She is called Miss Ecology and this year 12 women want the crown. It's a Guatemalan pageant with Guatemalan contestants but it's on the news in Belize because the contestants spent the last two days here. Their first stop was San Pedro and yesterday they visited Cahal Pech in Cayo. We met them yesterday and spoke to pageant coordinator Edgar Castellanos and reigning Miss Ecology Michelle Taylor -who actually went to school in Belize.
Edgar Castellanos, Coordinator
"This event is to promote the ecology of Peten. We have twelve ladies that are going to participate in this pageant and we got the twelve towns of Peten so that they compete and they will have like four crowns and they will get like each a crown. We came to Belize to meet all of you and to know your ecology because Guatemala and Belize are very important for this."
Keith Swift,
You said four queens will be chosen. Explain that.
Edgar Castellanos,
"The four crowns are for Miss Ecology and I got the crown for Miss Ecology for Peten and then I went to Guatemala to participate with all the districts and I got the crown for Miss Ecology national and we have Miss Image, Queen of Tourism, and Miss Teen."
Michelle Taylor, Reigning Miss Ecology
"I have visited a lot of places. I studied here in Belize in Benque Viejo Del Carmen High School and I graduated from Belize so for me Miss Ecology has been a big pleasure. I went to the sea to see dolphins and turtles in Guatemala and a lot of people don't that so its very important for us to tell you Belizeans that we have a lot of pretty things too and you can visit us always."
The winner will represent Flores, Peten in Guatemala's national Miss Ecology Pageant.
