Filipino-American beauty queen, biomedical engineer, and advocate who is currently a candidate for Miss World Philippines 2026.
Valerie Pawid West represents the province of Ifugao.
A graduate of the University of Delaware, she is also a certified EMT and a published musculoskeletal researcher.
She is of Ifugao descent through her mother, Dorie Pawid West, who hails from Kiangan.
