Czech Republic's Natálie Puškinová is Miss Earth 2025

The search for a new Miss Earth queen culminated on Wednesday night after Natálie Puškinová from the Czech Republic took home the crown.

The coronation night was held at the Okada Manila, where Puškinová bested 81 other queens from around the world to secure the title during the momentous 25th anniversary of the pageant.

The moment arrived when Puškinová's name was called by host James Deakin. The reigning queen, Miss Earth 2024 Jessica Lane of Australia, soon after took the stage to officially crown her successor.

During the first question-and-answer portion, Puškinová expounded on the term "parenthood."

She said: "To me, this is a very specific word because when I was 16 years old, I unfortunately lost my father. He passed away, and this is one thing that changed my life completely. But I still, till this day, I'm trying to find the strength in me to not only fight for my dreams, to fight what is right, to find the strength, but also to fight for our future, and to fight for our environment. And this is the real I'm studying here today, and I'm pretty sure that my dad is watching me from up there."

Meanwhile, during the second question-and-answer portion, each delegate was asked: "Bill Gates, a leading proponent for carbon emissions reductions, recently proposed that resources must be shifted away from the battle against climate to efforts to prevent disease and hunger. Do you agree? Why or why not?"

Puškinová answered that she believes that efforts for both the environment and hunger can be achieved.

"I'm not here today to pick a finger and choose what is worse with environmental causes or social problems. I believe that even though I live on the other side of the world, on the other side, we are still facing the same climate change, and we are facing this issue together. And I believe that if we all unite, we can prevent both: hunger and environmental causes. And one message I want to say, protektahan natin ang kalikasan."

Later, Lane's Elemental Court—Miss Earth-Air 2024 Hrafnhildur Haraldsdóttir of Iceland, Miss Earth-Water 2024 Bea Millan-Windorski of the USA, and Miss Earth-Fire 2024 Niva Antezana of Peru—also passed on their crowns to the new queens.

Vietnam's Trinh My Anh is the new Miss Earth-Water 2025, while Thailand's Waree Ngamkham is named Miss Earth-Fire 2025. Iceland's Sóldís Vala Ívarsdóttir, meanwhile, was named Miss Earth-Air 2025.