There's no better time for Miss Earth to be relevant than now, because every country is showing signs of climate change. - Carla Viktor

I am committed to the climate action movement and realise that I have a social responsibility to be catalyst of change… South Africans need to understand that environmental issues and social issues go hand in hand.

It's an exciting time to be alive but we are going to have to work hard to combat the destruction we've caused

We should not have waited until we were in this crisis to do something; we should have seen the signs. I almost feel like it's too late, but I don't want to be negative