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City of Miami Mayor Tomas P. Regalado and Miss Earth Florida 2010 ask everyone to switch lights off, awareness on

The City of Miami Mayor Tomas P. Regalado, Miss Earth Florida 2010 Kelly Saks and Miss Teen Earth Florida Brittney Ronda are joining efforts to raise awareness for Earth Hour.

2011-03-25
MIAMI, FL, March 25, 2011 (Press-News.org) No lights. No electricity. No problem. The City of Miami Mayor Tomas P. Regalado, Miss Earth Florida 2010 Kelly Saks and Miss Teen Earth Florida Brittney Ronda are joining efforts to raise awareness for Earth Hour. On Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 8:30p.m. Mayor Regalado and Ms. Saks will dim non-essential lighting at a famous Miami landmark at to acknowledge and celebrate the commitment Miami has to do more for our planet.

Mayor Regalado, Miss Saks and Miss Ronda are commissioning Floridians to partake in this voluntary event to raise awareness of sustainability issues. Participation can take place from the comfort of your own home; all that needs to be done is switching the light switch from on to off for at least 60 minutes.

Earth Hour began in Sydney, Australia in 2007 and is organized annually by the World Wildlife Fund. More than two million individuals and two thousand businesses participated in the first ever Earth Hour by turning off their lights and taking a stand on climate change.

Since the first Earth Hour, the participation has grown from a single city to becoming the greatest environmental campaign in history with individuals, businesses and governments across 128 countries joining in. More than a 1,000 of the world's man-made marvels and natural wonders participated in Earth Hour 2010, including: the Pyramids in Egypt, Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Niagara Falls, Beijing's Forbidden City, Cape Town's Table Mountain, Sydney Opera House, Buckingham Palace and Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil.

The Bank of America Tower, the Freedom Tower and City Hall participated in Earth Hour 2010, by dimming their lights.

Earth Hour will also be the kick-off for Miss Saks and Miss Ronda's environmental awareness tour leading to Earth Day 2011, on April 22. Throughout the month of April, these "Green Beauties" will be making appearances at different eco-friendly events throughout the State of Florida and educating the community on greener and healthier ways of living and preserving natural resources.

Those interested in having Miss Saks and or Miss Ronda make an appearance at their event or interview them about the difference they are making in the community through their outreach programs, contact, Candice Nestel at 305.371.3774 or through email at candice@webcitygirls.com.
To learn more about Miss Earth Florida and Miss Teen Earth Florida visit the official website at http://www.EarthFloridaPageants.com
To learn more about the world-wide effort behind Earth Hour visit http://www.earthhour.org
Current Earth Hour Global Social Media Profiles
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/earthhour
• Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2235111402&ref=mf
• Facebook Fans: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Earth-Hour/6867084435?ref=mf
• MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/earthhour
• Flickr Photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/earthhour_global
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/earthhour

SAVE THE DATE: webcitygirls// is pleased to announce that the 2011 Miss Earth Florida pageant is coming to South Beach this year, June 24 through 27, as a very green and glamorous 4-day social event. The crowning ceremony where Kelly Saks and Brittney Ronda will crown the new Florida Earth titleholders, will be held on June 26.

About Miss Earth
Miss Earth is a major international beauty pageant celebrated for about three weeks, every month of November. The host country changes every year. Along with Miss Universe and Miss World, Miss Earth is one of the three largest beauty pageants in the world with over 80 countries participating every year, including the United States. Miss Earth is recognized around the globe for having beautiful contestants who are also very smart and show strong leadership skills and are the perfect model of the modern woman: independent, hard-working, career-oriented, strong role model and proud of her femininity. Earth titleholders act as beautiful ambassadors, traveling the world educating others and supporting many environmental and humanitarian efforts. http://www.MissEarth.tv and http://www.EarthFloridaPageants.com

About Integral Beauty Productions LLC
Integral Beauty Productions (IBP) are the official producers and directors of the Miss Earth Florida pageants and social programs derived from it. They act in franchise agreement with Earth Pageant Productions LLC, the official owners of the Miss Earth franchise in the United States. IBP was founded by Sandra Silva, as a company that produces diverse events with the mission to empower women in their communities and to provide them with tools to pursue their dreams. "Integral Beauty" alludes to the multidimensional perspective that Silva has on "true beauty", as one that involves healthy options, commitment to grow, learn and serve, and the ability to develop skills for life.

About webcitygirls//
webcitygirls// is a brand that consists of two divisions: webcitygirls// media and webcitygirls// agency. webcitygirls// media is an original concept reality video-series and event coverage team. wcg// is a hip and active brand that talks to three different multicultural women demographics about new media and social networking in the aim of building an online and offline community. webcitygirls// agency is an original, experienced and passionate multicultural full-spectrum communications firm, offering excellence and tangible results in Public Relations / Integrated Marketing / Social Media / Special Events & Promotions.


Media Contact:
Candice Nestel
305.374.3771
candice@webcitygirls.com


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[Press-News.org] City of Miami Mayor Tomas P. Regalado and Miss Earth Florida 2010 ask everyone to switch lights off, awareness on
The City of Miami Mayor Tomas P. Regalado, Miss Earth Florida 2010 Kelly Saks and Miss Teen Earth Florida Brittney Ronda are joining efforts to raise awareness for Earth Hour.