[4] She participated at the 2024 World Championship of Public Speaking and progressed all the way to the final after confronting a stiff competition throughout the contest as she competed against seven other finalists after a set of several elimination rounds.
She was adjudged and crowned as the world champion of public speaking during the 2024 Toastmasters International's 100th Anniversary Convention which was held in Anaheim, California.
[4][3] She crafted the title winning speech "37 Strangers" based on true and real life incidents which had an ever lasting impact on her.
[3] Montalvo also used humour to indicate the agony of those six minutes of her life as the "best sleep she had ever had in her lifetime", as her metaphorical reference despite the gravity of the situation brought in thunderous applauds and laugh riot among the capacity crowd which was present in the auditorium to witness the Toastmasters International's World Championship of Public Speaking final.
[4] Her speech also summed up the paramount importance of team unity, coordination and strategic collaboration by giving insightful analysis recalling the sequence of events which unfolded after she met with the accident when a team of 37 medical professionals came together as one unit to safeguard her life.