| Suada Saliu is ready to represent the “Land of the Eagles” in Miss Earth |
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| Written by John Soul |
| Saturday, 17 October 2009 20:16 |
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TIRANA, ALBANIA. Suada Saliu is Miss Earth Albania 2009. She was crowned by her predecessor, Rudina Suti, Miss Earth Albania 2008 in a glamorous event. She is prepared to partake in the Miss Earth 2009, the ninth edition of the “beauty for a cause” pageant. Suada was born in Albania particularly in the City of Durres on March 3, 1987. Suada's mother is an accountant and her father works as a truck driver. In January 1997, there was a tremendous turmoil in Albania, known as the Lottery Uprising, a rebellion sparked by Ponzi scheme failures. Albania disintegrated into chaos and armed revolt soon after pyramid investment schemes failed. On March 24, 1997 (she was ten years old at that time), her family moved to Caserta, Italy due to the political instability in Albania. When her country stabilized, she goes home to Albania, a Mediterranean country in South Eastern Europe, every summer and during the holidays. Currently, she moves back and forth to Albania and Italy. She explains, “In Albania, both the former Communist government and new administrations have cropped timber in enormous quantities. As a consequence, numerous forests are degraded, wildlife is periled, and farms have taken over land once forested.” The effects of past deforestation, livestock grazing, and flooding have contributed to a rate of soil erosion that surpasses the natural process of new soil production. The extraction of oil and minerals has also created environmental quandary, contaminating air, soil, and groundwater, principally in Central Albania. “Public education about conservation, pollution controls, and recycling is limited, and the government has focused most of its resources on economic growth rather than environmental concerns,” she says. The capital city experiences crisis related to overpopulation, such as waste management, lack of running water and electricity as well as intensely high levels of air pollution from the 300,000 cars moving around the city. “The problem is aggravated by aging infrastructure and most of the fuel used in Albania contains larger amounts of sulfur and lead than that allowed in European Union countries,” she comments. When asked about the actions being done by her country, she cites, “In Tirana, it is cleaned by government workers every day, and trees have been planted around many sidewalks. Mayor Edi Rama has promised that he will plant 100,000 more trees in Tirana and by 2012-2014 Tirana is envisioned to have the cleanest air in the Balkans.” She hopes that her participation to the Miss Earth 2009 beauty pageant will be an instrument to raise the current environmental problems in her country. She is also looking forward to further enhance her capability to effectively educate her countrymen on the environmental issues concerning her country.
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