Roberta Tamondong explains decision to accept Miss Grand International runner-up position

MANILA, Philippines—Binibining Pilipinas Roberta Tamondong finished in the Top 20 of the 2022 Miss Grand International pageant in Indonesia last month. A week later, she found herself in Thailand receiving a crown for a fifth runner-up position.

The Bangkok-based pageant proclaimed the five remaining delegates in the Top 10, those who did not advance to the Top 5, as co-fifth runners-up. But Mauritius’ Yuvna Rinishta, who cracked the Top 10 for getting the “Miss Popular Vote” award, rescinded the post.

The pageant’s president, Nawat Itsaragrisil, appointed Tamondong to take Rinishta’s spot, and the Filipino beauty accepted it. This was met by a lot of backlash from pageant fa…

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