Dusky
model Nelly Pimentel bested 85 lovely candidates from around the world to take
the Miss Earth 2019 title for the first time to her country of Puerto Rico
during coronation night held at the Cove, Okada Hotel Manila on Saturday. She
was crowned by outgoing Miss Earth 2018 Phuong Khánh Nguyen.
Pimentel,
a 22-year-old, Marketing and Psychology student from San Juan was born of
parents from the Dominican Republic. She became the 10th Puerto Rican to win a
major international crown adding to the 5 Miss Universe, 2 Miss World and 2
Miss International winners her country has produced.
Pimentel’
four elemental court of beauties, all on equal level to be tapped once Pimentel
could not perform her duties as Miss Earth, are Miss USA Emanii Davis, Miss
Air; Miss Czech Republic Klara Vavruskova, Miss Water; and Miss Belarus Alisa
Manenok, Miss Fire.
Pimentel was asked the Top 4 final question by host James Deakin “There are
many
people, including some notable international leaders, who still don't believe
in climate change. How would you convince them of the seriousness of this
problem?” To which Pimentel said, "I would have to say that addressing
this issue of people not believing in climate change is more of, a matter of
lack of education. Not only lack of education but also the ignorance and not
wanting to inform themselves of the fact that we are living in a planet that
this is our biggest home, and we have taken advantage of it instead of putting
back what it is giving to us. Making notable leaders and influencers engage
with themselves and becoming better people is the most important thing to
do."
Rounding
up the top 10 were Russia’s Anna Baksheeva, Chile’s Fernanda Méndez
Tapia, the Netherlands’ Nikki Prein, New Zealand’s Tashan Kapene, Nigeria’s
Modupe Susan Garland and Poland’s Krystyna Sokołowska.
The
rest of the Top 20 are Guam, Guyana, Portugal, Japan, Ghana, England, Thailand,
Spain, Colombia, Nigeria and the Philippines’ Janelle Tee, who like Miss
Philippines’ Klyza Castro in the recent Miss Asia Pacific International 2019
pageant held in the country, failed to make the Top 10 cut. (by Eton Concepcion / Photo by Edmund Chua)
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