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Newly crowned Miss Eco International 2025 Alexie Brooks. Image: INQUIRER.net/Armin P.
Adina Newly crowned Miss Eco International 2025 Alexie Brooks of the Philippines forged a deep friendship with the Thai and Indonesian bets in the pageant in Egypt, forming the “Trinity Dai” sisterhood that she hopes will help foster a more positive atmosphere in global pageantry. Pageant fans from the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia are some of the most passionate, but they are also some of the most toxic, often hurling insults at each other countries’ bets in online forums. Brooks hopes to see a kinder community in the future.
“When we’re competing, usually pinag-aaway ang tao (they pit girls against each other), and it’s the cause of bashing into that. But sometimes, we the girls, we’re just there to have fun,” she told INQUIRER.net in an interview upon her arrival at the Terminal 3 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City on Monday evening, April 21.
READ: Alexie Brooks of the Philippines is Miss Eco International 2025 Brooks won the Miss Eco International 2025 crown in the global pageant’s 10th edition held at the AlZahraa Ballroom of Hilton Green Plaza in Alexandria, Egypt, on April 19 (April 20 in Manila), inheriting the title from last year’s winner Angelina Usanova from Ukraine. The Ilongga national athlete said the delegates represent diverse types of beauty. “My beauty is different.
Other girls’ beauty is different. But it doesn’t mean that they’re better than someone, or they’re lesser than someone else,” she explained. “At the end of the day, a pageant is really a sisterhood, it’s a celebration of women, and empowerment of women.
So I really hope [we stop] comparing people to one another, especially the girls,” Brooks pleaded. She was often seen having fun with her eventual first runner-up Yulinar Fitriani from Indonesia and Thailand’s Natthan Kunchayawanut, teaching them Filipino and IIonggo terms, even calling each other “Dai” (sis), thus earning the monicker “Trinity Dai” from pageant fans. Their bond, well-documented on each others’ social media pages, delighted pageant fans from the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesian and even other nations.
“These three countries, we’re super competitive. But on our end, us three became friends,” Brooks said, even sharing that they would not eat when one if them was missing, and would always check each other’s whereabouts. “When I left, the two gave me a soft hug, it was a big hug.
And they told me to please visit their country. And I would love to visit their country. Sabi ko sa kanila (I told them) if they have time go to the Philippines, pakakainin ko kayo nang bongga doon (I will throw you a feast),” she shared.
Brooks said she has not yet discussed in detail with Dr. Amaal Rezk, Miss Eco International founder, how her yearlong reign will go about. The pageant promotes “eco-tourism and sustainability aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals for 2030,” its website says.
“Dr. Amaal said that she might visit the Philippines soon. We might have a discussion about it.
But I’m really excited kung ano iyong mga project na gagawin (about the projects that we will work on),” the new queen said. “As I mentioned, my grandma just died. And I don’t have anyone left.
So I would love to dedicate my life to bigger causes,” Brooks said. Her “Lola Basing,” her only remaining family member, passed away weeks after she was crowned as The Miss Philippines-Eco International at the conclusion of the Miss Universe Philippines pageant in May last year. Brooks took to social media to express her gratitude to her fans, something she had also imparted to members of the media who welcomed her at the airport.
She said she will be taking a much-needed rest for a couple of days before buckling down to work. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy .
“I’ll do my best to keep you all updated along the way. Thank you again, and I love you all,” she said..
