THE MOST EXCITING BEAUTY PAGEANT ON EARTH WILL CULMINATE IN A FEW HOURS. MISS EARTH IS KNOWN IN THE PAGEANT WORLD AS THE MOST UNPREDICTABLE AND EXCITING EVENT IN PAGEANTRY. WATCH THE ACTION AND FESTIVITIES LIVE ON TFC and VARIOUS TV STATIONS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES.
For MINUTE to MINUTE UPDATES, GO to the WOMAN OF THE EARTH Forum http://www.voy.com/217922/ Thousands of pictures posted from various accredited photographers and press people.
The gorgeous Miss Earth 2008 contestants rehearsing for their opening number! Dancing the Pussy Cat Dolls latest music “When I grow up” don in various languages. Pussy Cat Dolls lead singer is Filipina-American Nicole Scherzinger - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Scherzinger
Miss Earth 2008 Top 16 Rehearsals! This is just mock practice for the Top 16 candidates. They are by no means the actual Top 16 candidates for the coronation night.
This year’s Miss Earth host is Billy Crawford (born Billy Joe Crawford on May 16, 1982) in Manila, Philippines to a Filipino and American parents. He is a musician and actor with musical influences from R&B, Pop, and Soul. Billy Crawford became known around Europe and Asia with song titles such as "When You Think About Me", "Never My Love", "Steamy Nights"and "Bright Lights". Billy is also multilingual, being fluent in two Philippine languages, his native Tagalog as well as Cebuano (The second language of the Philippines). His second language is American English and he is conversational in European French. Billy has been living in New York City, USA, since 1998. Although he has resided in Paris for five years and for one year in London, he currently resides in Los Angeles as of 2007. In 2008, he went to Manila to host Pinoy Dream Academy's uberture. His co-host is Miss Earth 2004 Priscilla Meirelles of Brazil who now resides in the Philippines.
(Look at Billy here, he is a well-known matinee idol in Europe and famous with young teenage girls)