The world’s most beautiful woman arrived in her splendid Miss World crown to a royal welcome from the children, Poland's PAP news agency said.
Despite the young patients’ initial bashfulness, Bielawska quickly broke the ice with her warmth and openness, according to PAP.
She dispensed hugs, gave out photos and autographs, and posed for pictures with the children, the Polish state news agency reported.
According to PAP, "the young refugees were all smiles, cuddling up to Miss World as if she was their beloved older sister.”
Bielawska said she felt “enormous sympathy” with the children, but was also “delighted to have the opportunity to bring them some joy and put smiles on their faces.”
She said that although the Warsaw facility was “wonderful,” she wished the children could be home again, “playing with their friends and feeling the love and care of their parents.”
The 2021 Miss World, who received her title earlier this month in San Juan, Puerto Rico, said she loved children and had experience in working with them as a volunteer in her home city of Łódź, central Poland, PAP reported.
‘Polish people have big hearts’
Earlier in the day, Bielawska met reporters to promote a new crowdfunding initiative to support Ukrainian refugees, especially children.
She urged the Polish people to donate food and funds to the campaign, which is entitled "#BeeHuman" and overseen by authorities in Poland’s central Mazowieckie province.
The 23-year-old said it did not matter if the donations were big or small.
“What matters is they will be made from the heart, and Polish people have big hearts,” she told reporters.
Bielawska said she was “proud of how Polish people are coming together to help refugees” and pledged to use her profile to further raise awareness about the war in Ukraine “so that even more help can be collected for refugees, especially children.”
Thursday was day 36 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Poland on Thursday reported it had welcomed 2.39 million refugees fleeing Russia's war on Ukraine.
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Source: PAP, centrumzagorze.pl