Maria Mika Maxine Medina, is the Philippines representative for the most renowned beauty pageant, Miss Universe. Right at the start of the preparation for this prestigious beauty pageant Pinoys had been debating online and offline whether for Maxine Medina to use an interpreter or not.

A few days right before the finals night, in most online and offline news tells that Maxine Medina will be having an interpreter on standby. So it is.
On the day of the Miss Universe, when all other ladies where eliminated and is down to just 6 of the lovely ladies namely Miss France, Miss Kenya, Miss Colombia, Miss Philippines, Miss Thailand, and Miss Haiti, Steve Harvey announced that Miss Colombia, Miss France, Miss Thailand and Miss Haiti will be using an interpreter. Pinoy crowds made a sound reaction, not sure if it is a reaction of support or not for Maxine Medina not using an interpreter. Nonetheless it was announced and Miss Philippines is the first to answer a question.