Empress Earth embellishes winners of Miss and Mrs Empress Earth: C. Elina and Sagarika Champa Roy

A leading organisation working for planet conservation, Empress Earth conducted its first edition of the global pageant awards that were held virtually. This was the first edition of Empress Earth, which was supposed to take place in Dubai on June 1st, but was delayed due to the outbreak of the pandemic. On the advice of the contestants it was held in virtual mode. In the online contest, more than 15 countries participated in Empress Earth 2021.

The countries that entered the top five were Colombia, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and India.

The contestants were given tasks along with an evening gown and national costume presentation at the digital meeting.

This time, the winning award of Empress Earth is bagged by Ms Naaz joshi, a Delhi-based transgender female  who is world’s only Beauty Queen with seven international crowns. Later in July, results for Miss and Mrs empress Earth were also announced. Mrs Empress Earth was bagged by 38 year old Sagarika Champa Roy, whereas C. Elina Sangtam was crowned as Miss empress Earth. Hailing from Nagaland, she is the winner of three international crowns at a young age of 24. The organiser of empress Earth Ms Maki Makutle was unable to mark her presence, which was filled by Ms.Naaz Joshi.

Naaz, India’s first transgender international beauty queen said, “ It’s a moral duty of every human being to take care of the safety measures as recommended by WHO and we queens should motivate others to stay calm and positive in these tough times of global pandemic”.

Jury members included Likamatso Makutle from Lesotho who is the founder of Empress Earth, Rita Gangwani from India, Adriga Biswas form Bangladesh, Dr Thiagaraja from Sri Lanka, Gugu Cele from South Africa, Sir Williams from Nigeria and Prem Gada from India. The signature crown of Empress Earth was designed by Presha Creations. The crown is inspired by Mother Earth and studded with Swarovski crystals.