Catriona Gray

I loved numbers from a very young age. I feel like my mom led me there because, instead of giving me Game Boy and PlayStations and a TV, she gave me educational software on our family computer for Math and stuff.

— Catriona Gray

If I could teach people to be grateful, we could have an amazing world where negativity could not grow and foster, and children would have a smile on their face.

— Catriona Gray

I loved numbers from a very young age. I feel like my mom led me there because, instead of giving me Game Boy and PlayStations and a TV, she gave me educational software on our family computer for Math and stuff.

— Catriona Gray

I am very open to learning. I am like a sponge: I'd like to soak up in new things, new skills.

— Catriona Gray

I work a lot in the slums of Tondo, Manila, and the life there is poor and very sad. And I've always taught to myself to look for the beauty of it and look in the beauty of the faces of the children and to be grateful.

— Catriona Gray

I'm constantly trying to redefine what being a beauty queen is.

— Catriona Gray

If I could teach people to be grateful, we could have an amazing world where negativity could not grow and foster, and children would have a smile on their face.

— Catriona Gray

Seeing lights being put up along the street and these colored lanterns called parols being put up at people's houses makes Christmas in Philippines magical.

— Catriona Gray

We Filipinos bond over food, music, dance, and shares stories. And to Filipinos, no matter who you are and where you come from, you always have an invitation to celebration.

— Catriona Gray

Philippines, what an amazing honor it has been to carry your name across my chest and to embody you in all aspects.

— Catriona Gray

Us Filipinos love Christmas so much that we have the longest Christmas season in the world.

— Catriona Gray