Miss Earth 2002

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Miss Earth 2002
DateOctober 20, 2002
Presenters
Venue Folk Arts Theater, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster
Entrants53
Placements10
Debuts
Withdrawals
Winner Džejla Glavović
Bosnia and Herzegovina
(dethroned)
Winfred Adah Omwakwe
Kenya
(successor)
CongenialityCharlene Gaiviso
Gibraltar
Best National CostumeJin-ah Lee
South Korea
Photogenic April Ross Perez
Philippines
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Miss Earth 2002, the 2nd edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held at Folk Arts Theater in Pasay, Philippines on October 20, 2002. [1] [2] In its second year, 53 delegates participated, exceeding the number of contestants in Miss International 2002, thereby becoming the world's third biggest international pageant in terms of number of contestants. [3] [4]

Contents

Džejla Glavović of Bosnia & Herzegovina won the title that year, also receiving Miss Talent. [5] [6] However, on May 28, 2003, the Miss Earth Foundation officially dethroned her "due to her failure to comply with the stipulations in her contract." Miss Air from Kenya, Winfred Omwakwe, took over the position of Miss Earth 2002. [7] [8] Omwakwe was formally crowned as the new Miss Earth 2002 on August 7, 2003 at the Carousel Gardens in Mandaluyong, Philippines. [9] [10]

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Earth 2002
Miss Earth – Air 2002
Miss Earth – Water 2002
  • Flag of Greece.svg  Greece – Juliana Patricia Drossou (formerly Miss Fire)
Miss Earth – Fire 2002
  • Flag of Finland.svg  Finland – Elina Hurve (became Miss Fire)
Top 10

Special awards

AwardsContestant
Miss Close-up
Miss Friendship
Miss Photogenic
Miss Sunsilk
Miss Talent
Best in National Costume
Miss Avon Color
Best in Evening Gown
Best in Swimsuit
Miss Pond's
  • Flag of Greece.svg  Greece – Patricia Drossou
Miss Creamsilk

Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results. Miss Earth 2002 Map.PNG
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Fifty-three contestants competed for the title. [11]

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [lower-alpha 1] Hometown
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Anjeza Maja18 Tirana
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Mercedes Apuzzo21 Buenos Aires
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Ineke Leffers21 Canberra
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Ramona Ramjit24 Bridgetown
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Stéphanie Moreel25 Brussels
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Susana Valeria Vaca18 Litoral
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Džejla Glavović 19 Sarajevo
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Melanie Bennett18 Surrey
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Nazhla Abad25 Santiago
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Zhang Mei25 Shanghai
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Diana Patricia Botero18 Antioquia
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica María del Mar Ruiz22 San José
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Apolena Tůmová21 Prague
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Julie Kristen Villumsen23 Copenhagen
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Yilda Santana23 Duvergé
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Ines Gohar23 Cairo
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Elisa Sandoval22 San Salvador
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Merilin Malmet19 Tallinn
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Elina Hurve21 Helsinki
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Miriam Thiele22 Berlin
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Beverly Asamoah Jecty19 Accra
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Charlene Gaiviso19 Gibraltar
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Louise Glover 19 St Helens
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Patricia Drossou22 Athens
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Florecita Cobián19 Antigua Guatemala
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras Leslie Paredes22 Tegucigalpa
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Szilvia Toth18 Pécs
Flag of India.svg  India Reshmi Ghosh23 West Bengal
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Winfred Omwakwe 20 Nairobi
Flag of Kosova (1991-1999).svg  Kosova Mirjeta Zeka19 Pristina
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Raghida Antoun Farah21 Beirut
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Pamela Ramachandran20 Johor Bahru
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Libna Viruega24 Mexico City
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Nira Gautam18 Kathmandu
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Yahoska María Cerda20 Carazo
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Vanessa Ibiene Ekeke24 Lagos
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Linn Olaisen [12] 20 Tromsø
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Carolina Miranda20 Bocas del Toro
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay Adriana Baum24 Asunción
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos 20 Arequipa
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines April Ross Perez 21 Zamboanga City
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Agnieszka Portka24 Szczecin
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Deidre Rodríguez22 Santa Isabel
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Gayathri Unnijkrishan23 Singapore
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Jin-ah Lee20 Seoul
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Cristina Carpintero21 Madrid
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Jade Chang24 Zürich
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Tausi Abdalla22 Dar es Salaam
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Lalita Apaiwong21 Bangkok
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Martha Semegura Nambajjwe21 Kampala
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Casey Marie Burns21 Long Beach
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Dagmar Catalina Votterl20 Lara
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia Slađana Božović 21 Kragujevac

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

Debuts

Withdrawals

During the contest
Before the contest

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