The Story Behind Miss Earth

When the brand owner of Mutya ng Plilipinas and Ms Asia Pacific decided not to renew their contract with Carousel.... Lorraine and Peachy taught it was the end of their happy days. During those times, people could not phantom the creation of a new international contest.

The rights to produce Mutya and Ms Asia Pacific was bought by GMA 7. Carousel could not match the offer by the network so they had no other choice but to create Miss Earth.

It was actually Peachy who can be considered as the brain child of the MISS EARTH--- during the farewell walk of Ms Asia Pacific 1999, she wished Peachy and Carousel Productions the best of luck for Ms Earth!!! At that time, people were also doubting if it will work.... I mean "Ms Earth" sounded like a mother's pageant and worst, calling runners-up Ms Air, Water and Fire was cheesy, it sounded like the famous band in the 60s (Earth Wind and Fire)

But just after the launch of Ms Philippines Earth--- people began to take notice of the pageant... Carlene Aguilar was a beautiful winner and her victory helped the pageant to get the attention it needed. Then came Ms Earth which was attended by outstanding girls from the MW and MU- even the MI...... it also helped that the winner, Ms Denmark, came from a non-power house country which encouraged other countries to join ME. The production and advocacy was unique; the format was refereshing; and the girls were beautiful".

Looking back, I think the right formula is to take care of the Franchise owners and ultimately the girl representing her country. The pageant, is ultimately reviewed by the contestant (not the fans) and her reviews are passed on the franchise owner... which keeps the delegates coming and increasing all throughout the years.

Miss Earth 2013 Review

Here are my rants and reviews regarding the Miss Earth 2013 pageant which culminated last December 7:

The live update of the pageant at Starworld opened with a failure. It doesn’t have a sound and the lighting was just so bad, there are many dark areas in the venue. The National Musuem was a better venue.

I like the many sponsor awards. It means so much for the candidates, and the awards were pretty distributed.

It was difficult for some girls to move since some of them fear that they might fall off from the stage/stairs. Some delegates were even late during the gown presentation.

Give us better camera-men please. They didn’t give us good angles. The calling of the top 16 was not visually suspense-filled. Background music was not also at its best. No drum rolls, and that’s a pity.

The Wrecking Balls background of Miley Cyrus during the gown presentation was a big no-no. It was so, so barangay-yish. Give us background songs from nature – like the musical chirping of the birds, etc.

David Pomeranz was a great singer, but please, just ask him to sing once.

Is it the candidates who are to provide interpreters? Why is it that Miss Universe doesn’t run out of interpreters? Some candidates lost their chances because of their very bad English, hardly understandable. But I guess if Serbia and Poland had interpreters, the placement of the elemental queens may have been different.

The Miss Earth Pageant is fair. The victory of Venezuela is sweeter because it happened on the country which is their rival for the country of the year. This only goes to show that the winning candidate indeed deserved it.

Best of Luck to Alyz! She’s beautiful and I believe she has a good heart too.

Miss Earth 2013 Results

MISS EARTH 2013 WINNERS

Miss Earth 2013: Miss Venezuela - Alyz Henrich

Miss Air: Miss Austria - Katia Wagner

Miss Water: Miss Thailand - Punika Kulsoontornrut

Miss Fire: Miss Korea - Catharina Choi

MISS EARTH 2013 TOP 8

Miss Austria - Katia Wagner

Miss Korea - Catharina Choi

Miss Mexico - Kristal Silva

Miss Thailand - Punika Kulsoontornrut

Miss Poland - Aleksandra Szczęsna

Miss Philippines – Angelee Claudett de los Reyes

Miss Venezuela - Alyz Henrich

Miss Serbia - Andjelka Tomasevic

MISS EARTH 2013 TOP 16

Miss Austria - Katia Wagner

Miss Turkey - Ezgi Avci

Miss Korea - Catharina Choi

Miss Chile – Natalia Lermanda

Miss Mexico - Kristal Silva

Miss France - Sophie Garenaux

Miss China - Lisa Xiang

Miss Mauritius - Virginie Dorza

Miss Thailand - Punika Kulsoontornrut

Miss Spain - Cristina Martinez

Miss Poland - Aleksandra Szczęsna

Miss USA - Nicole Velez

Miss Philippines – Angelee Claudett de los Reyes

Miss South Africa - Ashanti Mbanga

Miss Venezuela - Alyz Henrich

Miss Serbia - Andjelka Tomasevic