Alexie Mae Caimoso Brooks (born February 21, 2001) is a Filipino athlete, model, and beauty pageant titleholder. She was appointed as Miss Eco Philippines 2025 and represented the

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, held in 19 April 2025 in

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. She became the third Filipina

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Early life and education

Brooks was born on February 21, 2001, in Lebanon to a Black American father and an

overseas Filipino worker Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is a term often used to refer to Filipino migrant workers, people with Filipino citizenship who reside in another country for a limited period of employment. The number of these workers was roughly 1.77 million ...

mother. She was raised in

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, by her grandparents. She pursued a

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(BSBA), majoring in Marketing Management, at the

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, where she graduated in 2024. In 2022, she was named the Most Valuable Player by the

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(UAAP) while representing National University in athletics. That same year, she also competed in the

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held in

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Pageantry

Miss Universe Philippines 2024

Brooks represented

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after winning the title of

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earlier that year. She finished in the Top 10 of the national pageant and was later appointed as Miss Eco Philippines 2025.

Miss Eco International 2025

Brooks represented the Philippines at

. At the end of the event, Brooks won the Best in National Costume award, and was ultimately crowned as

, the third woman to win the title for the Philippines, after Cynthia Thomalla and Kathleen Paton.

Personal life

Brooks identifies as

androgynous Androgyny is the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics. Androgyny may be expressed with regard to biological sex or gender expression. When ''androgyny'' refers to mixed biological sex characteristics in humans, it often r ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Alexie 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Iloilo Filipino people of American descent Filipino people of African-American descent Hiligaynon people Filipino female models University Athletic Association of the Philippines players National University (Philippines) alumni The Miss Philippines winners Miss Eco International winners LGBTQ beauty pageant winners 21st-century Filipino LGBTQ people