Miss Intercontinental 2021 Cinderella Faye Obeñita. Image: Facebook/Cindy Obeñita
Beauty queen Cinderella Faye Obeñita has joined the chorus of public outcry against the ostentatious living of personalities being connected to the corruption in government projects.
On her social media page, the second Miss Intercontinental winner from the Philippines highlighted the concerning state of child mortality in the country while speaking up about the government’s management of taxpayers’ money.
“According to a UNICEF study, 95 children in the Philippines die from malnutrition every single day, and 28 out of every 1,000 Filipino children do not even reach the age of 5,” Obeñita posted on Thursday, Aug. 28.
“And yet, some politicians shamelessly flaunt their lavish lifestyles funded by TAXPAYERS’ money — money that could have saved these children’s lives. Instead of serving the people, they enrich themselves while our children starve and die,” continued the beauty queen.
Many pageant fans consider Obeñita as one of the most eloquent beauty queens that the Philippines has ever produced. Her impressive handling of what was perceived as a difficult question in her Binibining Pilipinas pageant has been cited as a model for future contestants.
But aside from her gift of gab, the Filipino beauty queen has also been cited for her kindness by no less than the head of the Miss Intercontinental pageant.
Obeñita was working in the tourism office of the Province of Misamis Oriental when she competed in the national pageant. She is now an event host and a mother of one.
In a subsequent post, the beauty queen jested that she needs to take more hosting jobs so she can contribute more tax money, “so we can fund the lavish lifestyle of our Disney princesses.”
Obeñita also joked about having to clock in more overtime work so the beneficiaries of the siphoned government funds “can go to Europe for sembreak.”
She also capped her earlier post in Bisaya by asking when the culprits would be sent to jail, and if the matter would be buried and forgotten, like what happened to earlier controversies involving public funds. /ra
