Rabiya Mateo makes waves at Miss Universe photo shoot

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(Source: Rabiya Mateo/Instagram)
(Source: Rabiya Mateo/Instagram)

Beauty queen Rabiya Mateo had a splashing day ahead of 2020 Miss Universe pageant when she accidentally fell into a swimming pool during a photo shoot.

Mateo appears to take the incident in stride as she laughed talking about the unfortunate event on her Instagram story.

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“A lot of things happened. First of all, I accidentally fell in the pool so I got half of my outfit wet. And then I almost lost my diamonds,” the Filipina beauty said. 

“I just want to let you know that the diamonds are safe. You have nothing to worry about. I just want to say thank you to Drake of Luna for letting me borrow his diamonds,” she added.

Whew! Glad to know that she is safe and her diamonds are intact!

Prior to the incident, footage showed the Filipina beauty having fun with fellow contestants posing in front of the cameras at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

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The Miss Universe 2020 pageant is scheduled on May 16 (May 17 Manila time).

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