![EARTHLY DELIGHTS Karen Ibasco (center) flashes a smile after outclassing 39 other contenders for the 2017 Miss Philippines-Earth title at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Saturday night. She is flanked by Miss Philippines-Fire Nellza Bautista (left), Miss Philippines-Air Kim de Guzman, Miss Philippines-Water Jessica Marasigan and Miss Philippines-Ecotourism Vanessa Mae Castillo. RICHARD REYES](https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/files/2017/07/0717ms-earth-300x200.jpg)
Miss Philippines-Earth is a medical physicist
A medical physicist hopes to use her new title as Miss Philippines-Earth to highlight the “science behind climate change.”
A medical physicist hopes to use her new title as Miss Philippines-Earth to highlight the “science behind climate change.”
Karen Ibasco, a 26-year-old medical physicist from Manila, bested 39 other aspirants to the receive 2017 Miss Philippines-Earth crown from her predecessor Loren Mar Artajos.
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