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to select its representative to the international

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pageant. The pageant, with the theme "

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" is organized by AMC Productions, and began sending representatives to Miss Earth a year after the international pageant was established in 2001. Nigeria has achieved 5 placements in Miss Earth. The current titleholder is Esther Oluwatosin Ajayi.

History

Originally, titleholders were from rival pageants Miss Commonwealth Nigeria (Vanessa Ibene Ekeke) and

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(Ewemade Ogbebor), until Miss Earth Nigeria became a pageant in its own right in 2004. The winner is expected to work in collaboration with environmentalist and state parastatals on how to make water safe, check erosion, pollution among others. The pageant also conducts road shows to educate people on the three R's (

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). Nigeria produced its first Miss Earth top ten finalist when Susan Modupe Garland entered in the top 10 in

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. The president and national director of the pageant is Ibinabo Fiberesima, a pageant veteran who is now a

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actress.

Titleholders

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Other notable contestants

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2020

Controversy

In 2009, Law student Nkesi Okandu was dethroned by pageant organisers after she refused to compete in Miss Globe International as opposed to Miss Earth. Fiberesima later claimed that she had received threatening phone calls from Okandu's family who argued that her substitution was unfair. The newly crowned queen was labelled "rude" by the organisers, and was forced to resign after just two weeks, allowing second-place winner

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student Modesta Alozie to compete at Miss Earth instead, and reign as Miss Earth Nigeria for the remaining eleven months. It has since been argued that this was a plan to eliminate the winner, noting that while Okandu had signed her contract on September 25 (the same day she was asked to compete in for Miss Globe International), Alozie was already being credited as the winner of Miss Earth Nigeria on the Miss Earth website as early as September 22. Munachi Uzoma, who won the pageant in 2011, sued the organisers for breach of contract following their failure to give her the N1,000,000 cash prize and brand new car, and disclosed that some of her predecessors also suffered similar treatment.Miss Earth Accuses Organisers Of Breach Of Contract
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References

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Beauty pageants in Nigeria Nigerian awards Recurring events established in 2002 2002 establishments in Nigeria