Pinaunlakan ng singer na si Louie Heredia ang imbitasyon ng Miss Universe Organization (MUO) na pribadong hapunan para kay newly crowned Miss Universe 20024 Victoria Kjaer Theilvig ng Denmark, noong Linggo, Disyembre 8, 2024.
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Isang karangalan para kay Louie ang maimbitahan at makilala nang personal si Victoria.
Kaya mula sa Pilipinas, lumipad siya sa Bangkok, Thailand, para sa hapunan na ginanap sa Kalamansi Café.
Matalik na kaibigan ni Louie ang MUO owner, ang Thai billionaire na si Anne Jakrajutatip.
“The Miss Universe Organization invited me kasi si Anne friend ko talaga yan. Barkada ko na yan talaga. I get along with her very well,” sabi ni Louie sa eksklusibong pakikipag-usap niya sa PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal), sa pamamagitan ng Facebook video, ngayong Lunes ng gabi, Disyembre 9.
UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE
Ikinuwento ni Louie sa PEP ang kanyang hindi malilimutang karanasan kasama si Victoria.
Lahad niya: “I was invited last night to a private dinner with Miss Universe in Kalamansi Café, it’s the best Filipino restaurant here in Bangkok.
“I was allowed to bring a friend so I invited Conrad Catimbang to join us. He’s been living in Bangkok for twenty years."
Ipinakilala pa ni Louise sa Cabinet Files si Conrad.
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Patuloy ni Louie: “To make a long story short, we’re still in shock and overwhelmed up to now kasi…
"I mean, she’s Miss Universe, and it’s our opportunity last night to sit down with her for two hours na kami lang ang nagkukuwentuhan.
“Parang, wow, because when she won in Mexico, the security, a lot of security around her. No one can go near her.
“But last night, she’s with us. We’re just ourselves, natural."
MISS UNIVERSE 2024 TO VISIT PALAWAN IN 2025
Dahil sa Filipino restaurant sila kumain, siyempre pa ay ipinakilala ni Louie ang ilang Pinoy dishes.
Binigyan na rin niya ng preview si Victoria tungkol sa Filipino culture bilang paghahanda sa pagbisita nito sa Pilipinas, bandang March o April sa susunod na taon.
Isa raw sa mga bibisitahing lugar ni Victoria ay ang Palawan, kung saan ginawa ang kanyang Light of Infinity Crown.
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Kuwento ni Louie: "I had a drink and the food just kept on coming from the sinigang to the kare-kare, the shanghai lumpia, and she was eating everything.
“So by the time she goes to Manila in March or April 2025, she’ll know the Filipino culture na and what the Filipinos are all about.
“And she will be going to Palawan because her crown, the Light of Infinity Crown, was made in Palawan.
“The pearls, ang ganda. She was wearing the pearls of Jewelmer. Then they will gonna tour her.
"Ang babait kasi ng mga may-ari ng Jewelmer, sina Jacques and Mia Branellec. They’re so so nice, really humble people.
“They will tour her and show how these pearls are made. They’re looking forward to that.”
TWO HOURS WITH MISS UNIVERSE 2024
Inilarawan ni Louie ang Miss Universe 2024 titleholder bilang "super cool, super nice, down to earth, beautiful."
Saad niya: “We’re so blessed ni Conrad to have these with Miss Universe for two hours, just us.
"She doesn’t want to leave us. It’s just a real conversation.
“We had our pictorial. We’re just ourselves. We’re talking about life, Miss Universe.
“She’s super cool, super nice, down-to-earth, beautiful.
"I really came here just for that dinner. It’s a privilege to be invited."
Bago lumipad si Louie sa Bangkok, bumili siya ng mga produkto ng Pilipinas na ibibigay kay Victoria. Mga produkto na alam niyang magugustuhan ng beauty queen.
Kuwento niya, “I think it would be nice to make regalo for Victoria, a bag of Filipino-made goodies.
"So I bought all Filipino things — capiz frames, mga shawl na made of piña, may bag na puwedeng pang-formal dinner, may pamaypay.
"Basta, puno ng Filipino stuff ang bag.”
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LOUIE GIVES MISS UNIVERSE 2024 ADVICE ON LOVE
Tawang-tawa naman si Louie sa kanyang mga pabirong payo kay Victoria.
“Conrad and I asked her, ‘Do you have a boyfriend?’
"And she goes, ‘No. No. Not allowed to have boyfriend and all that.’
“And I said, 'I was in show business before. Better not to have.'
"But I said, 'Your whole year, enjoy your year. You will be too busy.
“'If you fall in love, you will not able to do your job.'
"But I said, 'You take a list and get all their numbers so that right after your reign, you call them. 'You remember me? I was Miss Universe 2024. I wanna go out!’
“Tawa sila nang tawa. Everybody was laughing. Masaya talaga.”
MISS UNIVERSE ASIA CHELSEA MANALO
Nabanggit ng PEP kay Louie na bumalik sa Pilipinas si Miss Universe Asia Chelsea Manalo ngayong Lunes ng gabi.
Ayon naman kay Louie, nanggaling mula sa Los Angeles, California, ang Filipina beauty queen na nakalaban ni Victoria sa Miss Universe 2024.
“Galing sa LA si Chelsea. Yung Continental Queens, di ba, merong Asia, Europe?
"Mas importante pa nga yung Continental Queens kesa mga runner-up.
"Kasi Chelsea, as Miss Universe Asia, will be travelling with Miss Universe in her Asian travels. And they were handpicked by the Miss Universe Organization,” sabi Louie tungkol sa mga obligasyon ni Chelsea bilang Miss Universe Asia.