BRISBANE: Brisbane beauty Liana Werner-Gray’s love of the earth has gone global.

The 22-year-old is a Queensland representative for the Miss Earth Australia competition, to be finalised in Sydney this month.

FORGET Jennifer Hawkins, Rachel LaBlack from Bundaberg can combine beauty and conservation - a combination that has landed her in the top 40 for the Miss Earth Australia finals.

Currently studying medicine in Sydney, Ms LaBlack entered the competition, an environmentally-focused version of Miss Universe, as an after thought.

“It was just in a moment of spontaneity that I initially registered for this and then only later worried what I had got myself in to,” she said.

“My passion for the environment is 110%, but I'm not so sure about the glamorous side of it.”

The final concludes with a coronation ball next Saturday night at Sydney's University of New South Wales, but contestants participate in clean-ups and tree planting, swimwear photo shoots and interviews throughout the week.