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AGENDA FOR MARIE MILLER, MISS EARTH NGIERIA 2013

On Saturday December 7th 2013 the next Miss Earth would be crowned at the F1 Hotel, Phillipines and she would be taking over from the current crown holder, Tereza Fajkisova of Chech Republic. For Nigeria, the journey to the finale in the Phillipines has started  with Marie Miller crowned as the Miss Earth Nigeria 2013 last Sturday 22nd September 2013. Congratulations Marie, and here’s hoping she clinches the ultimate crown.

Marie Miller, Miss Earth Nigeria 2013

Miller (Photo Credit: Bella Naija)

The Miss Earth pageant is a show put together in the last 13 years by Carousel Productions Inc. With a track record in mounting world-class beauty pageants, Carousel decided to reinvent and improve the concept of beauty competitions for the new millennium. It is the belief of Carousel that a beauty queen would be a good and effective advocate of worthy causes since many people aspire to become queens. One of such worthy causes is environmental conservation. Carousel consequently launched the Miss Earth Beauty Pageant in 2001.  The Pageant is a beauty event which raison d'etre was to have its candidates and winners actively promote and get involved in the preservation of the environment and the protection of Mother Earth. Apart from a strong emphasis on environmental protection, MISS EARTH also aims to showcase and promote various tourist destinations.In the Pageant, 80 to 90 candidates from all over the world compete on beauty and knowledge of environmental issues each year. The winner of MISS EARTH is a gloal ambassador for environmental protection campaigns.

TABLE 1: PREVIOUS  MISS EARTH TITLE HOLDERS

SN	NAME	TITLE YEAR	COUNTRY
1	TEREZA FAJKISOVA	2012	Czech Republic
2	OLGA ALAVA	2011	Ecuador
3	NICOLE FARIA	2010	India
4	LARISSA RAMOS	2009	Brazil
5	KARLA HENRY	2008	Philippines
6	JESSICA TRISKO	2007	Canada
7	HIL HERNANDEZ	2006	Chile
8	ALEXANDRA BRAUN	2005	Venezuela
9	PRISCILLA MEIRELLES	2004	Brazil
10	DANIA PRINCE	2003	Honduras
11	WINIFRED OMWAKWE	2002	Kenya
12	CATHARINA SVENSSON	2001	Denmark

 

 

MARIE MILLER, THE TASK AHEAD

With her win Marie Miller received a 2013 Model Toyota Avensis and one year salary of three million naira. Eyeing the coveted world Miss Earth 2013 means hard work, and the work is truly worth it. The incumbent Title Holder, Tereza Fajkisova, has been traveling around the world just as the previous winners (Table 1) and engaged in many environmental capaign activities including Tree Planting. Tereza has travelled to Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Marutitius, Cote D’Ivore, South Sudan, Kenya, Ghana, Finland, Indonesia, to mention a few.

 

Chief Newton Jibunoh; FADE

The miss Earth Nigeria 2013 will face the onerous task of visiting place of environmental interests and disasters in Nigeria to keep faith with the dictum that charity begins at home. For instance she should be a living tool to call attention with visits to the Niger Delta for the monumental pollution of the sea and inland waters by the multi nationals, particpation in tree planting excercises in various states, tin minning woes in Jos, growing refuse heaps in major cities of Nigeria including Lagos. Her visible presence and audible voice would be invaluable in collaborations with environmental conservations organizations including those of Chief Newton Jibunoh’s Fight Against Desert Encroachment (FADE),  Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), and Nigeria’s National Park Service (NPS) and so on.