Cathy Untalan

{{Short description|Filipino model, beauty pageant titleholder, and news anchor}}

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name=Cathy Untalan

| image=317577622 ea52fd009a o.jpg

|caption=Untalan in 2006

| title={{ubl|Miss Philippines Earth 2006|Miss Earth – Water 2006}}

| nationalcompetition={{ubl|Miss Philippines Earth 2006 (Winner)|Miss Earth 2006 (2nd Runner-up / Miss Water)}}

| birth_name= Catherine Yu Untalan

| birth_date=

| birth_place = Manila, Philippines

| education = University of the Philippines Diliman, (Psychology)

University of the Philippines Open University, (Diploma)

| height= 1.83m

| eye_color= Brown{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

| hair_color= Black{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

}}

Catherine "Cathy" Yu Untalan is a Filipina TV anchor and beauty pageant titleholder. She won Miss Philippines-Earth 2006 and the international Miss Earth Water 2006. She is the executive director of the Miss Earth Foundation, the environmental-social-humanitarian outreach arm of Miss Earth beauty pageant. She is a TV anchor at People's Television Network in the Philippines.{{Cite web|title=Miss Earth Philippines winners: Where are they now?|url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/past-winners-updates|access-date=November 22, 2020|website=Rappler|date=May 16, 2018 |language=en}}

Background

Untalan finished her high school education at St. Paul College of Parañaque. She graduated cum laude in psychology at the University of the Philippines Diliman and received her master's degree in Environment and Natural Resource Management from the University of the Philippines Open University.{{cite news|title=RP showbiz personalities who excel academically|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/83251/RP-showbiz-personalities-who-excel-academically|publisher=GMA Network Inc.|first=Jocelyn|last=Dimaculangan|date=March 4, 2008|access-date=December 28, 2009}}{{cite news|title=Global beauties campaign against global warming|url=http://www.pep.ph/articles/11398/Global-beauties-campaign-against-global-warming|publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal Inc.|first=Wells|last=Avante|date=November 14, 2006|access-date=December 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521051748/http://www.pep.ph/articles/11398/Global-beauties-campaign-against-global-warming|archive-date=May 21, 2008|url-status=dead}}

On August 18, 2006, she cohosted the awards night of Moonrise Film Festival, an annual film festival covering various environmental and cultural issues, sponsored by the Center for Environmental Awareness and Education, which was held at the Gateway Mall in Cubao, Quezon City.{{cite news|title=Moonrise Film Festival a Must See|url=http://showbizandstyle.inq7.net/you/super/view_article.php?article_id=14773|publisher=www.inq7.net|first=|last=|date=August 12, 2006|access-date=December 28, 2009}}

She was a courtside reporter for the San Beda Red Lions during the first half of the 82nd season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Two years later, she became the courtside reporter for her alma mater's team, the UP Fighting Maroons during the University Athletic Association of the Philippines' 67th season.{{cite news|title=Cop tells kids: Help mangroves|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20090319-194901/Cop-tells-kids-Help-mangroves|publisher=The INQUIRER Network|first=Juan|last=Escandor Jr.|date=March 19, 2009|access-date=December 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322184604/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20090319-194901/Cop-tells-kids-Help-mangroves|archive-date=March 22, 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Bakawan Children's Book Launching|url=http://womanoftheearth.tv/2009/ecology/bakawan-book-launching.html|publisher=Woman of the Earth|first=Julles|last=Roberto|date=March 12, 2009|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524010300/http://www.womanoftheearth.tv/2009/ecology/bakawan-book-launching.html|archivedate=May 24, 2009}}

She is the spokesperson of the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources for various campaigns and of the Philippine Department of Health for their anti-tobacco smoking campaign. The Sustainable Energy Development Program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) also chose her to be the spokesperson of their biofuels campaigns. The USAID cited her efforts and participation in their programs and she was awarded an environmental ambassador recognition, the first to be given such distinction by the agency. She hosted a show in NBN Channel 4 entitled Kapihan ng Bayan with veteran broadcast journalists, Mario Garcia and Ely Saludar. She went on to anchor PTV News with Charms Espina and Richmond Cruz as late-night and with Alex Santos as primetime, Ulat Bayan with Aljo Bendijo and PTV News Tonight with Espina and Joee Guilas. She also hosted radio shows on DZRH. She used to be a columnist in the first green lifestyle magazine in the Philippines, called, Gen G Magazine.{{cite news|title=Meet more champs: Earth advocate|url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/you/2bu/view/20080311-124076/Meet-more-champs|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer/The INQUIRER Network|date=March 11, 2009|access-date=December 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205070924/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/you/2bu/view/20080311-124076/Meet-more-champs|archive-date=December 5, 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=DENR, Miss Earth join hands to save nature|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-168332744.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102192141/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-168332744.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2012|publisher=Manila Bulletin|via=Highbeam|date=April 7, 2007|access-date=December 28, 2009}}

Beauty pageants

She was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2006, and represented the Philippines at Miss Earth 2006, where she won Miss Water (second runner-up).{{cite news|title=Miss Philippines-Earth tilt continues to reinvent itself|url=http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb004036.htm|publisher=Philippine Headline News Online|first=Sol Jose|last=Vanzi|date=May 12, 2006|access-date=January 10, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607034408/http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb004036.htm|archivedate=June 7, 2011}}

External links

[http://www.missearth.tv/ Official Miss Earth website]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100214000418/http://missearthfoundation.org/ Miss Earth Foundation website]