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MISS EARTH CAMBODIA
POUVJESSICA TAN
DESCRIBE YOUR CHILDHOOD/GROWING YEARS
I have a happy childhood, growing up with love and care from my parents.
My mother has been a fashion retailer for 25 years because fashion is her passion and she can earn a living with this passion. Fashion is part of my DNA. I have been taught by my mother to do good for the society and care about the surrounding, including the environment. She also taught me to donate used clothes so that we can contribute to recycling and better environment.
My father is an import quality control inspector that makes sure that the imported goods are of good quality and do not affect people’s health and potentially damage the environment.
With this happy childhood, I hope to transmit my happy childhood to everyone around me and the society as a whole.
My mother has been a fashion retailer for 25 years because fashion is her passion and she can earn a living with this passion. Fashion is part of my DNA. I have been taught by my mother to do good for the society and care about the surrounding, including the environment. She also taught me to donate used clothes so that we can contribute to recycling and better environment.
My father is an import quality control inspector that makes sure that the imported goods are of good quality and do not affect people’s health and potentially damage the environment.
With this happy childhood, I hope to transmit my happy childhood to everyone around me and the society as a whole.
WHAT IS YOUR MEMORABLE MOMENT?
When I was 13 years old, I saw Kendall Jenner’s fashion walk video on Instagram. I suddenly found out that I want to be a model in the future by following her footstep. That’s why, I took part in a beauty pageant and is now the reigning queen of Miss Earth Cambodia 2023.
ANY SPECIAL STORIES OR FACTS ABOUT YOUR FAMILY?
Since my dad is a quality control inspector, he cares a lot about product quality and environment.
WHAT IS THE MOST UNUSUAL THING YOU HAVE EVER DONE?
I spend 24 hour watching K-Drama to finish all of the episodes of the series. It reflects on me as a person with strong persistence. If I want to get things done, I stay focused and trying to achieve it no matter how hard it is.
WHAT TIPS CAN YOU SHARE TO PROMOTE ECOTOURISM & CLIMATE CHANGE?
I think it is important to realize that social media is the main distributor of the content. If we want to reach more people, we need to know what content and how to produce content that works best in the social media. I think I am good at using Tiktok and would recommend that we can use this platform to promote ecotourism and make people aware of the impacts of climate change.
WHAT MAKES YOU PROUD OF YOUR COUNTRY?
I am proud of my country as my country has many eco-friendly tourist attractions. We have thousands of ancient temples with forested surroundings. We also have many wonderful virgin beaches and many mountainous tourist spots that people can go and enjoy the environment.
WHAT IS YOUR ADVOCACY?
I strongly believe in the concept of diversity. I understand that each individual is unique and different in their own special way regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. Diversity means more than just acknowledging and/or tolerating difference. Diversity is an active appreciation and affirmation that individuals and communities deserve to be recognized in their uniqueness and differences. By making differences visible, we are able to see, nurture, and utilize the strengths of all people. It is additionally important to support and protect diversity because by valuing differences we foster a climate where equity and mutual respect are promoted, and where dehumanization and oppression are incompatible.
For my environmental advocacy, I would like to encourage everyone to embrace ecosystem diversity. Humans are changing the original structure of ecological communities by various activities that increase the rates of species extinctions and invasions locally and globally. These modifications in Earth’s ecological communities cause a compelling concern for ecosystem diversity loss. As we share the same planet with other species, we should also care about them. With ecosystem diversity in our focus, our human development can be sustainable and friendly to our mother nature.
For my environmental advocacy, I would like to encourage everyone to embrace ecosystem diversity. Humans are changing the original structure of ecological communities by various activities that increase the rates of species extinctions and invasions locally and globally. These modifications in Earth’s ecological communities cause a compelling concern for ecosystem diversity loss. As we share the same planet with other species, we should also care about them. With ecosystem diversity in our focus, our human development can be sustainable and friendly to our mother nature.