Miss Earth

Miss Earth is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness and held in the Philippines every year from 2001 to 2009.

• In 2010, the pagaent finally took place for the first time outside the Philippines and was held at theVinpearl Land Amphitheater at Nha Trang, Vietnam.

• In 2011, the 11th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was scheduled to be held on December 3, 2011 at the Impact,Muang Thong Thani,Bangkok, Thailand but due to flood situation in Thailand,Carousel Productions decided to move the 2011 Miss Earth Pageant venue to Manila, Philippines .

• In 2012, the 12th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, is supposed to be held in Bali,Indonesia but due to unknown reason, it is scheduled to be held on the Philippines this November 24, 2012 at the Versailles Clubhouse.

• Along with Miss Universe and Miss World Contests, Miss Earth is one of the 3 largest beauty pageants in the world in terms of the number of national-level competitions to participate in the world finals and one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world.

• Carousel Productions organized and launched the first Miss Earth beauty pageant in 2001 to actively promote the preservation of the environment.The Miss Earth pageant has grown over the years, with an increasing number of countries participating each year.

• The Miss Earth winner is the spokesperson for the Miss Earth Foundation, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and other environmental organizations.

• The winner of the pageant is bestowed the title Miss Earth; her runners-up are also given titles named after the other classical elements: Miss Fire (equivalent to third runner-up), Miss Water (second runner-up), and Miss Air (first runner-up)

• Miss Earth gained the attention of worldwide press in 2003 after Vida Samadzai,an Afghan Woman , now residing in the United States, competed in a Red Bikini.Vida Samadzai was the first Afghan woman to compete in an international beauty pageant in almost three decades, but the fact that she wore a bikini caused an uproar in her native country.

• Miss Earth also made headlines in 2005 when a Pakistani beauty queen,Naomi Zaman,a Miss Pakistan World Winner participated for the first time.She is the first delegate from Pakistan to compete in any major international pageants .

• Also Miss Earth Tibet 2006,Tsering Chungtak, the first Tibetan who represented Tibet in any major international beauty pageants made headlines.

2012 Miss Earth
The finale of Miss Earth, 2012, is scheduled to take place on November 24, 2012 at the Versailles Clubhouse, Philippines

Contestants performing the Gangnam Style by K-Pop Singer Psy.

         

Contestants giving Pose at the Pageant

 

Previous Year Winners 

                                        

Year	Winner’s Name & Country
2001	Catharina Svensson(Denmark)
2002	Winfred Omwakwe(Kenya)
2003	Dania Prince(Honduras)
2004	Priscilla Meirelles(Brazil)
2005	Alexandra Braun(Venezuela)
2006	Hil Hernandez(Chile)
2007	Jessica Trisko(Canada)
2008	Karla Henry(Philippines)
2009	Larissa Ramos(Brazil)
2010	Nicole Faria(India)
2011	Olga Alava(Ecuador)