Miss Earth 2008 Talent & Fashion Design Competition

Last November 2, the Talent Competition of Miss Earth 2008 Beauty Pageant was held at the Tamayo's Villa Immaculada Manila City, Philippines. The winner of the competition was Miss Australia, Rachael Smith.

In the same event, the first ever Miss Earth Fashion Design Competition Finals was also held. Ivan Raborar, a fashion designer based in South Cotabato bagged the top award for this category. His inspiration was by a native tribe in the South Philippines was which was worn by Miss Philippines, Karla Paula Henry. And with that, Ivan will recieve a cash prize of $1,000.00 in cash.

Pasigandahan Awards were also given named after the various cities of Metro Manila to the winning delegates:

Miss Korea (Seo Seol-hee) is the overall winner of Pasigandahan
Miss Israel (Lin Mor) - for Pasig
Miss Jamaica (Simone Burke) - for Makati
Miss Finland (Minna Nikkila) - for Mandaluyong
Miss Philippines (Karla Paula Henry) - for Manila