Jamie Herrell

Herrell was a recipient of the Outstanding Individual Award during the 80th Cebu City Charter Day Awarding Ceremony for her environmental advocacies.

Jamie Herrell (born July 12, 1994) is an Filipina news anchor and beauty pageant titleholder.

Herrell was born on July 12, 1994, in Glendora, California, to James Edward Herrell, an American from Seattle, Washington, and Mary Snow "Snowie" del Rosario a Filipino from Medellin, Cebu.

Herrell spent her childhood in the United States and then settled down in Cebu City where her mother is from.

There, she was a Mass Communication student at the University of San Jose–Recoletos before transferring to International Academy of Film and Television to study acting.

As well as a student, she also manages her own dance company called Mactan Dynamics.

She was also a former managerial director of Solid Source Trading for the Visayas Region.

She also acted in a few commercials and short films prior entering beauty pageants.

In 2021, she graduated at University of San Jose–Recoletos with the BA in Liberal Arts and Commerce Major in Marketing and Communications degree.

During the final question-and-answer portion, Herrell was asked by former Miss Earth 2008 Karla Henry, "What quality do you think make a Miss Philippines Earth?"

Herrell replied:

"A quality that makes a Miss Philippines Earth is dedication. Is about wanting and fighting for the title, it not only about winning the crown. It also about using the title to influence our children and people of the community. If I win the crown tonight, I will use my title to influence our climate. Thank you !"

She competed in Miss Resorts World Manila 2013, where she was unplaced.

She won three titles in 2013: Sinulog Festival Queen 2013, Miss MegaCebu 2013, and Reyna ng Aliwan 2013.

She won Miss Philippines Earth 2014 and Miss Earth 2014.

Herrell entered and won Miss Philippines Earth 2014 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on May 11, 2014.

Beating 49 other contestants, she qualified to enter Miss Earth in the same year.

During the question-and-answer portion, Herrell was asked by former Akbayan lawmaker Risa Hontiveros, "Do you think that we, human beings, have been good children to Mother Earth?"

Herrell replied:

"Honestly, in my opinion, we haven't been good children. In fact, I believe that we are the number one cause of her problems, we are the reason why we're having climate change, and we are the reason why we're having floods. But in return, if we can only help her and salvage her, she will help us back and take care of us, too."

By winning the Miss Philippines Earth 2014 title, Herrell became the Philippines' delegate for Miss Earth 2014.

On November 29, 2014, Herrell was crowned Miss Earth 2014 at the UP Theater by her predecessor, Alyz Henrich from Venezuela and obtained the second Miss Earth crown after Karla Henry's victory in Miss Earth 2008.

During the top eight question and answer portion, Herrell was asked about what she can do in order to reverse the effects of Global warming, she replied:

"Global warming has been known to be a long, overdue issue [in terms of action, discussion]... I will use my title to inspire others, help our environment, and we start with the kids... the kids are the people of tomorrow."

On December 16, 2014, Harrell joined members of the EcoWaste Coalition at a school in Paco, Manila to campaign against the use of firecrackers to avoid injuries and pollution during the New Year revelries.

Herrell led a thousand dancers and artists in performing the finale of the grand parade during Sinulog Festival in January together with seven other beauty queens.

The festival is an opportunity to express gratitude to the Holy Child.

In the same month, Herrell became the cover story in a local magazine.

In the interviews, she shared that she and her Miss Philippines court are part of an ongoing environmental campaign called "Think Twice" in which they do school tours and seminars and instruct and inspire people on how they can think twice in finding alternatives to help the environment by conserving energy and minimizing carbon footprint.

In February 2015, Herrell spearheaded the "Think Twice" campaign in various school tours with her Miss Philippines Earth 2014 elemental court.

One of which is a school in Manila where aside from sharing their environmental knowledge to the students, they also distributed recyclable rulers to these high school students.

Another event was when Jamie and her court went to a school in Santa Rosa, Laguna to do various environmental campaigns and led the cutting of ribbon ceremony of the school's "Eco-Garden".

Jamie also traveled to Placer, Masbate the same month to take part as one of the judges of the provincial pageant for Miss Philippines Earth.

Herrell was featured as one of the three beauty queens in the March 2015 issue of Muse magazine.

Herrell hosted the Makati Earth Hour 2015 at the Ayala Triangle Gardens and at Ayala Tower One and Exchange Plaza on March 28, 2015, which has been held by the city government since 2008 together with partners to lower carbon dioxide emissions and enhance awareness among residents, the business community, and other stakeholders on the importance of lower energy consumption.

Herrell led the Earth Day Bike Parade on April 21 together with Miss Philippines Earth 2015 candidates and Miss Earth Foundation's Princess Manzon.

The ride wass organized by the National Bike Organization and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, which aims to promote non-motorized transportation in support of the objectives of the Clean Air Act.

In celebration of Earth Day, Herrell was invited by Thomson Reuters to speak about her environmental advocacy during a forum at McKinley Hill.

Herrell also took part in the "Make a Pledge" campaign and encouraged everyone to "Think Twice" about the potential impact of our every day lifestyle choices on the sustainability of the planet Earth.

Herrell screened the aspired candidates for Miss Philippines Earth 2015 and participated in all the environmental activities of the pageant.