Every year the netizens were complained about the stage design and aesthetics of Miss Earth but this year it turned a different tone just to break that LED-dependent stage design of almost all the international pageants that we saw.
It beat Miss Supranational hi-tech "Hollywood" style huge stage and Miss Universe X-runway stage.
Here is an opinion from The Pageantry on why Miss Earth 2018 stage design won?
The judges had a tough time determining the winner this year. But with innovative design and relevance to the pageant's cause, the stage of Miss Earth 2018 got the top scores and won this year's Best Stage Design.
Miss Earth did the unthinkable this year and created a fantasy-inspired stage which is much in line with the 18th edition's theme --- "Goddesses of the Earth." But what pushed the design to a whole new level is the ingenuity by using recyclable materials.
GMA Network, the new Philippine broadcast partner of Miss Earth, designed and created a fantastic stage using 90% recycled materials. And being an environmental event slash beauty pageant, Miss Earth hit the note and set the bar high for aesthetics and social relevance.