Miss Eco Teen International 2024 3rd runner-up Raven Doctor. Image: INQUIRER.net/Armin P. Adina
The Philippines sustained its placement streak in the Miss Eco Teen International pageant when Raven Doctor finished fourth in the 2024 competition held in Egypt on Oct. 30 (Oct. 31 in Manila).
The 18-year-old Palaweña was proclaimed third runner-up at the coronation show held in Hurghada, Egypt. Canada’s Cece Wu bagged the crown.
Filipino contenders have consistently earned placements since the inception of the pageant in 2019, starting with the Philippines’ first delegate Mary Daena Resurreccion who finished in the Top 5.
In the 2024 competition, joining Wu and Doctor in the winners’ circle were first runner-up Meily Herlina from Indonesia, second runner-up Dtuga Pratilja from Serbia, and fourth runner-up Jacklyn Saddler from China.
Before Doctor’s proclamation as the Philippines’ official delegate to the 2024 Miss Eco Teen International pageant, Hanna Uyan was originally set to compete in the global tilt for teenagers.
Uyan represented the Filipino community in Southern California at the inaugural staging of The Miss Philippines Culture and Heritage Celebration, a sister search of the Miss Universe Philippines pageant, in October 2023.
She and the four finalists from the national search officially received their respective international pageant appointments in February this year. But in August, Doctor replaced her as this year’s Miss Eco Teen International bet by The Miss Philippines.
Doctor was the lone teenager among the semifinalists in the 2024 Miss Universe Philippines pageant held in May. The national competition also proclaimed a new set of queens for The Miss Philippines.
To this date, Roberta Tamondong remains to be the only Filipino contender to earn the Miss Eco Teen International crown. She won in the 2020 competition.