Miss Earth 2006

Miss Earth 2006
Hil Hernandez
Date	26 November 2006
Presenters	Ariel Ureta Priscilla Meirelles Ginger Conejero
Entertainment	Christian Bautista
Venue	National Museum of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster	ABS-CBN The Filipino Channel Star World
Entrants	82
Placements	16
Debuts	Botswana Cayman Islands Curaçao England Georgia Guadeloupe Ireland Liberia Lithuania Tibet Wales
Withdrawals	Afghanistan Cambodia Cameroon Colombia Estonia Hong Kong Hungary Israel Jamaica Latvia Macau Mauritius Mongolia Niue Portugal Tokelau United Kingdom Zambia
Returns	Albania Costa Rica Ethiopia Greece Guatemala Italy Spain Switzerland
Winner	Hil Hernández Chile
Congeniality	Maria Lucia Leo, Italy
Best National Costume	Mililani Vienna Tofa, Samoa
Photogenic	Riza Santos, Canada
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Miss Earth 2006 was the sixth edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the grounds of the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila, Philippines, on 26 November 2006.

At the end of the event, Alexandra Braun of Venezuela crowned Hil Hernández of Chile as Miss Earth 2006. It is the first victory of Chile at the pageant. ^{[1] [2]}

Contestants from 82 countries and territories competed in this year's pageant, an increase from the 80 contestants in 2005. The pageant was hosted by Ariel Ureta, Miss Earth 2004 Priscilla Meirelles, and Miss Philippines-Air 2006 Ginger Conejero. Filipino singer and actor Christian Bautista performed at the pageant.

Background

National Museum of the Philippines, the venue for Miss Earth 2006

Location and date

On the pageant night, It was announced that the 2006 pageant would take place in Santiago, Chile on 15 November 2006, and would be the first Miss Earth pageant outside of the Philippines and as well in Asia. However, the Chilean organizers did not meet requirements as they could not confirm a venue for the pageant, hotel accommodations, as well as a television station to broadcast the event. ^[3] In September, Carousel Productions decided to hold the pageant in the Philippines, where all previous Miss Earth pageants had been held, despite having less than two months to prepare for the event. ^{[3] [4]}

On 24 November, a number of delegates participated in the Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal , acting as suitcase models during the game. This followed an episode of the American game show, where 26 Miss USA 2006 contestants acted as suitcase models. ^[5]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Winner	Chile – Hil Hernández [1]
Miss Earth – Air 2006	India – Amruta Patki [1]
Miss Earth – Water 2006	Philippines – Cathy Untalan [1]
Miss Earth – Fire 2006	Venezuela – Marianne Puglia [1]
Top 8	Czech Republic – Petra Soukupová [1]  Egypt – Meriam George [1]  Panama – Stefanie de Roux [1]  Poland – Francys Sudnicka [1]
Top 16	Bahamas – Leandra Pratt [1]  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Bosena Jelcic [1]  China – Zhou Mengting [1]  France – Anne Charlotte Triplet [1]  Saint Lucia – Cathy Daniel [1]  Slovakia – Judita Hrubyova [1]  Spain – Rocio Cazallas [1]  United States – Amanda Pennekamp [1]

Special awards

Miss Earth 2006 Award winners: China (Talent), Canada (Photogenic), India (Evening Gown), Venezuela (Swimsuit), Samoa (National Costume), and Italy (Friendship)

Major awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	Italy – Maria Lucia Leo
Miss Photogenic	Canada – Riza Santos
Miss Talent	China – Zhou Mengting
Best in National Costume	Samoa – Mililani Vienna Tofa
Best in Evening Gown	India – Amruta Patki
Best in Swimsuit	Venezuela – Marianne Puglia

Minor/Sponsor awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Fontana	Canada – Riza Santos

Judges

The following is the list of the board of judges in this year's Miss Earth: ^[6]

No.	Judge	Background
1	Abbygale Arenas	Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 1997, Top Fashion Model, Personality/Image Consultant
2	Catherine Constantinides	Environmentalist and TV host of a Lifestyle show in South Africa
3	Tweety de Leon	Top Fashion Model
4	Justine Gabionza	Miss Tourism Queen International 2006 from Philippines
5	Michel Adam Lisowski	Founder & Chairperson of Fashion TV
6	Warner Manning	Environmentalist, Chief Executive of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
7	Andrea Mastellone	general manager, Traders Hotel Manila
8	Jose Ramon Olives	Journalist, Senior Vice President of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
9	Dorian Peña	Professional basketball player for the San Miguel Brewery
10	Ricky Reyes	Beauty expert-cum-philanthropist
11	Tatsuhiko Takahasi	Philanthropist, President of Richmonde Hotel
12	Lee Chul-woo	Korean Air Regional Manager for the Philippines

Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Delegates of the Miss Earth 2006 during the Press Presentation

82 contestants competed for the title. ^[7]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age [a]	Hometown
Albania	Blerta Halili	20	Tirana
Argentina	Andrea Garcia	19	Buenos Aires
Australia	Natalie Newton	19	Sydney
Bahamas	Leandra Pratt	20	Nassau
Belgium	Isabelle Cornelis	18	Brussels
Bolivia	Jessica Jordan	22	Huacaraje
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Božena Jelčić	19	Čapljina
Botswana	Kefilwe Kgosi	22	Gaborone
Brazil	Ana Paula Quinot	24	Rio Grande do Sul
Canada	Riza Santos	20	Calgary
Cayman Islands	Stephanie Monique Espeut	20	George Town
Chile	Hil Hernández	22	Castro
China	Zhou Mengting	18	Beijing
Costa Rica	Mari Paz Duarte	20	San Jose
Curaçao	Kristal Rose Sprock	21	Willemstad
Czech Republic	Petra Soukupová [8]	20	Prague
Denmark	Nicoline Qvortrup [9]	21	Haderslev
Dominican Republic	Alondra Peña	18	Baní
Ecuador	Maria Magdalena Stahl	22	San Gabriel
Egypt	Meriam George	19	Cairo
El Salvador	Ana Flor Astrid Machado	20	San Salvador
England	Holly Ikin [10]	19	Manchester
Ethiopia	Dina Fekadu	22	Wollega
Finland	Linnea Aaltonen [11]	18	Kauniainen
France	Anne Charlotte Triplet	19	Paris
Georgia	Maria Sarchimelia	21	Tbilisi
Germany	Fatima Funk	22	Buchen
Ghana	Mable Frye	20	Accra
Greece	Eugenia Lattou	23	Athens
Guadeloupe	Ingrid Bevis [12]	21	Baie-Mahault
Guatemala	Catherine Gregg [13]	22	Guatemala City
Haiti	Helan Georges	20	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Lesly Gabriela Molina [14]	22	Tegucigalpa
India	Amruta Patki [15]	21	Mumbai
Indonesia	Yelena Setiabudi	21	Jakarta
Ireland	Melanie Boreham	19	Drumbeg
Italy	Maria Lucia Leo	19	Lazio
Japan	Noriko Ohno	26	Tokyo
Kenya	Emah Madegwa [16]	21	Nairobi
Lebanon	Nahed Al-Saghir	25	Beirut
Liberia	Rachel Njinimbam	25	Monrovia
Lithuania	Evelina Dedul	20	Vilnius
Macedonia	Ivana Popovska	24	Skopje
Malaysia	Alice Loh	25	Malacca
Martinique	Megane Martinon	20	Fort-de-France
Mexico	Alina Garcia	18	Yucatán
Nepal	Ayushma Pokharel	22	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Sabrina van der Donk	18	Zeewolde
New Zealand	Annelise Burton	18	Auckland
Nicaragua	Sharon Amador	24	Matagalpa
Nigeria	Ivy Obrori Edenkwo	21	Lagos
Norway	Meriam Lerøy Brahimi	20	Hordaland
Pakistan	Sehr Mahmood [17]	25	Sindh
Panama	Stefanie de Roux	24	Panama City
Paraguay	Paloma Navarro	21	Asunción
Peru	Valery Caroline Neff	23	Lima
Philippines	Cathy Untalan [18]	21	Manila
Poland	Francys Sudnicka	26	Masovia
Puerto Rico	Camille Colazzo	22	San Juan
Romania	Nicoleta Motei	22	Focșani
Russia	Elena Salnikova	18	Moscow
Saint Lucia	Cathy Daniel	19	Castries
Samoa	Mililani Vienna Tofa	20	Apia
Serbia and Montenegro	Dubravka Škorić	19	Belgrade
Singapore	Shn Juay Shi Yun	20	Singapore
Slovakia	Judita Hrubyová	21	Bardejov
South Africa	Nancy Dos Reis	21	Gauteng
South Korea	Hee-jung Park	24	Seoul
Spain	Rocio Cazallas	23	Madrid
Sweden	Cécilia Kristensen	21	Stockholm
Switzerland	Laura Ferrara	20	Nyon
Tahiti	Raimata Agnieray	18	Papeete
Taiwan	Chiu Yu-Cheng	23	Taipei
Tanzania	Richa Adhia	18	Mwanza
Thailand	Pailin Rungratanasunthorn	23	Bangkok
Tibet	Tsering Chungtak	21	Lhasa
Turks and Caicos Islands	Nicquell Garland	25	Grand Turk
Ukraine	Karina Kharchinska	22	Kyiv
United States	Amanda Pennekamp	25	Columbia
Venezuela	Marianne Puglia [19]	21	La Victoria
Vietnam	Vũ Nguyễn Hà Anh [20]	23	Hanoi
Wales	Laura Livesy [21]	24	Old Colwyn

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant

References

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External links

• Official website
• Miss Earth Foundation
• Miss Earth Foundation Kids' I Love My Planet