Miss Earth 2004

Miss Earth 2004, the 4th edition of Miss Earth pageant, took place on 24 October 2004 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Dania Prince of Honduras crowned her successor Priscilla Meirelles of Brazil at the end of the event.[1]

Miss Earth 2004
Miss Earth 2004
Date	24 October 2004
Presenters	Marc Nelson Sarah Meir
Venue	UP Theater, Quezon City, Philippines
Broadcaster	ABS-CBN The Filipino Channel Star World
Entrants	61
Placements	16
Debuts	Bulgaria Chad Macedonia Martinique Portugal Trinidad & Tobago Uruguay
Withdrawals	Afghanistan Antigua & Barbuda Cyprus Germany Gibraltar Hungary Japan Kosovo Panama Slovenia Venezuela
Returns	Albania Egypt El Salvador Great Britain Netherlands Nepal Paraguay Taiwan Tanzania
Winner	Priscilla Meirelles  Brazil
Congeniality	Stephanie Brownell  United States
Best National Costume	Gabriela Zavala  Honduras
Photogenic	Priscilla Meirelles  Brazil

The 21-year-old medical student from Brazil, Priscilla Meirelles, who stands 5’ 8" and has a 35"-24"-35" figure, won the coveted title, and with her win, Brazil became the first country to capture all of the four major international pageants, namely Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth.[1][2]

Miss Martinique Murielle Celimene, an 18-year-old student, was crowned Miss Air, the pageant’s equivalent to first runner-up. The last two titles— Miss Water and Miss Fire (second and third runners-up, respectively) —were won by Miss Tahiti Kahaya Lusazh (English name: Stephanie Lesage) and Miss Paraguay Yanina Gonzalez. Miss Paraguay was early crowd favorite who maintained her composure when she almost fell off the stage because of broking her shoe’s heels after the evening gown competition.

The winners were chosen by the 11-person board of judges who included last year’s Miss Earth’s Beauty for a Cause awardee, Vida Samadzai, Noel Lorenzana of Unilever Philippines, Stefan Voogel of InterContinental Manila, Kit Ti LIan of Avon Color, Lorraine Timbol of Media Arts Systems and Services Co., Regina Paz Lopez of ABS-CBN Foundation, Chin Chin Gutierrez, actress and staunch advocate of environmental concerns, international singer-actor Leo Valdez, Deborah Landey of the United Nations Development Programme, Freddie Garcia of ABS-CBN, and Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar Purisima.

Organized and launched in 2001 by Carousel Productions, Miss Earth serves as a catalyst in promoting environmental advocacy worldwide. Its slogan, "Beauties For A Cause".[3]