SETTING ASIDE THE hullabaloo over the flood control scandals in the House and Senate, let’s shift our attention to the beauty around us as the Philippines play host to the third edition of the third Miss Environment International beauty pageant on November 24, 2025.
During the Kapihan sa Manila media forum, pageant’s host organizer Marichelle ‘Mache’ Torres-Ackerman made the announcement even as she cited the endorsement of the Climate Change Commission in cooperation with the Rotary Club of Makati Business District (Rotary International District 3830).
As a well-known philanthropist and real estate entrepreneur, Ms. Torre’s-Ackerman, who founded Triumphus Estates Incorporated, is an Ambassador and consultant of the Climate Change Commission.
She is also known as an international author, certified hypnotherapist and transformational life coach who has helped women to be empowered through leadership, advocacy and community development.
Focusing on the Miss Environment International (MEI) pageant, Torres-Ackerman disclosed that the competition is not only about physical beauty and intellect but rather merges both attributes to elegance and grace with the urgent need for environmental advocacy.
One of the highlights in this year’s MEI will be the Annual Green Gala Awards and Sustainable Fashion Show which gives recognized environmental champions and recognition to corporations, organizations and individuals who have demonstrated exceptional commitment and dedication to environmental sustainability.
Accordingly, this prestigious event honors environmental warriors for their outstanding contribution towards creating a cleaner, greener and more sustainable world. On the other hand, the Sustainable Fashion will feature the dresses brought by MEI delegates that showcase fashion created with the use of recycled materials from their respective country.
MEI delegates will likewise model the dresses created by our own Filipino fashion designers who are passionate in promoting sustainable fashion, using bamboo and piña textile produced in the country through the efforts of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI).