- Caroline Duffy
Caroline Duffy is the
York ’s newestbeauty queen , after winning the Miss Earth England 2008 competition, an annualbeauty pageant in theUnited Kingdom promotingenvironmental awareness .cite news|title=York green campaigner wins Miss Earth title
url=http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/3639468.York_green_campaigner_wins_Miss_Earth_title/|publisher=The Press|first=Gavin|last=Aitchison|date=2008-01-20|accessdate=2008-06-29]Miss Earth England 2008
Caroline from Penyghent Avenue in Burnholme, beat off competition from 48 other finalists to scoop first place in the English final of the planet-saving pageant. After representing the
Yorkshire and the Humber region, she will representEngland in the internationalMiss Earth final in thePhilippines .The 21-year-old, who is a member of
Friends of the Earth and theWorld Wide Fund for Nature , and also has an adopted orang-utan, said she was thrilled to have won. At Saturday’s UK final in Royal Leamington, contestants had to complete various challenges before the judges, and outline their environmental credentials. Caroline’s presentations included a speech about saving therainforest , and talks about her own work locally. For winning the UK final, she also got a crown, a custom-made designer bag from recycled car number plates complete with swarovski crystals, and £10,000 prize.The former
Fulford School student currently works as a volunteer teaching assistant at St Aelred’s RC Primary School, and as a volunteer at Low Moor community allotments with local children, helping them grow their own fruit and vegetables. Caroline was one of three York contestants who represented the Yorkshire and Humber region in Saturday’s final, with Gemma Hale, 21, and Rebecca Geldard, 20, also taking part.Miss Earth 2008
Caroline is expected to participate in the 8th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, which will be held on
November 09 ,2008 in the Philippines. About 100 delegates are expected to arrive onOctober 19 ,2008 , and all of them will tour different places inBali ,Indonesia ;Guam and the Philippines. The pageant will be broadcasted live viaABS-CBN in the Philippines and to more than 80 countries worldwide viaStar World ,The Filipino Channel and other partner networks.References
External links
* [http://www.missearth.tv/ Official Miss Earth website]
* [http://www.missearthuk.co.uk/ Miss Earth UK website]
* [http://missearthfoundation.org/ Miss Earth Foundation]
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