Miss Philippines Earth (2004–2017, 2019–present), originally titled Miss Philippines (2001–2003) then Miss Earth Philippines (2018), is a national

beauty pageant A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, ...

held annually in search of "the most beautiful and environmentally-conscious and aware woman" in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. The grand winner of the pageant represents the Philippines in

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 ...

, one of the

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– the most coveted beauty titles among all the international pageant competitions. The current titleholder of the pageant is

Jenny Ramp Jennylynn Sinead Domingo Ramp (born February 6, 2003), popularly known as Jenny Ramp, is a Filipina model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2022. She represented the Philippines at Miss Earth 2022 and was ...

Santa Ignacia Santa Ignacia, officially the Municipality of Santa Ignacia ( pag, Baley na Santa Ignacia; ilo, Ili ti Santa Ignacia; tl, Bayan ng Santa Ignacia), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. Santa Ignacia has a total land ...

Tarlac Tarlac, officially the Province of Tarlac ( pam, Lalawigan ning Tarlac; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Tarlac; ilo, Probinsia ti Tarlac; tgl, Lalawigan ng Tarlac; ), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. It ...

who was crowned on August 6, 2022 in Coron,

Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...

. The elemental queens are, namely, Angel Santos (Miss Philippines Water), Jimema Tempra (Miss Philippines Air), Eryka Tan (Miss Philippines Fire) and Nyce Lampad (Miss Philippines Eco-tourism).

History

The Miss Philippines Earth was founded in

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Carousel Productions Carousel Productions, Inc. is the organization that currently owns and runs the Miss Earth and Miss Philippines Earth beauty contest. The annual events are produced in partnership with ABS-CBN Corporation. The organization is based in the Philipp ...

headed by its

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, Ramon Monzon who is also the president,

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, and

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of the

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and

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of the PSE Foundation, Inc. and spearheaded by Ramon's wife

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and Peachy Veneracion as the

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and project director. Carousel Productions relinquished the franchise for both

Mutya ng Pilipinas Mutya ng Pilipinas (MNP), in 2019 known as Mutya Pilipinas, is one of the two oldest annual national beauty pageants in the Philippines (est. 1968). The other being the Binibining Pilipinas Pageant (est. 1964). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, t ...

(Beauty of the Philippines) and

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beauty contests in 2001 and decided to establish a beauty pageant whose cause is to promote

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. As a result, Miss Philippines (currently called Miss Philippines Earth) and

pageants were established. Miss Philippines beauty pageant was formally launched in a

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on 3 April 2001 with the search of a delegate to represent Philippines in the international

pageant. The pageant has tie-ins with the Philippine government agencies such as the Philippine Department of Tourism (DoT),

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(DENR), the

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(MMDA), as well as international environmental groups such as the

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(UNEP) and

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to further its environmental advocacy. In its formative years, the pageant was simply known as Miss Philippines (2001–2003) and then it was changed to Miss Philippines Earth (2004–2017, 2019–present) since the winner represents the Philippines to the

pageant. In 2018, the title was renamed to Miss Earth Philippines to emphasize the global "Miss Earth" brand. However, in 2019, the pageant reverted its name to "Miss Philippines Earth" to assert to its legal rights claim since Carousel Productions legally owns the trademark "Miss Philippines" title according to its executive vice president,

. The pageant contestants are called

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. The competition includes swimsuit competition, evening gown parade, talent competition, but more weight is given to personality and also to ecological and environmental intelligence in the interview portion.

Legacy project

Annually, the winner of Miss Philippines Earth and her elemental court embarked with a legacy project. It started in 2006, when

Miss Philippines Earth 2006 Miss Philippines Earth 2006 was the 6th edition of the Miss Philippines Earth pageant. It was held on May 14, 2006 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Philippines. The event was broadcast by ABS-CBN Network in the Phili ...

Cathy Untalan Catherine "Cathy" Yu Untalan-Vital is a Filipino environmentalist, fashion model, psychologist, and beauty queen. She competed and won the beauty title of Miss Philippines-Earth 2006 and the international Miss Earth Water 2006. She is the exec ...

and her elemental court wrote a book titled 'Bakawan' (

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) which was used by the

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's "Bright Minds Read Campaign" and in the

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's read-alongs project. In 2007, the Miss Philippines Earth 2007 winners created

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made of plastic scraps as part of the "I Love ME project" campaign. In 2008, the

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winners came up with "20k OK" project, wherein they planted 20,000 seedlings in the different areas of the Philippines. In 2009, the Miss Philippines Earth 2009 winners came up with a

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, ''"Project Noel"'' and won the first ''Loren Legarda Environment Award''. The

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created used photos and handmade

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as part of Read-Along session to children to illustrate the dangers of improper disposal of

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Delegates

In the early years of the pageant, Carousel Productions held preliminary contests in 12

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from 2001 to 2007, through its local franchises. The winners of those contest in turn competed with 12 more contestants from the

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for the Miss Philippines Earth title. Carousel Productions opened the contest in 2006 to

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women of foreign ancestry, or from those living abroad such as

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and the

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. In 2008, Miss Philippines Earth broadened its coverage to include candidates from various

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, and selected

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.. The grand winner of Miss Philippines Earth goes on to represent her country in the

pageant.

Awards and titles

Just like in Miss Earth pageant, the winner of the beauty contest is bestowed the title Miss Philippines Earth. From 2004, her runners-up are also given titles named after the other natural elements: Miss Eco Tourism (fourth runner-up), Miss Fire (equivalent to third runner-up), Miss Water (second runner-up), and Miss Air (first runner-up). From 2001 to 2003, the runners-up do not have titles, they only are called fourth runner-up, third runner-up, second runner-up and first runner-up. Miss Earth is the only one of the "Big Four" pageants which have individual titles for the runners-up. In 2009,

, changed the ranking of the runners up and winners. The judges now select 10 finalists to compete for the top five. The top five then vie for the grand crown (now-called Miss Philippines Earth). The four elemental court of the Miss Philippines Earth winner namely: Miss Philippines Air, Miss Philippines Water, Miss Philippines Fire, and Miss Philippines Eco-Tourism are all equal winners and the remaining five finalists that failed to advance in the top five are the Runners-up of the pageant.

History

Legacy project

Delegates

Awards and titles

Titleholders

See also

References

External links