We know Filipinos take their beauty queens and pageants very seriously, to the point that they almost always expect their representatives to bring home the bacon, we mean the crown. But truth be told, crowns are not like manna from heaven for the Philippines. We win some, we lose plenty.

It’s bad enough that Filipinos resort to sour grapes whenever our representatives don’t win the crown, or at least make it to the top 20 or top 5. It’s worse when our representative displays un-sportsmanship behavior.

If we were to believe Miss Grand International owner Mr. Nawat that Miss Philippines Nikki De Moura walked out of the pageant after she failed to make it to the top 20, then we have a problem.

Self-confidence is a great virtue, but a misplaced entitlement? That’s not what real queens are made of.