Miss Earth 2025 Coronation Night - Philippines

Miss Earth 2025 Coronation Night - Philippines

Waree Ngamkham of Thailand is seen in her swimsuit during the Miss Earth 2025 coronation night in Paranaque City, the Philippines, on November 5, 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Rouelle Umali/ABACAPRESS.CO

Miss Earth 2025 Coronation Night - Philippines

Miss Earth 2025 Coronation Night - Philippines

Waree Ngamkham of Thailand is seen in her swimsuit during the Miss Earth 2025 coronation night in Paranaque City, the Philippines on November 5, 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Rouelle Umali/ABACAPRESS.CO

Miss Earth 2025 Coronation Night - Philippines

Miss Earth 2025 Coronation Night - Philippines

Newly-crowned Miss Earth 2025 Natalie Puskinova (2nd R) of the Czech Republic smiles for photos with Miss Earth - Fire 2025 Waree Ngamkham (1st L) of Thailand, Miss Earth - Air 2025 Soldis Vala Ivarsdottir (2nd L) of Iceland, and Miss Earth - Water My Anh Trinh (1st R) of Vietnam during the Miss Earth 2025 coronation night in Paranaque City, the Philippines on November 5, 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Rouelle Umali/ABACAPRESS.CO

Beyond Our Bodies

Beyond Our Bodies

Waree in the room where she teaches massage, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2017. She ran away from home and studied successfully to become an accountant. She is now a Thai massage teacher in Chiang Mai. 'I always felt alone in my life since I was born. Because my mother left me and gave me to my auntie, as she had no daughter and my mother had many so she took me. Once I was in her house I was a slave, nobody cared what I ate or what I did, I was slowly educated. Education of Thai people is just to work like a slave. I could not communicate to anybody. I had to survive alone and work very hard. Now my daughter is 14 years old, my son 16 today. These kids were born in a comfortable life, full of abundance. If the wind blows in her eyelashes, she cries. She’s gonna be fucked up in the future. The kids born in a comfortable life never have to face any struggle. Their parents take care for their kids not to know the struggle side of life, and I think it makes them too fragile. From now on I want to educate my kids in ano