Miss Earth 2023

Miss Earth 2023 will be the 23rd Miss Earth pageant to be held at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 22 December 2023. Mina Sue Choi of South Korea will crown her successor at the end of the event.

Background

Location and date

On 18 July 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City, Lorraine Schuck, co-founder of the Miss Earth Organization, announced that Miss Earth 2023 would be held in Vietnam for a second time, the first being held in 2010. The pageant will take place at an 8,000-seater theater in Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, On 21 July 2023, the Miss Earth Organization announced that the pageant will take place on 16 December 2023.

However, on 11 September 2023, the Miss Earth Organization announced that the pageant will take place on 22 December instead of 16 December, and the venue was relocated to the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in Ho Chi Minh City to accommodate a larger audience.

On 16 October 2023, the Miss Earth Organization announced that the pageant will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from 1 December 2023 to 22 December 2023. The National Costume Competition, which will be held at Nguyen Hue Walking Street on 2 December, would serve as the welcoming event of the pageant. The Best Eco Project presentation will be held at the Gem Convention Center on 4 December, the ''Miss Earth 2023 X Fashion Voyage'', which are evening gown and swimsuit competitions, will be held at Van Phuc City on 9 December, and the ''Fashionature'' ecotourism and fashion shoot will be held on 14 December. The talent competition will take place at the Saigon Opera House on 16 December.

Selection of participants

Contestants from eighty-eight countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Four contestants were appointed to their position after being a runner-up of their national pageant.

Replacements

Tina Krulanović was appointed to represent Montenegro since Vladjana Jovetić, the original representative, relinquished the title due to personal reasons. Andjela Vanevski, Miss Balkana 2023, was appointed to represent Serbia since Jelena Petrović, the original representative, relinquished the title due to personal reasons. Belindé Schreuder, the first runner-up of Miss Earth South Africa 2023, was appointed to represent her country since the original winner, Zabelo Hlabisa, exceeded the age limit. Cassandra Peters, first runner-up of Miss Earth Liberia 2023, was appointed as Miss Earth Liberia 2023, since the original Miss Earth Liberia 2023, Salafana Geraldine Scott relinquished her title due to personal reasons.

Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition will mark the debuts of Eswatini, Lesotho, and Mozambique, and the returns of Bangladesh, Cambodia, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Moldova, Myanmar, the Northern Mariana Islands, Paraguay, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Uruguay, and the US Virgin Islands. Madagascar last competed in 2014, Trinidad and Tobago last competed in 2018, Fiji, Hungary, Kazakhstan and Tonga last competed in 2019, Finland, Honduras, Moldova, and US Virgin Islands last competed in 2020, while the others last competed in 2021.

Contestants

As of 22 November 2023, eighty-eight contestants have been confirmed.

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