I can still remember that time when I got mocked by ex-friends who are big fans of Miss Universe and also staunch supporters of "that" pageant for defending Miss Earth and it's standard in choosing their queen. They firmly believe that beauty pageants are mainly for entertainment and that advocacy is just secondary. An advocacy driven pageant like Miss Earth, for them, is a quiz show and just a second tier beauty contest.
With the new era of Miss Universe and the result of the latest edition, especially the exclusion of Celeste Cortesi, I wonder what they are thinking right now. It's seems that Miss Universe is headed towards becoming advocacy driven, I wonder if they will relegate Miss Universe from being an Alpha pageat to a 2nd tier beauty contest.