The 27-year-old Filipina beauty Karen Ibasco was crowned Miss Earth 2017 on 4th November 2017 at the finale event held in Manila, Philippines. She became the fourth beauty queen from Philippines to win the earth title and the third in the last four years.
During the final question and answer round of Miss Earth 2017, Karen Ibasco won the Earth title with her winning answer as she quoted, “I believe that the real problem in this world is not climate change; the real problem is us because of our ignorance and apathy. What we have to do is to start changing our ways, to start recalibrating our minds, and redirecting our steps, because together, as a global community, our micro efforts will have a macro effect to help save our home, our planet.”