Tomomi Takada of Japan, a candidate for the 2009 Miss Earth beauty pageant, plants a Palawan Cherry tree sapling at the Nuvali upscale real property development at Sta. Rosa, Laguna province south of Manila, Philippines Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. More than 80 beauties from all over the world are vying for the Miss Earth title, an international beauty contest with a unique advocacy to save Mother Earth.
(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)