Miss Earth 2022 was the 22nd

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pageant, held on November 29, 2022, at the

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, Philippines.

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of Belize crowned

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of South Korea as her successor at the end of the event. This is the first time South Korea won the Miss Earth pageant, one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. In the same event, her elemental court are crowned: Sheridan Mortlock of Australia as Miss Earth – Air, Nadeen Ayoub of Palestine as Miss Earth – Water, and Andrea Aguilera of Colombia as Miss Earth – Fire. The competition returned to the Philippines into a standard format for the first time since

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, after easing travel restrictions surrounding the

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. The pageant was hosted by James Deakin for the sixth consecutive time and anchored by Miss Earth 2015 Angelia Ong, Miss Earth 2017

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and

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Background

Location and date

The Swimsuit competition was held in

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on November 16 and the grand coronation night on November 29, 2022, which were announced during the virtual competitions.

Selection of participants

Contestants from 85 countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Fourteen of these delegates were appointees to their national titles after being a runner-up of their national pageant or being selected through a casting process, while four were selected to replace the original dethroned winner. Eunike Suwandi, Putri Bumi Indonesia 2021, was originally scheduled to represent Indonesia in the competition. However, Putri Bumi Indonesia lost the franchise to the Mahakarya Duta Pesona Indonesia Organization, who is now in charge of selecting a representative to Miss Earth.

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was appointed to represent Miss Earth through a closed-door selection process. Brielle Simmons, the second runner-up of

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, was appointed to represent the United States after Natalia Salmon, lost the title for unknown reasons. Elizabeth Gasiba, Miss Earth Venezuela 2022, was replaced by Oriana Pablos, third runner-up of

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, due to academic reasons. Chileshe Wakumelo, Miss Earth Zambia 2022, has already competed in some preliminary activities but withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. She was replaced by the first runner-up of Miss Earth Zambia 2019, Joyce Mwansa. The 2022 edition will see the debuts of Burundi, Cabo Verde, and Senegal, and the returns of Albania, Croatia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iraq, Kosovo, Malta, Mongolia, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, South Korea, South Sudan, Wales, and Zambia. Hong Kong last competed in

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, Albania in

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, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kosovo, and Scotland in

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, Iraq, Namibia, and Palestine in

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, Ethiopia and Wales in

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, Haiti, South Korea, Malta, Slovakia, and South Sudan in

, and the others in

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Results

: Miss Earth : Miss Earth – Air : Miss Earth – Water : Miss Earth – Fire : Top 8 : Top 12 : Top 20

Placements

Special Awards

Other Awards

Pre-pageant activities

Virtual pre-pageant activities

Miss Earth's virtual pre-pageant activities premiered on Miss Earth's official YouTube channel on 25 October 2022 with the ''Meet the delegates'' series. Six competitions took place: Fauna outfit competition, Intelligence preliminary judging, National costume competition, Beauty of Face, Fitness & Form, and the Eco Video presentations. Delegates were divided into four regions; ''Asia & Oceania'', ''Europe'', ''Africa'' and the ''Americas'' for Intelligence preliminary judging between November 1 and 4, 2022. For the first time, the Fauna outfit competition was held, which displayed the delegates' creative outfits of the fauna they represent. The grand showcase of the delegates' culture and traditions in the National Costume competition premiered on 6 November 2022. Other preliminary rounds include Miss Earth 2022 Beauty of Face competition and the Miss Earth 2022 Fitness & Form. The Miss Earth 2022 Eco Video presentation divided the delegates via the continental group between November 11 and 14.

Press Presentation

86 delegates were introduced during the Miss Earth 2022 press presentation, held at

on November 14, 2022.

Swimsuit Competition

The swimsuit competition was held at the Azzura Beach Resort in

on November 16, 2022. The competition was won by Esther Ajayi of Nigeria, Andrea Aguilera of Colombia, Mina Sue Choi of South Korea, and Liliya Levaya of Belarus.

Beach Wear Competition

The Beach Wear Competition was held in various places in the Philippines from November 18 to 19, 2022. The competition was won by Mina Sue Choi of South Korea, Daniela Riquelme of Chile, Andrea Aguilera of Colombia, and Jessica Pedroso of Brazil.

Long Gown Competition

Resort Wear Competition

Talent Competition

Judges

*Theresa Mundita Lim – Executive Director of

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*Daphne Oseña-Paez – TV Host & Presentor, Host *Abhisek Gupta – Managing Director of Mindshare Philippines *Thuy Bui – Senior Country Officer International Finance Cooperation World Bank Group *Roel Refran – CEO of

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– Founder and Executive Vice President of Miss Earth Organization

Contestants

85 contestants competed for the title.

Withdrawals

;During the contest * – Katherine Maria Johnson was introduced at finals, but she withdrew from the pageant for undisclosed reasons.

Notes

References

External links

* {{Miss Earth

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