Kung si Melanie Marquez ang tatanungin, ayaw na niya na sumali sa mga international beauty pageant ang kanyang anak na si Michelle Dee.
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Naging kinatawan ng Pilipinas si Michelle sa 69th Miss World na idinaos sa London, England noong Disyembre 2019 at sa 72nd Miss Universe na ginanap sa El Salvador noong Nobyembre 2023.
"Huwag na sana," ang reaksyon ni Melanie nang makausap ito ng Cabinet Files tungkol sa posibilidad na paglahok ni Michelle sa 1st Miss Grand International All Stars na mangyayari sa Mayo 30, 2026 sa Bangkok, Thailand.
Pero kung sakaling desidido si Michelle sa pagsali sa MGI All Stars, nangako si Melanie na ibibigay nito ang buong suporta sa kanyang anak.
Ang MGI All Stars ang bagong international beauty pageant na itinatag ni Miss Grand International Organization founder at president Nawat Itsaragrisil.
Ang mga kababaihan at transgender women na dati nang nagwagi sa mga nakaraan na national at international pageants ang puwedeng sumali sa MGI All Stars.
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MICHELLE DEE CONSIDERS JOINING MGI ALL STARS
Nagpakita si Michelle ng interes ng paglahok sa Thailand-based pageant.
Pero sa panayam sa kanya ni Kylie Verzosa para sa podcast nito, hindi pa siya nagbitaw ng tiyak na kasagutan.
"Am I joining is definitely under consideration. I don’t have a yes, I don’t have a no because they only announced this two weeks ago.
"I think and it’s the first edition and I still have a lot of questions.
"But if the question is do I want to join or wanna represent my country again, do I feel like there’s fight left in me?
"Of course, there is, which is why I never say I’m closing my doors on my pageant journey.
Paliwanag pa ni Michelle: "But I don’t have a yes or a no because it’s coming so soon.
"Schedules will be affected, contracts will be affected, and it’s more than just the passion of it.
"But what would be affected in my personal life if I do it? Because even though it’s such an exciting concept, being able to compete with people that have competed in the past, people that have something left to give.
"Like, I feel how my pageant ended had so much controversy also that I can’t help but want to redeem that side of my journey."
MICHELEE ON THIRD CROWN FOR "FAMILY LEGACY"
Nangangarap si Michelle na madagdagan ang international pageant title sa kanilang pamilya, ang 1979 Miss International crown, na napanalunan ni Melanie at ang Reina Hispanoamericana 2017 title ng kanyang pinsan na si WinWyn Marquez.
"And also fantasizing about having a third crown for my family legacy, it’s like there’s a lot of pluses.
But it doesn’t come without sacrifice, and [that] sacrifice is also very expensive, can affect a lot of things so I don’t have an answer yet.
"But the interest is there," lahad pa ni Michelle.
Inaabangan sa mga susunod na araw ang kanyang magiging pasya tungkol sa posibilidad ng pagsali niya sa 1st edition ng MGI All Stars.