List of Miss Earth titleholders

List of Miss Earth titleholders is an overview of the winners and top finalists of the Miss Earth competition. Miss Earth is an annual beauty pageant that is organized by Manila-based Carousel Productions, through the Miss Earth Foundation. The non-stock, non-profit organization aims to increase the level of awareness on current environmental issues and what actions can be done through power of broadcasting and other media campaigns locally, nationally and globally.[1] It is the only major global beauty pageant that promotes care and preservation for the planet’s environment and ecology.[2]

The annual event, which started in 2001, has attracted delegates from at least 80 countries and territories since 2005. Competing delegates should be at least 18 years of age, and not exceed 26.[3] Like the Miss Universe, delegates compete in three rounds of competition: swimsuit, evening gown and question and answer. The last round focuses on topics of environmental concerns. The proclaimed winner is awarded the title of Miss Earth, and becomes the spokesperson and ambassador of the foundation, as well as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and other organizations, in promoting green causes worldwide.[4]

To date, the Miss Earth beauty pageant has been held ten times, taking place during the last quarter of the year. There was one case of dethronement, when 2002 Miss Earth Džejla Glavović was replaced by first runner-up Winfred Adah Omwakwe.[5] As part of the pageant's rules, in the case that the titleholder can no longer fulfill her duties and obligations as Miss Earth, the first runner-up, awarded the title of Miss Air, shall take over the title.[6]

Miss Earth titleholders[7]
Year Represented Titleholder[8][9][10] Age Hometown Pageant Location Date Entrants
2001  Denmark Catharina Svensson 19 Copenhagen Quezon City, Philippines October 28, 2001 42
2002  Bosnia and Herzegovina Džejla Glavović[a][5] 19 Sarajevo Pasay City, Philippines October 29, 2002 53
 Kenya Winfred Omwakwe[b] 20 Nairobi Mandaluyong City, Philippines August 7, 2003
2003  Honduras Dania Prince 23 Choluteca Quezon City, Philippines November 9, 2003 57
2004  Brazil Priscilla Meirelles 21 Belém October 24, 2004 61
2005  Venezuela Alexandra Braun 22 Caracas October 23, 2005 80
2006  Chile Hil Hernández 22 Castro Manila, Philippines[c] November 26, 2006 82
2007  Canada Jessica Trisko 22 Vancouver Quezon City, Philippines November 11, 2007 88
2008  Philippines Karla Henry 22 Cebu Angeles City, Philippines November 9, 2008 85
2009  Brazil Larissa Ramos 20 Manaus Boracay Island, Philippines November 22, 2009 80
2010  India Nicole Faria 20 Bangalore Nha Trang, Vietnam December 4, 2010 84
2011  Ecuador Olga Álava 23 Guayaquil Quezon City, Philippines[d] December 3, 2011 84
2012  Czech Republic Tereza Fajksová 23 Ivančice Muntinlupa City, Philippines November 24, 2012 80
2013  Venezuela Alyz Henrich 22 Ambon December 7, 2013 88
2014  Philippines Jamie Herrell 20 Cebu Quezon City, Philippines November 29, 2014 85
2015 Angelia Ong 25 Iloilo Vienna, Austria December 5, 2015 86
2016  Ecuador Katherine Espín 23 Ecuador Pasay City, Philippines October 29, 2016 83
2017  Philippines Karen Ibasco 26 Manila November 4, 2017 85
2018  Vietnam Nguyễn Phương Khánh 23 Bến Tre November 3, 2018 87
2019  Puerto Rico Nellys Pimentel 22 San Juan Parañaque City, Philippines October 26, 2019 85
2020 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

Notes

a Dethroned

b Originally crowned as the 1st Runner-up. Took over title after original winner was dethroned on May 28, 2003.

c Originally scheduled to be held in Santiago, Chile but was moved to the Philippines.

d Originally scheduled to be held in Santiago, Chile but was moved to the Philippines.

b Originally scheduled to be held in Bangkok, Thailand but was moved back to the Philippines due to massive flooding.

Countries by number of title wins
Country Titles Year(s)
 Philippines 4 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017
 Ecuador 2 2011, 2016
 Venezuela 2005, 2013
 Brazil 2004, 2009
 Puerto Rico 1 2019
 Vietnam 2018
 Czech Republic 2012
 India 2010
 Canada 2007
 Chile 2006
 Honduras 2003
 Kenya 2002[B]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002[A]
 Denmark 2001

Notes
A Dethroned
 B Took over title

Runners-up

Miss Earth has specific titles and crowns for each runner-up. To distinguish the runners-up at the national competition from the global level, Miss Earth international edition include the title "Miss Earth" before the names of the element - Air, Water and Fire - in the sash of runners-up; for example, "Miss Earth-Air."[11][12][13]

Edition Miss Earth-Air A Country Miss Earth-Water Country Miss Earth-Fire Country
2001 Simone Régis  Brazil Margarita Kravtsova  Kazakhstan Daniela Stucan  Argentina
2002 Winfred Omwakwe Kenya Slađana Božović Yugoslavia Juliana Drossou Greece
Slađana Božović B  Yugoslavia Juliana Drossou B  Greece Elina Hurve B  Finland
2003 Priscila Poleselo Zandoná  Brazil Marianela Zeledón Bolaños  Costa Rica Marta Matyjasik  Poland
2004 Murielle Celimene  Martinique Kahaya Lusazh  Tahiti Yanina González C  Paraguay
2005 Amell Santana  Dominican Republic Katarzyna Borowicz  Poland Jovana Marjanović  Serbia & Montenegro
2006 Amruta Patki  India Cathy Untalan  Philippines Marianne Puglia  Venezuela
2007 Pooja Chitgopekar  India Silvana Santaella  Venezuela Ángela Gómez  Spain
2008 Miriam Odemba  Tanzania Abigail Elizalde  Mexico Tatiane Alves  Brazil
2009 Sandra Seifert  Philippines Jessica Barboza  Venezuela Alejandra Echevarria  Spain
2010 Jennifer Pazmiño D Ecuador Watsaporn Wattanakoon  Thailand Yeidy Bosques  Puerto Rico
Viktoria Shchukina D  Russia
2011 Driely Bennettone  Brazil Athena Imperial  Philippines Caroline Medina  Venezuela
2012 Stephany Stefanowitz  Philippines Osmariel Villalobos  Venezuela Camilla Brant  Brazil
2013 Katia Wagner  Austria Punika Kulsoontornrut E Thailand Catharina Choi  Korea
2014 Andrea Neu  United States Maira Rodríguez F  Venezuela Anastasia Trusova  Russia
2015 Dayanna Grageda  Australia Brittany Payne  United States Thiessa Sickert  Brazil
2016 Michelle Gómez  Colombia Stephanie de Zorzi  Venezuela Bruna Zanardo G Brazil
Corrin Stellakis  United States
2017 Nina Robertson  Australia Juliana Franco  Colombia Lada Akimova  Russia
2018H Melanie Mader  Austria Valeria Ayos  Colombia Melissa Flores  Mexico
2019 Emanii Davis  United States Klára Vavrušková  Czech Republic Alisa Manenok  Belarus

Notes
A. ^ In the pilot pageant of Miss Earth in 2001, the title of the 1st Runner-Up was formerly known as Miss Wind, before it was changed to Miss Air the following year.
 B. ^ ^ ^ Džejla Glavović of Bosnia and Herzegovina who was crowned as Miss Earth 2002 was dethroned on May 28, 2003 due to the reason cited by the Miss Earth Foundation as "failure to comply with the stipulations in her contract". Winfred Adah Omwakwe from Kenya, then-Miss Air, was formally crowned as the new Miss Earth 2002 on August 7 due to pageant rules stipulating that the 1st Runner-Up/Miss Air will take over if Miss Earth does not fulfill her duties. Prior with this result, each runner-up moved one position so Yugoslavia was the new Miss Air, Greece is Miss Water and Elina Hurve of Finland is the new Miss Fire. Hurve is a semi-finalist in the said competition. This year also marked the dethronement of another beauty queen Oxana Fedorova of Russia (her fellow European), who was originally Miss Universe 2002 (she was replaced by Justine Pasek of Panama who is the 1st Runner-Up).
C. ^ Yanina Gonzalez, then-Miss Fire 2004, competed at Miss Universe 2004 and eventually placed 3rd Runner-Up in the said competition, marking her as the first Paraguayan woman to obtain the highest position ever slated to a Miss Paraguay, obtain same placements at separate pageants, marking at the Top 5 respectively and the first Miss Earth titleholder to do so.
D. ^ ^ Jennifer Pazmiño of Ecuador, then-Miss Air 2010 was dethroned due to her upcoming marriage with her fiancee in February 2011. Therefore, Carousel Productions decided that the new Miss Air 2010 would be Viktoria Shchukina from Russia, who was originally placed as a semi-finalist in the pageant (For the first time, a semi-finalist was appointed to become the 1st Runner-Up in a particular pageant should the original winner would relinquish her position, other than a finalist.) Unlike the 2002 dethronement, there was no movement of one position higher so those under Miss Air (Miss Water and so on) stayed the same.
E. ^ Punika Kulsoontornrut of Thailand, then-Miss Water 2013 was dethroned due to her violations in her contract as titleholder last October 13, 2014, with regards to her participation in Miss International 2014 last November 11. She eventually placed 2nd Runner-Up in the competition (the same placement she held last year), making her the second to have the same placement in separate pageants, after Yanina Gonzalez of Paraguay did.
F. ^ Maira Alexandra Rodriguez, Miss Water 2014, from Venezuela wasn't actually the original delegate of her home country to Miss Earth 2014. It was originally Stephanie de Zorzi who would represent Venezuela, but later withdrew by pageant organizers due to weight issues. Rodriguez was originally the Venezuelan delegate who would compete at Miss Earth 2015 which was held at Vienna, Austria on December. De Zorzi competed in the 2016 edition obtaining the 2nd runner up (Miss Earth Water) position.
G. ^ Corrin Stellakis, Miss Earth United States 2016, was declared as the new Miss Earth Fire 2016 on March 8, 2017. If Brazil didn't resigned, they would have completed their reigns by becoming the first country to score back-to-back Miss Earth-Fire titles.
H. ^ This edition marked a number of firsts. Apart from Vietnam's first win in Miss Earth, Melanie Mader made history by being the first candidate to compete in both the origin regional pageant Miss Philippines Earth and Miss Earth itself. She managed to become Miss Philippines Eco-Tourism (then Miss Philippines Water afterwards) 2016 prior to her win as Miss Earth-Air 2018. Colombia became the first country to score back-to-back wins as Miss Earth-Water.

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