of the candidates are given a lot of emphasis in Miss Universe and it is more commercialized. On the other hand, Miss Earth is cause-oriented. If you can still recall, a lot of beautiful and popular candidates from countries that usually win in international pageants surprisingly didn’t make it in the semifinal round of Miss Earth last year. The judges, most likely, were looking for the ‘sincerity factor’ rather than the ‘X-factor’ in a candidate, which perhaps they saw in me.” References External links Official Miss Earth web site Miss Earth Foundation 1980 births Honduran beauty pageant winners Honduran models Honduran people of British descent Living people Miss Earth winners Miss Universe 1998 contestants People from Choluteca Department Miss Earth 2003 contestants