Gwennaelle Ruais
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Gwennaelle R. Ruais is a fashion model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

 and beauty queen
Beauty Queen
"Beauty Queen" is the second song from Roxy Music's second album, For Your Pleasure. The lyrics refer to Ferry's girlfriend, Valerie Leon, one-time UK beauty queen, B-movie actress and model working in the Newcastle area, circa 1973.-Musicians:...

. She competed in the tenth edition of the national Miss Philippines Earth
Miss Philippines Earth
The Miss Philippines Earth, originally called "Miss Philippines" in its early years, is a beauty pageant held annually in search of the most beautiful and environmental-friendly woman in the Philippines...

 beauty pageant and was crowned Miss Philippines Fire 2010
Miss Philippines Earth 2010
Miss Philippines Earth 2010, the 10th edition of the Miss Philippines Earth beauty pageant, was held on April 24, 2010 at the Aquatica, Manila Ocean Park, Manila, Philippines. Miss Philippines Earth is the largest and most widely participated beauty pageant in the Philippines with 49 official...

. As a beauty titleholder, she fulfills her duty as one of the spokespersons of the Miss Earth Foundation
Miss Earth Foundation
Miss Earth Foundation is a non-stock, non-profit organization, which serves as the environmental-social-humanitarian outreach arm of Miss Earth beauty pageant. It was established to institutionalize the environmental mission of Miss Earth...

, an environmental-social-humanitarian outreach arm of Miss Earth
Miss Earth
Miss Earth is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. Miss Earth is also one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world....

 beauty pageant.

Miss Philippines Earth 2010

Ruais joined and represented the Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 community in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 in the national Miss Philippines Earth 2010
Miss Philippines Earth 2010
Miss Philippines Earth 2010, the 10th edition of the Miss Philippines Earth beauty pageant, was held on April 24, 2010 at the Aquatica, Manila Ocean Park, Manila, Philippines. Miss Philippines Earth is the largest and most widely participated beauty pageant in the Philippines with 49 official...

, the largest and most widely participated beauty pageant in the Philippines with 49 official candidates participated in 2010. The pageant was produced by Carousel Productions
Carousel Productions
Carousel Productions Inc. is the organization that currently owns and runs the Miss Earth and Miss Philippines Earth beauty contests. The annual events are produced in partnership with ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. The organization is based in the Philippines.-History:Carousel Productions...

 in a water-theme event held at The Aquatica, Manila Ocean Park
Manila Ocean Park
The Manila Ocean Park is an oceanarium in Manila, Philippines. It is owned by China Oceanis Philippines Inc., a subsidiary of China Oceanis Inc., a Singaporean-registered firm that has operated four oceanariums in China. It is located behind the Quirino Grandstand at Rizal Park. It opened on March...

. The pageant was participated by delegates representing various town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

s, cities, and overseas Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 communities in the beauty contest
Beauty contest
A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...

 that promotes environmental awareness. The event was telecast by ABS–CBN Broadcasting Corporation in the Philippines and by The Filipino Channel
The Filipino Channel
The Filipino Channel is an international television station owned by the Philippine-based multimedia conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is currently available in Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and the United States. It has over two million subscribers in these...

 internationally on April 25, 2010.

In the final competition of the Miss Philippines Earth 2010, she was announced as one of the 10 semi-finalists who moved forward to compete for the five titles. She achieved one of the five highest scores in the swimsuit
Swimsuit
A swimsuit, bathing suit, or swimming costume is an item of clothing designed to be worn by men, women or children while they are engaging in a water-based activity or water sports, such as swimming, water polo, diving, surfing, water skiing, or during activities in the sun, such as sun bathing.A...

 and evening gown
Evening gown
An evening gown is a long flowing women's dress usually worn to a formal affair. It ranges from tea and ballerina to full-length. Evening gowns are often made of a luxury fabric such as chiffon, velvet, satin, or silk...

 competitions for her stage chops and question and answer portion of the pageant. At the conclusion of the pageant, she won and was crowned Miss Philippines Fire 2010
Miss Philippines Earth 2010
Miss Philippines Earth 2010, the 10th edition of the Miss Philippines Earth beauty pageant, was held on April 24, 2010 at the Aquatica, Manila Ocean Park, Manila, Philippines. Miss Philippines Earth is the largest and most widely participated beauty pageant in the Philippines with 49 official...

. She was crowned by the outgoing Miss Philippines Water 2009 titleholder, Patricia Tumulak
Patricia Tumulak
Patricia Marie Tumulak is a fashion model and beauty queen from the Philippines. She competed in the ninth edition of the national Miss Philippines Earth beauty pageant and was crowned Miss Philippines Fire 2009.-Miss Philippines Earth 2009:...

 on April 24, 2010 in Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

, Philippines.

Ruais is 24 years old at the time of crowning and stands 6 feet and 3 inches in height with body measures of 35-24-36. She is a graduate of a Fashion Marketing course at a school in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. She bested 48 other candidates in the beauty contest which is focused on the protection and preservation of Mother Earth
Mother Nature
Mother Nature is a common personification of nature that focuses on the life-giving and nurturing aspects of nature by embodying it in the form of the mother. Images of women representing mother earth, and mother nature, are timeless...

.

Miss Earth Foundation activities

On May 4, 2010, Ruais and the other Miss Philippines Earth titleholders joined forces with the EcoWaste Coalition in a public event held in Quezon City
Quezon City
Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...

, Philippines to promote simple yet creative 3Rs (repurpose, reuse, recycle) solutions to avert a potential garbage crisis after the Philippine national election
Elections in the Philippines
The Philippines elects on national level a head of state and a legislature. The president is elected for a six-year term by the people. The vice-president is elected at the same time on a separate ballot...

 on May 10, 2010. The campaign is to repurpose, reuse, and recycle the huge volume of campaign discards than to burn or bury them and in turn pollute the communities.

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