Philippine bet Karen Ibasco is Miss Earth 2017
In another first in the history of any major international pageant, the Philippines wins its third Miss Earth crown in just a span of four years, making it the undisputed country in the annual pageant by having four wins in total. Karen Ibasco (26) who is a medical physicist by profession and a true-blooded beauty and brains, bested 84 other hopefuls at the jampacked SM Mall of Asia Arena, Saturday night. She inherited the crown from past winner Katherine Espin of Ecuador.
Judged as the elemental queens were the delegates of Australia (Miss Air), Colombia (Miss Water) and Russia (Miss Fire). Top favorite and Missosology top pick Paweensuda Drouin of Thailand only settled for Top 8 finish.
Here is the complete result:
Miss Earth 2017 Winner – Philippines (Karen Ibasco)
Miss Air 2017 – Australia (Bianca Kronsteiner)
Miss Water 2017 – Colombia (Juliana Franco)
Miss Fire 2017 – Russia (Lada Akimova)
Top 8
Czech Republic (Iva Uchytilová)
Thailand (Paweensuda Drouin)
Netherlands (Faith Landman)
Venezuela (Ninoska Vasquez)
Top 16
Angola (Ermelinda De Matos)
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Lela Karagić)
Cameroon (Angele Kossinda)
Guatemala (Maria José Castañeda)
Switzerland (Saraha Laura Peyrel)
Tonga (Diamond Langi)
USA (Andreia Gibau)
Vietnam (Le Thi Ha Thu)
