Miss Earth Belize Shares Passion for Environmental ActivismBelize’s new Miss Earth is taking more than beauty and confidence to the international stage. Twenty-five-year-old Vashti Thompson, a trained biologist and community officer with the National Biodiversity Office, captured the Miss Earth Belize crown on Saturday night. In November, she will represent Belize at Miss Earth 2026 in the Philippines, where she plans to spotlight issues close to home, including plastic pollution, human-wildlife conflict, and the need for stronger environmental education. Vashti Thompson, Miss Earth Belize“Miss Earth is an environmentally conscious pageant, and it has value within being an advocate for our environment, which is something that I already do and embody day-to-day. Britney Gordon“Talk to me about how you feel now that you’ve been crowned Miss Earth Belize.