YLLANA Marie Singin Aduana, the reigning Miss Philippines Earth, is aiming to win the fifth Miss Earth title for our country at the advocacy-driven global beauty pageant ongoing in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
A 25-year-old licensed medical laboratory scientist from Siniloan, Laguna, Aduana is among 85 environment-savvy delegates from across the world now gathered in the southern Vietnamese city which is more popularly known by its old name Saigon.
Aduana – Yana to family and friends –took a second crack at Miss Philippines Earth earlier this year and won the top title at the finals held in Toledo, Cebu. She was previously placed as a runner-up at the pageant’s virtual edition in 2021.
Trained in her pageant skills under the mentorship of renowned beauty queen make Rodgil Flores of Kagandahang Flores pageant camp, Yana is under the management of ProMedia which holistically trains aspiring women before embarking on their journeys to national and international pageantry.
In Vietnam, Yana made headlines with her zippers-embellished evening gown during the preliminary competition that also coincided with the welcome ceremonies for the 85 delegates at the historic, 123-year-old Saigon Opera House.
A creation of designer Ken Batino, the stunning blue gown was a strapless number that used hundreds of recycled zippers to symbolize the “healing of the earth by closing the gap between actions and plans.”
“This gown exemplifies the eventual consummation of the divide between plans of saving our mother earth and putting those plans into action,” Yana posted in her social media accounts.
At the Miss Philippines Earth 2023 finals last April, Yana similarly wore a “statement” gown made of 5,000 recycled safety pins.
“Like a safety pin, we hold critical things together. And as women, we hold the Earth together,” described Yana of her gown’s symbolism.
“As a woman and as an earth warrior, I have the duty to be as nurturing, compassionate, loving and hope-providing as our Mother Earth,” she continued.
Yana has also founded Edukasyon for Every Juan, a non-government organization that promotes environmental education.
From safety pins to zippers, from Toledo, Cebu to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Yana is leaving nothing to chance to snare our fifth Miss Earth title after Karla Paula Henry (2008), Jamie Herrell (2014), Angelia Ong (2015) and Karen Ibasco (2017).
The grand finale and coronation night, produced by TNA Entertainment spearheaded by Truong Ngoc ính, will be staged on December 22 at the expansive Water Music Square in Van Phuc City.
The Manila-based Miss Earth, a brainchild of Carousel Productions’ Ramon S. Monzon and Lorraine E. Schuck, is widely considered as one of the top 4 international beauty pageants in the world along with Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.
