Jareerat Petsom

Jareerat “Baitong” Petsom (Thai: ใบตอง - จรีรัตน์ เพชรสม; born 12 May 1993) is a Thai environmental care advocate and beauty pageant titleholder declared as Miss Earth - Fire at the 21st edition of Miss Earth on 21 November 2021 and later crowned on 24 April 2022.^[a] She earned her bachelor's degree in architecture from the King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang in Bangkok, Thailand.^[2]

Jareerat Petsom
จรีรัตน์ เพชรสม
Petsom on Channel 8 (Thailand) in 2021
Born	Jareerat Petsom (1993-05-12) 12 May 1993 (age 32)[1] Chumpon, Thailand
Education	Architecture
Alma mater	King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
Occupations	Environmental advocate Host Scriptwriter Director
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Earth Thailand 2021 Miss Earth Fire 2021
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss Universe Thailand 2017 (Top 10) Miss Universe Thailand 2020 (Top 20) Miss Earth Thailand 2021 (Winner) Miss Earth 2021 (Miss Earth – Fire)

Pageantry

Miss Universe Thailand 2017 and 2020

On 15 July 2017, she competed against 39 other candidates at Miss Universe Thailand 2017. She finished Top 10.

On 10 October 2020, she finished Top 20 against 28 other candidates at Miss Universe Thailand 2020.

Miss Earth Thailand and Miss Earth 2021

Petsom was at age 28 when crowned Miss Earth Thailand 2021. Petsom represented Thailand on 21 November 2021, at the International pageant of Miss Earth 2021 which was held virtually due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

• Special awards:
  • Sportswear competition
  • Beachwear competition
  • Best Eco Video (Asia & Oceania)

Petsom ranked fourth at the end of the event and declared as Miss Earth - Fire by the host James Deakin which was unofficially equivalent to 3rd runner-up.^[4][5]

On 24 April 2022, she has officially crowned by Lindsey Coffey Miss Earth 2020 within the presence of her predecessor Miss Earth - Fire 2020 Michala Rubinstein together with Miss Earth - Air 2021 Marisa Butler and Miss Earth Thailand national director Sirikan Onsonkran at InterContinental Hotel in Bangkok and received the official title sash.^[6]

Handover of reign

On 29 August 2022, Petsom crowned her successor Spy Chawanphat Kongnim from Lopburi as Miss Earth Thailand 2022 at Grand Hyatt Erawan in Bangkok.^[7]

On 29 November 2022, Petsom crowned Andrea Aguilera Arroyave of Colombia as Miss Earth - Fire 2022 at the 22nd Miss Earth pageant held at Okada Manila in the Philippines.

Notes

1. As the Miss Earth pageant being held online in two consecutive years 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. The elemental finalists didn't receive their elemental crowns immediately as the travel restrictions worldwide tightens, only the winner has the privilege to receive the crown immediately.