The forty
“Earth Warrior” beauties vying for the title of Miss Philippines Earth 2017
showed their fighting forms wearing 2-piece green swimwear during press
presentation held at the poolside of Manila Diamond Hotel on Wednesday
afternoon.
The press
presentation was a pre-pageant show separate from the three prejudging
competitions, namely, figure & form, beauty of face & poise, and
intelligence category which was introduced by Carousel Productions, Inc.,
organizer of the Miss Philippines Earth pageant, from which the Top 12
semi-finalists will be selected to be revealed during the coronation night.
The Press
Presentation ended with the announcement of the winners of the Darling of the
Press. Pulilan, Bulacan’s Samantha Viktoria Acosta, a 19-year-old, 5-foot-7,
Entrepreneural Management student of the University of Asia and the Pacific,
and Reyna ng Bulacan-Earth 2016, won the Gold Medal.
The Silver
Medal went to Olongapo City’s Kim de Guzman, a 25-year-old, aspiring actress
and former Pinoy Big Brother Housemate (2012), while the Bronze Medal was
shared by Porac, Pampanga’s Anne Krishia Antonio and Panglao, Bohol’s Catherine
Tabaniag.
Antonio is a
22-year-old, Cum Laude graduate in Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at the
University of the Philippines, and a former Miss Global Philippines 2016
candidate. Tabaniag is an 18-year-old, BS Education major in Social Studies at
the Holy Name University in Bohol and the newly crowned Miss Philippines Earth
Bohol 2017.
In the Long
Gown competition was held at the Puerto Princesa City Coliseum in Palawan on
July 1, medal winners were Puerto Princesa City’s Sadrine Stoelzaed (Gold),
Panglao’s Tabaniag (Silver) and New Zealand’s Jessica Rose Mc Ewen (Bronze).
In the
Talent Competition (Dance Category), winners were New Zealand’s McEwen (Gold),
Paranaque’s Sofia Jane Panapanaan (Silver) and Pulilan, Bulacan’s Acosta and
Lucena City’s Shaina Louise Kim (tied for Bronze). For the Singing Category,
winners were El Salvador City’s Elizabeth Amahan (Gold), Makati City’s Rheena
Rae Ferrer (Silver) and Olongapo City’s
Kim de Guzman and Mandaluyong City’s Marie Sherry Ann Tormes (tied for
Bronze).
The Miss
Photogenic winner of Miss Philippines Earth 2017 can be voted through
www.facebook.com/MissPhilEarth. The Winner will be determined from the accumulated
votes from the website and the facebook page. Watch the grand coronation night on
July 15 at the Mall of Asia Arena. Words and Photos by Eton B. Concepcion
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