Three (3) Miss Friendships all in one night: Colombia (top), India (middle) and Italy (bottom).

It doesn’t happen all the time that fierce competition overrides the spirit of genuine bonding and camaraderie in beauty contests. The ladies of Miss Earth 2012 prove that friendship is thicker than intrigues. And they have three (3) good reasons to back that up, i.e., electing not one, not two but three (3) of the most congenial of them all during rehearsals at Versailles Alabang last night. Suffice it to say that I adore this batch, hands-down!

Here are the friendliest delegates in each group:
Group 1:
Gold – Cindy Kohn-Cybulkiewicz of Colombia
Silver – Jen-lin Ling of Chinese Taipei
Bronze – Tereza Fajksova of Czech Republic

Group 2:
Gold – Prachi Mishra of India
Silver – Sara Kim of Korea
Bronze – Sarah Filush of Guam

Group 3:
Gold – Giulia Capani of Italy
Silver – Nel-Linda Zublewitz of Germany
Bronze – Aliona Chitoroaga of Moldova

Prachi Mishra of India (center) joyously reacting (and her mates shouting in agreement) after she was voted Miss Friendship of Group 2.

Well-done, girls!

Keep the friendships alive long after the competition is over! 😉