NAGIGING emosyonal pa rin si dating Miss World Philippines 2017 First Princess Glyssa Perez sa tuwing maaalala ang panahon nang sabihin sa kanya ng kanyang ina na may breast cancer ito.

“I can still remember vividly about one month before I pursued my passion. I was in a car driving. And she (mother) told me, ‘anak.’ I really knew that in the tone of her voice that something was up. She told me about breast cancer,” pagbabahagi ni Glyssa, sa idinaos na meet-and-greet event sa Mandaluyong City, nitong Linggo ng gabi.

“I was so devastated because I knew she would be needing chemotheraphy,” kuwento pa ng beauty queen.

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Aniya, nais na niyang umatras sa Miss World Philippines 2017 pageant para sana maalagaan niya ang kanyang ina, ngunit ito mismo, aniya, ang nagtutulak sa kanya na ipagpatuloy ang kanyang pangarap. Na gwa g i s i y a b i l a n g f i r s t runner-up sa kompetisyon.

N g a y o n n a g b a b a l i k a n g Aust r a l i a n - born Filipina s a pa g e ant s c e n e , b i l a n g i s a sa 40 official c a n d i d a t e s ng Miss World P h i l i p p i n e s 2019 beauty pageant.

Sa kanyang muling pagsabak sa pageant, nais i-promote ni Glyssa ang breast cancer awareness, matapos maka-survive ng kanyang ina sa naturang sakit.

“I fell in love with the pageant’s motto ‘Beauty With A Purpose.’ I came back this year because I want to advocate something that’s very close to my heart which is breast cancer awareness. She’s a breast cancer survivor,” ani Perez, na kasama ang kanyang ama sa press conference.

Nakipagtulungan naman si Peres sa Philippine Foundation of Breast Care, Inc. (Kasuso) nitong 2018 upang magbahagi ng impormasyon at mangalap ng pondo para matulungan ang mga pasyente sa Pilipinas.

“ T h e v i s i o n o f t h i s project together with Kasuso is to impart to patients that they don’t have to face breast cancer alone and having the support of others is an important part of breast cancer survivorship,” aniya.

Na g t apo s s i Gl y s s a n g bachelor’s degree in commerce majoring in finance sa Sydney, Australia.

Isang beterana rin ng pageant ang dalaga na unang sumabak noong 16-anyos, 2011, kung saan siya kinoronahang Miss Woodcroft.

Bukod dito, nagwagi na rin siya bilang Miss WOW Blacktown, at Miss WOW Charity (2012), Miss Philippines-Australia (2014), Miss Bohol 2016, Miss JCI Visayas 2016, Miss JCI Philipppines 2016, at Miss Philippines 2017.