At the Miss Universe pageant on Saturday night in the American city of New Orleans, history will be made. A Filipina-American will represent the United States for the first time. Just two years after entering her first contest, R’Bonney Gabriel won the Miss USA pageant in October.
In a recent interview, Toni Waterman spoke with Gabriel in her Houston studio about fashion, pageants, and the importance of representing the Asian American community as she prepared for Miss Universe.