The United States is sending a Filipino-American woman to the Miss Asia Pacific International pageant, a competition that celebrates “beauty in diversity.” As a follow-up to Dominican-American contender Janelis Leyba, who bagged the title in last year’s competition, Kayla Jane Usison will bank on her mixed heritage to further push the pageant’s thrust. “Coming with a background of [human resources], one of the first things I’ve learned in a professional environment, or in life in general, is that diversity is important,” Usison told an intimate group of journalists and content creators at The Vault at the Bonifacio Global City in […]... Keep on reading: US champions `diversity' with Fil-Am bet in Miss Asia Pacific Int'l 2025