Miss Earth 2020, the 20th anniversary of the
Miss Earth pageant, the first
virtual coronation of any
major pageant in the world.
[ The pageant was held on 29 November 2020 where ]Miss Earth 2019
Miss Earth 2019, the 19th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held on October 26, 2019, at Okada Manila in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines where Nguyễn Phương Khánh of Vietnam was succeeded by Nellys Pimentel of Puerto Rico at th ...
Nellys Pimentel of Puerto Rico was succeeded by Lindsey Coffey of the United States at the end of the event.Big Four international beauty pageants
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at least once.
In the same event, other elemental winners were also crowned: Stephany Zreik of Venezuela won Miss Earth – Air, Roxanne Baeyens of the Philippines as Miss Earth – Water, and Michala Rubinstein of Denmark as Miss Earth – Fire. Miss Australia Brittany Dickson, a brain cancer survivor received the Eco Angel Special Award, the equivalent of Beauty for a Cause Beauty for a Cause is the slogan of the Miss Earth beauty pageant adopted since the pageant's inception in 2001. It empowers the contestants to work with an environmental advocacy that is personally significant to them. The first Beauty for a Cause ...
award.
Delegates from 82 countries and territories participated in this year's competition.[
The pageant was hosted by James Deakin and telecast on TV5 and ]FOXlife
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, with a virtual tour of the world in the opening number and featured the delegates in their eco-angel and respective national costume
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s.Latin American
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singer and TV host Patricia Zavala.[
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Background
The pageant started on 21 September 2020 and ran for a couple of months.Karla Henry
Karla Paula Ginteroy Henry (; born May 23, 1986) is a Filipino-Canadian beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Earth 2008, becoming the first Philippine delegate and the first in the Asian region to win that title.
Early life
Henry was ...
. The pageant preliminary was streamed online on virtual channel
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KTX on 24 November 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic
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caused travel restrictions would have the contestants to travel to the Philippines and would be forced to subject on a 14-day quarantine period upon arrival in that country. It was announced on 14 August 2020, the Miss Earth Organization would have to crown their new titleholders on a virtual coronation night scheduled for 29 November 2020 for the first time in the organization's history, such occurrence a major beauty pageant held virtually from the participants' home countries for the first time since the inception of beauty pageants dated back to the 1920s.
Results
Miss Earth
Miss Earth – Air
Miss Earth – Water
Miss Earth – Fire
Top 8
Top 20
Final results
§ – Best Eco-Video winners automatically advanced to Top 20.
Pre-pageant activities
Medalists
Judges
* Patricia Zavala – Latin American singer and TV hostUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization
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* Natalia Barulich – International DJ, model, and singer][
* Iskandar Widjaja – Violinist][
* Jewel Lobaton – Former ]Binibining Pilipinas
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Universe 1998[ and CEO, Founder, & Owner of Jewel Beauty Strong
* Michael Ma – Restaurateur,][ Environmentalist, Founder, & CEO of Indochine Group
* Lorraine Schuck – Former Miss Asia Quest 1979 1st runner-up & Executive Vice President, Carousel Productions.
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Delegates
82 contestants from various countries and territories have been selected to participate in the Miss Earth 2020 pageant.
Withdrawals
; During the contest
* – Amina Hanbegović was not announced at finals.
* – Ana Miljanic was not announced at finals.
References
External links
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