This is not your grandma's pageant winner: Gia uses her platform as Miss Earth USA to hone her skills at advocacy, conversation, and public speaking.

She tells us she used to have social anxiety, but you wouldn't know it to hear her now. Listen as she describes her friend Mia Molina and the reason she has taken up the important work of advocating against domestic violence.

Then Angel on the Street Vera Chacon talks about... wait for it... lessons learned from dating. It could have been awkward but our Angel on the Street handles the topic with grace, emotional intelligence, and maturity.