by Tsatsabi » Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:43 am
Her message in English:
We are the result of constant change, challenges, tests, and situations that life confronts us with. We wake up everyday to offer the best of ourselves and to achieve every goal that we have set for ourselves; however sometimes life is full of surprises and has other unknown paths for us. After months of work and preparation I was about to go after the challenge of being Puerto Rico. But Puerto Rico suffered the scourge of María, and with it, my island and my people have seen a lot of changes. It was my deepest desire at this time to give a little joy to my nation by representing them internationally, but live has other plans for me and this is not the right time for me to take off. I confess I am deeply saddened by this decision, but because of the situation the island is in right now, a lot of the important things that I needed in order to compete in the pageant have been lost or gone incomplete because of the lack of materials; although not because of the lack of support or desire from my team. I know God has other plans for me and that I will not only fulfill this dream of being Puerto Rico, but I will bring GLORY! Thank you all that have supported me; thanks to my team who were doing the impossible for me to shine, thanks to the pageant fans for all the love, and of course, thanks to NBPR, Mr. Miguel Deliz and Desiree del Río for choosing me and trusting me for this task.
To all my Puerto Rican brothers and sisters, I will tell you now that THE BEST IS YET TO COME and that we will rise from this. Together we will build a better Puerto Rico, and that is the Puerto Rico that I will represent next time; you can be sure of that!
Madison Anderson