MANILA, Philippines—Young climate activist Greta Thunberg made quite an impactful speech in New York late last month for the United...
The national beauty contest for environmental awareness that has been known as “Miss Philippines-Earth” for 17 editions has been rebranded and will now be called “Miss Earth Philippines.”
The Philippines scored victories in two separate beauty contests less than 24 hours apart and posted strong finishes in other global pageants.
When Miss Earth 2016 Katherine Espin from Ecuador and then Miss Earth-Philippines Karen Ibasco first met, the latter asked for an advice when it comes to joining an international beauty pageant.
The Philippines' Karen Ibasco was crowned 2017 Miss Earth in ceremonies staged at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay on Saturday night, making her the fourth Filipino woman to bag the crown. Katherine Espin from Ecuador, Miss Earth 2016, crowned her successor from among 85 other contestants in the 17th edition of the pageant.
The Philippines has been making the news globally in the past months – but not in a good way. So the organizers of the Miss Earth pageant are hoping that the international tilt would help change the world’s perception of the country.
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.
