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Miss Canada schools media member who asked her about being 'larger' than other bets
Miss Universe-Canada Siera Bearchell has drawn raves from netizens throughout the pageant over her statements about being body positive.
On Friday, however, she encountered a rude media member who asked her about being "larger" than the other girls in the competition.
"How does it feel to be so much.. larger than the other delegates?"
Despite being left speechless by the question, she shared her answer in a Facebook post.
"I was just asked this question in a press junket by a member of the media. I was left almost speechless. I thought, 'How does it feel to be myself? How does it feel to be confident in who I am? How does it feel to fulfill my dream of representing Canada on the Miss Universe stage? How does it feel to be a role model for so many young women who struggle to find someone to look up to? How does it feel to redefine beauty?'- My answer- It feels great. #confidentlybeautiful #beautybeyondsize #bodydiversity #missuniverse #misscanada @missuniverse" she wrote.
Her post drew even more applause from netizens, garnering nearly 6,000 likes and almost a thousand shares as of Friday night.
"While I am first to say I am not as lean as I was when I was 16, 20, or even last year, but I am more confident, capable, wise, humble and passionate than ever before," she said.
Bearchell asserted that she is embracing a new side of herself that she discovered when she stopped trying to fit a mold.
"This is the side I am trying to bring to the [Miss Universe] competition. The side of life that is so rare to find: self-worth and self-love," the beauty queen said, in confidently beautiful terms. "We always focus on the things we wish we could change rather than loving everything we are."
Catch Miss Canada and the rest of the candidates at the 65th Miss Universe coronation event live on GMA on January 30, beginning at 8 a.m. —JST, GMA News
