creation

are you ready for a new concept that will shake up pageantry forever? a level higher than hierarchy of pageants? watch this space as something big, something different, something exciting will soon touch our hearts, soothe our souls and enchant us all....

bloom

the theme for miss earth 2019 is blooming flowers, where each candidate can feature their national or treasured flower. it seems that the blooming theme has transcended even to the lovelife of our earth queens. miss earth 2014 jamie herrell is in love these days, she has been dating the governor of ilocos norte matthew manotoc. we always wish the best for our beloved queens, continue to bloom and shine lovely jamie, we are always here to support you.

today marks the most exciting , most professional and the biggest national pageant exclusively created for miss earth. miss earth venezuela pageant promises to be the mother of all venezuelan pageants.indeed the most awaited pageant in venezuela nowadays,expect an  explosive show. few days ago was just a preliminary , sort of practice, the real deal is tonight!!!! 

the stunning diana silva and her three elemental queens sarile gonzalez , katherine rodriguez and veronica araque will handover their title to the new queens. i hear another crown is in store tonight, so total of 5 crowns will be given at the end of the show.

for international viewers , the livestream will be on globovision en vivo on youtube, show starts at 6 pm venezuelan time with the red carpet where various venezuelan celebrities will walk the red carpet , show will start at 8 pm venezuelan time. constantly check globovision en vivo for the livestream, this is the current one:

this has been such a great miss earth venezuela season , the ladies are topnotch quality with so many of them who can win this title. the activities focused more on environmental aspect as well as charitable activities, knowing venezuela right now is in crisis. that is how you honor a title, despite the crisis in venezuela, globovision,alyz henrich and prince julio cesar put up the most comprehensive pageant . they really are the standard bearer for giving credence and honor to the miss earth title, because this is the only pageant created for miss earth that could equal its other national pageant in terms of following, excitement, quality of contestants as well as production. while other countries in latin america are dropping miss earth , relegating them to appointees not even crowning during the night of coronation, miss earth venezuela gives the miss earth title the utmost importance , a prime spot ,top status, elite treatment . this despite the economic crisis, they give miss earth title the gold distinction it deserves to  have. now let us go into my favorites for the crown. my top 4 are interchangeable meaning all of them can win the title , so anyone who is crowned im happy ....

miss earth lara : gabriela coronado - she has a very calm type of beauty , one that miss earth usually likes. it does not hurt that she looks like a filipina , thanks to the indiginous indians from venezuela who technically came from asia. her beauty might appeal to the mostly filipino panel of judges.

miss earth guarico : michell castellanos - the superstar of this batch and the media darling. she makes no secret from the very start of the pageant , she only wants miss earth. even if most of the venezuelan sites were pushing her for supranational, she was very insistent she only wants to be miss earth. even in her judges interview, she said she joined to be miss earth. she is gorgeous,no question about her beauty and physique, add to that she is also very dedicated and at the same time humble. she is intelligent both mentally and emotionally and knows very well what kind of pageant is miss earth. she is coming in ready and prepared to be miss earth, she speaks english as well.

miss earth monagas : andrea cesin - she has one of the most beautiful faces in this batch, she has a nice feminine body although on the shorter side her presence just screams charisma. very charming, globovision might like her as one of its correspondents. im a bit worried since she didnt do very well in her judges interview, hopefully her other strengths would bring up her scores that would make her enter the top.

miss earth miranda: stefany zreik - this lady is also very determined to win a crown tonight. she came all the way from madrid ,spain to compete for this pageant and once she got in, first thing she did is to improve herself which included cosmetic procedures.she has a very fresh girl next door aura that is very endearing. another one of venezuelan media and pageant enthusisasts favorite to win.

the rest of my top 10 was a very hard decision, had to revise it several times, but i just went with who i liked and did not try to be influenced by venezuelan media and fans. if i had listened to them canaima, nueva esparta would have been on this list. i liked them too but i liked these girls more...

trujillo - thea sichini has a very classy and mellow beauty, one of the faces of this years batch . she also has international pageant experience , her body has been pointed out by venezuelan pageant fans as the one that needed work the most. im sure if she wins she will be on board to take care of that .

tachira - maria laura lopez has been hyped even before the pageant castings were started. she is beautiful, prepared , well spoken and is a veteran competitor , so expect her to fight for one of the spots.

portuguesa - aleska cordido gave one of the best interviews, she is strong,confident and has leadership qualities that could put her up among the top.great body , great stage presence and her face is a chameleon, very workable and versatile.

aragua - ana daniela mencia is a performer , a classic miss venezuela as she was trained by osmel. she also has an interesting personality that stands out from the rest of the girls. theres rumors she has been causing some trouble behind the scenes, well see if it affects her placement tonight.

yaracuy - barbara rodriguez is the best morena of this batch , this girl is stunning. if she is transformed with proper training and improvements cosmetically she can be a contender in any pageant. theres a reason prince julio cesar picked her from miss carabobo pageant even if she wasnt in the top. she is a raw beauty with so much potential. watch her interview, she was so adorable, crying continuously as she was nervous.

barinas- andruina carrera started very strong but fizzled a bit at the last stretch. prince julio likes her a lot, was even helping her a lot in her interviews but she was just too nervous. i find her really pretty though , she has delicate feminine features and her body also is different from a typical venezuelan , she has soft curves. elegant and always regal in bearing, i love watching her throughout the competition.

watch the pageant tonight earthlings , it will be an exciting one starting out with the red carpet. now lets go to some juicy tidbits, phuong kahn nguyen miss earth 2008 will arrive in the philippines on september 8 to prepare for the upcoming pageant and do environmental activities. the candidate of thailand for miss earth 2019 is nampetch teeyapar, she was appointed by the new director for 2019, hopefully they can sustain it and organize a pageant next year as they are veterans in organizing a pageant. host of the finals will be james deakin , and shontelle might come back again this year as performer. ladies will still be divided into three groups, air ,water and fire. expect security to be tighter this year to avoid incidents that would make the girls uncomfortable.miss earth finals will be in naga city, bicol region at the JMR coliseum. the girls will arrive a week  before the finals night to rehearse and do environmental activities all over naga city and camarines sur. press conference scheduled october 2nd at diamond hotel, arrival of candidates will commence september 26-29 thats when the bulk of them will arrive.they found someone for panama , it was the one who took over at the start of the year but lost contact somehow. they are back but still has not completed requirements but are in contact again. hungary has a new director , if he completes the requirements, everyone will be shocked as to why he decided to get hungary as he is not from this country. very handsome and young guy, he already has a candidate , pending completing requirements.let us see if he is able to send two girls this year, he was able to send a girl last year , now he plans to get two franchises. palawan is a go, it will be one of the destinations the ladies will visit, not sure if it will be san vicente, el nido or puerto princesa.

rebirth

its been a long time earthlings, so many changes happened , bridges were burned , disappointments took over and inspiration faltered. aside from that, there was a major shake up in the house of queens earlier this year so there was a period of lull, now that we all have put our differences aside  let us move forward to a new beginning. miss earth 2019 is within our midst and the pageant we all love will bloom to its utmost potential.

miss earth 2019 will be hosted by the bicol region , specifically legazpi , albay . as we all know this region is a powerhouse in pageantry and a long time supporter of the miss earth pageant. when albay hosts the miss earth candidates rest assured they will have the most memorable memories. look at these videos of years past and you will see why they deservingly should host this years pageant.

the actual venue is still being discussed and they are looking for the most suitable place for an international beauty pageant.

one of the things that excites me every year is definitely the miss earth venezuela pageant, bar none the most successful and the best national pageant created exclusively for miss earth. this year is no exception, it has gathered the most beautiful and the highest quality girls in venezuela for 2019. i can safely say in terms of facial beauty the miss earth venezuela 2019 girls are better than the miss venezuela 2019 girls. the winner of miss venezuela 2019 thalia was a precandidate in miss earth venezuela 2018, winning miss air in the regional miss earth carabobo 2018 pageant. the first runner up of el concurso by osmel applied for 2019, she did not make the top 30. here are some behind the scenes video of the pageant. each girl is molded and trained in a holistic manner, from catwalk, to gym, to pasarela , english lessons, to oratorical skills improvement. they are even provided free dental ,hair and cosmetic enhancement at their own volition.they are also scheduled to do environmental activities throughout the whole pageant season. watch it here:

another franchise to look forward to is miss earth spain , i think finally miss earth has found the perfect partner to grow the brand in spain. it is handled by no less than jose pulido the son of katy pulido. katy pulido has produced several queens throughout the years, including miss universe 1996 alicia machado, miss earth water 2014 maira alexandra rodriguez , stephanie de zorzi miss earth water 2016. jose pulido has worked with the miss venezuela pageant for years as well as the katy pulido agency. he has also worked on network televesion both in venezuela and in spain. so he has the experience to train a competitive queen and to stage a well produced pageant.

now with regards to some tidbits, thailand is confirmed , officially complied with the requirements but the owner of the new franchise does not want the name published as the owner. one vague clue is that, it is a veteran director who knows pageantry, they will be appointing the queen this year. slovak republic will be back and one of the winners of the combined cesko slovensko pageant will go to miss earth 2019. panama is not confirmed , the applicant has not fulfilled the requirements, so as of this time no official franchise holder for panama. i am eyeing a former miss earth queen who lives in panama , hope she takes it. crimea has not fulfilled requirements , so no official franchise holder. there are two parties currently talking to carousel one of them is the miss crimea pageant and the other is the one who sent a candidate for crimea last year. whoever fulfills the requirements first will take the franchise. the new miss earth austria is under the strong leadership of the mader family. confirmed destinations are bicol region and pampanga, while palawan is under negotiation, hopefully it pushes through. last years pageant used the semicontinental format, the eight goddesses who topped the preliminary competition made top 16 irregardless of continent, the rest of the 8 were the two top scorers per continent after the top 8 scorers were chosen. 

snitch

with all the brouhaha going on... all i can say is be very careful in passing judgement, because the person you least expected is actually the one doing all the sabotaging behind everyone's back !!!!! it goes way  way back ......silently working his magic , now you can see it bearing fruits!!!! he is very good because , despite of all the bad things he has done , he looks like a saint in the eyes of everyone...

festivity

there is no other beauty pageant like miss earth,every other pageant is a copy of each other. miss earth stands out as the only environmental based pageant in which the candidates do actual work and immerse themselves into the community and interact with local people as well as the local government. they do tangibale things and affect the communities they visit. the air goddesses were very fortunete to visit legazpi albay , and they were in for a big treat as the organizers went full steam ahead , and made the girls feel a pageant experience they will never forget in their lifetime.

the ladies experienced the best of albay, they planted trees, drove unmotorized tricycles, cooked bicolano dishes, toured small towns, interacted with the common people and dazzled during their competitions. this is the richest prepageant competition with thousands of dollars in prizes. truly an experience like no other, nothing can compare and no other pageant can ever surpass what miss earth offers in terms of experiences and unforgetabble moments.

the water goddesses travelled to pontefino hotel in batangas for their swimsuit competition. mexico won gold, vietnam silver, bosnia and herzegovina won bronze. puerto rico and brazil won special awards from pontefino hotels. after the competition the gilrs savored the beauty of pontefino hotel and estates. they also planted trees all over the estate and did promotional filming for the hotel.

now for the tidbits, majority of the judges are flying in , so expect the judges to be mostly foreign personalities mixed with miss earth sponsors.there is still no word as to what the final decision on which system will be used this year in selecting top 16, it will be known after the intelligence round and the results are tabulated.miss earth wants a diverse top 16 because environmental problems and solutions are global issues so each continent needs to be represented.i am still hoping the semicontinental is used this year as it is the fairest , most sensible and logical system while it also covers diversity.


goddesses of water resorts wear competition HD copy from gma network

the format for finals night will be like this, the top 16 for each category will be called one by one, they will be in their goddess costumes. after that the top 18 candidates will be called , they will be wearing evening gowns, and when they are called they will strut and they will be scored based on beauty of face and poise.the 18 ladies will perform in their swimsuits and will be trimmed down to 12 , once they are called they will be scored one by one based on figure and form.

fire goddesses swimsuit competition from gma network

after the figure and form category the 12 ladies will be back onstage wearing swimsuits and official gold shoes from miss earth with wraps and cover up this time. the top 8 will then be called one by one and answer the earth talk portion of the pageant.


water goddesses swimsuit competition from gma network

the top 8 ladies will come back to the stage wearing evening gowns and they will be whittled down to the 4 queens who will form the miss earth 2018 goddesses elemental court. final question will then be asked , same question for all four girls and the other three will wear headphones while the first one answers. the judges will then rank and a new queen will be proclaimed the ultimate goddess of 2018.

miss earth 2018 teaser from gma network

there will be a national directors night on october 31st at the carousel mansions. there will be about 40 plus expected guests with the national directors and their respective teams. it will be a great night at the home of miss earth as carousel productions treats its directors and contestants as family.

uncover

one of the most unique feature and something miss earth created is the no make up prejudging. this is a breakthrough in pageantry , as traditionally beauty pageants are always associated with full production ;from hair , make up, dresses, accesories the whole works. but miss earth shattered that tradition by uncovering the beauty of the girls to its most bare and most natural. miss earth has always been an innovator, it always pushes the limit and dares to be different and legendary. that is why it is called the most relevant pageant, always copied, always imitated by minor pageants even the older pageants have picked up some of its concepts and copied a lot of its ideas.

here are my top 18 choices for beauty of face and poise, i scored them separately and then totalled the 2 scores and then averaged.there were lots of scores tied , so i had to choose between which girl to include in the top 18.

1.netherlands - margaretha de jong 9.9

2.philippines - celeste cortesi 9.8

3. venezuela - diana silva 9.6

4.spain - carolina jane 9.6

5.northern ireland - christie van schalkwyk 9.6

6.poland - aleksandra grysz 9.5

7. vietnam - phuong kahn nguyen 9.4

8. puerto rico - krystal xamairy 9.4

9. portugal - telma madeira 9.4

10. canada - jaime vandenberg 9.4

11. ukraine - anastasia kryvokhyzha 9.2

12. serbia - nina jovanovic 9.1

13. peru - jessica russo 9.1

14. mexico - melissa flores 9.0

15. korea - song suhyun 9.0

16. panama - diana lemos 9.0

17. dominican republic - gabriela franceschini 8.9

18. japan - mio tanaka 8.9

here is a high definition video courtesy of gma 7 the official network of miss earth 2018 in the philippines.

close shots to the top 18 are romania - 8.9 ecuador 8.8 guam 8.8 italy 8.8 slovenia 8.8. as a trivia since the no make up round is now livestreamed since last year, the girls are allowed to put light powder and lip gloss. no accessories and hair pulled back from the face. in years past when it was a closed door judging , no powder or lip gloss was allowed as in complete bare face.watch the hd version of the national costume competition from gma network video.

something that is always unique with miss earth is the fact that during the pageant the girls travel all over the philippines visiting the different islands and provinces. spreading the message of environmental protection as well as showcasing the beautiful eco tourism sites of these destinations. the philippines is blessed with the most beautiful nature that are mostly undiscovered by  most tourists. these ecotourism tours by the miss earth candidates will give these places a chance to show to the world what they can offer and that they deserve a share in the burgeoning tourism pie of the philippines.misses cyprus, ukraine ,paraguay,egypt ,tonga and cambodia had the privilege of visiting the island of romblon, the marble capital of the philippines. romplon has some of the most ebautiful islands that you can see only in your dreams and a lot of them are uninhabited. 

the ladies experienced the best of romblon as they were taken to the famous bonbon beach with crystal clear blue waters and fine white sand. they did a school tour where they were treated like royalty and like true rockstars with hundreds of screaming schoolchildren wanting to get a glimpse of the queens.they visited several ecotourism sites and even ziplined from one island to another, experiences no other pageant offers. experiences that are priceless,timeless and no amount of hd photos can capture. because what miss earth offers are experiences that remain in the hearts of the candidates , that during the pageant they felt they have made a difference, felt that they inspired children and most of all experience real culture , real community, real happiness an the unique hospitality only filipinos can truly tender into each visitor.

next on the list is the organic city of bislig in surigao del sur which advocates for organic farming to promote well being as well as provide jobs to the local people. mindanao has long been shunned by most tourists due to bad press, but little does everyone knows it has some of the most virgin beaches, virgin islands, virgin forests and natural wonders that would take your breath away. one of this is the pride of bislig, the stunning TINUY-AN falls.the ladies gushed in delight upon seeing mother natures wonderful creation. an eco tour would not be complete without the ladies treated like esteemed guests, with schoolchildren lining up the streets waving their flags , much like a president  of a country on an official visit. the miss earth queens really do feel loved, admired, thats why even if its hardwork it fuels them to go on because the love and respect they receive in their provincial tours is nothing short of spectacular. misses mexico, new zealand,malta,liberia,serbia and guyana were the lucky ones to visit this fantastic place in mindanao.

now for some tidbits of information, g force will be the official choreographer for the finals night , so expect some steamy hot opening as well as exciting segments.

 the criteria for judging will be 60% beauty of face, fitness and poise , 40% intelligence ,environmental knowledge and attitude for the 16 semifinalists, the 17th spot will be the best eco video which will be decided by a special panel of judges. the 18th spot will be the eco -media award where it will be a combination of peoples choice via facebook and instagram with the glam shots being the photo to be voted on. the eco warrior award will be decided by another set of special judges where they will evaluate the candidates work before and during the pageant in promoting the environmental message of miss earth accross all social media.i am very happy that this was the final decision, initially the eco warrior and peoples choice via the glaamshots was supposed to be the two spots.after suggestions, meeting and consultations it was finally decided to recognize the efforts done by the candidate and her organization to come up with amazing eco videos which really is a powerful medium to convey the message of beauties for a cause to everyone. carousel has listened to all the fans suggestions, the only one that really needs to be done is choose a globally acceptable goddess to win. i hope the judges this year  will have the foresight  for the goddess of beauty VENUS to prevail and become the ultimate earth goddess of 2018. goddess of knowledge athena please take a rest for 2018 , we have had enough of your antics and tactics, it wasnt as good as the judges thought it was.......

northern ireland

poland

portugal

spain