The indigenous “Trash to Class” competition of Miss Philippines Earth 2017 was recently held at the Grand Ballroom of Versailles Palace Alabang with this year’s 40 candidates from all over the country.
The Trash-to-Class Competition featured Filipino ingenuity and creativity with a collection of original creations using recycled or trashed materials. The environment-caused Manila-based pageant gives importance to this pre-pageant fashion event showcasing outfits made from disposable materials like old newspapers, plastics, paper cups, sacks, plastic spoons and forks.
Adjudged the best among the entries were Celine Mae Pangan of Ozamiz City who won the Gold Medal with the blue-and-white creation and matching headdress made of materials from sacks and plastic cups.
Rheena Mae Ferrer of Makati City won the Silver Medal with glittering white/silver jumpsuit made of aluminum tubs of soft drink cans. Bronze medals went to Klaidel Hope Anderson Concepcion of Marikina City and Marie Sherry Ann Tormes of Mandaluyong City. Concepcion wore an outfit completed just a few hours before the show made from excess parts of soft drink plastic covers shared by fellow candidates as her original entry from a local designer failed to come.
The Trash to Class competition is part of the Miss Philippines Earth 2017 preliminaries to determine the semifinalists after the Swimsuit (Beauty of Figure) and before the Beauty of Face/Poise, and Beauty of Intelligence competitions.
The winner of Miss Philippines Earth 2017 and Miss Philippines Earth Loren Mar Artajos will pass on the crown to her at the grand coronation night at SM Mall of Asia on July 15 at 7 p.m. and telecast on ABS CBN at 10 a.m. the following day.
