Miss Teen Earth
Miss Teen Earth is an annual international beauty pageant based in Ecuador for girls aged 13–19. The contest is the first teen pageant that promotes programs in favor of the environment and visits to children with cancer. The Miss Teen Earth contest is an event that promotes the main tourist destinations in Ecuador. The current titleholder is María Laura Silva of Brazil who was crowned on October 23, 2021, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. History. The pageant started in Ecuador in the year 2012 and was continued in the coming year as well. The Miss Teen Earth contest was  held in the Central American country of Panama from 2014 to 2016. During these years the competition was supported by the Mayor of Panama, who gave an important recognition to the pageant, for promoting environmentally beneficial activities, which included a reforestation program at the Parque Municipal Summit, a zoo and tropical botanical garden, refuge of different exotic plants and animals considered endangered. Competition. The competition consists of introduction round, national costume, swimsuit, question answer round and evening gown. Major beauty pageants. Miss Teen Earth titleholder in the world's major beauty contests as Miss Universe.