What on Earth is Mister Earth?

Miss Earth, Miss Earth, many have heard but what on earth is Mister Earth? If you haven’t heard, there is indeed Mister Earth Worldwide Pageant – the definitive crossbreed, male version of the better known Miss Earth.

Similar to its precursor Miss Earth, it is an international pageant highlighting fashion, beauty and manly virtues plus an ecological slant. It culminates in the selection of a spokesperson for the environment holding the title Mister Earth. He reigns together with his runner-ups aptly referred to as his elemental court – Misters Air, Water and Fire for a period more or less a year or until they are succeeded in the next run of the pageant. The main difference of this pageant is that there are two major titles at stake: Mister Earth and Mister Young Earth.  

This male pageant is in existence for years now since its inception in 2007. With gaps in between the holding of the supposedly annual event, this year’s pageant is only the 4^th edition and will be held October 6-12 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The crowning ceremony will take place at Teatro Abril in the center of the capital on October 11, 2015. As timely as it can be, today is the start of the weeklong competition.

With Guatemala being its prime mover and host country, participation in the pageant so far, is pronouncedly coming from within Central and South America. We hope it won’t be long before it reaches truly worldwide proportions.

Meanwhile, as the events are unfolding in Guatemala, somewhere on the other side of the globe – the Philippines, home ground of Miss Earth Pageant, news is brewing that Mister Earth Philippines, a veritable local male version of the pageant is poised to go international as well in 2016 bannering the title Mister Earth Universe. As if the Earth is not enough of a concern.   

As it is in the nature of Mother Nature to procreate; pageants, as we can see, are bound to produce offspring. Not a bad process at all, if they are true to their cause which is to take care and save our planet Earth. So, in the name of Mother Earth - Miss and Mister Earth go forth and multiply!