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Gwennaëlle Ramos Ruais (born c. 1988) (born December 11, 1989) is a fashion model and beauty queen. She competed in the tenth edition of the national Miss Philippines Earth beauty pageant and was crowned Miss Philippines Fire 2010. As a beauty titleholder, she fulfills her duty as one of the spokespersons of the Miss Earth Foundation, an environmental-social-humanitarian outreach arm of Miss Earth beauty pageant.

Biography

Ruais has a Business Management Honors degree from Kishwaukee College. Ruais has a sister who is also a beauty queen, Gwennaelle Ruais, who competed in Miss Philippines Earth 2010 and finished as the 3rd runner-up. Both sisters are the granddaughters of Pierre Ruais, who was the mayor of Paris between 1956 and 1957.

Pageantry

Binibining Pilipinas

Ruais first joined Binibining Pilipinas 2010 and placed as a top 10 semifinalist. The eventual winners were (Binibining Pilipinas International 2010) Krista Kleiner, (Binibining Pilipinas World 2010) Czarina Gatbonton, and (Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2010) Venus Raj.

Miss World Philippines

Ruais joined the first edition of CQGQ's Miss World Philippines in 2011 where she was victorious. She was crowned by Miss World 2010 Alexandra Mills in the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on 18 September 2011. She represented the Philippines in the Miss World 2011 pageant.

Miss World 2011

In the Miss World finals night, Ruais was crowned as the 1st runner-up, with Ivian Sarcos of Venezuela being crowned as the winner. This was the Philippines' first high place in Miss World since Evangeline Pascual placed as 1st runner-up in 1973 and Ruffa Gutierrez, placed as 2nd runner-up in 1993.

Miss Philippines Earth 2010

Ruais joined and represented the Filipino community in France in the national Miss Philippines Earth 2010, the largest and most widely participated beauty pageant in the Philippines with 49 official candidates participated in 2010 held at The Aquatica, Manila Ocean Park in the beauty contest that promotes environmental awareness which was held on April 25, 2010.

In the final competition of the Miss Philippines Earth 2010, she was announced as one of the 10 semi-finalists who moved forward to compete for the five titles. She achieved one of the five highest scores in the swimsuit and evening gown competitions for her stage chops and question and answer portion of the pageant. At the conclusion of the pageant, she won and was crowned Miss Philippines Fire 2010. She was crowned by the outgoing Miss Philippines Water 2009 titleholder, Patricia Tumulak on April 24, 2010 in Manila, Philippines.

Ruais is 24 years old at the time of crowning and stands 6 feet and 3 inches in height with body measures of 35-24-36. She is a graduate of a Fashion Marketing course at a school in Paris, France. She bested 48 other candidates in the beauty contest which is focused on the protection and preservation of Mother Earth.

Miss Earth Foundation activities

On May 4, 2010, Ruais and the other Miss Philippines Earth titleholders joined forces with the EcoWaste Coalition in a public event held in Quezon City, Philippines to promote simple yet creative 3Rs (repurpose, reuse, recycle) solutions to avert a potential garbage crisis after the Philippine national election on May 10, 2010. The campaign is to repurpose, reuse, and recycle the huge volume of campaign discards than to burn or bury them and in turn pollute the communities.

Asia's Next Top Model

In 2016, Ruais was chosen as one of the final fourteen contestants for the fourth season of Asia's Next Top Model. During her stay on the show, Ruais was heavily criticized for her background in pageantry. She was originally eliminated during the show's first episode, but was allowed to remain in the competition. She placed 11th overall.

Career

After Miss World 2011, Ruais became a regular performer at Party Pilipinas and a host for Unang Hirit on GMA Network in 2012. She then went on to be a host and judge on the reality show Gusto Ko Maging Beauty Queen (I want to be a beauty queen) and continued with various stints on TV shows and movies.

After winning in the international pageant, the Miss World Organization called her back to be the pageant reporter for the Miss World 2013 in Bali.

She did not just host Miss World, up to this date she has been the yearly host of the Miss World Philippines pageant, and aside from hosting the televised coronation night, every year she also mentors and trains the new candidates in catwalk, grace and question & answer.

Filmography

Television

References

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15. Barriga, Celso (2010-05-04). "Green groups launch 3Rs drive to preempt post-election garbage crisis". The Balita Organization-Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
16. "Pinay beauty queen Gwen Ruais eliminated from 'Asia's Next Top Model' cycle 4 | Coconuts Manila". coconuts.co.
17. "READ: Beauty queen Gwendoline Ruais reacts after Asia's Next Top Model 4 elimination". www.gmanetwork.com.
18. "PH contestants Gwendoline Ruais, Alaiza Malinao exit 'Asia's Next Top Model' season 4". Rappler.

External links

• Official Miss Earth website
• Miss Earth Foundation website

• Official Website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Emma Wareus	Miss World 1st Runner-Up 2011	Succeeded by Sophie Moulds
Preceded by Tang Xiao	Miss World Asia & Oceania 2011	Succeeded by Yu Wenxia
Preceded byCzarina Gatbonton	Philippines Representative to Miss World 2011	Succeeded byQueneerich Rehman
Preceded byNone	Miss World Philippines 2011	Succeeded byQueneerich Rehman

• Living people
• Miss Philippines Earth winners
• Filipino female models
• Filipino people of French descent
• French people of Filipino descent
• People from Muntinlupa
• Star Magic
• Binibining Pilipinas contestants
• French female models
• Miss World Philippines winners
• Miss World 2011 delegates
• Miss World winners
• Celebrity
• Top Model contestants
• People of Breton descent
• 1989 births