Miss Earth PR announces who the new queen is

Puerto Rico has a new queen.

It is about Cristina Mariel Ríos who today becomes the representative of the international Miss Earth pageant, after the resignation of Valerie Vigoreaux as queen.

“Since its inception, Miss Earth Puerto Rico has positioned itself in an extraordinary way in the international pageant and we have no doubt that it will not be an exception this time,” the local pageant directors said in written communication.

Cristina Mariel was the first runner-up last November, when Valerie Vigoreaux was crowned. The 19-year-old is from San Sebastián, a city she represented at the time.

“From day one she has the support of her family, who are very important to her, and a large community in the agricultural sector of her city. Cristina, as a student in her first year of Environmental Technology with a concentration in Environmental Chemistry, will be teaching a leadership, reforestation and clean-up workshop at the FFA organization on February 23. In the meantime, a cleaning and reforestation will take place on 6 February next in a deserted nature reserve in Isabela. The newly selected Queen has a deep commitment to advancing the care of our natural resources and has already begun preparing for the international competition, ”it was reported.

Last week, the directors of Miss Earth Puerto Rico announced the resignation of Valerie Vigoreaux. Both Valerie and the competition directors said they could not reach an agreement, so the young woman will not represent the island in the international competition scheduled for October this year.