Cathy Untalan

In this Philippine name  for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Yu, the birth surname or paternal family name is Untalan, and the marital name is Vital.

Cathy Untalan
Untalan in 2006
Born	Catherine Yu Untalan Manila, Philippines
Education	University of the Philippines Diliman, (Psychology) University of the Philippines Open University, (Diploma)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Philippines Earth 2006 Miss Earth – Water 2006
Hair color	Black[ citation needed ]
Eye color	Brown[ citation needed ]
Major competition(s)	Miss Philippines Earth 2006 (Winner) Miss Earth 2006 (2nd Runner-up / Miss Water)

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. ^[2]

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. ^{[3] [4]}

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. ^[5]

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. ^{[3] [6] [7]}

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. ^{[8] [9]}

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). ^[1]

External links

• Official Miss Earth website
• Miss Earth Foundation website

References

1. Vanzi, Sol Jose (May 12, 2006). "Miss Philippines-Earth tilt continues to reinvent itself". Philippine Headline News Online. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
2. "Miss Earth Philippines winners: Where are they now?". Rappler. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
3. Dimaculangan, Jocelyn (March 4, 2008). "RP showbiz personalities who excel academically". GMA Network Inc. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
4. Avante, Wells (November 14, 2006). "Global beauties campaign against global warming". Philippine Entertainment Portal Inc. Archived from the original on May 21, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
5. "Moonrise Film Festival a Must See". www.inq7.net. August 12, 2006. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
6. Escandor Jr., Juan (March 19, 2009). "Cop tells kids: Help mangroves". The INQUIRER Network. Archived from the original on March 22, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
7. Roberto, Julles (March 12, 2009). "Bakawan Children's Book Launching". Woman of the Earth. Archived from the original on May 24, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
8. "Meet more champs: Earth advocate". Philippine Daily Inquirer/The INQUIRER Network. March 11, 2009. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
9. "DENR, Miss Earth join hands to save nature". Manila Bulletin. April 7, 2007. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2009– via Highbeam.

Preceded by Gennebelle Raagas	Miss Philippines-Earth 2006	Succeeded by Jeanne Harn
Preceded by Katarzyna Borowicz	Miss Earth-Water 2006	Succeeded by Silvana Santaella