Miss Philippines Earth 2016 Top 10 Favourites

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Athena Mari Jamaica Catriz Miss Philippines Earth 2016 Finalist

25 years old Athena Mari Jamaica Catriz is the first contender on the list of Top 10 favourites. She is AB Communications Graduate and wants to be successful in her chosen career and be influential. She describes her environmental advocacy and says, “I am committed in raising awareness and educating people about proper waste management in my community and in the country. I choose this advocacy because it will be a big help in my community to be able to influence others to take actions about proper waste disposal in order for our place to have a clean and safe environment.”

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Anna Mae Cagurangan Miss Philippines Earth 2016 Finalist

Moving on to the next contender, we have 23 years old Anna Mae Cagurangan who is a AB Legal Management Graduate. Her ambition is life is to wake up every morning and decide to experience things that she can’t do tomorrow. Her environmental advocacy is, “I want to help preserve the natural beauty of the undeveloped tourist spots in the Philippines and, I want to start in our province, Cagayan. I was deeply inspired in the beauty of Mount Pulag and the caves and beaches that we have in our province. I want that perfect idea of just the natural beauty and locals that manage the beautiful place.”

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Bellatrix Gabriel Tan Miss Philippines Earth 2016 Finalist

Flipping through the next contender for the Top 10 slot, we have 20 years old Bellatrix Gabriel Tan who is a BA Communications Student. Her ambition in life is to be a successful businesswoman owning a huge forest and make it a camp site for people who love nature. Her environmental advocacy says, “My advocacy is “Families who plant trees together, can save our Mother Earth Forever.” I choose this because I believe and Jose Rizal believes that ‘the youth is the hope of the nation’ and so if our parents will teach their kids to start the change then in the near future their kids will also do the same to their future children and the change will continue forever.”

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Carlette Marjean Agapito Miss Philippines Earth 2016 Finalist

Next in line is 21 years old Carlette Marjean Agapito. Carlette is a Public Relation Assistant and wants to become a flight attendant and also a beauty queen with a purpose to help the people around her, especially her family. Carlette talks about her Environmental Advocacy and shares, “I think time has come for us all to converge as one to focus on our action to save our planet, mother Earth. We must practice the 5Rs to prevent climate change, save the environment and maintain the beauty of our nature for the next generation. That’s how I picture the perfect place where I want to live.”

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Eva Eunice Reinoso Miss Philippines Earth 2016 Finalist

Moving on to our next favourite, we have 22 years old Eva Eunice Reinoso. Eva is a singer by profession and wants to be a known theatre actress, director and choreographer in future. Her environmental advocacy includes, “The population today around the world is over 7 billion, but that 7 billion is also the main cause of all the problems that our Mother Earth is facing right now. If we educate them with the problems and encourage them to fight against nature pollution and all the problems that our Mother Earth is facing right now, we could achieve a new world that we can share to our future generations. Let us all be an Earth Defender! We fight, we survive!”

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Grapes Pacara Miss Philippines Earth 2016 Finalist

Shifting our focus to the next contender, we have 19 years old Grapes Pacara standing at the podium of Top 10 favourites. She is an Online English teacher and her first ever pageants was when she was in Kindergarten. Her environmental advocacy is, “The picture of the perfect place where I want to live is a place with a breath of fresh air and calming scenes of mother nature. My environmental advocacy is connected to the technology that we can use in the future. I believe with my computer engineering background, I can contribute to the development of environmental awareness by the use of technology. I call this advocacy as Techno Nature.”

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Imelda Bautista Schweighart Miss Philippines Earth 2016 Finalist

Next in line is 21 years old Imelda Schweighart who is a Theatre Arts Student. Her ambition in life is to be a pop star-sensation. “I want to contribute and influence my audience through creative skills and talent.” Her environmental advocacies are three fold, they are, “1. Soil Protection from chemically engineered seeds. 2. I truly believe that without our farmers, our mass population will starve. I suggest infrastructures which could conserve the natural resources we have and stop others from cutting. down our trees that took decades to grow in provincial areas where our nature is depleting. I believe in providing livelihood to the poor, shelter and education regarding organic farming. 3. I would like to raise awareness to minimize our pollution through biking. It's good for the health and it will teach us the true value of living in harmony with each other.”

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Jennifer Ann Mangaring Miss Philippines Earth 2016 Finalist

Moving on to the next contender, we have 23 years old Jennifer Ann Mangaring, who is a model by profession. Her ambition in life is to be a film maker and make a difference by producing films that would give social awareness to the people. She talks about her environmental advocacy and states, “My advocacy is “Do something drastic, cut the plastic.” Because as we all know, plastic is a kind of material that cannot easily be smoldered, it takes millions of years for it to be dissolved leaving the Earth polluted and the plastics digested by animals.”

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Kisszel Malazarte Miss Philippines Earth 2016 Finalist

Next in queue is 21 years old Kisszel Malazarte, who is a BS Tourism Management Student. Her ambition in life is to become a successful flight attendant and represent her nation on International platforms. Kisszel’s environmental advocacy states, “My advocacy is Solid waste management as it is so relevant to my municipality. I chose this because it is the number one concern of our municipality and it has been the top 1 priority in my town for over 10 years now.”

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Korina Christiene Reyes Miss Philippines Earth 2016 Finalist

Last but not the least, we have 22 years old Korina Christiene, who is a B.S. Business Management Graduate. Korina aspires to be a social entrepreneur and help provide jobs to her countrymen (especially to the Filipinas). Her environmental advocacy includes, “My advocacy is called “ACT Now – Act, Commit and Transform”. I’d like to be able to spread environmental awareness not just in schools but to business organizations as well. As entrepreneurs and businessmen, we are directly dependent on our environment and we are affecting our environment. We have to have that sense of corporate social responsibility and most importantly, protect our planet for our next generations. It is through “Action” (with a sense of awareness) that we are able to push for “Commitment” and it is through Commitment that we are able to push for “Transformation”.