Today on Planet 100: Top 5 Beauty Queens Gone Green (Video)
by Team Treehugger, Worldwide on 08.16.10
Beauty pageants—with their glitz, glamor, and gowns—are not known for their environmental friendliness. And it seems that beauty queens would have—can we say priorities?—other than the planet.
The women featured in today's top five roundup, however, prove that beauty and environmentalism can go hand in hand.
6. Tamara Henry "Green T"
In at number six, eco TV host/news anchor and Miss Arkansas USA 1997 Tamara Henry aka "Green T" is one-quarter Cherokee and grew up at the end of a gravel road in the woods in The Natural State.
Henry has been awarding scholarship money to the pageant contestants since 1997 to "give back" as competing herself from 1991-1997 helped her earn her degree in Broadcast Journalism. She created the "Green Is Gorgeous" Interactive eco-contest for the 2010 Miss America Contestants at GreenTwithTamara.TV
Henry will now be the face behind BigMaMaEarth.com which educates kids about social and environmental challenges to Mother Earth.
Henry is one Crown with a Conscious that didn't make Planet Green's top five Beauty Queens Gone Green, but has been "walking her talk" for almost ten years, living Car-Free in auto-centric Los Angeles since 2001, and hosting the local TV show "Metro Motion" for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to teach the rest of us how it's done.
Planet Green's Sarah Backhouse can be seen in one of Green T's award winning webisodes on the Women Of The Green Generation conference.
I'm the lead actress with Bryan Barter who plays "Billy Olsen" Mark Zuckerburg's drunk roommate in the opening scenes of The Social Network. Here, Bryan plays "Gordon" with Tamara who plays "Rachel."
Listen to the exciting live radio broadcast with "Green T" from the Nokia Theater at the Global Home Tree - Earth Day celebration with James Cameron's screening of Avatar!!
Home Tree Earth Day VIP Reception At The JW Marriott At L.A. Live
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 22: Director James Cameron attends the 'Global Home Tree' Earth Day VIP reception hosted by James Cameron at the JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on April 22, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
Speaker Series at Showbiz Cafe on Wednesday, March 31st. Gayl Murphy, author of Interview Tactics and Hollywood Correspondent for ABC, BBC and E! for our panel on Web & TV Hosting. Dennis Coleman of Entertainment Tonight, Kevin Carr of Green T and Studio Camera Operator of Access Hollywood, Tamara Henry of GreenTwithTamara.TV and German celebrity hostess, Natascha Berg. http://www.eventbrite.com/event/613837003
This year Variety chose to cover only the big three Oscar Parties- Vanity Fair, Night of 100 Stars and Elton John's. The Governor's Ball also got some coverage. On behalf of the producers of the 20th Annual Night of 100 Stars Oscar Viewing Gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel, we thank Variety for knowing that "WE ARE NEVER TOO BIG" to be included as one of the only three parties covered by Variety this year. (See our photo in lower right hand corner of Dancing with the Stars contestant, author and man on the moon, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, dancing away on the red carpet with Lois Aldrin....priceless.)
Producers of the movie "Unbeaten" (which has qualified for Academy consideration for Oscars 2011) spent the evening having celebrities Stand Up for the Disabled:
Bio: Tamara Henry, MA is the co-host of "Metro Motion" which airs daily in LA, a half-hour program about carpooling, public transportation and the environment, which was nominated for a 64th & 65th Los Angeles Area Emmy in 2012 & 2013. She is an Oscar Shortlisted Producer with documentaries on the 2010 & 2012 Oscar Shortlist. She won Best Hosted Interview in 2010 for her webisode GreenTwithTamara.TV which showcased the 2010 Miss America Contestants in the online interactive eco contest "Green Is Gorgeous." Henry also had an entertainment talk show which focused on eco-conscious topics and films that make a difference. Tamara brings us interviews from A-list celebrities like Norman Lear and Morgan Freeman. Speaking of Meaningful Media, Henry is a televisionary who anchors positive feel-good community newscasts on Santa Monica City TV 16. Tamara goes live on FoxNews.com every year on Oscar night interviewing celebrities on the red carpet.
Tamara, just watched your interviews at the evolutionary leaders conference. Great job! I have to tell you, since I've been aware of your interviewing skills for years, that you have grown soooo much, in depth, in confidence, in consciousness, in poise. You seem grounded, wise, and joyfully in your right place!
Derek
www.DerekRydall.com
www.ScriptwriterCentral.com
www.EnlightenedEntertainer.com
September 2010
Hi Tamara, I just watched a few of your Green T episodes and I love it! I can't believe you havent driven for 9 years. That is a huge and wonderful commitment. I purchased a bike several months ago and I ride it daily. I only use my car when I have to. So I acknowledge your choice to not drive, its great. Wishing you well in all you do. If you have a chance visit my www.thoughtfulthingstodo.com blog. I love doing it and hope you find it inspiring.
Monique Ruffin
September 2010
I enjoyed meeting you too, Kevin. You have teamed up with a superstar! We will post this on our website. Thanks for sharing, and good luck with your future work. You both deserve to be very successful! Love, Jack
Jack Canfield, CEO
Jack Canfield Companies
Santa Barbara, CA 93130
September 2010
Tamara.... Very well done and so informative. Would love to have been there with all these great minds, hearts and souls experiencing their energy and the energy of the people around them. Your energy, in the interviews, was so connected with your guests. Couldn't be better! Nancy Singular