MGI ALL Stars contestant Imelda Schweighart revealed she suffered from miscarriage while competing in the international pageant.
The Filipino-German beauty queen opened up about this while expressing her appreciation for her beau, surfer Rafael Thibault, through her Instagram page on Wednesday, June 3.
“I support your surfing. You support my pageantry. Both are a million dollar lifestyle therefore my adrenaline rush is quenched for a while. The beach is waiting. Can’t wait to marvel at sunsets watching you play,” she wrote, showing photos of them two and her son Noah.
“I love you, dummy! Thanks for everything and supporting me from start to finish,” she continued.
She further acknowledged Thibault for being a hands-on partner by, among others, extending help in taking Noah to and from school.
“Even though I’m recovering from something big right now, I know we’ll get this through. Losing our baby might have been the worse out of joining this competition but in God’s timing we will have one again,” she disclosed.
While Schweighart did not expound on her post, she narrated via a comment on pageant coach Kervin Lao’s Instagram post what she had gone through days ahead of the MGI All Stars finals night.
“Dinahan-dahan ko po kasi baka himatayin ako. I saved my energy hanggang dulo. Nairaos pa rin. Kahit na dapat nagpahinga na ako,” she said.
“Absent ako half day sa rehearsals nun dahil nag-bleeding ako. Ang sabi ng mga prod magpahinga na muna ako, pero panay sigaw sila sa akin kesyo unprofessional daw,” she stated.
Schweighart added that while she informed the staff that she had come from the hospital, she only told them that she was suffering from vertigo.
“Sinabi ko na galing akong ospital pero dinahilan ko na lang na vertigo ako baka kasi hindi nila ako patuluyin. Ang importante natapos ko,” she noted.
Schweighart — who opted not to expound on her pregnancy loss — assured in a separate post, “I’m fine, everyone. The worse parts are over.”
Schweighart ended her MGI All Stars journey after she fell short of securing a spot in the Top 18. Colombia’s Vanessa Pulgarin won the title. (Anne Pasajol © Philippine Daily Inquirer)
