Interview With Destiny Wagner – Miss Earth 2021

This interview was conducted via Zoom on Sunday, February 27, 2022, 11:00 AM EST/10:00 AM Belize. Excuse the patchy audio during the first 10 minutes due to the choppy Internet connection, but it gets better and stable the rest of the chat.

Destiny Wagner became the first woman from Belize to win Miss Earth 2021, and the first woman from her country to have won a major international crown. Follow her on her Instagram @destinyewagner

TIMESTAMPS:
0:47 – Greetings! Destiny just arrived home from a trip
2:05 – Rafa tells Destiny that he has been wanting to talk to her since she won Miss Earth, and he asks her to set the record straight about certain statements about her that may or may not be true. Rafa asks Destiny to answer True or False
3:26 – From June 2012 to August 2014, she worked for Terry Clark Dance Center in Fresno as a dance instructor
3:58 – In May 2014, she joined Operation Kingdom as a volunteer website designer and food coordinator
4:25 – From 2014 to 2015, she started marketing at Manhattan College in New York City
4:37 – From 2015 to 2018, she attended the Lubin School of Business of Pace University in New York City where she earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing and entrepreneurship.
5:37 – In 2016, she moved from Punta Gorda to New York City. When she represented Belize at Miss Caribbean USA 2016, she won Miss Photogenic and Miss Congeniality.
6:17 – In May 2018, she published her first book “So you need advice,” which was launched in New York City.
6:44 – From October 2018 to July 2019, she worked for the New York Mets in Flushing, New York as an inside sales representative.
7:13 – In 2019, she moved from the U.S. to Belize City, Belize. On September 6, 2019, she and seven other finalists competed for the Miss Universe Belize 2019 title at the Belize City Civic Center in Belize City. She was runner-up to Destinee Arnold.
8:27 – In January 2020, she visited Dublin and Italy. In 2020, she and 20 other Belizean writers wrote “Belizean Blues,” which aimed to raise awareness and funds to combat unequal education and child hunger issues in Belize.
9:53 – On September 28, 2021, she was officially appointed as Miss Earth Belize 2021, replacing Miss Universe Belize 2019 finalist Aarti Sooknandan
10:38 – On November 21, 2021, she represented Belize in the virtual coronation of Miss Earth 2021. She competed against 88 other candidates and won the title. What was her initial reaction when she won?
11:04 – When did she receive her crown?
12:13 – She received an amazing homecoming
13:03 – The mayor of Punta Gorda wants to name a street after her
13:31 – San Pedro Town Council (SPTC) gave her a motorcade
14:51 – The country treated her like a hero
15:26 – How do you convince skeptics that pollution exists?
17:02 – How would you approach a kid who litters in the street?
17:57 – Does Belize have littering laws?
18:29 – Rafa mentions a cartoon of a whale washed ashore and tons of plastic came out of its stomach
19:12 – Destiny asks if my dog is barking. It’s actually the dog in her building. lol
19:43 – She is a certified open water diver (dog keeps barking)
21:08 – She conducted a research on manatees
22:32 – On January 22, 2022, she partnered with Digi, officially known as Belize Telemedia, the Belize’s leading telecommunications company to work for environmental initiatives and environmental awareness.
23:12 – Rafa still uses real paper
23:57 – On January 28, 2022 she was ridiculed in social media by Miss Thailand Facebook talk page due to her dreadlocks, stating that her African hairstyle was inspired by cow dung. Rafa thinks that there will always be people who are intolerant and prejudiced against others.
27:00 – The symbolic significance of black hairstyles
28:18 – What does Destiny think of racism within the black community (colorism)?
(dog barks)
30:29 – Rafa alludes to the Vogue edition featuring all-black models on the cover
31:40 – On mental health and the death of Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst. How do you handle depression? Destiny did a video journal of her daily moods for 31 days.
35:04 – Her appearance at Miss Earth USA 2022 pageant in Orlando. (Dog barks)
36:24 – Her appearance at New York Fashion Week – Feb 12, 2022. Kudos to VIP Pageantry for producing the show

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