Image: Instagram/@rabiyamateo
Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo served curves for a sexy photo shoot to mark her 25th birthday.
The beauty queen donned a black mesh bodysuit while she posed in a pool with roses for her birthday shoot with photographer Andrea Beldua, as seen on her Instagram page yesterday, Nov. 14. She also looked fierce in a metallic bikini with chain harnesses.
“Cheers to 25 years of living, hustling and tripping over life!” Mateo said. “Thank you to all of you who greeted and remembered me on my special [day]. Massive hugs and kisses to all.”
Mateo then closed her birthday celebration by showing herself wearing a white strapless high-slit gown, also on her Instagram page yesterday.
“Say it with me, ‘A woman can be whoever she wants to be.’ An hour before my birthday ends, I just want to let you know how grateful I am to be reminded that I am loved by many,” she told fans.
Mateo received birthday greetings from fellow beauty queens including Janine Tugonon, Maureen Wroblewitz and Victoria Vincent.
She represented Iloilo City when she was crowned Miss Universe Philippines back in October 2020. Her win in the local pageant qualified her for the Miss Universe tilt last May, where she finished in the top 21.
Mateo passed on her Miss Universe Philippines crown to Cebu City’s Beatrice Luigi Gomez last September. JB
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