The Philippine delegate to this year's Miss Universe, Ariella Arida is all set to leave for Moscow, Russia today. Arida, who was crowned Miss Philippines at the Binibining Pilipinas coronation night on April 14, 2013, had gone through vigorous physical and communication training as part of her preparations to win the coveted crown.

The Filipino beauty, during her send-off press conference (organized by Binibining Pilipinas Charities Inc) remarked, "This opportunity is a great responsibility that I am facing. I'm not just fighting for myself, but this time, it's for our country. So I'm doing everything, I'm doing all my best to meet the expectations of everyone. It's all for the Philippines. I'm sincere; it's for the Philippines,"

Filipino beauties seem to be the current flavour for this year's beauty pageants (Megan Young winner of the Miss World 2013 title, Mutya Datul winner of Miss Supranational 2013 title) and Ariella Arida's win might well be another feather in the Philippine hat.

The 24-year-old beauty sat with Rappler.com for an exclusive chat and dished out interesting details about her life. Here are the top 5 secrets of Miss Philippines:

Ariella Arida is a foodie: Arida has a special liking for sweets and rice based foods. She told Rappler.com that since she started preparing for the pageant, she had cut down on her salt and sweet intake so that her body retains minimum water.

Ariella Arida loves to wear white: The Laguna-born beauty loves white colour and feels fresh in any white ensemble.

Ariella Arida biggest strength are her parents: Ariella Arida thinks that whatever she is today is because of her parents, Alresito and Estella.

Ariella Arida greatest competitor is she herself: Ariella believes that she has to work on her everyday and there is no one else she will like to compete with, but herself.

Ariella Arida has 15,000 twitter fans: Arida has more than 15,000 fans on the social media site Twitter and she is even on Facebook and Instagram.