Nov 052017
 
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During the coronation night held at the Mall of Asia Arena last November 4, our very own Karen Ibasco was crowned Miss Earth 2017. She succeeded last year’s winner, Katherine Espin, from Ecuador.  A true environmentalist, her advocacy is energy conservation and sustainability. Rappler curates some interesting facts about our new Earth Ambassador.

Let’s get to know her a little better.

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Karen is the 4th Filipina to win the Miss Earth pageant. The first one was Karla Henry (2008), followed by Jamie Herrell (2014) and Angelia Ong (2015). The Philippines currently holds the most number of crowns from this competition.

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Karen previously tried her luck with Binibining Pilipinas. Before Miss Philippines Earth, she joined Binibining Pilipinas in 2016. This was the same year when Maxine Medina and Kylie Versoza became Miss Universe Philippines and Bb Pilipinas International. In 2015, she was the 1st runner-up in Ms. Shape PH.

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Karen is a physics major. No wonder she understands the value of sustainable energy.

“As a physicist, I understand the importance of daily consumption of energy, that is why my environmental advocacy is the conservation of energy and to embrace renewable and sustainable sources of energy in exchange for fossil fuel, which contributes to a huge percentage in global warming.”

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Karen wants to give hosting a shot. While titleholders usually end up in show business, she says that she has no plans to dive in full time, at the moment.

“No, I don’t have plans to do showbiz but I would want to enter the world of hosting.”

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Karen believes that social media should be used wisely. Social media is a relevant channel that can be used for social good. During her win as Miss Philippines Earth, she verbalized that she wants to use it wisely.

“To maximize and utilize social media to really show the people in simple way, every single day, you can make a difference. I would want to post more about the environment and also be informed about environmental lectures going around the world about what’s really happening, and to share to people my journey,” she said.

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Nov 042017
 
Medical Physicist Karen Ibasco hailed as Miss Earth 2017

University of Santo Tomas cum laude graduate Karen Ibasco has been crowned 2017 Miss Earth, during the coronation night held at Mall of Asia Arena Saturday night. Ibasco became the fourth Filipina to be crowned as Miss Earth since the pageant began in 2001. She followed the footsteps of Karla Henry (2008), Jamie Herrell (2014) and Angelia Ong (2015). The 26-year-old beauty from Manila outshined 84 other global candidates. Read Related Story: Philippines’ Angelia Ong wins Miss Earth 2015, makes history The other contestants who made up her elemental court are Australia’s Nina Robertson as Miss Earth Air 2017, Russia’s Lada Akimova as Miss Earth Fire 2017 and Colombia’s Juliana Franco as Miss Earth Water 2017. The beauty queen is a medical physicist who graduated cum laude both from her bachelor and master’s degrees in Applied Physics major in Medical Physics from the University of Santo Tomas. During the competition’s final Q&A portion, Ibasco was asked who or what she thinks is the biggest enemy of Mother Earth and why. Ibasco said: “I believe that the real problem in this world is not climate change. The real problem is us because of our ignorance and apathy. What we have to do is to start changing our ways, to start recalibrating our minds and redirecting our steps because together, as a global community, our micro-efforts will have a macro-effect to help save our home, our planet.” Read Related Story: Leren Bautista is Ms Tourism Queen of the Year Int’l For the Read More …