Miss Earth México is an annual

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in Mexico. The winner of Miss Earth Mexico obtains the right to represent the country in the

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pageant, the third most important beauty festival in the world, where the goal is to promote

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History

Miss Earth México, based in Mérida,

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, is organized by the national director Paul Marsell. The pageant was established in order to elect Mexico's representative in the annual

pageant and to promote

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and

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. Miss Earth Mexico was founded in 2002, but the first national contest was not held until 2007. Titleholders prior to 2007 were chosen by the organizers in a private selection process. Mexico was first represented in

Miss Earth 2002 Miss Earth 2002, the 2nd edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held at Folk Arts Theater in Pasay, Philippines on October 20, 2002. In its second year, 53 delegates participated, exceeding the number of contestants in Miss International 2002, ...

by Libna Viruega Roldán from

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, who was the first titleholder of Miss Earth Mexico. In 2008, Abigail Elizalde Romo, Miss Earth Mexico 2008, advanced in the semifinal and final round for the first time for Mexico at the Miss Earth pageant and eventually won the Miss Water (''2nd Runner-up''), one of the elemental crowns, in the

Miss Earth 2008 Miss Earth 2008, the 8th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held on November 9, 2008, at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Philippines. Eighty-five delegates arrived from 19 October 2008 in Philippines. The pageant was broadcast ...

Titleholders

Below are the names of the annual titleholders of Miss Earth Mexico, listed in ascending order and according to the year in which they participated in Miss Earth. The states they represented during their national crowning or designation and their final placements and special awards acquired in the aforementioned global beauty competition are also displayed. ;Color Key

Other international beauty pageants

Miss Intercontinental

The Miss Globe

Miss Freedom of the World

Candidates

Perla Beltrán Perla Judith Beltrán Acosta (born September 30, 1986) is a Mexican beauty queen from the state of Sinaloa, and the first runner-up in Miss World 2009. Early life An industrial engineering alumni, Beltrán was born in Culiacán, Sinaloa and rais ...

won second place (''Miss Earth México Air 2007'') in Miss Earth México 2007. Later, she competed in Nuestra Belleza Sinaloa where she won second place; she was later designated to compete in Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2008 where she won Nuestra Belleza Mexico Mundo and the right to represent Mexico in

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, where she won the second place (Miss World first runner up) in the pageant and the title of Miss World Americas and

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References

External links

Miss Earth Mexico official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miss Earth Mexico Beauty pageants in Mexico Mexican awards Mexican culture

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2002 establishments in Mexico