Review: How karen Ibasco Turn a Basher Into a Supporter

Amidst the uproar brought about by Karen Ibasco winning the fourth Miss Earth title for the Philippines in 2017, Karen remained quiet on issues about hometown decisions and that she doesn't deserve the title memes that kept haunting her for years.  It is a known fact that even Filipinos joined the bash-Karen Ibasco bandwagon and there was no end in sight. It was indeed a harrowing and heart-wrenching reign for her. 

Instead of fighting her haters online, she focused herself on her reign and the speaking engagements that went with it, mostly about environmental concerns. She was the ambassador to World Wide Fund (WWF) and the Youth Ambassador to Climate Change Commission, and on some occasions, I met friends (who were true blue Karen haters) who witnessed her in action, and now Karen is slowly turning the tables upside down with her detractors. She is indeed turning haters into supporters.

In the Q and A round of Miss Earth 2021, Karen showed the world she can be a perfect host too.  I like her tone of voice, her delivery, inflection, and modulation.  And she is glib, loquacious, and eloquent, she owned the segment, and no other beauty queens could match that.

And the bonus?  There was one remaining word in the glass bowl, and she volunteered to expand the word as if she was reliving her magical 2017 interview performance in Miss Earth. This was her exact words: "All right thank you very much, For the viewers, I am going to give a little twist because there is one more word that was left in this bowl, and I am going to answer it for you. The last word is INTELLECT. 

If that was my hashtag during my Miss Earth I'm going to answer it this way. I believe that the winner of Miss Earth should always have intellect because in that way that substance part is going to help her speak her mind and this organization is all about knowing how to be a public figure who can represent the organization to speak for the environment because here as we live in this generation it's not just understanding to do it for yourself but representing the outspoken or rather the person who can not speak and that is Mother Earth and I am going to do it for her and a person who can speak her mind is the best person who can represent this earth."

And betchabygollywow, even my friend's jaw dropped as he whispered: She really deserved the title no matter what the trolls said."

By the way to see how Karen Ibasco fared in the Q and A segment here is the link to Miss Earth 2021 grand finals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEkieOcvdjQ