Miss Earth Guyana Stacy Ramcharran is en route to the Philippines where she will compete with 87 other delegates from around the world for the prestigious title of Miss Earth 2014.
Ramcharran is accompanied by Guyanese designer Jonathan Adrian; her talent choreographer, Roshini Boodhoo, and her makeup artist, Tenisha Garnett. Local franchise holder of the Pageant, Pamela Dillon of Simpli Royal, has not been asked to accompany the queen, raising many eyebrows.
The 14th edition of the Miss Earth Pageant will be held on November 29, at the University of the Philippines Theatre in Diliman, Quezon City. Alyz Henrich from Venezuela will crown her successor at the end of the event.
Ramcharran, an aspiring accountant, who has been promoting specific projects and addressing environmental and other global issues through school tours, tree-planting activities, street campaigns, coastal clean-ups and other environmental activities, will dedicate the rest of her reign to similar activities, though we hope she will return encumbered with the international title.
Miss Earth is one of the three largest beauty pageants in the world in terms of the number of national-level competitions to select participants and one of the most publicised worldwide.
The pageant´s theme this year is “Promoting ecotourism”, in an effort to raise the awareness of tourists and travellers on ecological conservation in order to directly benefit economic development and foster respect for different cultures and for human rights.