Karla Paula Henry of the Philippines was crowned as Miss Earth 2008. The pageant was held at Clark Expo in Pampanga, north of Manila last November 9, 2008. The young Filipina Contestant has bested 84 other contestants. She also bagged the Miss Earth Designers Award and Miss Photogenic Special Award.
Karla Paula Henry - Miss Earth 2008 Winner
The show was hosted by Miss Earth 2004 Priscilla  Meirelles Almeda of Brazil, International singer Billy Crawford and Riza Santos, who represented Canada in the Miss Earth 2006 edition.

Hereunder are the other winners of the Miss Earth 2008 pageant:

Miss Tanzania, Miriam Odemba was Miss Earth Air (1st runner-up)
Miss Mexico, Abigail Elizalde was Miss Earth Water (2nd runner-up)
Miss Brazil Tatiane Alves won Miss Earth Fire (3rd runner-up)

The Final question of the pageant was “If you had the chance to speak the newly-elected US president Barack Obama about the state of our global environment, what will you tell him?”

Karla Henry said, “For me, what I would tell the newly-elected president of the United States, being one of the most powerful countries in the world, I would encourage him to use the environment or to implement environmental knowledge in the curriculum of all schools, whether in the United States or in the Philippines. Environmental knowledge is something all of us must share. But most importantly, we must teach the youth for it something we should instill in them so that in the near future they will be the ones to take care of our mother earth. I firmly believe in the saying that the children are our future.”

Her answer was greatly appreciated and applauded by the home crowd.

Miss Earth beauty pageant is considered as one of the biggest beauty competitions in the world.