Miss Earth 2015, the 15th edition of the
Miss Earth
Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one of t ...
pageant, was held on 5 December 2015 at Marx Halle in
Vienna
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Jamie Herrell
Jamie Herrell (born July 12, 1994) is an American-born actress and beauty queen. She won Miss Philippines Earth 2014 and Miss Earth 2014 titles. Herrell was a recipient of the Outstanding Individual Award during the 80th Cebu City Charter Day A ...
of the Philippines crowned her compatriot
Angelia Ong
Angelia Gabrena Paglicawan Ong (; born June 27, 1990) is a Filipino-Chinese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2015. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Earth 2015 pageant and won the title.
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as successor at the end of the event. It was the first time the pageant was held in
Europe
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outside of
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...
. It was also the first ever back-to-back victory in Miss Earth history.
At the end of the night,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
got its highest placement to date through
Dayanna Grageda
Dayanna Grageda (born 5 March 1992) is a Bolivian-Australian environmental advocate, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Earth Australia 2015 and later that year won the international title of Miss Earth Air 2015. Dayanna holds the hig ...
's finish as Miss Earth-Air 2015 where she was crowned by
Andrea Neu, Miss Earth-Air 2014 from
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
;
Brittany Payne of
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
was crowned Miss Earth-Water 2015, and
Thiessa Sickert of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
was crowned as Miss Earth-Fire 2015 and she was crowned by
Anastasia Trusova
Anastasia Trusova (Russian: Анастасия Трусова; born 1989) is a Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Earth Russia 2014 on a nationwide pageant in Anastasia became the first Russian delegate to get an ...
, Miss Earth-Fire 2014 from
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
.
The theme of this year's pageant was the promotion of environmental awareness by focusing on the
Climate Change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to E ...
campaign thru the 5R's : Re-think, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle and Respect.
Results
Placements
Order of announcements
Top 16
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Top 8
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Judges
Pre-pageant activities
Medal tally
Challenge Events
Best Eco Video
Photogenic Award (Online Voting)
Swimsuit Competition
Miss Friendship
National Costume Competition
Cocktail Wear Competition
Charity Givers
Sports Competition
Talent Competition
Evening Gown Competition
Tree Planting
Darling of the Press
Snowman Building Competition
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Presenters
* Oli Pettigrew
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Joey Mead-King
* Katia Wagner (Miss Earth - Air 2013)
Music
*Opening: "
Flawless" (Remix) by
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...
*Top 16 Announcement: "
Confident" (Instrument) by
Demi Lovato
Demetria Devonne Lovato ( ; born August 20, 1992), known as Demi Lovato, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. After appearing on the children's television series ''Barney & Friends'' (2002–2004), Lovato rose to prominence for pl ...
*Swimsuit Competition: "
Sparks
Sparks may refer to:
Places
*Sparks, Georgia
* Sparks, Kansas
*Sparks, Kentucky
*Sparks, Maryland
* Sparks, Nebraska
*Sparks, Nevada
*Sparks, Oklahoma
*Sparks, Texas
* Sparks, Bell County, Texas
* Sparks, West Virginia
Books
* ''Sparks'' (Raffi ...
" (The Golden Pony Remix) by
Hilary Duff
Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including seven Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, four Teen Choice Awards and two Young Artist Awards. She began her act ...
*Evening Gown Competition: "
Lean On
"Lean On" is a song recorded by American electronic dance music group Major Lazer and French DJ and record producer DJ Snake featuring vocals from Danish singer MØ. It was released on March 2, 2015, as the lead single from Major Lazer's third ...
" (Violin cover) by
Major Lazer
Major Lazer is an American electronic dance music DJ trio, which includes record producer Diplo, and DJs Walshy Fire and Ape Drums. It originates from Kingston, Jamaica, and was founded in 2008 by Diplo and Switch, with Switch leaving after t ...
and
DJ Snake
William Sami Étienne Grigahcine (born 13 June 1986), known by his stage name DJ Snake, is an Algerian French music producer and DJ, first achieving international recognition in 2013 by releasing an instrumentation-oriented single called " Turn D ...
ft.
MØ
Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen (; born 13 August 1988), known professionally as MØ (), is a Danish singer and songwriter. She signed a recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment in 2012, releasing her debut extended play, ''Bikini ...
*Top 8 Announcement: "
Masterpiece
A masterpiece, ''magnum opus'' (), or ''chef-d’œuvre'' (; ; ) in modern use is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, ...
" (Instrument) by
Jessie J
Jessica Ellen Cornish (born 27 March 1988), known professionally as Jessie J, is an English singer. Born and raised in London, she began her career on stage, aged 11, with a role in the West End musical '' Whistle Down the Wind''. She studied ...
Contestants
The following are the 86 delegates who competed for the Miss Earth crown:
Other Pageant Notes
Debuts
Countries and territories have been confirmed to debut this year:
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Returns
Countries and territories which has previously competed and will return this year:
*Last competed in
2003
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*Last competed in
2008
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*Last competed in
2011
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*Last competed in
2012
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*Last competed in
2013
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Withdrawals
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Did not compete
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Designations
*: Lilit Martirosyan has been appointed as the first Miss Earth Armenia for 2015. She was Top Model of the World for Armenia in 2015.
*: Sophie Totzauer has been appointed as Miss Earth Austria for 2015 by the national director of Miss Earth Austria, Sina Schmid.
*: Thiessa Sickert has been appointed as Miss Earth Brazil 2015 by
Miss Earth Brazil Organization. She was
Miss Universe Brasil 2012 2nd Runner-up.
*: Estefania Muñoz has been appointed as Miss Earth Colombia 2015 by
Miss Earth Colombia Organization. The next Miss Earth Colombia pageant would be held in early 2016.
*: Daria Zeleneva has been appointed as Miss Earth Crimea for 2015. Crimea appointed Zeleneva as there was no national pageant held and highly possible to be held the following year due to the recent conflict in Crimea.
*: Ana Marija Jurišić has been appointed as Miss Earth Croatia 2015 by the national director of Miss Earth Croatia. Jurišić competed and won the "No1 Model of the World 2015" competition held in Serbia where she represented Bosnia and Herzegovina.
*: Marcella Marina Constantinou has been appointed as Miss Earth Cyprus 2015. She won the
Star Cyprus 2014 pageant.
*: Angela Bonilla has been appointed as Miss Earth Ecuador 2015 by its national director, José Hidalgo León. The national pageant for Miss Earth was postponed and would be materialized the next year. Bonilla participated at
Miss Ecuador 2015
Miss Ecuador 2015, the 65th Miss Ecuador pageant, was held on March 14, 2015. Alejandra Argudo, Miss Ecuador 2014 from Manabí crowned her successor Francesca Cipriani from Guayas as Miss Ecuador 2015. The winner represented Ecuador at Miss Uni ...
and
Miss World Ecuador 2013 where she both went unplaced.
*: Imaj Ahmed Hassan has been appointed to represent Egypt by Youssef Spahi, national director of Miss Egypt after the pageant was postponed until spring of the following year. Hassan was a Miss Egypt 2014 Top 10 finalist.
*: Shyla Angela Prasad has been appointed as Miss Earth Fiji 2015. Shyla was a finalist at
Miss World Australia
Miss World Australia is a national beauty pageant that selects Australia's representative to the Miss World pageant since 2002. The current Miss World Australia is Sarah Marschke from Sydney, New South Wales. Two Australian representatives ha ...
.
*: Alyssa Wurtz has been appointed as Miss Earth France 2015 by
Miss France Organization. She is Miss France 2015 Fourth Runner-up.
*: Melanie Sofia Bauer has been appointed as Miss Earth Germany 2015 by Sina Schmid, the national director of Miss Earth for Germany. Melanie was a contestant at Miss Earth Austria 2015.
*: Sara Guerrero has been appointed as Miss Earth Guatemala 2015 by Miss Guatemala Latina. She was Miss International Guatemala 2013.
*: Joelle Curoe was appointed as Miss Earth Ireland 2015 by the national director. Joelle also competed at
Miss Earth Northern Ireland 2015 and finished as Miss Earth – Air 2015.
*: Shams Touraani has been appointed as Miss Earth Israel 2015 by the Miss Earth director in Israel, Lilac Magazine.
*: Aurora Pianegonda was appointed by the national director
[Life TV]Channel, as Miss Earth Italy 2015. Aurora is the Miss Lady Veneto 2015.
*: Kaltrina Neziri has been appointed to represent Kosovo by Agnesa Vuthaj, national director of
Miss Earth Kosovo. Neziri was crowned as Miss Earth Kosovo 2014 and was supposed to compete the
previous year. However, she was not able to compete because her visa application was denied.
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Bayartsetseg Altangerel was appointed as Miss Earth Mongolia 2015 by the national director, Miss Mongolia Tourism Association. Bayartsetseg competed at
Miss International 2014
Miss International 2014, the 54th Miss International pageant, organized by the International Cultural Association held on November 11, 2014 at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. Bea Santiago of the Philippines crowned her success ...
. This year, she competed at Miss World Mongolia 2015, and placed 1st Runner-up.
*: Leena Asarfi has been appointed as Miss Earth Netherlands 2015 by 12 Months of Beauty organization.
*: Carmen Jaramillo was chosen to compete as Miss Earth Panama 2015 by the national director, Cesar Añel after being granted to him the franchise. Miss Earth Panama would hold its first national pageant for the following year. Carmen is also the Miss
Reina Hispanoamericana
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Panama 2015.
*: Magdalena Ho was appointed as
Miss Earth Poland
Miss Earth Poland is a title given to a Polish woman who represents Poland at Miss Earth, which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. The current franchise holder for Miss Earth in Poland is Miss Polonia, w ...
2015 by its new national director, Serafina Ogończyk-Mąkowska of Miss Egzotica. Magdalena won as Miss Egzotica 2014.
*: Anca Neculaiasa-Pavel was appointed as Miss Earth Romania 2015. She was Miss International Romania 2015
*: Danielle Dolabaille has been appointed as Miss Earth Trinidad and Tobago 2015 after series of casting calls.
*: Şevval Ayvaz has been appointed as Miss Earth Turkey 2015 by the national director,
Elidor Miss Turkey. During the finals night, Sevval was proclaimed as Miss International Turkey but turned out wrong as she finished only as a finalist.
*: Chavika Watrsang has been appointed as
Miss Earth Thailand
Miss Earth Thailand is a national title given to a Thai people, Thai woman to represent Thailand at the Miss Earth pageant, an annual international major beauty pageant that advocates for environmental awareness, Environmental protection, conser ...
2015 by
Miss Universe Thailand
Miss Universe Thailand (formerly known as Miss Thailand Universe) is a beauty pageant that has been held annually since 2000 to select Thailand's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. The competition is a continuation of the Miss Thailand ...
organization after the said organization got the license back. Chavika is the 1st Runner-up of
Miss Universe Thailand 2015
Miss Universe Thailand 2015, the 16th Miss Universe Thailand pageant was held at Siam Paragon, Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon in Bangkok on July 18, 2015. Forty entrants from countrywide camped in Ubon Ratchathani Province, Ubon Ratchathani befo ...
.
Replacements
*: Vinka Nemer Drpic, the Miss World Bolivia 2015 1st runner up, became the Miss Earth Bolivia 2015 after
Jazmin Duran
Jazmin Duran (born February 16, 1994) is a Bolivian people, Bolivian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Bolivia, Miss Earth Bolivia 2015, which entitled her to represent Bolivia at Miss Earth 2015.
Biography Miss Bolivia 2015
Jaz ...
withdraws as Miss Earth Bolivia 2015 due to health reasons.
*: Cristelle Lohembe replaced Jessica Bossekota as Miss Earth Congo DR 2015 for undisclosed reasons.
*: Claudia Martínez was replaced by Pamela Valdivieso for undisclosed reasons. Pamela Valdivieso is the Miss Earth El Salvador 2015 and would have been competed the following year.
*: Britt Roselyn Rekkedal replaced Dina Nielsen as Miss Earth Norway 2015 for undisclosed reasons.
*: Andrea Melgarejo replaced
Myriam Arévalos as Myriam has been assigned to participate in
Miss Universe 2015
Miss Universe 2015 was the 64th Miss Universe pageant, held at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on December 20, 2015. This was the first edition of the pageant to be held under the ownership of WME/IMG, which ...
after
Laura Garcete was dethroned for being pregnant.
*: Andrea Panocchia was replaced by Dolores Ortega Martinez as
Miss Earth Spain 2015 for undisclosed reasons. Martinez is the Miss Earth Spain 2015 First Runner-up.
*: Sandra Akello replaced the original winner, Pearl Asasira, as
Miss Earth Uganda
The Miss Earth Uganda is an annual beauty pageant in Uganda and was created in 2014. It is responsible for sending Uganda's representative to the Miss Earth pageant which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. ...
2015 for undisclosed reasons. Sandra is the Miss Earth Uganda 2015 1st runner up.
Controversies
* Miss Taiwan R.O.C. Wen-Yin Ting was ejected from the competition due to her refusal to exchange her initial sash that said "Taiwan R.O.C." for one that said "Chinese Taipei" after China pressured the organization to make the change.
* Miss Earth India Aaital Khosla has garnered a lot of negative criticism after Miss Earth India's eco-video showed parts of Nepalese landscapes as one of her own nation. The video showcased the hills and mountain ranges including Mount Everest and the traffic scenes of Nepal's cities. It also indicated that the Miss Earth India organization failed to cross check the facts, plagiarized the video clips, completing the eco-video in haste without any prior responsibility. Amid much criticism, Miss Earth India Organization, owned by Glamanand Super Model India, together with Aaital Khosla then apologized to the Nepalese citizens and the world.
Notes
References
External links
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{{Miss Earth countries and territories
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