SASH FACTOR • Tereza Fajksova

TEREZA FAJKSOVA

Tereza Fajksová (born 17 May 1989 in Ivančice) is a Czech model, public administration specialist, environmentalist, and an international beauty pageant titleholder. She competed and won in the Miss Earth 2012 beauty pageant.Fajksová is the first delegate from the Czech Republic to win the Miss Earth title. She is also the first European delegate in the last ten years since 2002 and the third European to be crowned Miss Earth.

BIOGRAPHY

Fajksová comes from a small town in the south of Ivančice in the Czech Republic, where she spent her childhood with her grandparents, parents and brother. She has natural blonde hair and blue eyes.She attended elementary school at TG Masaryk in Ivančice and graduated from high school at the Louis Danka Sports Gymnasium in Brno. She has lived in Brno since her high school years.

Fajksova is a Public Administration graduate and hopes to pursue a second degree in Economics. Before she started her modeling career, she was a volleyball player. As captain of the team from Brno (Brno Kralovopolska Extraliga Volleyball Team), her team won three junior national championships in Czech Republic. Her career in volleyball ended when she had an injury which paved her door in the world of fashion and modeling.

Czech Miss 2012

Fajksova competed in the 2012 edition of the annual Czech Miss beauty pagent which was held on March 31, 2012 at the Karlin Musical Theatre, Prague. She emerged as one of the three winners and bagged the title, Czech Miss Earth 2012 which earned her the right to represent Czech Republic in the Miss Earth 2012 international pageant.

Miss Earth 2012

Fajksová, at the age of 23, was crowned Miss Earth 2012, during the 12th Miss Earth coronation night held at the Versailles Palace in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. She beat 79 other international delegates in a competition that took sustainable energy as its central theme, following the United Nations General Assembly's declaration of 2012 International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. The top four delegates were asked one question prior to the conclusion of the pageant, "What is your defining moment as a woman?" Fajksová, without the assistance of an interpreter, acknowledged her disfluency in the English language, and replied: "I'm so sorry but I don't understand the question. I will try to send this message: We have to protect Mother Earth. She gives us everything we need in our lives. So let's respect her so she'll respect us." Even though she did not understand the final question, she was confident and delivered an improvised answer through a meaningful message about protecting the environment and the earth which brought her the title of Miss Earth 2012. She fell to the ground after being crowned by her predecessor, the Ecuadorian Olga Alava and suffered an ankle injury. As the Miss Earth winner, Fajksova will become the new spokesperson for the Miss Earth Foundation, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and other environmental organizations. She is expected to dedicate her year to promote specific projects that address issues concerning the environment and other global issues.

Media and environmental activism

Fajksová regaled the kids with the story of "Amansinaya," a story about a fishing community where nearly a thousand children from all over Metro Manila listened to stories about biodiversity and the riches of the planet during the two-day Inquirer Read-Along Festival at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center on November 26, 2012. She was a guest at the dance show contest, Star Dance in Czech Republic with actor David Švehlík on December 15, 2012. and upon returning to the Czech Republic she was welcomed by her community and children in Ivančice and received an honorary award from the mayor of Ivančice. Became a guest of Jan Kraus Show and involved in helping sick children and sat in a call center charity show heart for children. On January 20, 2026, she attended opera born ball. Tereza was on the runway highlighting the Styl a Kabo International Fashion Fair. This was the second time that she graced this event which runs from the 17–19 February in Brno Exhibition Center in Brno. She became the face of Jovanni International bags and start the campaign for L'Oreal Professionnel in Czech Republic. Miss Earth Tereza Fajksová and Czech Miss 2008 Eliska Bučková showed Swimwear Fashion Island to open a boutique in Prague. She became a guest in Czech game show with other Czech celebrities and became a Cover of Top Class Magazine base in Czech Republic.