USA’s Bea Millan-Windorski (center), Kenya’s Faith Wanyanmake (left), and Dominican Republic’s Tamara Aznar are best in Philippine heritage attire. Image: Facebook/Miss Earth
Ladies from all over the world showcased the native textiles in the Philippines as the 2024 Miss Earth candidates paraded Filipino fashion designs during the pageant’s “Presentation of Delegates” event on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
The event is a departure from the Miss Earth pageant’s usual practice of having the delegates parade in swimsuits before the guests during the press presentation program every year. To accomplish this, 21 member of the Designers Circle Philippines made “Philippine heritage attires” using Filipino indigenous weaves for the 77 delegates who faced members of the media and other guests at a hotel in Parañaque City.
The 2024 Miss Earth coronation night will be held at Okada Manila on Nov. 9. The Philippines is the most successful country in the international pageant with four winners.
This year’s pageant, the 24th edition of the global tilt, adopted “heritage” as the 2024 theme, the same thrust pushed by the counterpart national pageant Miss Philippines Earth in May.
Adjudged as the “Best in Philippine Heritage Attire” was Bea Millan-Windorski from the United States, followed by Tamara Aznar from the Dominican Republic in second. Faith Wanyamake from Kenya rounded up the Top 3.
The Miss Earth pageant is organized by Carousel Productions to serve as a platform to spread environmental awareness and promote sustainability. The participants and winners are dubbed “Beauties for a Cause,” and are expected to spearhead projects that adhere to the advocacy.
This year, the Philippines is represented by Irha Mel Alfeche, a military reservist and educator who is the second woman from Mindanao to raise the country’s colors in the global tilt. She earned her national title on her second attempt at the crown.
Members of the media who attended the presentation of delegates, however, placed their bets on Australia’s Jessica Lane, Iceland’s Hrafnhildur Haraldsdottir, the US Virgin Islands’ Brianna McSween, and Cabo Verde’s Jasmine Jorgensen, who topped the poll for “Darling of the Press.”
The Miss Earth pageant also announced the continental winners of the “Best in Appearance” online poll–Cuba’s Stephany Diaz for the Americas, England’s Brooke Nicola Smith for Europe, Mauritius’ Shreeya Bokhoree for Africa, and Korea’s Seonyn Ryu for Asia and Oceania.
The four ladies have also each earned a “Hope Star” that grants them twice the voting count in the online poll for “Miss People’s Choice” for a certain period. The winner will automatically enter the Top 20 in the final competition show.