EntertainmentNews Rabiya Mateo Interviewed by Spanish-Language TV Network Telemundo Mateo didn’t answer in Spanish, of course. May 13, 20211186 views0 Share @rabiyamateo on Instagram By Arvyn Cerézo Share MANILA, Philippines — Rabiya Mateo, the Philippine representative to the 69th Miss Universe international beauty pageant, was interviewed by the Spanish-language television network Telemundo and FYI Network on May 13. “In the Philippines, we have pageants all over the places …” said Mateo as she was asked if pageantry is the “pastime” in the country. Watch the full interview: View this post on Instagram A post shared by MISSUUPDATES (@missuupdates) Telemundo, which is owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, is the exclusive Spanish-language broadcast partner for the said beauty pageant. Telemundo is one of the two biggest Spanish-language television networks in the United States, along with Univision. The 69th Miss Universe will be broadcast live on Telemundo on Sunday, May 16 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT in the United States and on A2Z on Monday, May 17 at 8 a.m. PHT in the Philippines. Beauty pageants are “immensely popular” in Latin America and in the Philippines. In 2015, Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez was mistakenly named the Miss Universe winner instead of Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach. Share Arvyn CerézoArvyn Cerézo is an arts and culture writer/reporter with bylines in Book Riot, Publishers Weekly, South China Morning Post, PhilSTAR Life, the Asian Review of Books, and other publications. You can find him on arvyncerezo.com and @ArvynCerezo on Twitter.e-mail Website Twitter
