Athlete, TV personality, beauty queen. Miss Quezon City Michele Theresa I. Gumabao is a lot of things.

But for now, she's a beauty pageant candidate focused on taking home the very first Miss Universe Philippines crown and the chance to represent the country in the 69th Miss Universe pageant.

Get to know her more in this PEP Exclusives interview, the preparation that she made, how she addressed criticisms, what she thinks about the Question & Answer portion in beauty pageants, and find out how well she did in our Only In PEP: Keyword Challenge.

Catch Michele and the other Miss Universe Philippines candidates on the Ring Light series at empire.ph.

Host: Nikko Tuazon
Video Producer and Editor: Rommel Llanes

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