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The
40 delegates of Miss Philippines Earth 2017 during the welcome dinner at the
Carousel Mansion Gardens in Ideal, Mandaluyong City.
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| Samantha Viktoria Acosta (Pulilan, Bulacan); Vanessa Mae Castillo (Lobo, Batangas); and Jessica Rose McEwen (Fil-Community of New Zealand). |
The 2017 Miss Philippines Earth
pageant kicked off its search with a welcome dinner for the forty official
candidates held Wednesday night at the Carousel Mansion Gardens in Ideal, Mandaluyong
City.
Earlier, Carousel Productions
announced that a predjuging shall be held on three separate occasions; figure
& form, beauty of face & poise; and intelligence category, from which
the Top 12 finalists will be chosen, to be revealed during the coronation
finals set on July 15, 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena, to be telecast on
ABS-CBN on July 16 at 10 AM. Judges of each category shall be personalities
from related fields of expertise.
Early favorites for the title include
Samantha Viktoria Acosta, a 19-year-old, Entrepreneurship student at the
University of Asia and the Pacific (Pulilan, Bulacan); Anne Krishia Antonio, a
22-year-old, executive research assistant (Porac, Pampanga); Karen Ibasco, a
26-year-old, medical physicist and former UST math/ physics teacher and Bb.
Pilipinas 2016 candidate (City of Manila); Jessica Rose McEwen, a 20-year-old,
Mass Communication graduate and Top 13 semi-finalist at Miss World Philippines
2015 (Fil-Community of New Zealand); and Vanessa Mae Castillo, Lobo, Batangas,
a 21-year-old, Psychology Graduate and aspires to be a flight stewardess.
The rest of the 40 contending Earth
beauties are Korin Frances Dizon, Agnes Mygelle Tolentino, Kim de Guzman,
Allana Coronel, Abigail Libre, Nikkie Maria Elizalde, Mary Cheene Pastoral,
Rianne Charlotte Kalaw, Shaina Louise Kim, Princess Pusing, Sadrine Stoelzaed,
Lea Audrey Laano, Jessica Marasigan, Rheena Rae Ferrer, Marie Sherry Ann
Tormes, Klaidel Hope Concepcion, Sofia Jane Panapanaan, Tammy De Roca, Daniella
Anthea Mayo, Adalynn Dumlao, Cheysen
Capuno, May Adel Ahmed Salman, Madelle Estaya, Catherine Tabaniag, Vivian
Wladkowski, Sherlyn Doloriel, Elizabeth
Amahan, Danna Rose Sacaoco, Carmella Quirog, Pamela Grace Janson, Celine Mae
Pangan, Nellza Bautista, Kristal May Rubiano (Canada) and Alexis Amor Nevalga
(Florida, USA).
The Miss Philippines Earth pageant,
produced by Carousels Productions, headed by its president Ramon Monzon,
Lorraine Schuck, Executive Vice President and Peachy Veneracion, VP for
External Affairs, is now on its 17th year search whose raison d’etre was to
have its candidates and winners actively promote and get involved in the
preservation of the environment and the protection of Mother Earth. The Miss
Philippines Earth winner will serve as Ambassador to environmental protection
campaigns in the country and will be the Philippines’ representative in the
annual Manila-based Miss Earth pageant.
The current Miss Philippines Earth
title-holder is Kiara Giel Gregorio who was named Miss Earth Philippines-Air in
last year’s pageant but inherited the crown from the outspoken Imelda
Schweighart after she resigned as Miss Philippines Earth 2016 following
controversies caused by her comments of Miss Earth 2016 Katherin Espin of Ecuador
having undergone major plastic surgery. Words
by Eton B. Concepcion / Photos by Melvin Sia
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