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Okay, welcome back to our Miss Universe journey.
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We had part one where we shared our story and our journey about joining Miss Universe Thailand.
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So part two is about what happens after and our journey towards the big Miss Universe stage.
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So your journey was very different, I think, compared to everyone else's.
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One, because it was during COVID and two, it was in Israel.
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And I had three weeks. To prepare. To prepare.
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Yeah.
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What was like, what were the emotions leading up to that?
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Like going back, I mean, it's been four years, right?
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I remember being so numb to everything that happened.
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I was like a robot, you know, because after that, like, that was when the real work started.
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And now you were working.
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Yeah.
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You know what I mean?
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Like, you had other jobs, so you weren't just training.
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And then you needed to find time to train.
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And then at the same time, you had to entertain.
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Like, it was just so much.
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I remember waking up in the middle of the night till after I came back from Miss Universe, I would wake up and be like, holy shit, Miss Universe Thailand.
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It never really fully hit because it felt so out of reach.
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And then when it was actually you, you went into real flight or flight mode.
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So you didn't have any time to process your emotions.
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So process your emotions no matter what you go through because emotions are important and they
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really allow you to understand what your next steps should be and what you should do next.
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But one, it was a 22-year-old girl navigating a whole new life
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when I didn't know a life other than what I knew before.
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It was also managing life in the spotlight during COVID as well,
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so I had to make sure I wasn't going to catch COVID.
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And I was so insecure during that time.
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Because once you win, you have just opened up the door, not just to pageant fans in Thailand, but now all over the world.
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And obviously coming in with a very different mindset with a campaign that is so different that pageantry hasn't really seen before.
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Being 22, not having the life experience straight out of uni, like all I knew my entire life was school.
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And going through that, learning, like I was forced to grow up so quickly.
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and it's a blessing in disguise now like I know I'm very mature for my age
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but there's a part of you that grieves
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that loss of yeah of youth a little bit so navigating through
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that going into Miss Universe really just covered every single human emotion you probably could have thought of
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and getting to Miss Universe the borders shut
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because there was another COVID outbreak
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so my parents who were going to come in couldn't come
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in my team who was going to come in couldn't come in
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And they figured it out in the end that my parents ended up being there.
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And I'm so grateful that they were there.
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And my little brother.
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I don't even know how to talk about it.
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It's still a really tough thing for me to talk about.
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Because the version of me now and the version of me then are two completely different people.
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And I hold it so close to my heart.
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But I want it so far away from my heart as well.
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Because I know that my experience at Miss Universe was not the best.
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I know that I wasn't me.
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I know that I wasn't the best version of me.
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I gave it my all, but my all wasn't enough.
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Nowhere near enough.
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And I know that now, and I'm not ashamed to admit it now.
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So I live with that regret until this day.
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And I will for the rest of my life.
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I know I will.
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But it was just a lot of emotions.
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That's just like the whole picture of it.
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But I kind of want to hear more about yours.
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You, you, well, we know.
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We know.
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We know Antonia Porcel in the pageant world very, very well.
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Like what happened?
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Like you disappeared, obviously.
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From my life at least during that time.
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I don't think I spoke to her until the final, like after the final.
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She was the first person I texted.
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Yeah.
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My journey to Miss Universe was, I was really excited because I finally,
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like I finally made it to Miss Universe.
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I knew that there was a lot of pressure
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because people were still holding on to the fact that like I had won a previous crown already.
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So there was a lot of pressure on that since like there was no option to fail for me.
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Just like fast forward into the competition.
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It was very overwhelming because I'm someone who is not very, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I'm very like kept to myself.
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I'm very introverted.
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I choose when I burst out with energy selective yeah i'm selective
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and during the competition you don't really have the choice to be introverted
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because then you just kind of disappear yeah you know thailand along with like the philippines
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and vietnam we're like pageant hubs right um
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so i felt a little bit of pressure there fast forward to final night of preliminary
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so the entire competition i chose to do my own hair hair
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and makeup because I trusted myself and I knew I had all the right tools
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and the colors that matched my face and I didn't have to stress about it.
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I didn't even choose my preliminary dress until the day before.
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I didn't tell my team.
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I was like, I couldn't pick.
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Yeah, so that happened.
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But I didn't think, because I didn't get to expose Thailand as much during the activities, I didn't think that Thailand was going to make it to the final.
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So what I did to make up for was be really engaging in the activities that I did do, do a lot of lives, engage with the team.
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Not trying to win their hearts, but also to like, Thailand is here, Thailand is ready, pass me the ball.
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And then final, I did a national costume, which was Promet Halani, the goddess of mother nature.
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And I saw all the girls with these big outfits and everything.
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And I was like, okay, my outfit is pretty small, but how do I make it look really big?
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So I came out and everyone always says it was like it wasn't me.
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And in a sense, I felt like it wasn't me because
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that day I really tried to go all out with my makeup.
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Because it was like a costume, right?
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So I was doing darker eyeliner, darker makeup.
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And I was lucky that I didn't really have to do my hair because I had the thing on my head.
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So I got to save a little bit of time.
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And I would always like, why before I go on stage?
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Just in case, for a little bit of protection.
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And then I came out and a lot of people were like, oh, she was blinking a lot.
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And you know, all like the sidekicks were like, yes, it means that like, like a little bit.
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And I was like, my eyes are so dry from the contact lens.
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But also, I mean, it's a combination of everything, right?
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Like I also didn't feel like it was myself, because after I came out I didn't even remember what I did on stage.
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I just remember don't mess up, don't mess up, take your time
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because I was counting the seconds for the other people
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and it was it wasn't always the same
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so I was like Thailand is gonna get the longest air time
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and I'm gonna like I'm gonna like stretch it out and
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if they cut me out then that's fine
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but as long as I get my my tab at my point that's all that matters to me.
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So then I was like okay the walk was long and I was like, what am I going to do?
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So my, my, my, like the, like the pose.
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So I was like trying to like move.
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There's a lot going on in my head.
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Yeah, I don't blame you.
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But you know, like after, like the relief you get after prelims, the relief you get after national costume, like now it's just final.
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Yeah.
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I did my own hair for, for finals, hair and makeup.
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I was contemplating like, should I let them do it?
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But then I saw the line and I was like, no. I didn't talk to my team.
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I didn't pick up anyone's calls.
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I didn't talk to anyone.
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I wanted to completely be in the zone.
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And honestly, I don't even remember the night very clearly because it was so much adrenaline.
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I just knew that John Legend was going to sing.
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And I was like, I came out
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and I saw Chrissy Teigen sitting in the audience
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and I was like because she's like concorat also right
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and i saw her during the opening dance and i was like
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she's a legend i love her like she's an icon
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and she just looked at me she's like i got this
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and i was like i'm goosebumps i felt like i won already
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um but yeah okay so my goal was of course to win anyone's goal is to win right yeah
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But then I was like, I didn't want to be too hard on myself as well.
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So I was like, which is okay.
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It's still like pretty strict, but I was like, I know I could do it.
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Just let me get there.
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Top five.
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And I was like, oh my God, we're almost there.
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I was like trying to practice my breathing.
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All I could hear was my heartbeat.
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Because I was so numb to the sounds of the screaming already.
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And every time I would always look for Pilas.
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because if I looked at my mom
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or my dad for sure I would start crying
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so I looked at Pilat as my manager
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because this was our dream together right like he's been with me from the first day
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and he believed in me when I was like nobody
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so every time like you see me looking off to like the right side
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because I'm like looking at my manager even though like it
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was pretty dark I was like somewhere over there um top
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five I looked at him I was like you know you're thinking about all the possible questions that they could ask you, but you never know what they're going to ask.
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I think the first one was cyberbullying, like if you were in a room filled with kids.
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And a lot of people just think like, you know, when you answer, you just answer the question.
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They don't think about all the things that go on in your head.
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In my mind, that moment, I was like, okay, my audience is little kids.
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That means you have to simplify your language for them, so that it's easier for them to understand.
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You have to be direct.
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You have 30 seconds to answer your question, answer the question, explain your answer, and how can that answer help those kids be better people?
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So a lot of people always say like, oh, my answer was very simple.
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But if you were in a room full of kids, you wouldn't make such a complex answer.
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Right?
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So I was like, okay, just, just, just answer it.
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And this is also like, my answer was something I would tell anyone.
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I try to keep my answers as realistic as possible, because I can't change the world.
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Yeah.
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Like, I'm not gonna say you can change the world when that's not true.
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Not by yourself at least.
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So I answered top five and then I got through and I was like, oh my god, we're almost there!
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And then there's like so many things going on in my head, plus the pressure of just being there.
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Yeah.
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So I answered Malali Safsai and that was the first time I answered a question and I couldn't finish it.
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And in my head I was like, I didn't know what to say, I didn't know how to finish it.
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I knew I could but it wasn't coming out of my mouth and I just went blank.
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And after I answered the question I was like, .
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You knew.
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I knew.
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I knew from that moment if these two answer better, it's not me.
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And I was like, you train so hard to get to that point and then your nerves kind of take over.
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So I answered the question, I was like, that was not it.
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So I looked at my mom and I remember looking at her and I was like, I was just hoping for the best at that point.
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And then Australia answered, she answered her mom and I was like, okay, I think I still have a chance.
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And then Nicaragua answered.
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And I was like, that's it.
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It's hers.
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She had such a good answer.
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She had a good follow-up explanation.
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And I was just like, it's already hers.
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As much as I want it to be mine, it was hers.
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And that's why I was shocked when they said that Australia was second runner up.
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I was like, this is it.
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It could be me now.
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It still could be me.
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I still have a chance.
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And I was like, now it's Thailand.
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Now it's not just me.
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It's Thailand.
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We're here together.
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I can...
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Every time they called Thailand, I would always think of all the people watching at home.
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Like, this is for you.
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Like, this is for you.
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This is our dream.
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This is why we're here, right?
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Thank you.
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I ran out.
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And I was like, this is it, guys.
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This is what we've been waiting for.
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It's like in arms reach, you know?
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I was just like, was breathing, I was practicing my breathing.
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I was trying to like...
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But you know, like when we talked about MUT, when you're holding your hands, you just knew that it was yours.
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I didn't have that feeling when I was holding her hand.
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I didn't have the feeling that it was mine anymore.
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I didn't feel like, I didn't feel that same confidence and that same like sensation as when I won Miss Universe Thailand.
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And I was like, I remember saying to myself,
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and I always say like, I don't want to take away something that isn't mine from someone else.
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I was like, And then Nicaragua.
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And I think I was in shock for a second.
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I was completely numb.
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I didn't even have the time to process my emotions because by the time I looked up, I've already been sweeped to the side.
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She deserved it.
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She had an amazing dress.
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She had an amazing walk.
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She answered the question really well.
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And I always think back.
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If I had just a little bit more, if I had just like a little bit more.
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You can't blame yourself at all, though, because, again, everything has a silver lining.
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Yeah.
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And then I told myself,
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you know what, whoever is like looking down at me or whether it's like Yamo or my grandma or just whoever,
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you know, whatever spiritual being is looking after me knew that I wasn't ready for this kind of responsibility.
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So that's why I wasn't really so hard on myself.
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I was like, if it's meant to be, it will be.
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And in that moment, it wasn't.
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So it was just like really weird after that, you know, like you fight so hard the entire night and then you just go home.
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And it was just so weird because you're just so numb
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and so in shock that everything around you just feels like it's happening so slowly.
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Someone's speaking to you, you don't even hear them because you're so like, like you're floating.
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I get to my hotel room like so after like they cut the cameras.
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I looked for my manager and he wasn't there.
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And I was like, where the is Pilaf?
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He was outside crying, but he didn't want me to see that he was crying.
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I saw, I think my parents also left.
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Crying?
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Yeah, and I was like, where is everyone?
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I need you!
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But Pee Ying and Opo was there.
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They were sitting like in front of the stage so they could actually walk up.
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I think I was still like really numb.
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Like I had like a tear.
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Yeah, It wasn't like ugly crying and oppa was like wiping like my tears.
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And then like some of the judges came and congratulated me.
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But it just like, like I said, everything just felt like it was very slow.
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Went back to the hotel and then there was like the after party.
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And I was like, don't really want to go.
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You know, the owner of Supra was there as well.
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And the manager and we all kind of cried together.
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My dad, like I always I see my parents.
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I just want to cry.
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I was just like, I knew I didn't let them down because just being there was like huge already.
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And they were like, it's okay.
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Like you did your best and you move forward.
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You know, you learn and you move forward from what you learn and you be the best version of yourself moving forward.
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Use your experience as a lesson.
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I said my thank yous.
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I went upstairs.
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I think I was on my phone the entire night, like just scrolling, seeing everyone's reaction and completely numb.
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No emotions.
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I try to go to bed, wake up the next morning,
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completely broke down, like completely just everything, crying.
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And then I was like, I just I allowed myself to cry.
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I allowed myself to feel those emotions.
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You can't win everything, you know, but you can learn from everything.
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I was crying.
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I was crying.
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And then I said, OK, that's it.
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That's the last time you're going to cry, because now you have to be strong.
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There's nothing you could have changed about that night.
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You can cry as much as you want.
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You could feel bad for yourself, but that's not going to change anything.
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It sucks.
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But maybe it was supposed to happen.
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I'm still very grateful that I had the opportunity to stand there like in the last 35 years.
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That's what I take with my heart.
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we did it together, you know, like everyone that inspired me, you included, right?
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Like everyone that inspired me, everyone, everyone that pushed me,
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who saw my potential, they were in like the energy that was in my hands that night, you know, like it was,
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it was all of us there.
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It wasn't just me.
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watching you go through that though like i remember when they announced the new miss universe
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like obviously i was really proud of you for for getting as far as you did but at
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that moment it was more like is she okay like i
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didn't i don't want to say i didn't care about your title
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because I care about it but I didn't care about it in that moment you know and it was just like
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I remember she's okay I hope she's okay like is she gonna be okay
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because everyone was so happy cheering and like
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and I was just like you are you're so hard on yourself
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and I've said this like in previous episodes
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so I just had this feeling
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that like something might be happening where you're not allowing yourself to to process i guess
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and like you know your very life goes on kind of mentality
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but i want you to know that and you do know
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that but that that like you brought
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so much pride to the country you brought so much pride to me as your friend to your family and
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having a title is so much more than that you know and everything you've done since you've come back
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and like as selfish as this sounds
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i remember thinking my best friend's coming home
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i was so excited to come home it sounds so bad
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but it was like it was a selfish moment for sure
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because i remember thinking like i think i need to prepare to for to lose you for a year at
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that point we weren't that close to our other friends now yeah so i really only had you um
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And I remember like, it's, it's, come home, work at home.
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Yeah.
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You know, be in your home.
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Yeah.
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But I didn't know that till this day, it's something you really can't think about.
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Like, I didn't know.
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So I appreciate you kind of sharing that with all of us about it right now.
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Yeah.
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It's also something like, I don't like admit, like I just saw yesterday, like Pilaf went for an interview where they asked him about like, how it was that night.
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And he was just sharing like how he felt.
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and then like flashbacks right yeah and I don't feel like I would like
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if you were to ask me would I have done anything differently no
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because in that moment that was the best I could do
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and it was enough and it was enough it would I don't regret anything
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and that's what I always tell people
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when they ask for like advice like just do your best because at least when you look back you won't regret anything.
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Yeah, and I'm on the other side of it, right, where I live with the regret.
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No, I was just saying, I live with the regret.
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And I can tell you, no matter what you do in your life,
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living with regret is so much worse than being tired and exhausted and just everything you did, I guess.
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Living with the regret is so much worse than giving something your all.
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Because it's something that you will hold for the rest of your life, something that you can never change.
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And it's still something I can't even talk about properly.
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You know, like it me up every time I have to think about what happened, any time someone asks me.
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Like, I say it so much that I'm numb to it now.
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But yeah, like, give it your all.
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Regret is one of the hardest things to live with.
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Yeah.
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And I feel like no matter what people say, like, oh, you did so good or whatever,
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like, whatever it is, nothing can really fight what you say to yourself.
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I remember when I didn't make it right.
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I didn't even want to come back to Thailand.
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I was so embarrassed.
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I was so broken.
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I was so disappointed.
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and then I just like faked my happiness I didn't process
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it at all man like there was like a few clips
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that came out of me being like super cocky
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and like yeah I look back and I'm like I'm disappointed in myself for
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that but it was a defense mechanism because
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if I allowed myself to feel like I don't think I would have been here today you know you know
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and I know so much went wrong and I know so much.
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Like, I know what I did wrong.
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I know what I should have done.
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There's also that regret of like, or that living of like the what if.
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Yeah.
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And as the years go by, it gets worse because I've grown into a woman now, you know, and it forced me to grow up like hell.
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Like after not making it through the hate, the backlash, everything I went through, I grew up so fast.
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And because I've grown up now, I feel like it's harder to live with because there's a part of me that's like, send me now.
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Send me right now till like today and I will show you that I could have won it as well.
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Yeah.
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And that's all it is.
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It's just like a...
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Maybe it's like a way of soothing myself, of like knowing, trying to make myself...
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Learning how to live with it.
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Because it's embarrassing, man.
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Like you go through like that, you represent your country, you fought so hard just to be the country's representative and you failed in that way.
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It's...
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You have to find a way to live with it.
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and being the first one in like how many years?
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Coming in with something so different.
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It's like you wanted to prove that what you said mattered and it does matter.
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But when you don't succeed in the way you wanted to succeed, it was like, oh, then maybe they were right.
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Maybe you're right.
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Maybe real size beauty doesn't deserve a place here.
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So then now you have to go back and like unlearn things to relearn new things.
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And that's when people ask me, like, how did I get through it?
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One, obviously, like the obvious, like friends, family, whatever.
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But it's the fans that actually helped me get through it.
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Because when I didn't believe in my campaign and they still did, it gave me a reason to keep going.
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And I needed that reminder just as much as they would have needed it in the beginning from me.
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That part is a silver lining.
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That part was assured, like the sense of community,
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the sense of pride, the sense of love that Thailand has and it makes me so proud that I'm Thai, you know?
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Because feeling this warmth, even though there was hate among it, but the warmth of the Thai people, it just...
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Yeah, I got through it because of them.
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And yeah, so just like whatever you do, give it your all.
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Because take it from me, living with regret is not...
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You never get over it.
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As you can see, it's been four years.
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Anyways.
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But I know like it doesn't matter what what I say or what anyone says.
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And I've mentioned this in a previous episode already, that even though you didn't succeed in the way that you wanted,
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you made a really big impact that probably would have done more than what
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you expected yeah yeah
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and even though you live in regret you should still be really proud of how much you achieved
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and how many lives you changed yeah it's
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the other day actually I was going to work
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and I ran into a fan and she came up to me
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and asked for a photo and she was wearing this like white lace dress
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and she said to me
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because of you I'm like I'm I can dress up now
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I'm not scared to hide my body like I'm wear whatever I want to wear
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and it was such a like oh no man every time I hear
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that I feel like I can breathe you know
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because I go in public
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and I still get social anxiety I still don't like you know how it is
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and sometimes when you go in public alone but
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when like the kind people come up to you
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and like make you feel like everything you've gone through is worth it like
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that was worth it just to hear that
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or like people were like you made me want to come
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and like take care of my health more like i know
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it's worth more than any placement i know it's worth more than a crown the crown was more for like
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or the placement was more like proving to myself
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that i could have done it
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and i think letting yourself down is probably one of the hardest things
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because you're always your own biggest critic yeah
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but also like yeah having people come up to you and and say all all that stuff.
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It does make it worth it.
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You know, it does help me live with it a lot easier, but it doesn't take it away.
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I do like, as we close off, I do want to say like, our younger selves would be really freaking proud of us though.
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Yeah.
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Like, I, yep.
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And- You like the cool kids to them, you know?
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And we did what our grandmas knew we could do.
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Yeah.
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I don't want to cry anymore.
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I'm on a date tonight.
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I don't want to do my makeup again.
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But I think through it all, right, like as different as our experiences were, the lesson that I think we both learned was that,
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like you said, we are our own biggest critics.
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And no matter what you do in life, if you really want it, you can do it.
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If you put 100% of your heart into it.
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That's what my dad would say to me.
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Put 100% of your heart into what you love.
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And no matter what the outcome is, you will always have a purpose.
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And we also want to take this opportunity to thank all of the fans in Thailand
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and around the world that saw our potential and cheered for us and gave us words that made us feel stronger,
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that made us feel better.
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And a lot of this is for you guys and for the dream that you have.
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So thank you.
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Thank you.
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And I hope that both of us have given you guys enough to find that spark
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in your heart to follow your dreams and know
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that nothing comes easy or the way that you expect it to
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but if you fight for it it will always be worth it yeah chase your dreams definitely chase your dreams
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and as we say bye I also want to say I think I can say it for you as well
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but and I said in the first part
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but being your Miss Universe Thailand is has been it's the
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honor of our lives yeah thank you for being here with
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us supporting us loving us thank you to you too staying by my side for everything
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but also you know this was
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actually a relatively difficult episode for us
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because as you can see it brought out a lot of emotions
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and you know this is like we always say like we
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want this to be a platform where we can be vulnerable
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and be open to all of you guys
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and share our raw emotions um no matter what it is whether it's our journey in this universe
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or it's about boy problems about dating life about self-love self-love you know
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so we'll catch you guys in the next episode yes
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and bye don't forget to comment below what you want to see next
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 472 sentences and 5212 words to shadow. The speech runs for 31:18. The speaker talks at a natural 167 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- regret /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ (verb) — To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
- emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ (noun) — A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
- numb /nʌm/ (adjective) — Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
- breathe /bɹiːð/ (verb) — To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
- shock /ʃɔk/ (noun) — A sudden, heavy impact.
- succeed /səkˈsiːd/ (verb) — To follow something in sequence or time.
- costume /ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/ (noun) — A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
- pageant /ˈpæd͡ʒənt/ (noun) — An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
- lesson /ˈlɛs.ən/ (noun) — A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
- chase /t͡ʃeɪs/ (verb) — To follow at speed.
- legend /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/ (noun) — The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
- disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ (adjective) — Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
- whoever /huˈɛvɚ/ — Who ever: an emphatic form of who.
- engage /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ (verb) — To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- grateful /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ (adjective) — Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- live with (verb) — To share an abode as an unmarried partner in a sexual relationship.
- look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
- come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (verb) — To be discovered; to be revealed.
- get through /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ (verb) — To overcome; to endure.
- come in /ˌkʌm ˈɪn/ (verb) — To enter.
- come up to (verb) — To approach.
- go through (verb) — To travel from one end of something to the other.
- talk about (verb) — Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 141 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, warmth /wɔɹmθ/, soothe /suːð/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, shock /ʃɔk/, selfish /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/
- Long words — get the stress right: disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, preliminary /pɹɪˈlɪmɪnɛɹi/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, mechanism /ˈmɛk.ə.nɪ.zəm/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like regret, emotion, numb.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if it's meant to be, it will be · if you were to ask me would I · if you fight for it it will always |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | it's been · have just opened · hasn't really seen |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was forced · be introverted · been sweeped |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | someone who is · costume, which was · like, which is |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.