Michelle Dee's Miss Universe national costume has a special detail symbolizing her advocacy

Michelle Dee's Miss Universe national costume had a special detail that carried her advocacy message.

On Instagram, the Kapuso beauty queen led us all to pay attention to the mural of the country's iconic destinations, found at the back of her costume.

Underneath the country's tourism #LovethePhilippines, is a drawing of jeepney that had two passengers, a Philippine flag, and one of her hashtags #Dee5tiny. 

In her Instagram Stories, Michelle said the two passengers are her siblings in the autism spectrum, a nod to her personal advocacy that she brought to her Miss Universe journey, and one that allowed her to be included in the 10 silver finalists of the Voice for Change challenge.

Amid the razzle dazzle of the Miss Universe National Costume competition, the most important detail of Michelle's costume was easily missed, so learning about it on social media gave the Philippine bet's effort an added sparkle and a whole lot of heart.

Michelle is currently in El Salvador, vying for the Philippines' 5th Miss Universe crown. She is giving the world — the universe rather — quite the show. At Thursday's preliminaries, she was a vision in her emerald green evening gown and a knock-out in her red swimsuit, prompting Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray to call her performance, "solid."

The Miss Universe coronation event will take place on Sunday morning (Philippine time).

 

 

 

 

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— LA, GMA Integrated News