April Ross Lim Perez is a Filipino fashion model and beauty queen. She competed in the second edition of the national Miss Philippines beauty pageant and was crowned Miss Philippines 2002.

Personal background

Perez, a Chavacana was born and grew up in

Zamboanga City Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (Chavacano and es, Ciudad de Zamboanga, Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Dāira sin Sambuangan'', fil, Lungsod ng Zamboanga, ceb, Dakbayan sa Zamboanga), is a city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region ...

, Philippines and now based in San Francisco, California. She obtained Bachelor of Science

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from the

Ateneo de Zamboanga University , mottoeng = ''In the Service of God and Country'' , type = Private Research Non-profit Coeducational Basic and Higher education institution , established = , founder = Society o ...

. As a model, she appeared in television commercials like San Miguel Beer, Rejoice,

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, Ayala Mall, Lucky Me, Ricky Reyes,

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and FHM’s cover model.

Pageant competitions

Miss Philippines Earth 2002

Perez participated in the national Miss Philippines Earth 2002 beauty pageant and won special prizes: Miss Close-Up, Miss Avon, and Miss Texter Choice and "Best in Swimsuit." She bested 23 other delegates and eventually emerged as the winner of the competition and was crowned Miss Philippines 2002.

Miss Earth 2002

Perez competed and became a semi-finalist in the Miss Earth 2002 pageant won by

Džejla Glavović Džejla Glavović ( bs-Cyrl, Џејла Главовић) is a Bosnian fashion model and beauty queen. She was crowned in the Philippines as the second Miss Earth representing her country Bosnia and Herzegovina and became the first Bosnian woma ...

of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Environmental work

On September 21, 2002, Perez and Miss Earth 2001

Catharina Svensson Catharina Brink ( Svensson; born July 24, 1982) is a Danish lawyer, equestrienne, model and beauty queen who won the first ever Miss Earth 2001. Biography and career Svensson was originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, and carries dual citizenship ...

of Denmark led the

Miss Earth 2002 Miss Earth 2002, the 2nd edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held at Folk Arts Theater in Pasay, Philippines on October 20, 2002. In its second year, 53 delegates participated, exceeding the number of contestants in Miss International 2002, ...

delegates in the yearly "''International Coastal Clean Up''" with the aim of collecting and documenting the trash littering in the coastline and to promote environmental awareness. On February 12, 2003, Perez was the guest speaker on the opening of the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Baungon central nursery, a 5,000-square meter nursery that can accommodate 40,000 seedlings in Liburon,

Baungon Baungon, officially the Municipality of Baungon ( Bukid and Higaonon: Banuwa ta Baungon; ceb, Lungsod sa Baungon; tl, Bayan ng Baungon), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a ...

, Bukidnon.

References

External links

Official Miss Earth websiteMiss Earth Foundation website
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