Miss Earth controversy, international contestants eat like refugees, food served on banana leaves?

The moment Miss Earth 2025 contestants attended a surprise party caused controversy on social media. Accordingly, the beauties had to eat with their hands and enjoy the food served on banana leaves. These images caused the contest to receive mixed opinions and were criticized by fans as being tacky.

Miss Earth 2025 , once considered one of the four biggest beauty pageants on the planet, once again became the center of controversy right from its first activities. A moment when contestants ate with their hands with food served directly on banana leaves quickly caused a heated debate on social networks.

Some viewers have harshly criticized the organizers for lacking tact in letting contestants eat in a way that is not suitable for the luxurious image of an international beauty contest.

However, many people immediately spoke up to defend it, affirming that this is a valuable indigenous culture. Serving food on banana leaves and enjoying it with your hands is a characteristic of the culinary culture of many Asian regions, especially the Philippines - the host country of Miss Earth 2025. In fact, in 2023, Miss Earth also held a similar party in the style of "boodle fight", to symbolize the spirit of solidarity.

The quality of the organization has declined and the pain of the poor stage is terrible.

Amidst the cultural debates, another burning issue has been brought up by the public. The quality of Miss Earth is deteriorating.

In recent years, this 20-year-old contest has faced criticism that it is losing its appeal compared to competitors such as Miss Universe, Miss World or Miss Grand.

Typically, the Miss Earth 2024 final night was frankly commented by many audiences as having a small stage, poor sound and lacking the grandeur required of an international beauty contest. One moment that surprised many people was when the LED screen behind showed a line of text showing that the crew had used a free version of presentation software, making the image of the contest regrettably unprofessional.

Internal contradictions: global expectations and local spirit

The Miss Earth pageant is facing harsh criticism from beauty fans, with many saying the pageant is losing its place on the international beauty map. The lack of professionalism in the organization, especially the image of contestants having to eat with their hands or using banana leaves, has sparked a huge wave of controversy.

However, despite the criticism, there are still fair opinions, recognizing that Miss Earth has been maintaining a unique "green" spirit. The contest honors beauty associated with nature and actively encourages a sustainable lifestyle - this is the core and humane message that not every beauty arena has.

Amid these debates, Miss Earth 2025 has become a hot topic, clearly reflecting the inherent contradiction between expectations of a global pageant and efforts to preserve and integrate local culture.

What Miss Earth needs to do now is not only to preserve the meaningful "for the Earth" message. More importantly, the Organizing Committee must seriously and professionally improve the quality of the organization, especially in terms of media image and stage techniques. Only when it reaches international standards in all aspects can the contest regain the trust of the audience and regain its lost position on the global beauty map.

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