BAGUIO CITY—Reigning Miss International Kylie Versoza will actively help in promoting not only the tourist destinations in this city but also Baguio’s local delicacies to the different parts of the world.
Versoza, who received a hero’s welcome through a well-attended motorcade around the city’s central business district area, said Baguio being a center of trade and commerce in Northern Luzon also serves as the home of sumptuous Ilocano and Cordillera delicacies, which people from the different parts of the world will surely love.
“We are grateful to our city officials and residents for the warm welcome that they accorded us. I am proud to be a home-grown Baguio resident,” Versoza stressed.
Tourists want to visit a certain place because of the presence of good food, the beauty titlist said, and Baguio is one of the places that is well known for good food, being adjacent to Benguet, the source of highland vegetables in the country.
Versoza expressed confidence that the 24 contestants of the Miss Universe beauty pageant who will visit the city next year “will surely love the good food that will be served to them by the local organizers.”
She proposed that the beauty pageant contestants be provided with the local delicacies—such as pinakbet with bagnet, chicharon, and other native Cordillera food—for them to appreciate and help spread word of Baguio as an ideal tourist destination.
Versoza revealed that she will also continue her advocacy against depression, saying the disease is curable. Those suffering from depression can hurdle the problem by seeking early medical attention and treatment, and getting advice from experts.
Versoza also visited a local Catholic school here to talk about depression, and rallied the thousands of children who cheered her to be a strong person for them to be able to succeed and achieve their dreams in life.