Filipina Maureen Wroblewitz was crowned winner of television reality show Asia’s Next Top Model Cycle 5: Expect The Unexpected in an episode aired Wednesday, June 28, 2017.
Maureen beats Malaysia’s Shikin Gomez and Vietnam’s Minh Tu Nguyen to become the first contestant from the Philippines to win the popular modeling competition.
As a winner, the 18-year old Pinay model will take home a Subaru Impreza, a cover and fashion spread in Nylon Singapore, and a modeling contract with Storm Model Management in London.
During the competition, Maureen proved that she’s the last woman standing despite being bullied by other contestants during the show’s 8th episode which aired Wednesday night, May 24.
Indonesia’s Clara Tan, the one who initiated the bullying, said Maureen does not deserve to be in the final 6 because she has no skills. She even revealed in front of the camera: “we made a plan to tell Maureen that she’s wrong.”
“I want to compete with strong models, you only have pretty face but no skills,” she told Maureen.
Look at Maureen’s journey throughout the competition:
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EPISODE 3:
EPISODE 4:
EPISODE 5: Best Photo of the Week
EPISODE 6:
EPISODE 7:
EPISODE 8: Best Photo of the Week
EPISODE 9:
EPISODE 10 (A recap on AsNTM Cycle 5)
EPISODE 11: Best Photo of the Week
EPISODE 12:
EPISODE 13:
Watch the full video replay of ASNTM5 Finale below: