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Beauty Pageants with a difference - Miss Earth & Miss Cultural Bahamas
Nov 23, 2006 - 9:04:06 PM

Beauty Pageants with a difference - Miss Earth and Miss Cultural Bahamas

This weekend, November 26th, the New Earth Pageant takes place in Manila, Philippines with The Bahamas being represented by 20 year old Leandra Pratt. In its five-year run, Miss Earth has become the third largest beauty pageant in the planet, after the Miss World and Miss Universe contests.

The delegates and winners give meaning and relevance to this beauty competition by promoting worthwhile environmental causes and getting actively involved in caring for and the preservation of Mother Earth. In addition to its environmental objectives, the winner of Miss Earth is involved with international environmental projects. During pageant month (2005), Carousel brings the Miss Earth delegates to selected tourism destinations, like Fort Ilocandia, Intramuros, Bohol, and Boracay in the Philippines to showcase and promote the same to the pageant's international viewers. The delegates also take part in tree planting ceremonies, environmental and cultural immersion programs, sponsor visits and tours, and even a Survivor-like competition.

On a local note, in The Bahamas we have the Miss Cultural Bahamas coming up.  Women with or without children between the ages of 17-35 are invited to celebrate their culture and femininity by entering the First Miss Cultural Bahamas Pageant under the theme, "Celebrating Our Culture Through Junkanoo" set for Sunday, December 17 at the Rain Forest Theatre in New Providence. Read the Nassau Guardian article

Miss Teen Bahamas was just selected and congratulations are in order to Miss Diranne Tynes!  Read about Miss Teen Bahamas

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