Beauty for a Cause is the slogan of the

Miss Earth Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one of t ...

beauty pageant adopted since the pageant's inception in 2001. It empowers the contestants to work with an environmental advocacy that is personally significant to them. The first Beauty for a Cause prize was awarded in 2003.

Advocacy

The connotation that all pageant contestants advocates

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is a

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that is no longer true and having a platform is a part of the competition. Since many women around the world admire and aspire to be a

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believed beauty queens would be an effective advocate of worthy causes. In the United States, it was reported in 2013 that there were about 100,000 beauty contests held each year with more than 2.5 million women to compete for a chance to win a beauty title. The Miss Earth pageant raises public awareness about

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and

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to reduce

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where the delegates of the pageant promotes "5Rs", Re-think,

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and Respect. Miss Earth places greater weight on the intellectual abilities of a delegate more than any pageant by electing the winner based largely on her capability to be an effective ambassador of the earth and only secondarily on her beauty. Consequently, the Miss Earth candidates of each participating countries or territories are required to undertake extensive preparation and training in comprehending and addressing

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and problems. The pageant requires the delegates to be knowledgeable about environmental protection, and winners are expected to advocate for and become involved with

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campaigns worldwide through activities like

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s, eco-fashion shows, and coastal clean-ups. The delegates serve as a role model in upholding the advocacy of preserving and restoring the environment.

Special award

The Beauty for a Cause award was first given in the

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competition to the candidate who made the most significant social contribution. Miss Afghanistan 2003,

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, received the award for helping found a US-based women's charity that seeks to raise awareness of women's rights and education in Afghanistan by “symbolizing the newfound confidence, courage and spirit of today’s women and representing the victory of women’s rights and various social, personal and religious struggles”. The award was then discontinued for three years. The award was reinstated in the finals of

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to honor the delegate with the most significant contribution in the preservation and protection of the environment. Miss

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Bokang Montjane was the second recipient of the Beauty for a Cause award, given at the conclusion of the 7th edition of Miss Earth pageant that took place on November 11, 2007 at the

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Theater in

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. In 2020, Miss Australia Brittany Dickson, a

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and

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survivor received the Eco Angel Special Award, the equivalent of Beauty for a Cause award in the

Miss Earth 2020 Miss Earth 2020, the 20th anniversary of the Miss Earth pageant, the first virtual coronation of any major pageant in the world. The pageant was held on 29 November 2020 where Miss Earth 2019 Nellys Pimentel of Puerto Rico was succeeded by ...

pageant.

References

External links

Official Miss Earth web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:BeAuty For A CAuse Miss Earth Awards established in 2003

Advocacy

Special award

References

Further reading

External links