It was an emotional homecoming for Binibining Pilipinas-International 2011 Dianne Necio, whose father died on Tuesday morning due to cardiomyopathy.
Dianne arrived in her hometown Albay around 2 p.m. Wednesday, a day earlier than her scheduled arrival. The beauty queen was supposed to attend the Mutya ng Magayon 2011 contest set on Thursday.
Her relatives were waiting at the airport when she arrived. From the airport, she went straight home for the wake of her father, Edwin.
As she was being tightly embraced by her only sibling, she wept as she saw the remains of her father.
Dianne was in Manila attending to her duties as a beauty queen when Edwin passed away.
Although she already prepared herself for the inevitable ever since her father was diagnosed with the disease, Dianne said it is still hard to accept that he is already gone.
Edwin was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a disease that weakens and enlarges the heart muscle, in 2006.
She said she last talked to him when she went home after winning the Binibining Pilipinas-International title. Her father was then confined at a hospital.
She said her father seemed to be saying his final goodbyes, but she chose to ignore them.
“Hindi ko expected na ‘yon na ‘yon. ‘Yon na ‘yong huli. Sabi ko, ‘Huwag muna kasi pupunta pa tayo ng China,’” she said.
The beauty titlist will compete in 2011 Miss International in Chengdu, Sichuan province in China in November.
As she prepares herself for the international beauty pageant, she said her father and mother, who died when she was in Grade 2, will serve as her inspiration.
Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/04/28/11/bb-pilipinas-intl-arrives-albay-dads-wake
