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Candid Shot: Karen Ibasco

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Reigning Miss Earth Karen Ibasco is set to crown her successor at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Nov. 3. But Karen admits that she doesn't want to give up her crown just yet. "If I were to choose, I honestly don’t want to give up my crown just yet. I cherish my reign that much. One year flew very fast before my eyes, but I know there’s a deserving lady to whom I will pass my crown and I can’t wait for her to experience the unforgettable journey I have had," says Karen on her post on Instagram recently. "To all the Miss Earth 2018 delegates, dream big! The sky is your limit. If it happened to me, it can happen to you anyone of you; "Now, I’m enjoying every moment I have left as Miss Earth 2017. No more tears, just keeping more memories," Karen says. Karen chats with POP NEWS PHILIPPINES on her plans, goals and other stuff after her reign, during welcome dinner for the 90 official candidates of Miss Earth 2018 beauty pageant at the Car...

Pageant expert gives wishes to 'Kagandahang Flores' queens

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Pageant guru Rodgil Flores says the Kagandahang Flores beauty camp will continue to innovate and upgrade its training skills for girls in a bid to win more pageant crowns here and abroad. " Personally, as long as maraming lumalapit, nagpapatulong na maging national and eventually maging international beauty queen sila, KF will still be there . As a camp, we are constantly upgrading," says Flores when asked about the future of his beauty camp during an interview in Quezon City recently. He adds: " Lahat kami trying on new learnings. That’s trial and error. For us trainers, the challenge is to really come up with new techniques. We are also intensifying our training for men." Flores describes the KF queens as strong, determined and dedicated. "I think what sets the KF queens apart is that they are strong, determined, dedicated. Ang training ko is pahirapan talaga. So yung spirit nila to win this fight and to reach the end goals given to them by KF c...

Reigning Miss Earth Karen Ibasco bares plans after reign

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Reigning Miss Earth Karen S. Ibasco has said that she might try television hosting after her stint in the environmental-driven beauty pageant. Ibasco, who is set to relinquish her title as Miss Earth Philippines on May 19, said that she wants try activities that will hone her communication skills. "I guess I wanted to try something new for me. I wanna try hosting. I wanna try more on developing my communication skills. Not really showbiz but hosting I guess," said Ibasco when asked about her plans after the pageant during an interview at the Outstanding Men and Women of the Philippines for 2018 awarding ceremonies organized by Richard Hinola held at the Teatrino in Greenhills, San Juan recently. The very articulate beauty queen who is a physicist by profession said that marriage plan is still not on her priority list after she finished her reign. "Maybe not now. In God's special time. I'm still trying to venture on other things," said Ibasco ...

Why Miss Earth 2017 never had a boyfriend

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At 26, newly crowned Miss Earth 2017 Karen Ibasco revealed that she never had a boyfriend since birth. "Yeah it's true! Actually my mom and my my dad were both quite strict with me when I was studying. And I understood why," said Ibasco, when asked if she really had no boyfriend since birth, during an interview on "Tonight With Boy Abunda" on ABS CBN. "And I am the kind of person who is easily distracted. So I also obey them when I was studying because I saw that my education was my priority when I was studying. "When I grow up, I saw that I would want a marriage as the same as my parents. I would not just want to go for anyone. I would really love to invest in the right person. Asked how she avoid suitors, Ibasco said: "I told them to wait and you would really see if that person is going to wait for you, if that person is for you." For the first time since she was crowned Miss Earth 2017 last Nov. 4, Ibasco opened up abo...

Karen Ibasco of PHL is Miss Earth 2017

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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." ...

Medical physicist from Manila wins Miss Philippines Earth

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A medical physicist from Manila who is pushing for energy conservation was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2017 during a pageant held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City last Saturday night. Karen Ibasco, 26, edged out 39 other contestants in the environment-driven beauty pageant. She will represent the Philippines at the Miss Earth international pageant in November this year. An early favorite in the prejudging competitions, Ibasco continued to impress the judges during the final question and answer segment of the contest. During the final round, the Top 5 semi-finalists were asked a common question: "The government slogan is change is coming. What change do you wanna see in terms of environmental policies in the country." Ibasco answered: "In terms of environmental policies, everyone [is] experiencing climate change. The whole world is experiencing climate change. I’m just grateful that the Philippines has signed the Paris Treaty. What I want to se...