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Miss Earth Thailand organization headed by Dr. Sirikan Onsonkarn of Siri Hotel Group held a press conference in Bangkok on Tuesday, June 8 to kick off Miss Earth Thailand 2021. The upcoming competition is going to be the first-ever national pageant for Miss Earth in Thailand under the new franchise holder. Applications are now open until June 30 and the announcement of the 30 finalists will be on July 10. The final competition will air live on PPTV this August 8 from the SHOW DC Hall in Bangkok. At the end of the event, two-time Miss Earth delegate and Top 20 semi-finalist Teeyapar "Nampetch" Sretsirisuvarna will crown her successor who will represent Thailand at the Miss Earth 2021 international pageant later this year. Miss Earth Thailand officials with former titleholder and Miss Earth 2013 Top 4 finalist Punika "Polly" Kulsoontornrut and Miss Earth Thailand 2019-2020 Teeyapar "Nampetch" Sretsirisuvarna Photos: Miss Earth Thailand

Aina Qureishi has been officially announced as Miss Pakistan World 2021 on Thursday, June 3. She succeeds Miss Pakistan World 2020, Areej Chaudhary. The 23-year-old model from Rawalpindi is pursuing a bachelor's degree in education. She is well-traveled and speaks Urdu, English, Punjabi, German, Chinese, and a little bit of Turkish. Aina is also expected to hold the title of Miss Earth Pakistan 2021 and will represent her country at the Miss Earth 2021 pageant on a date and venue yet to be announced. Photos: Miss Pakistan World / Instagram

The official delegates of the Miss Philippines Earth 2021 national pageant have been revealed online on Monday, May 24. Sixty-eight beauties will be vying for the coveted titles at stake in a live virtual coronation on July 25. This year's pageant takes on the theme “Colors of the Earth” for its 21st edition. The next Miss Philippines Earth will represent the Philippines at the Miss Earth 2021 pageant whose date and venue are yet to be announced. Baguio City's Roxanne Allison Baeyens, who finished in the Top 4 during the Miss Earth 2020 virtual competition last November, will relinquish her reign at the end of the event. Here is the complete list of official delegates: 1. Le-Ann Casandra Chan Racuya (ALAMINOS CITY) 2. Irish Delima (ANDA, BOHOL) 3. Gail Ventic (ANGELES CITY) 4. Ameera Almamari (ATIMONAN, QUEZON) 5. Myra Yzabelle Rola (AURORA, ISABELA) 6. Jessyville Ugat (BACLAYON, BOHOL) 7. Elize Relacion Galvez (BALAYAN, BATANGAS) 8. Verna Abby Catusalem (BALER, AURORA) 9. Jan

Miss Earth Vietnam 2021 competition was launched in a press conference held last Wednesday, April 28 in Lac Duong. The special event to kick off the first-ever Miss Earth Vietnam pageant was attended by former titleholders and Miss Earth 2018 Nguyen Phuong Khanh, the very first Vietnamese to win Miss Earth. Four titles are at stake in the national pageant and a total of 6 billion VND worth of prizes will be given away. The main winner will have the opportunity to represent the country at the international Miss Earth competition. Besides looking for an exceptional woman to represent Vietnam on the global stage, the organizers also aim to contribute to raising awareness on environmental protection and preservation. One of their initiatives includes tree-planting in response to the launching ceremony to plant 50 million trees in Lam Dong province within the next 5 years. Applications for Miss Earth Vietnam 2021 will open this month and the eliminations will take place this August in Hanoi

Besides the virtual live celebration of its reigning queens, the Miss Earth pageant launched its first-ever digital magazine on Earth Day, the movement that began on April 22, 1970, to demonstrate support for environmental protection. For the first issue, former Miss Earth Ukraine Diana Mironenko graced the cover. She is an environmental activist, educator, and author who founded the Power Woman Charity Foundation. "It is a great honor for me to be a part of this project and even more so to take a place on the cover," Diana said in a post on her social media page. "This is a huge motivation and understanding that everything is not in vain. Every day of work will definitely bear fruit. It just takes a little time," she added. The digital magazine is now available at the Miss Earth official website  www.missearth.tv . Photo: Miss Earth

The registration is now officially open for Miss Earth Puerto Rico 2022 national competition. As announced on its social media, the pageant will take on the theme "Colors of the Earth." If you have what it takes to follow the footsteps of Nellys Pimentel who was crowned Miss Earth 2019, you can register until June 2021. The competition is open to applicants who are 18 to 28 years old. Cristina Mariel Ríos of San Sebastian who has recently replaced Valerie Vigoreaux Cortés as the new Miss Earth Puerto Rico 2021 is expected to compete at the Miss Earth 2021 pageant later this year. Photos: Abnel Gonzalez / Miss Earth Puerto Rico Oficial

Thalia Zinsonni, 21, was crowned Miss Earth Burkina Faso 2021 during the inaugural edition of the national pageant held last March 12 at a banquet hall in Ouagadougou. The bank and insurance licensing student bested 12 other contestants to win the title. She succeeded the first-ever Miss Earth Burkina Faso who represented the west African country at the historic Miss Earth 2020 virtual competition, Amira Naïmah Bassané. Marketing and business management student, Fabiola Dambre, and law student, Kontogom Emelie Dorcas, were the first and second runners-up, respectively. Thalia will now prepare to represent Burkina Faso at the Miss Earth 2021 pageant later this year. "Dynamic, joyful, and ambitious, my professional project will be to defend nature by organizing awareness campaigns on the environment, teaching children to recycle their daily life, and organizing health days," she said. Photo: Miss Earth Burkina Faso