Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach was facing backlash after she allegedly tried to portray herself as one of the guests of a prestigious fashion show in New York.
In her Instagram post, Pia could be seen tagging her location in New York City while sharing a video taken during the fashion show.
“How can one miss their signature hues, bright yellows, and not to mention, the polka dots?” Pia wrote.
However, some eagle-eyed netizens discovered that the video was originally published by the fashion website stylenotcom.
Some netizens who saw Pia’s original post said that the beauty queen didn’t mention the magazine at first, which misled the netizens who thought that she was present at the fashion show.
They expressed disappointment at why Pia was allegedly trying to pretend that she was included at the event, even if it was unnecessary.
Some of them suspected that Pia was trying to compete with another Filipina fashionista.
“Ang disappointing lang na ganito ang direction ni Pia lately. Wala naman na siya kelangang patunayan sa totoo lang (for me lang naman to, maganda siya, happily married and di naman siya siguro mauubusan ng work dahil may kukuha pa rin naman sa kanya na brands and causes for being a Miss Universe winner) pero baket naging ganyaaaaan,” a netizen said.
“Agree. Anong mapapala mo if hindi ka invited sa event or lalo na if you pass it off as andun ka pero wala ka namam talaga sa NYFW. Medyo trying hard ang dating maging fashionista at sosyalera. Kaya di ako naniniwala na inosente yan about sa stolen contacts ni heart kasi gusto nya na maging next heart e kaso sorry na talaga hindi bagay eh,” another netizen wrote.