PAGEANT SEASON IS UPON US. AND MISS EARTH IS THE FIRST MAJOR PAGEANT TO KICK OF THIS SEASON.
WITH LESS THAN A MONTH TO GO, MORE THAN 70 EARTH WARRIORS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AND STILL MORE TO COME.
BASE ON THEIR PHOTOS AND VIDEOS, HERE ARE MY TOP 18 PICKS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
1. VENEZUELA - DIANA SILVA
SHE IS THE MOST OBVIOUS CHOICE TO WIN MISS EARTH FROM HER COMPETING IN MISS EARTH VENEZUELA TO HER WINNING THE CROWN. FORMER MISS EARTH 2013 ALYZ KNOWS THE FORMULA TO GETTING THE RIGHT WINNER. HER RECENT PHOTO WITHOUT MAKE UP SHOWS THAT SHE IS MORE STUNNING WITH LESS MAKE UP.
WILL NOT BE SURPRISE IF SHE GIVES VENEZUELA IT'S THIRD MISS EARTH CROWN.
2. COLOMBIA - VALERIA AYOS
COLOMBIA IS HUNGRY FOR THEIR FIRST MISS EARTH CROWN. LAST YEAR JULIANA WAS MY SENTIMENTAL FAVORITE TO WIN. WHILE JULIANA'S BEAUTY WAS UNIQUE AND UNCONVENTIONAL, VALERIA'S BEAUTY IS VERY SULTRY AND SEXY. A VIDEO OF HER ANSWERING QUESTIONS SHOWS: 1. SHE IS VERY ELOQUENT AND PREPARED, AND 2. SHE LOOKS MORE STUNNING IN MOTION. AND I HAVE TO ADMIT IT, SHE GIVING ME A MORE NATURAL ARIADNA GUTIERREZ VIBE IN HER PHOTO.
3. SPAIN - CAROLINA JANE
SPAIN IS BACK IN THE GAME. SHE IS GIVING ME A KATHERINE ESPIN VIBE IN THIS PHOTO. AMONG THE SEA OF BLONDE BOMBSHELL, SHE CAN PULL OFF AN UPSET AND WIN IT ALL. SHE RECENTLY DID A VIDEO CHAT IN MISS EARTH BEAUTIES FB PAGE AND I MUST SAY, WOW. SHE LOOKS STUNNING. SHE IS BEST DELEGATE FROM SPAIN TO BE SENT TO MISS EARTH.
4. PHILIPPINES - CELESTE CORTESI
IF KAREN DID NOT WIN LAST YEAR, FOR SURE NO ONE WILL QUESTION HER VICTORY. BUT FACING FACTS, SHE IS REALLY STUNNING AND BEAUTIFUL.
HER INTERVIEW IS A BIT WEAKER THAN KAREN. BUT IF WE ARE TO FOLLOW THE THEME GODDESS, THEN SHE DESERVE TO PLACE.
5. USA - YASHVI AWARE
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE HER PHOTOS. SHE MAY NOT BE THAT STUNNING IN PHOTOS - THOUGH HER BEAUTY IS SLOWLY GROWING IN TO ME, BUT IN MOTION SHE IS AMAZING. SHE WILL STILL CONTINUE THE TOP 18 PLACEMENT IN MISS EARTH AND I THINK SHE WILL PLACE IN THE TOP 8.
IN MOTION, YASHVI IS MORE STUNNING. AND LET'S ADMIT IT USA IS DOING WELL WHEN IT COMES TO BEING VERY ELOQUENT DURING THE INTERVIEWS.
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6. GUAM - EMMA ME SHEEDY
AMONG THE SEA OF SULTRY, SEXY BEAUTIES. EMMA STANDS OUT. YOUNG, FRESH AND VIBRANT.
OUT OF ALL THE EARTH WARRIORS, SHE IS THE MOST PREPARED, BEING CROWN A YEAR AGO, SO THE PRESSURE IS ON. SHE WILL ALSO BE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY DELEGATE IN MISS EARTH. HOPEFULLY IT WON'T AFFECT HER CHANCES TO WIN.
7. TRINIDAD/TOBAGO - AFEYA JEFFREY
CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES DON'T DO WELL IN MISS EARTH, WITH PUERTO RICO BEING THE LAST ONE TO PLACE IN MISS EARTH. BUT I THINK THAT WILL SOON CHANGE. AFEYA IS THE BEST DELEGATE FROM TRINIDAD/TOBAGO TO BE SENT TO MISS EARTH AND PROBABLY THE BEST TRINIDAD/TOBAGO AMONG THE MAJOR PAGEANT TO BE SENT. AFTER WATCHING HER INTERVIEW, I MUST SAY HER COMMUNICATION SKILLS IS AMAZING. SHE MAY PLACE FIRST IN THE INTERVIEW PORTION. IT ALSO HELPS SHE HAS A ROCKING BODY. WELCOME BACK TRINIDAD/TOBAGO
8. RUSSIA - DARIA KARTYSHOVA
RUSSIA IS DEFINITELY PUSHING ITSELF TO BE THE POWERHOUSE COUNTRY IN MISS EARTH. SINCE 2008, EVERY EVEN NUMBERED YEARS THEY PLACED WITH LADA BREAKING THAT RECORD LAST YEAR. AND I THINK DARIA WILL CONTINUE THAT STREAK. I DON'T REMEMBER ANY BLONDE RUSSIAN REACH THE TOP 16/18 - THOUGH NATALIA PEREVERZEVA WAS ORIGINALLY BLONDE BUT COMPETED BRUNETTE. RUSSIA IS QUIET IN SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THAT ONLY MEANS THEY WILL SURPRISE US COME FINALS NIGHT.
9. MEXICO - MELISSA FLORES
LIKE RUSSIA, MEXICO RECENTLY HAVE BEEN PLACING EVERY EVEN NUMBERED YEARS. BUT EITHER WAY, MELISSA IS STUNNING. MEXICO IS NOW TAKING MISS EARTH SERIOUS. AND THEY BETTER DO IF THEY WANT TO WIN THEIR FIRST MISS EARTH CROWN.
10. ITALY - SOFIA PAVAN
SHE FINALLY WON MISS EARTH ITALY IN HER THIRD TRY. THAT SHOWS PERSEVERANCE. THAT'S A GREAT QUALITY TO WIN MISS EARTH. ONE THING I NOTICE IN MOST OF HER PHOTOS IS THAT SHE REALLY WEARS MAKE UP. AND SHE LOOKS AMAZING.
SINCE 2010 (EXCEPT IN 2014), ITALY PLACES IN EVERY EVEN NUMBERED YEARS - LIKE RUSSIA AND MEXICO. SHE IS DEFINITELY AN UPGRADE FROM LAST YEAR AND DENISE FRIGO.
11. NETHERLANDS - MARGARETHA DE JONG
UNDER MILOU VERHOEKS, NETHERLANDS IS FINALLY GAINING MOMENTUM IN MISS EARTH. LOOKS LIKE IT PAYS OFF WHEN A FORMER MISS EARTH DELEGATE BECOMES THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR (VENEZUELA, POLAND, ECUADOR FOR SOME EXAMPLES). IT SEEMS MOST COUNTRIES ARE SENDING BLONDES - IT'S GOING TO BE A BLONDE DOMINATION IN MISS EARTH.
12. POLAND - ALEXANDRA GRYSZ
LIKE NETHERLANDS, FRANCYS SUDNICKA IS A FORMER MISS EARTH POLAND AND NOW NATIONAL DIRECTOR. I WAS ROOTING FOR KAJA TO WIN. BUT IT SHOWS THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU COMPETED IN ANOTHER PAGEANT DOESN'T GUARANTEE AN EASY VICTORY. ALEXANDRA IS ANOTHER BLONDE STUNNER. SHE HAS THAT COMBINATION OF SEXINESS AND DOWN TO EARTH THAT WILL WORK WELL IN MISS EARTH.
13. GUYANA - XAMIERA KIPPINS
EVERY YEAR THERE'S AT LEAST ONE DELEGATE THAT MAKES THE TOP 16/18 FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND I THINK GUYANA IS THE ONE. SHE IS VERY ACTIVE IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
IF SHE KEEPS UP THIS MOMENTUM FOR SURE SHE WILL PLACE. IT WILL BE A TOUGH COMPETITION.
14. KOREA - SU-HYUN SONG
SHE MAY BE A RUNNER UP BUT SHE IS WAY BETTER LOOKING THAN THE WINNER. WITH THE GROWING POPULARITY OF ANYTHING KOREAN IN THE PHILIPPINES, KOREA IS BECOMING A FORMIDABLE ASIAN COUNTRY.
15. INDONESIA - RATU VASHI ANNISA
THE ONLY SUCCESS SO FAR THEY HAVE IS IN THE NATIONAL COSTUME COMPETITION. HOPEFULLY THEIR NEXT SUCCESS IS A TOP 18 PLACEMENT. INDONESIA ALWAYS SENDS BEAUTIFUL DELEGATES. BUT THERE IS STILL MISSING. RATU CHANGES THAT. SHE HAS THAT X FACTOR THAT COULD PUT HER IN THE TOP 18.
16. SOUTH AFRICA - MARGO FAITH FARGO
HOPING SHE IS NOT TOO SHORT, OVER OR UNDER THE AGE REQUIREMENT. SHE IS NOT AS STUNNING AS NONDYEBO - MESA 2010 BUT MARGO IS DEFINITELY THE FLAG BEARER FOR THE AFRICAN CONTINENT TO PLACE. SINCE 2010 THEY HAVE PLACED IN EVEN NUMBERED YEARS (WITH 2014 AS EXCEPTION BUT PLACED IN 2013). UPON CHECKING PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES, IT IS THE BLACK DELEGATES THAT PLACES IN MISS EARTH - 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, AND 2016.
17. NIGERIA - MARISTELLA OKPALA
SHE IS THE BEST DELEGATE EVER TO BE SENT TO MISS EARTH. AS THERE ARE ONLY A FEW SPOTS RESERVED FOR THE AFRICAN CONTINENT - 2 TO BE EXACT, I THINK NIGERIA CAN PULL THIS OFF.
18. SIERRA LEONE - ALMA SESAY
USUALLY WE ONLY EXPECT 2 AFRICAN DELEGATES TO PLACE. BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD MAKE AN EXCEPTION AND PUT A THIRD. AND I HOPE IT'S ALMA. YES SHE MAY NOT BE AS STUNNING AS THE OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES LIKE SOUTH AFRICA OR NIGERIA. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HER THAT DRAWS TO ME. I HOPE SHE HAS VERY GOOD INTERVIEW SKILLS. AND BE ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUBBLING UP. IF THESE DELEGATES MAKE IT INSTEAD OF THE ONES ABOVE I WILL BE HAPPY:
MOLDOVA - HER ECO VIDEO IS AMAZING. WON'T BE SURPRISE IF SHE WIN BEST ECO VIDEO AGAIN. IT ALSO HELPS SHE HAS THAT AUBREY PLAZA/SELENA GOMEZ VIBE WITH HER.
MALTA - ANOTHER BLONDE STUNNER. SHE IS WAY BETTER LOOKING WITHOUT HER MAKE UP.
PORTUGAL - LIKE GUAM, SHE HAS ONE YEAR TO PREPARE AND HOPEFULLY IT PAYS OFF
MALAYSIA - SINCE LAST YEAR MALAYSIAN DELEGATES GO TO THE PHILIPPINES TO DO ECO CHARITY WORK.