Catherine "Cathy" Yu Untalan-Vital is a Filipino environmentalist, fashion model, psychologist, and beauty queen. She competed and won the beauty title of Miss Philippines-Earth 2006 and the international Miss Earth Water 2006. She is the

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Miss Earth Foundation Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific typically used for a girl, for an unmarried woman (when not using another title such as "Doctor" or " Dame"), or for a married woman retaining her maiden name. Originating in the 17th century, i ...

, the environmental-social-humanitarian outreach arm of

Miss Earth Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one ...

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. She is a

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in the Philippines.

Background

Catherine Untalan finished her high school education at St. Paul College of Parañaque. She graduated

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Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

at the

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and received her diploma in Environment and Natural Resource Management from the

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and is currently pursuing her masters in Coastal Track on the same university. On August 18, 2006, she cohosted the awards night of Moonrise Film Festival, an annual

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covering various environmental and cultural issues, sponsored by the Center for Environmental Awareness and Education, which was held at the Gateway Mall in

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. She was a courtside

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for the

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during the first half of the 82nd season of the

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(NCAA). Two years later, she became the courtside reporter for her alma mater's team, the

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during the

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' 67th season. She is the spokesperson of the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources for various campaigns and of the

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for their anti-tobacco smoking campaign. The Sustainable Energy Development Program of the

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(USAID) also chose her to be the spokesperson of their biofuels campaigns. The USAID cited her efforts and participation in their programs and she was awarded an environmental ambassador recognition, the first to be given such distinction by the agency. She hosted a show in NBN Channel 4 entitled ''Kapihan ng Bayan'' with veteran broadcast journalists, Mario Garcia and Ely Saludar. Currently, she's a

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in the first green

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in the Philippines, called, Gen G Magazine.

Beauty pageant

She was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2006. She represented

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and she won Miss Water (2nd Runner-up).

External links

Official Miss Earth websiteMiss Earth Foundation website

References

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Background

Beauty pageant

See also

External links

References