US champions `diversity’ with Fil-Am bet in Miss Asia Pacific Int’l 2025

Miss Asia Pacific Worldwide-USA Kayla Jane Usison. Picture: Armin P. Adina/Inquirer.internet

The US sends a Filipino-American girl to the Miss Asia Pacific Worldwide Pageant, a contest that celebrates ‘magnificence in variety’.

As a follow-up to the Dominican-American competitioner Janelis Leyba, who received the title in final yr’s competitors, Kayla Jane Usison will probably be on her blended heritage to push the thrust of the parade additional.

“Comes with a background of [human resources]One of many first issues I’ve discovered in an expert atmosphere or in life generally is that variety is essential, ”Usison instructed an intimate group of journalists and content material makers within the vault within the Bonifacio International Metropolis in Taguig Metropolis throughout a latest assembly.

The sweetness queen, who obtained a enterprise administration diploma with a focus in Human Assets, is positioned within the Bay Space in California. “I had Filipinos, I had Mexicans, I had all of the cultures round me. And standing proper in entrance of you right here is a good testimony of how variety is essential,” she mentioned.

“I not solely characterize the US or the Philippines. I characterize each girl around the globe. And thru my final parade I discovered that persons are coping with it,” continued Usison, which was rejected by the Filipino group in San Francisco to the latest Miss Universe Filippin Pageant.

“Simply simply displaying up and being weak and being clear about your journey, that is how I present up and present individuals the variety and the way it can be crucial,” she added.

Reigning Miss Asia Pacific Worldwide Janelis Leyba (left) with the American Kayla Jane Usison. Picture: Armin P. Adina/Inquirer.internet

Usison has just lately been appointed to take part on this yr’s Miss Asia Pacific Worldwide Pageant by Michiko UNSO, who had simply gained the license to pick out the consultant from the US, in coordination with Azen and Queens Pageant Camp.

The sweetness queen was skilled by Aces and Queens for the Miss Universe Philippines Pageant, and can nonetheless be underneath the steering of the camp for the Miss Asia Pacific Worldwide Competitors.

“What gave me essentially the most consolation is that I’ll nonetheless work with aces and queens. Aces and Queens have been my dwelling since I moved right here within the Philippines. And solely its fame and across the similar individuals, even the identical make-up artist, it simply felt like an enlargement of my final journey, however I’m stronger once more.

She additionally mentioned that she shouldn’t be impressed by the mission to put the second consecutive victory of the US within the sport. “The strain is there. However since assembly [Leyba] And the event of a friendship, I’m truly relaxed, “shared Usison.

“She actually needs to have a friendship and ensure I get pleasure from this journey. So though a back-to-back could be nice, I do not really feel a lot busy as a result of I simply wish to get pleasure from this parade,” added Filipino-American magnificence.

Usison will embody one among a subject of fifty delegates around the globe, together with Anita Rose Gomez of the Philippines, within the Miss Asia Pacific Worldwide Pageant in 2025. The coronation takes place on 8 October in Cebu.