Miss Earth happy at ‘second home’

By Euden Valdez

Manila Times

After touring the world as an “eco-ambassador,” Miss Earth 2012 Tereza Fajksova, is back in the Philippines, where the international beauty pageant is based.

After visiting the Manila Times office yesterday for a roundtable, Fajksova said, “I am so happy to be back here. I call it my second home because I have never been to other countries for two months. I was here for two months (when I won last year), and I will be here for two months again.” Fajksova of Czech Republic just returned from South Africa. Before that she toured countries like Finland, Sri Lanka, Ghana, South Sudan, Indonesia and Mauritius.

“All year, I have been going to different countries and speaking to people about the environment,” Fajksova said. “But then, it has also become a bit political since I also talked to the governments of the countries about what they can do for their environment.”

Fajksova noted that though she spoke to a lot of adults as eco-ambassador, as it is the children that she wanted to influence most.“I always talk to children from the public schools because I want to educate them while they are young,” she said.

The Manila Times asked Fajksova what her most memorable country and experience were so far. “I have learned something different from every country. And all of those for me are memorable experiences.”

Fajksova will be busy in the following weeks as she will attend the Philippine Fashion Week Spring Summer 2014 show, visit more schools and will then welcome over 100 candidates of the 2013 edition of the pageant, scheduled on December 8.