The world is slowly navigating the maze of the COVID-19 pandemic, and people are finding ways to go about their daily lives even with the restrictions to mobility and other challenges.
And now, even beauty pageants are embracing the “new normal,” with the global Miss Earth pageant staging a virtual competition to crown an international winner.
“Even though it has been a difficult year for all of us, holding a virtual pageant has been one of the forms of adapting to the “new normal,” just like school, jobs, and other activities have become remote,” 2019 Miss Earth Nellys Pimentel told Lifestyle in an online interview.
The Psychology graduate from Puerto Rico bested 84 other delegates i…
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