Rabiya Mateo. Image from Instagram MANILA, Philippines — Rabiya Mateo has earned two distinctions that no other beauty queen could ever emulate. Not only was she the first woman to be proclaimed as 'Miss Iloilo,' she also became the first 'Miss Universe Philippines' in the first standalone national pageant that chooses the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. With such a storied legacy at an early stage in her life , the Ilonga lass is truly one tough act to follow. But the organization that pulled her out of obscurity is determined to find the woman who is worthy to succeed Mateo, duplicate her feat on the national stage, and hopefully bring home an international crown for the Philippines.

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