Miss Philippines Earth 2012

Miss Philippines Earth 2012 was the 12th Miss Philippines Earth pageant, held at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, on May 25, 2012.

Miss Philippines Earth 2012
Date	May 27, 2012
Presenters	Marc Nelson Rovilson Fernandez Ginger Conejero
Venue	Center Stage, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster	ABS-CBN The Filipino Channel
Entrants	47
Placements	10
Winner	Stephany Stefanowitz Quezon City
Congeniality	Jennifer Edytha Japor Lucena
Photogenic	Cristelt Gerona Pagadian

Athena Mae Imperial of Casiguran, Aurora crowned Stephany Dianne Stefanowitz of Quezon City at the end of the event. Stefanowitz represented the Philippines at the Miss Earth 2012 pageant and placed Miss Earth Air 2012.

Aside from the Miss Philippines Earth 2012 grand title, four other titles of equal importance and with the same rank were given. Mary Candice Ramos was crowned Miss Philippines Eco Tourism 2012, Thoreen Halvorsen won Miss Philippines Fire 2012, Glennifer Perido bagged Miss Philippines Air 2012, and Samantha Purvor was crowned Miss Philippines Water 2012.

Background

Miss Philippines Earth is a beauty pageant in the Philippines where the participants and winners work on the environmental-social-humanitarian advocacy of the pageant. The pageant has aligned itself with the 2012 declaration of the United Nations General Assembly as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All as it centers this year's pageant edition with the promotion of sustainable energy that is accessible, cleaner, and more efficient which is essential for the achievement of sustainable development.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Philippines Earth 2012	Quezon City – Stephany Stefanowitz
Miss Philippines Air 2012	Tabuk – Glennifer Perido
Miss Philippines Water 2012	San Juan – Samantha Purvor
Miss Philippines Fire 2012	Puerto Princesa – Thoreen Halvorsen
Miss Philippines Eco Tourism 2012	Vigan – Mary Candice Ramos
The Runners-Up	Belgium – Roxanne Corluy Indang – Jaydielou Dilidili Muntinlupa – Kathleen Subijano Negros Oriental – Glenna Christina Duch San Francisco – Princess Lieza Manzon

Notes:

• Since 2009, the four elemental court of the Miss Philippines Earth winner, namely Miss Philippines- Air, Miss Philippines- Water, Miss Philippines- Fire, and Miss Philippines Eco-Tourism were all equal winners and the remaining five finalists who failed to advance in the top five were the runners up of the pageant.

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Best in Swimsuit	San Juan – Samantha Purvor
Best in Cultural Attire	Manaoag – Zandra Flores
Miss Photogenic	Pagadian – Cristelt Gerona
Best in Long Gown	Quezon City – Stephany Stefanowitz
Miss Congeniality	Lucena – Jennifer Edytha Japor
Miss Talent	Marilao – Aufelyn Zabala
Award	Contestant
Miss Zenea Slimming and Body Sculpting	San Juan – Samantha Purvor
Miss Extraderm	San Juan – Samantha Purvor
Miss Pontefino Residences	San Juan – Samantha Purvor
Miss Gandang Ricky Reyes	San Juan – Samantha Purvor
Miss Redfox	Tabuk – Glennifer Perido
Best in Resort Wear	Tabuk – Glennifer Perido
Miss Golden Sunset	Tabuk – Glennifer Perido
Miss Beverly Hills 6750	Marilao – Aufelyn Zabala
Miss Prime Med	Puerto Princesa – Thoreen Halvorsen
Miss Pontefino Hotel	Batangas City – Queenie Uy
Miss New Placenta	Kawit – Reveleen Carandang

   major special awards

   minor/sponsor special awards

Contestants

Forty-seven contestants competed for the title.

Locality	Contestant	Age
Alaminos	Ariella Arida	23
Antipolo	Lei Denise Marzoña	23
Bacolod	Dianne Dreyfus	21
Bantay	Christina Jana Siratnanont	25
Batangas City	Queenie Uy
Batuan	Zeneline Bulalaque	20
Biñan	Daniella Marisse Fernandez	19
Cabugao	Dorothy Joy Pagurayan	24
Cainta	Lara Theresa Leones	24
Calaca	Roanne Marie Noche	21
Calapan	Melanie Belina	19
Calbayog	Maria Genefe Navilon	21
Caloocan	Ellyz Lee Santos	19
Candon	Maricel Mansano	24
Catamaran	Jem Francelle Sanico	21
Cebu City	Janica Burasca	19
Daraga	Ina Dominica Guerrero	18
Australia	Lauren Danielle Reid	19
Belgium	Roxanne Corluy	20
Floridablanca	Jennifer Grace Alberto	22
Ibaan	Dane Felisse Marasigan	21
Ifugao	Alvy Faith Pel-Ey	19
Indang	Jaydielou Dilidili	24
Iriga	Bhertie Bagaporo	22
Kawit	Nylever Carandang	21
Libmanan	Trissia Joy Aldave	18
Lucena	Jennifer Edytha Japor	21
Makati	Abbygale Rey	20
Manaoag	Zandra Flores	22
Marilao	Aufelyn Zabala	22
Misamis Occidental	Jade Charmaine Manago	19
Muntinlupa	Kathleen Subijano	24
Nabua	Ivy Salvino	23
Negros Oriental	Glenna Christina Duch	18
Pagadian	Crislet Gerona	21
Paombong	Krystal Alonday	20
Pasay	Gail Garcia	24
Puerto Princesa	Thoreen Halvorsen	19
Quezon City	Stephany Stefanowitz	22
Rodriguez	Mary Joyce Cruz	19
San Fernando	Margaret May Liavor	21
San Francisco	Princess Manzon	25
San Juan	Samantha Purvor	24
Zambales	Fermira Dianne Ramos	22
Tabuk	Glennifer Perido	22
West Coast	Kaylee Calaguas	19
Vigan	Mary Candice Ramos	24
Zamboanga City	Kristina Cassandra Buac

Pageant

Judges

The following is the list of the panel of judges that selected the winners of Miss Philippines Earth 2012:

No.	Judge	Background
1	Frederick Alegre	Journalist, publishing executive
2	Lina Sarmiento	General officer of the Philippine National Police
3	Christine Cunanan	Publisher & editor of Travelife Magazine
4	Joey Mendoza	President of SM consumer supermarket
5	Empress Schuck	Actress & commercial model
6	Bryan Benitez McClelland	Sociological entrepreneur, proponent of handmade bamboo bicycles
7	Raffy Chico	Hotel general manager
8	Shalani Soledad	Political figure
9	Aquilino Pimentel III	Philippine senator
10	Rachel Grant	Actress & model
11	Y. Kristiarto Legowo	Indonesian ambassador to the Philippines

Activities

The following is the list of activities of the candidates:

Date	Activities
April 9, 2012	Personality Development Seminar and Food Festival
April 10, 2012	Environmental Seminar Undersecretary Jay Layug – Department of Energy Francis Dela Cruz – Public Campaigns Coordinator Greenpeace Southeast Asia Reina Garcia – Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities Mia Bunao – Firefly Brigade
April 11, 2012	Press Presentation (10:00 a.m., Music Hall, SM Mall of Asia)
April 12, 2012	My Own Bag Campaign (1:00 p.m., Savemore, Hypermarket and SM Supermarket at SM North, SM The Block and SM North Annex) Budgeting/Grocery Challenge (2:00 p.m.) Trivia Challenge (4:00 p.m.)
April 13, 2012	Media Guesting
April 14, 2012	My Own Bag Campaign (1:00 p.m., SM Southmall) Styling Challenge with SM Accessories (2:00 p.m., SM Southmall)
April 15, 2012	Critical Mass Ride with Firefly Brigade (6:00 a.m., Tiendesitas)
April 16, 2012	Courtesy Call and Tree Planting DENR Sec. Ramon J. Paje PNP Chief Police Director Nicanor A Bartolome
April 18, 2012	My Own Bag Campaign and Make-up Challenge (SM Makati)
April 19, 2012	Coastal Clean-up (6:30 a.m., Las Pinas) Pinoy Games (9:00 a.m., SM MOA Music Hall)
April 21, 2012	My Own Bag Campaign (1:00 p.m., SM MOA Music Hall) Mall Show and Environmental Fair (4:00 p.m., SM MOA Music Hall)
April 22, 2012	Nat Geo Run (4:00 a.m., Bonifacio Global City) Tigil Buga and Earth Day Celebration (6:00 a.m., Makati) Earth Day Celebration (7:00 a.m., Marikina) Earth Day Celebration (9:30 a.m., CCP) Storytelling with Haribon (3:00 p.m., CCP) Eco-Fashion Show with Greenpeace (3:00 p.m., CCP) My Own Bag Campaign (5:30 p.m., SM Manila) Green Film Festival (7:00 p.m., SM Manila)
April 23, 2012	My Own Bag Campaign (1:00 p.m., SM Megamall) Catwalk and Styling Challenges (2:30 p.m., SM Megamall) Mall Show (4:30 p.m., SM Megamall)
April 24, 2012	Charity Day (9:00 a.m., Nayon ng Kabataan) My Own Bag Campaign (1:00 p.m., SM Fairview) Cooking Challenge (2:30 p.m., SM Fairview)
April 25, 2012	My Own Bag Campaign (1:00 p.m., SM Mall of Asia) Lil' Earth Angels 2012 (2:30 p.m., SM Mall of Asia)
April 26, 2012	Resorts Wear Fashion Show (6:00 p.m., Resorts World)
April 27, 2012	Environmental Tour on Electric Vehicles (ICSC-E-Jeepney)
April 28, 2012	My Own Bag Campaign (1:00 p.m., SM Dasmarinas) Mall Show/Singing Challenge (2:30 p.m., SM Dasmarinas)
April 29, 2012	Earth Run (4:00 a.m., Forbes Park)
May 2, 2012	Geothermal Power Plant Tour (Laguna)
May 3, 2012	My Own Bag Campaign (1:00 p.m., SM North EDSA) Mall Show/Dance Challenge (3:00 p.m., SM North EDSA)
May 4, 2012	Feeding Program (1:00 p.m., Cainta) Press Conference for F1 Premiere Hotel (4:00 p.m., Taguig)
May 5, 2012	Swimsuit Competition (7:00 p.m., Golden Sunset Resort)
May 6, 2012	Flores de Mayo (4:00 p.m., SM Mall of Asia)
May 7, 2012	Cultural Costume Competition (8:00 p.m., Calapan)
May 8, 2012	Eco-Tourism Tour (Mindoro)
May 9, 2012	My Own Bag Campaign (1:00 p.m., SM Southmall) Hair Challenge (2:30 p.m., SM Southmall) Mall Show (4:30 p.m., SM Southmall)
May 10, 2012	Sportsfest (Hamilo Cove) Santa Cruzan (3:00 p.m., Tiaong, Quezon)
May 14, 2012	Eco Tour (Puerto Princesa)
May 15, 2012	Evening Gown Competition (7:00 p.m., Puerto Princesa Coliseum)
May 17, 2012	Talent Competition (7:00 p.m., Metrowalk)
May 20, 2012	Santacruzan (3:00 p.m., Resorts World)
May 22, 2012	Philippine Fashion Week (SMX Convention Center)
May 23, 2012	Preliminary Judging (F1 Premiere Hotel)
May 27, 2012	Grand Coronation Night (7:00 p.m., SM Centerstage, SM Mall of Asia)

• The candidates visited a geothermal plant in Laguna, a factory of electric vehicles and other communities promoting sustainable energy as part of this year's celebration of sustainable energy for all.
• The candidates also visited Calatagan, Nasugbu & Batangas City, Batangas, Tiaong & Catanauan, Quezon, Calapan, Oriental Mindoro and at the newly hailed New 7 Wonders of Nature, Puerto Prinsesa City, Palawan.

External links

• Official website