Pia Wurtzbach Quotes

I'm so glad this worked out for me, I do think I know how to be a good model.

I was studying communications and acting, and I decided over the summer that I wanted to work on my acting skills and perform in a pageant. I didn't have any other way of practicing, so I entered the Miss Rhode Island pageant. I ended up wearing a dress that was a $20 rental. It was too short, and there was a hole in the back of it.

When I won Miss World, I wasn't even 18, and I only remember, like, I thought of it as a day in the races or something. It didn't feel like it was Miss World of the Millennium Year, the change of the century. I didn't understand the magnitude of it for at least a couple of years.

I never thought of becoming an actress, but I always dreamt of winning a beauty pageant, and I achieved that.

I have been feeling the love of South Africans since I got crowned Miss South Africa, even before going to Miss Universe. Because of that, while I was walking on the Miss Universe stage, I knew that I was there as one body, but as I stood on that stage, I stood as millions of South Africans.

Participating in Miss India was a paradigm shift and I had a blast.

I prepared myself for Miss Universe for a very long time, for years, and I would always try to imagine what it would be like to introduce myself as Pia Wurtzbach, Miss Universe.

Being on stage taught me how to apply eyeliner.

I really lived and breathed Miss Universe.

I love people who go on stage and blossom like a weird flower.

I now realise I'm a great actor.

Winning a pageant or sometimes simply participating in a contest can change your life. Outer beauty is just a part of the judgement, but what's important are your views and opinions that are shown to the world.

Miss World victory is something very personal to me.

Before I won Miss Diva in 2015, I had won the pageant once before in 2012. Back then, it was called Miss Universe India.

I've never really had the confidence to sing in front of people; then, I got into acting.

I just turned 34 and feel like the best striker I've ever been.

It has been quite a journey from Miss India to modelling and acting.

People told me that I was the best-looking girl in my college. But it was only after I won a beauty pageant in 2002 that I became confident.

The Miss World journey has been incredible.

I felt like an ugly duckling back in school. I was a complete tomboy with short hair. Never in my dreams did I imagine that I would walk the ramp with 6-inch heels. My friends can't believe that I'm an actor, because I was such an introvert in school.

I love to see people's faces change when they hear me speak English, and they realize how far I have been able to go.

I remember I was a dark horse at Miss Universe. No one saw Miss India coming from a mile and suddenly there she was!

I think there is no set formula and there is no one path that can be taken to the crown as every one has their own way. Even when you look at past winners of Miss World, everyone was unique.

I was so shy, I couldn't stand up in front of people and speak. Now I'm in the next big three Bollywood movies.

Any time I push through a fear, I'm proud of that.