Miss Earth is an annual international environmental-themed beauty pageant competition promoting environmental awareness, conservation, and social responsibility. The contest is the third largest beauty pageant in the world in terms of the number of national-level competitions to participate in the world finals. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, the competition is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants — the most coveted beauty titles among all the international pageant competitions.
Dania Patricia Prince Méndez is a Honduran model and beauty queen who has held the title of Miss Earth 2003.
Claudia Paola Suárez Fernández is a Venezuelan model and former beauty pageant winner.
Amy Diaz is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who competed in the Miss USA 2008 and Miss Earth United States 2009. She is from Providence, Rhode Island. Diaz, along with her husband Jason Case, won the twenty-third installment of the U.S. reality television show The Amazing Race.
Miss Earth 2009 was the 9th edition of the Miss Earth pageant. It was held on November 22, 2009 at the Boracay Ecovillage Resort and Convention Center in Boracay, Malay, Aklan, Philippines. Karla Henry of Philippines crowned her successor Larissa Ramos of Brazil at the end of the event.
Tatiane Alves is a model, an accounting consultant, and a beauty queen, who represented Brazil in the eighth edition of the Miss Earth beauty pageant. She emerged as one of the winners and crowned as Miss Earth Fire, which is equivalent to 3rd runner-up.
Larissa Ribeiro Ramos Tramontin is a Brazilian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Terra Brasil 2009 and Miss Earth 2009, becoming the second Brazilian to win the title.
Miss Philippines Earth 2009 was the 9th edition of the environmentally-conscious beauty pageant, Miss Philippines Earth. The grand coronation night was held on May 10, 2009 at The Arena Entertainment and Recreational Center of the People, San Juan. Fifty contestants competed for the title. The event was broadcast by ABS-CBN in the Philippines and by The Filipino Channel internationally.
Rujinan Phanseethum, nicknamed Mameaw is a Thai beauty queen who was crowned Miss Earth Thailand 2009 and a top eight finalist in the Miss Earth 2009 international pageant.
Jessica Cristina Barboza Schmidt is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Miss Earth Venezuela 2009 and Miss International Venezuela 2010.
Lateesha Ector is a fashion model and Canadian beauty queen. She was crowned as Miss Earth Canada 2009 in the annual Miss Earth Canada beauty pageant in August 2009. She is the first Black woman crowned Miss Earth Canada. She represented Canada in Miss Earth 2009.
Catherine Irving is a New Zealand beauty queen. She was crowned Miss Wanganui 2009 and went on to compete in and win Miss Earth New Zealand 2009, an annual national beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. Irving represented New Zealand in the Miss Earth 2009.
The Boracay Convention Center(BCC), also known as Boracay Ecovillage Resort and Convention Center, is the biggest convention center in Aklan, Philippines. It is a private ecotourism venue intended for trade events, industry conventions, corporate functions, concerts, and international exhibitions. It is one of the landmarks of the Island of Boracay, which was declared by the British publication TV Quick as the world's number one tropical beach and topped the 2007 Yahoo! Travel list of World’s Most Popular Beach. It is located in Yapak, Malay, Aklan, Philippines, The Boracay Convention Center was the venue of Miss Earth 2009, an annual international beauty contest promoting environmental awareness and one of the three largest beauty pageants in the world.
Alejandra Echevarria is a Spanish beauty queen, fashion model, and singer. She represented Spain in the beauties for a cause pageant, Miss Earth 2009 and placed as Miss Fire. She won second runner up in the annual national Miss Spain 2009 at a gala held in Cancun, Mexico.
Melinda Heffernan is an Australian beauty pageant titleholder. She won the 2009 edition of the Miss Earth Australia beauty pageant and represented her country in Miss Earth 2009, an annual international pageant promoting environmental awareness and one of the three largest beauty pageants in the world in terms of the number of national-level competitions to participate in the world finals.
Immaculate Aheu Deng is a beauty queen and fashion model from South Sudan. She won the title of Miss Earth South Sudan 2009 at the annual beauty pageant, organized by South Sudan's Ministry of Tourism and Beauties of Africa Inc, the exclusive franchise holder.
Patricia Marie Gomez Tumulak is a beauty pageant titleholder and actor. She came from a large family with a Filipino, Japanese and Spanish lineage from the Visayas region. She currently resides in Quezon City, Metro Manila.
Daniela Alejandra Stucan is a fashion model and beauty queen from Argentina. She was crowned as Miss Earth Argentina 2001. She competed in the first edition of the international Miss Earth 2001 beauty pageant produced by Carousel Productions. She won the title of Miss Fire 2001.
Miss Earth New Zealand is a New Zealand national beauty contest. The winner represents New Zealand in the international Miss Earth beauty pageant. The national franchise was launched in 2001 by Miss World New Zealand Ltd, under the directorship of Ros Taylor. In 2011, the New Zealand Asia Pacific Trust acquired to the Miss Earth New Zealand franchise.
Bendice La Corona Tierra/Miss Earth Argentina is a national Beauty pageant that selects Argentina's representative to the Miss Earth pageant.
