Miss Philippines Earth

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This article is about the Philippines' local franchise of Miss Earth. For the one of the Big Four international beauty pageants established in the Philippines, see Miss Earth. For this year's competition, see Miss Philippines Earth 2021.
For the other Miss Philippines, see Miss Philippines.

Miss Earth Philippines
Formation3 April 2001; 20 years ago (2001-04-03)[1]
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersManila
Location
  • Philippines
Membership
  • Miss Earth
    (2001–present)
  • Miss Tourism Queen International
    (2005–2009)
Official language
English
President
Ramon Monzon[2]
Executive Vice President
Lorraine Schuck[3]
Vice President & Project Director
Peachy Veneracion[4]
Miss Earth Brand Manager
Astrud Schuck[5]
Websitemissphilippines-earth.com

Miss Philippines Earth (2004-2017, 2019–present), originally titled Miss Philippines (2001-2003) then Miss Earth Philippines (2018), is a national beauty pageant held annually in search of "the most beautiful and environmentally-conscious and aware woman" in the Philippines.[6][7][8][9]

The grand winner of the pageant represents the Philippines in Miss Earth,[10][11] one of the Big Four international beauty pageants — the most coveted beauty titles among all the international pageant competitions.[12]

The current titleholder of the pageant is Naelah Alshorbaji from Parañaque City.

History[]

Number of Wins
Current franchise
Pageant Title Winning year(s)
Miss Earth 4 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017

The Miss Philippines Earth was founded in 2001 by Carousel Productions headed by its President Ramon Monzon[13] who is also the President, CEO, & Director of the Philippine Stock Exchange and Chairman of the PSE Foundation, Inc.[14][15] and spearheaded by Ramon's wife Lorraine Schuck as Executive Vice President and Peachy Veneracion as the Vice President and Project Director.[16][17][18]

Carousel Productions relinquished the franchise for both Mutya ng Pilipinas (Beauty of the Philippines) and Miss Asia Pacific International beauty contests in 2001 and decided to establish a beauty pageant whose cause is to promote environmental preservation.[19] As a result, Miss Philippines (currently called Miss Philippines Earth) and Miss Earth pageants were established.[20][7]

Miss Philippines beauty pageant was formally launched in a press conference on 3 April 2001 with the search of a delegate to represent Philippines in the international Miss Earth pageant.[1] The pageant has tie-ins with the Philippine government agencies such as the Philippine Department of Tourism (DoT), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), as well as international environmental groups such as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Greenpeace to further its environmental advocacy.[21][22]

In its formative years, the pageant was simply known as Miss Philippines (2001-2003) and then it was changed to Miss Philippines Earth (2004-2017, 2019–present) since the winner represents the Philippines to the Miss Earth pageant. In 2018, the title was renamed to Miss Earth Philippines to emphasize the global "Miss Earth" brand.[23][24][25] However, in 2019, the pageant reverted its name to "Miss Philippines Earth" to assert to its legal rights claim since Carousel Productions legally owns the trademark "Miss Philippines" title according to its executive vice president, Lorraine Schuck.[24]

The pageant contestants are called Beauties for a Cause. The competition includes swimsuit competition, evening gown parade, talent competition, but more weight is given to personality and also to ecological and environmental intelligence in the interview portion.[26]

Legacy project[]

Annually, the winner of Miss Philippines Earth and her elemental court embarked with a legacy project.[27] It started in 2006, when Miss Philippines Earth 2006 Cathy Untalan and her elemental court wrote a book titled 'Bakawan' (Mangrove Forest) which was used by the Philippine Department of Education's "Bright Minds Read Campaign" and in the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper's read-alongs project.[28][29]

In 2007, the Miss Philippines Earth 2007 winners created reusable bags made of plastic scraps as part of the "I Love ME project" campaign.[27] In 2008, the Miss Philippines Earth 2008 winners came up with "20k OK" project , wherein they planted 20,000 seedlings in the different areas of the Philippines.[27]

In 2009, the Miss Philippines Earth 2009 winners came up with a documentary film, "Project Noel" and won the first Loren Legarda Environment Award.[30][31] The Miss Philippines Earth 2011 created used photos and handmade puppets as part of Read-Along session to children to illustrate the dangers of improper disposal of plastic wastes.[29]

Delegates[]

In the early years of the pageant, Carousel Productions held preliminary contests in 12 Regions of the Philippines from 2001–2007, through its local franchises. The winners of those contest in turn competed with 12 more contestants from the National Capital Region for the Miss Philippines Earth title.[10][11]

Carousel Productions opened the contest in 2006 to Filipina women of foreign ancestry, or from those living abroad such as Australia, France, Germany, United Arab Emirates and the United States.[7][32]

In 2008, Miss Philippines Earth broadened its coverage to include candidates from various provinces, cities, and selected municipalities. The decision to transform Miss Philippines Earth in a larger-scale was made to further the cause of Miss Philippines Earth and with more participants involved, Carousel Productions would be able to reach more people and communities involved in its environmental advocacy.[10][11][7][32]

The grand winner of Miss Philippines Earth goes on to represent her country in the Miss Earth pageant.[10][11]

Awards and titles[]

Just like in Miss Earth pageant, the winner of the beauty contest is bestowed the title Miss Philippines Earth. From 2004, her runners-up are also given titles named after the other natural elements: Miss Eco Tourism (fourth runner-up), Miss Fire (equivalent to third runner-up), Miss Water (second runner-up), and Miss Air (first runner-up). From 2001 to 2003, the runners-up do not have titles, they only are called fourth runner-up, third runner-up, second runner-up and first runner-up. Miss Earth is the only one of the "Big Four" pageants which have individual titles for the runners-up.[10][11]

In 2009, Carousel Productions, changed the ranking of the runners up and winners. The judges now select 10 finalists to compete for the top five. The top five then vie for the grand crown (now-called Miss Philippines Earth).[33][34][35] The four elemental court of the Miss Philippines Earth winner namely: Miss Philippines Air, Miss Philippines Water, Miss Philippines Fire, and Miss Philippines Eco-Tourism are all equal winners and the remaining five finalists that failed to advance in the top five are the Runners-up of the pageant.[36][37]

Editions[]

Year Winner Place Represented Age Entrants Venue Pageant Date
Miss Philippines (2001 - 2003)
2001 Carlene Aguilar Manila, Philippines 19 24 University of the Philippines Theater, Quezon City 28 April 2001
2002 April Ross Perez Zamboanga City, Philippines 20 24 University of the Philippines Theater, Quezon City 12 May 2002
2003 Laura Marie Dunlap Angeles City, Philippines 19 24 Aguinaldo Theatre, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City 11 May 2003
Miss Philippines Earth (2004 - 2017)
2004 Tamera Marie Szijarto Manila, Metro Manila
National Capital Region 		21 24 University of the Philippines Theater, Quezon City 2 May 2004
2005 Genebelle Raagas Angeles City
Central Luzon 		18 24 University of the Philippines Theater, Quezon City 29 May 2005
2006 Catherine Untalan Manila, Metro Manila
National Capital Region 		20 24 University of the Philippines Theater, Quezon City 14 May 2006
2007 Jeanne Harn Rodriguez, Rizal
Calabarzon 		25 23 University of the Philippines Theater, Quezon City 29 April 2007
2008 Karla Paula Henry Cebu City, Cebu
Central Visayas 		21 41 Crowne Plaza, Galleria, Pasig 11 May 2008
2009 Sandra Inez Seifert Bacolod, Negros Occidental
Western Visayas 		25 50 Filoil Flying V Arena,
San Juan, Metro Manila 		10 May 2009
2010 Kris Psyche Resus Infanta, Quezon
Calabarzon 		22 49 Aquatica, Manila Ocean Park, Manila 24 April 2010
2011 Athena Mae Imperial Casiguran, Aurora
Central Luzon 		24 49 Puerto Princesa Coliseum, Puerto Princesa 5 June 2011
2012 Stephany Dianne Stefanowitz Quezon City, Metro Manila
National Capital Region 		22 44 Center Stage, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay 27 May 2012
2013 Angelee Claudette de los Reyes Olongapo City, Zambales
Central Luzon 		25 44 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 19 May 2013
2014 Jamie Herrell Cebu City, Cebu
Central Visayas 		19 49 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 11 May 2014
2015 Angelia Gabrena Ong Manila, Metro Manila
National Capital Region 		24 38 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 31 May 2015
2016 Imelda Schweighart
(Resigned) 		Puerto Princesa City, Palawan
Mimaropa 		21 46 University of the Philippines Theater, Quezon City 11 June 2016
Loren Mar Artajos
(Assumed) 		Laoag City, Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Region 		21
2017 Karen Ibasco Manila, Metro Manila
National Capital Region 		26 40 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 15 July 2017
Miss Earth Philippines (2018)
2018 Silvia Celeste Cortesi Parma, Italy
Filipino Community of Rome, Italy 		20 42 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 19 May 2018
Miss Philippines Earth (2019 – present)
2019 Janelle Tee Pasig City, Metro Manila
National Capital Region 		28 42 The Cove, Okada Manila, Parañaque 10 July 2019
2020 Roxanne Baeyens Baguio, Benguet
Cordillera Administrative Region 		23 33 None (held virtually via AIM) 5 July 2020
2021 Naelah Alshorbaji Parañaque City 23 68 8 August 2021

1 Age at time of Miss Philippines Earth pageant, now-called Miss Earth Philippines
2 Schweighart resigned from her post as Miss Philippines Earth 2016 on 31 October 2016, two days after the Miss Earth 2016 pageant, following the leak of a video showing her making a controversial remark against Miss Earth 2016 winner Katherine Espin of Ecuador. Miss Philippines Water 2016, Loren Mar Artajos takes over her duties as Miss Philippines Earth. Miss Philippines Air 2016, Kiara Giel Gregorio could not assume the title due to studies in London.[38]

Titleholders[]

For the complete list of titleholders, see List of Miss Philippines Earth titleholders.
Year Miss Philippines Earth Elemental Courts Ref.
Air Water Fire Eco-Tourism
2017 Karen Ibasco Kim De Guzman Jessica Marasigan Nellza Bautista Vanessa Mae Castillo [39]
2018 Silvia Celeste Cortesi Zahra Bianca Saldua Berjayneth Chee Jean Nicole de Jesus Halimatu Yushawu [40]
2019 Janelle Tee Ana Monica Tan Chelsea Lovely Fernandez Alexandra Marie Dayrit Karen Nicole Piccio [41]
2020 Roxanne Allison Baeyens Patrixia Shirley Santos Maria Gianna Llanes Marie Sherry Ann Tormes Ilyssa Marie Mendoza [42]
2021 Naelah Alshorbaji Ameera Almamari Rocel Angelah Songano Roni Meneses Sofia Galve [43]

See also[]

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