So what was going through her mind as she was rushing to the stage? Xixi tells us: “Don’t fall, very far, very tired. I wasn’t expecting [the stage] to be that far.”
She animatedly explains: “We couldn’t really hear the name that was being announced because it was very soft. My co-hosts were like ‘it’s you, it’s you!’ Everybody pushed me forward and I was like ‘it’s me? Okay, [the stage is] very far, very far!”. That was the rollercoaster feeling I had.”
Although she was out of breath by the time she had her trophy in hand, Xixi tried her best to speak audibly, so everyone could understand what she was trying to say.
“And then… I actually [forgot to rearrange] my bangs. It was not very intact after running! So when people sent me screenshots of myself on stage giving my speech, I had this ‘open window’ parting in my bangs. I had one job and I really, really, just didn’t take good care of it,” laughs Xixi, who was caught on camera giving her bangs a quick tug during her speech.
Ever the ambassador for self-love, she signed off her winner’s moment with a clear and resounding: “I am Xixi, I’m perfect the way I am!”
The message she wishes to send to the audience? Xixi shares: “Regardless of how you look and who you are, you are perfect. Perfect is so subjective, and if you think you are perfect, go with it, be happy with what you have. You need to trust yourself and love yourself before others can love you.”
Catch Xixi’s winning moment below.