Ruxandra Popa (born 1987 in

Ploiești Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest. The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Blejoi commu ...

) is a

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n model and

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. She was named Miss Romania-Earth 2008. She was crowned by Alina Gheorge, Miss Romania Earth 2007.

Miss Earth 2008

By winning Miss Romania-Earth, Popa earned the right to represent

at Miss Earth 2008. Ruxandra eventually became one of the favorites to win the Miss Earth 2008 crown. In the final competition of the eighth edition of the international beauty pageant Miss Earth, Popa was announced as one of sixteen semi-finalists who moved forward to compete for the title. She ended as one of the top 16 semifinalists of Miss Earth. The Miss Earth pageant was held on November 9, 2008 at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles, Pampanga,

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. Eighty-five delegates arrived from October 19, 2008 in the

. The pageant was broadcast live via

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in the Philippines and to many countries worldwide via

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and other partner networks.

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