kinoronahang Reina Hispanoamericana 2025 sa grand coronation na ginanap sa Santa Cruz, Bolivia, nitong Linggo ng gabi, February 9, 2025 (Lunes ng umaga, February 10, sa Pilipinas).
Si Dia ang ikalawang Filipina na nagwagi sa Latina-based international beauty pageant na nagsimula noong 1991.
Ang unang Pinay titleholder ng Reina Hispanoamerica ay si Winwyn Marquez, na nanalo noong 2017.
Read: Winwyn Marquez hailed as Reina Hispanoamericana 2017
Si Sofia Fernandez ng Venezuela ang itinanghal na Virreina Hispanoamericana 2025.
First runner-up ang kandidata ng Colombia na si Sharon Gamarra, at second runner-up si Carolina Perez ng Spain.
Si Dia ay girlfriend ng singer na si Juan Karlos Labajo.
Read: JK Labajo flexes girlfriend Dia Mate’s pageant win
MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT REPRESENTING FILIPINAS IN REINA HISPANOAMERICANA 2025
Halos isang buwan bago lumipad si Dia Mate sa Bolivia ay ibinahagi niya ang kanyang saloobin sa pagsabak sa isang international beauty pageant.
Saad niya: "I mean, of course, who wouldn't be scared and, like, afraid?
"Because it's like you're competing against, especially, Latinas.
"This is a Latina-based pageant, so I'm stepping into their home-based court, home court. I'm at a disadvantage.
"Of course, us Filipinos, we're super palaban, we're very brave, we're warriors.
"So, either way, I'm going to compete and be the best Reina I can be for the Philippines."
Nagkaroon din ng pagkakataon si Dia na makasalamuha si Winwyn Marquez, ang kauna-unahang Pinay na nag-uwi ng Reina Hispanoamerican crown.
Kuwento ni Dia, pinayuhan siya ni Winwyn na maging focused kung ano ang tunay na mahalaga at huwag pansinin ang mga sagabal.
"The most important thing Winwyn told me was to not be intimidated by the Latinas and to really focus on myself and my own journey...
"Because once you get lost in the noise of, you know, pageant media, lots of fans, and just people in general, you really doubt yourself.
"And it's going to affect your performance and how you present yourself to the world, essentially, and to the Hispanic American world.
"So, that's what I'm keeping inside for this journey... it's to make sure that I'm focusing on myself, blocking out all the noise, and performing the best I can," sabi ni Dia.
Sa lahat daw ng preparations na ginawa niya para sa pageant, sa Spanish classes siya nahirapan.
Lahad ni Dia, "Kasi parang sanay na sanay na ako sa pasarela, sa Q&A, especially in English, kasi English really is my forte.
"But when it comes to Spanish, it is a foreign language. But I had so much fun learning it and learning all these new vocabularies.
"And kind of starting to understand when people speak Spanish. It's nice to have a new skill."