Miss Earth México is an annual beauty pageant in Mexico. The winner of Miss Earth Mexico obtains the right to represent the country in the

Miss Earth Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one ...

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

environmental awareness Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement about supporting life, habitats, and surroundings. While environmentalism focuses more on the environmental and nature-related aspects of green ideology and politics, ecologi ...

and

protection Protection is any measure taken to guard something against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although ...

. 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 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 was the eighth edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Philippines, on November 9, 2008. Jessica Trisko of Canada crowned Karla Henry of the Philippines as her successor the en ...

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

Delegates at other pageants

Miss Intercontinental

Miss Eco International

The Miss Globe

Miss Glam World

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miss Earth Mexico Beauty pageants in Mexico Mexican awards Culture of Mexico

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2002 establishments in Mexico