Candidates of the 2009 Miss Earth beauty pageant

Diana Kubasova of Latvia, a candidate for the 2009 Miss Earth beauty pageant, plants a Palawan Cherry sapling at the Nuvali upscale real property development at Sta. Rosa, Laguna province south of Manila, Philippines Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. More than 80 beauties from all over the world are vying for the Miss Earth title, an international beauty contest with a unique advocacy to save Mother Earth.



Candidates of the 2009 Miss Earth beauty pageant pose at the Nuvali upscale real property development at Sta. Rosa, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. More than 80 beauties from all over the world are vying for the Miss Earth title, an international beauty contest with a unique advocacy to save Mother Earth.



Melinda Heffernan of Australia, a candidate for the 2009 Miss Earth beauty pageant, and grade VI pupil Jhonalyn De Guzman, strike a similar pose during a break in the tree-planting activity at the Nuvali upscale real property development at Sta. Rosa, Laguna province south of Manila, Philippines Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. More than 80 beauties from all over the world are vying for the Miss Earth title, an international beauty contest with a unique advocacy to save Mother Earth.



Tomomi Takada of Japan, a candidate for the 2009 Miss Earth beauty pageant, plants a Palawan Cherry tree sapling at the Nuvali upscale real property development at Sta. Rosa, Laguna province south of Manila, Philippines Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. More than 80 beauties from all over the world are vying for the Miss Earth title, an international beauty contest with a unique advocacy to save Mother Earth.



Candidates for Miss Earth beauty pageant walk in single file prior to a tree planting event at an upscale housing project in the town of Santa Rosa, province of Laguna south of Manila on November 10, 2009. More than 80 candidates from different countries are vying for the annual Miss Earth title which will be held on November 22, at the world-renowned resort of Boracay in central Philippines.


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