Katherine Espín

Katherine Espín

Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Katherine Elizabeth Espín Gómez November 15, 1992 La Troncal, Ecuador
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Measurements	Bust: 89 cm (35.0 in) Waist: 60 cm (23.6 in) Hips: 93 cm (36.6 in)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Miss Bikini Ecuador 2015 Miss Earth Ecuador 2016 Miss Earth 2016
Major competition(s)	Miss World Ecuador 2013 (Miss Talent) Miss Bikini Ecuador 2015 (Winner) Miss Bikini Universe 2015 (1st Runner-Up) Miss Earth 2016 (Winner)

Katherine Elizabeth Espín Gómez (born 15 November 1992) is an Ecuadorian model and beauty queen who was appointed as Miss Earth Ecuador 2016.^[1] She is best known as the winner of the Miss Earth 2016 pageant,^{[2][3][4][5][6]} making her the second Miss Earth winner from Ecuador next to Olga Álava who won the crown in 2011.^[5][7][8]

Biography

Early life and career beginnings

As published in Miss Earth's official website, Katherine described her childhood days as, "When I was 9 years old I traveled to United States to study and live with my parents who were working there. I finished elementary and high school in New York City, I lived there for 6 and a half years. During my school years I was able to get many academic achievements such as student of the month, principals honor roll, science fair awards during 4 years, art awards in a competition in New York state. I also had sports awards and among them was track race winner." She learned that, "Due to my parent's occupation I couldn’t spent much time with them so I had to learn to be very independent since I was 11 years old, for example I had to travel by train to go to school by myself, stay home alone and learn how to cook because my parents were always working. All those experiences made me a strong independent woman and I thank my parents for that. It wasn’t easy but we made it possible together as a family. I had an amazing childhood life but lonely for 13 years because I was a single child until my sister was born when I was 13. I had facial paralysis when I was 13 and had to struggle with that for a while during my childhood."

Pageantry

Prior competing in the Miss Earth pageant, Katherine was able to represent Ecuador at the Reinado Internacional del Café 2013 where she went unplaced and at Miss Bikini Universe 2015 where she emerged as the first runner up.^[9] Katherine also competed at the Miss World Ecuador 2013 pageant where she went unplaced.

Miss Earth 2016

Katherine, being appointed Miss Earth Ecuador 2016, flew all the way to the Philippines to compete at Miss Earth 2016 pageant. She competed with 82 other delegates from around the world. During the pre-pageant events, Katherine was able to get a gold medal during the press presentation as part of the "Darling of the Press" award and tied up with the Philippines' bet, Imelda Schweighart.^[10][11][12] As the pre-pageant activities continued, she was able to garner much more medals: gold medals for resort's wear and long gown competitions; silver medals for the swimsuit competition; bronze medal for the national costume competition. Aside from getting several medals, Katherine was able to get an award from various sponsors as well.

As a Miss Earth delegate, the representative should have an environmental advocacy that serves as her focus as part of the pageant's environmental awareness. When Stephanie was asked what her advocacy is all about, she answered, "My environmental advocacy is environmental education in schools specially in elementary schools. I chose this because I believe that the best age to teach a person to have environmental conscience is at an early age because on their growing years they will learn to have respect towards the environment which will help to the future generations. I truly believe that there should exist on every academic pensum an environmental class and I will work hard on it to make it possible."

At the end of the pageant on 29 October 2015, Katherine was hailed as the winner, besting out 82 other delegates.^[13][14]

References

1. "Katherine Espín Gómez crowned as Miss Earth Ecuador 2016". indiatimes.com. The Times of India. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
2. Adina, Armin P. (29 October 2016). "Ecuador wins 2016 Miss Earth pageant". lifestyle.inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
3. "Miss Earth 2016: Miss Ecuador wins beauty pageant; crowning ceremony in photos". ibtimes.co.in. International Business Times. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
4. "Who is Finest Of Them All? Choose Your Favorite Contestant for Miss Earth-2016". Sputnik. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
5. "Ecuatoriana Katherine Espín ganó el Miss Earth 2016 en Filipinas". El Universo. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
6. Heyer, Daisy (30 October 2016). "Ecuador wint Miss Earth, Nederland grijpt mis". Metro. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
7. Concepcion, Eton B. (1 November 2016). "It's take 2 for Ecuador in Miss Earth". The Standard. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
8. Dumaual, Mario (1 November 2016). "Miss Earth 2016 denies undergoing plastic surgery". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
9. "Katherine Espín es Miss Bikini Universe Ecuador". El Mercurio. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
10. Caparas, Celso de Guzman (22 October 2016). "Miss Earth's Darlings of the Press". philstar.com. Philippine Star. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
11. Requintina, Robert R. (16 October 2016). "Ecuador beauty leads in 2016 Miss Earth pre-pageant activities". mb.com.ph. Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
12. Pata, Danny (11 October 2016). "PHL, Ecuador bets tie for 'darling of the press' at Miss Earth media event". gmanetwork.com. GMA Network. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
13. "Ecuador is Miss Earth 2016". philstar.com. Philippine Star. October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
14. "Full list: Winners of Miss Earth 2016". manilatimes.net. Manila Times. October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

External links

• Miss Earth Venezuela 2016 Eco-Beauty Video
• Katherine Espin at Miss Earth Official Website