The 2025 pageantry awards season kicked off January 18 in Nashville at the Pageant Planet Best in Pageantry annual conference and awards dinner. For the second consecutive year, Miss Earth USA was ranked as the industry's top MISS division program.
Also earning the industry's honor as #1 Pageant Emcee is Brittany Ann Payne, who serves as Miss Earth USA Director of Production, Assistant National Director and 9-year host of the preliminary and final pageant shows.
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Additional 2025 Pageant Planet rankings for Miss Earth USA include Top 5 Teen Pageant, Top 5 National Pageant, Top 5 National Prize Package and Top 10 National Director.
During the Nashville events, 10-year Miss Earth USA National Director Laura Clark was a featured panelist for the directors' conference and reigning Miss Earth USA (Miss Earth Water 2024) Beatrice Millan-Windorski was a celebrity award presenter during the dinner event. Additional event attendees included Top 12 Finalists Haley Poe and Arianna Tice, Teen Miss Earth USA Water Taylor Lyn Glass, and Creative Director Joen Romero-Martinez.
The organization looks forward to participating in upcoming awards events including New York City's Beauty It's Everywhere awards on February 7 during New York Fashion Week, where the program is nominated for Best Miss Pageant, Best Miss Titleholder, Best Teen Titleholder and Best National Director.
On April 13, the season will conclude with the Global Beauty Awards ceremony based in Seattle, Washington. This year's award nominations include Best National Director. Laura Clark has been honored with the award for two consecutive years in 2023 and 2024.
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In 2023, VICE News followed the national pageant and released an exclusive documentary, now viewed by over 200,000 people on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. In Summer 2025, the organization will release a televised reality series challenge called Pretty Down to Earth, in partnership with the Queen Beauty Network.
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The Miss Earth USA organization includes six competition divisions for ages 5 and older. The next national pageant will be held in January 2026 in Orlando, Florida. Miss Earth USA has consistently been ranked to the top of pageantry in the United States and Miss Earth is known as a Top 3 worldwide pageant, based in the Philippines. The program emphasizes their motto Beauties for a Cause, impacting environmental issues around the country while also integrating a mental health and wellness initiative for all women and girls.
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