Karen Ibasco of PHL is Miss Earth 2017
It's take four for the Philippines in the Miss Earth beauty pageant. For the fourth time, the Philippines won the Miss Earth 2017 beauty pageant in the person of Karen Ibasco during a televised contest held at the Mall of Asia in Pasay City on November 4. Other winners: Miss Earth-Water Miss Colombia Juliana Franco; Miss Earth-Fire Miss Russia Lada Akimova; and Miss Earth-Air Miss Australia Nina Robertson. During the final question and answer, the Top 4 candidates were asked the same question: "Who or what do you think is the biggest enemy of Mother Earth and why?" Ibasco responded: "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. Thank you." ...