13 things about Miss Eco International 2025 Alexie Brooks

Alexie Mae Caimoso Brooks became the third Miss Eco International from the Philippines in 2025. She followed Cynthia Thomalla and Kathleen Paton, who were crowned in 2018 and 2022, respectively.

BIOGRAPHY

Brooks is an American-Filipino athlete, model and beauty queen from Leon, Iloilo, Philippines. She is 5’9″ tall.

As a student athlete, Brooks competed in track-and-field, high jump, long jump, heptathlon and basketball and later trained under the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA). Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She was born in Metro Manila, Philippines to a black American father and a Filipino mother, who met in Lebanon.
2. Her maternal grandparents are Gregorio C. Caimoso and Basilisa “Basing” Calawigan Caimoso.
3. She was singlehandedly raised by her grandmother Basing in Balud, Leon.
4. Growing up, she helped her grandmother Basing sell vegetables at the Iloilo Terminal Market in Iloilo City, Philippines.
5. While attending Iloilo National High School in Iloilo City, she was a student athlete scholar.
6. Her grandfather Gregorio turned 75 on May 9, 2009 and died on April 6, 2009.
7. In 2018, she represented the Philippines in a sports competition in Malaysia.
8. From 2020 to 2024, she attended the National University in Sampaloc, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
9. In 2022, she was one of the athletes who represented the Philippines in the 31st Southeast Asian Games.
10. She won Miss Iloilo 2024.
11. She was a Miss Universe Philippines 2024 finalist.
12. On February 21, 2025, she turned 24.
13. She won Miss Eco International 2025.

TIMELINE

Brooks started aspiring to become a beauty queen after watching the Philippines’ Venus Raj win as Miss Universe 2010 fourth runner-up on August 23, 2010. Raj was born in Doha, Qatar to an Indian-American father and a Filipino mother.

2018

• In July 2018, she won bronze in high jump in a sports competition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2019

• On February 18, 2019, she won gold in the secondary girls high jump event of the 2019 Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet at the Villareal Stadium in Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines.

2020

• In January 2020, she was featured in a Dove commercial.
• In March 2020, she was selected as part of the national athletics training pool of the Philippines.
• In September 2020, she entered the National University.

2021

• In December 2021, she won gold in heptathlon at the 2021 Ayala Philippine Athletics Championships in Baguio City, Philippines.

2022

• On April 19, 2022, she trained at Vermosa Sports Hub in Imus, Cavite, Philippines.
• In May 2022, she represented the Philippines in heptathlon at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. She finished fifth.
• In October 2022, she walked the runway at the BYS Fashion Week at the Globe Auditorium of the Maybank Performing Arts Theater in Taguig, Metro Manila.
• In November 2022, she visited Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
• In December 2022, she was named the most valuable player of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.

2023

• In August 2023, she visited San Juan, La Union, Philippines.

2024

• On January 13, 2024, she represented Leon at Miss Iloilo 2024 and competed against 14 other candidates at the cultural center of West Visayas State University in La Paz, Iloilo City. She won the title.
• On April 15, 2024, her grand mother Basilisa turned 85.
• On May 9, 2024, she graduated from the National University with a bachelor’s degree in marketing management.
• On May 22, 2024, she represented Iloilo City at Miss Universe Philippines 2024 and competed against 52 other candidates at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila. She finished in the Top 10 and was appointed Miss Eco Philippines 2025.
• On September 9, 2024, her grandmother Basilisa passed away.

2025

• On April 20, 2025, she represented the Philippines at Miss Eco International 2025 and competed again 35 other candidates at the Al Zahraa Ballroom of Hilton Green Plaza in Alexandria, Egypt. She won the title.
• On May 2, 2025, she crowned her successor Miss Eco Philippines 2026 Gabriella Carballo at Miss Universe Philippines 2025 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.