Miss Earth 2010 | |
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Date | 4 December 2010 |
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Venue | Vinpearl Land Amphitheater, Nha Trang, Vietnam |
Broadcaster | International: Official broadcaster: |
Entrants | 84 |
Placements | 14 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
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Winner | Nicole Faria India |
Congeniality | Sue Ellen Castañeda Guatemala |
Best National Costume | Marina Kishira Japan |
Photogenic | Watsaporn Wattanakoon Thailand |
Miss Earth 2010, the 10th anniversary of the Miss Earth pageant, was held on 4 December 2010 at the Vinpearl Land Amphitheater in Nha Trang, Vietnam. [1] Larissa Ramos of Brazil crowned her successor Nicole Faria of India at the end of the event. She was the first Miss Earth from India. [2] [3]
Eighty-four contestants from various countries and territories competed for the Miss Earth 2010 title. [4] The event was broadcast live by STAR World, VTV, ABS-CBN, Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, and other partner networks. [5]
The Miss Earth winner serves as the spokesperson for the Miss Earth Foundation, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and other environmental organizations. [6]
The event was hosted by Oli Pettigrew, host of AXN's Sony Style program, along with Marie Digby and Jennifer Pham with Boyzone lead singer Ronan Keating as the guest performer. [7] [8] Vietnamese singer Mỹ Linh performed during the show.
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss Earth 2010 | |
Miss Earth – Air 2010 |
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Miss Earth – Water 2010 |
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Miss Earth – Fire 2010 | |
Top 7 |
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Top 14 |
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Note: Starting this year, there was no "runner-up" in Miss Earth. Instead the titles of Miss Air, Miss Water, and Miss Fire are bestowed on the next three contestants with highest scores after the Miss Earth winner. In this case, the titles went to Miss Ecuador, Jennifer Pazmiño, Miss Thailand, Watsaporn Wattanakoon and Miss Puerto Rico, Yeidy Bosques, respectively. [4]
Note: The Carousel Productions has confirmed that Victoria Schukina is the new Miss Earth Air 2010 after Jennifer Pazmiño (The original Miss Earth Air 2010 of Ecuador) has relinquished her crown due to marriage to her fiancee in February 2011. [9]
Awards | Contestant |
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Best in Swimsuit | Vietnam – Lưu Thị Diễm Hương |
Best in Evening Gown | Ecuador – Jennifer Pazmiño |
Best in National Costume | Japan – Marina Kishira |
Best in Talent | India – Nicole Faria |
Miss Photogenic | Thailand – Watsaporn Wattanakoon |
Miss Friendship | Guatemala – Sue Ellen Castañeda |
Awards | Contestant |
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Best in Aodai | Serbia – Tijana Rakic |
Miss Vietnam Airlines | Vietnam – Lưu Thị Diễm Hương |
Miss Diamond Place | India – Nicole Faria |
Miss Earth Sea-Links City Resort | Japan – Marina Kishira |
Miss Saigon Elegance | Serbia – Tijana Rakic |
Miss PNJ | Ecuador – Jennifer Pazmiño |
Miss CanDeluxe | Vietnam – Lưu Thị Diễm Hương |
The talent competition took place in Ho Chi Minh City on 9 November 2010. Nicole Faria from India won the Miss Earth Talent 2010 after beating 17 other finalists. The event raised VND100 million, which was donated to the Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross, to support flood victims in the central region. [10] [11]
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Top 18 |
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Note: At that night, Miss Vietnam won a sponsor award which is Miss Vietnam Airlines while Miss India won Miss Diamond Place.
The National Costume competition took place at the Sea-Links Resort in Phan Thiết on 13 November 2010. Marina Kishira, from Japan, won the Best in National Costume at Miss Earth 2010 after beating other contestants. [12] [13]
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Top 5 |
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Note: At that night, Miss Japan also won a sponsor award which is Miss Earth Sea-Links City Resort.
The Miss Aodai was held on 17 November 2010 in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa. [14] [15]
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Top 5 |
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Note: At that night, Miss Serbia also won a sponsor award which is Miss Saigon Elegance.
The Best in Evening Gown was held on 17 November 2010 in Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa. [16]
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Top 5 |
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Note: At that night, Miss Ecuador also won a sponsor award which is Miss PNJ.
The Best in Swimsuit was held on 20 November 2010 in Phu Yen. [17] [18] Miss Vietnam Lưu Thị Diễm Hương won the Best in Swimsuit. [19] [20]
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Top 5 |
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Note: At that night, Miss Vietnam won a sponsor award which is Miss CanDeluxe.
Top 14
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For the 10th anniversary of the contest, Top 7 will meet the questions of conduct from the previous year's competitions. Miss Earth 2010 drew a question in the behavioral contest of Miss Earth 2002: "For you, what is more important: sunrise or sunset?" [21]
Answer of Miss Earth 2010:
"I will obviously choose sunrise because whenever we see the sunrise, people will think about a new day filled with energy. A new day offers 24 valuable hours to do good things for ourselves and other people." – Nicole Faria, represented India. [21]
Country | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
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Australia | Kelly Louise Maguire | 24 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Sydney |
Bahamas | Aquelle Plakaris | 24 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Nassau |
Belgium | Melissa Vingerhoed | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Etterbeek |
Bolivia | Yovana O'Brien | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Santa Cruz |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ema Golijanin | 18 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Sarajevo |
Botswana | Onalenna Gaopalelwe | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Serowe |
Brazil | Luisa de Almeida Lopes | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Porto de Galinhas |
Cameroon | Estelle Essame | 26 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Yaoundé |
Canada | Summer Anne Ross | 26 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Toronto |
Cayman Islands | Samantha Widmer | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | George Town |
Chile | Pamela Soprani | 23 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Santiago |
China | Zhao Shenqianhui | 19 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Beijing |
Chinese Taipei | Liu Hsing-Jung | 25 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Taipei |
Colombia | Diana Marin | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Cali |
Costa Rica | Allyson Alfaro | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | San José |
Crimea | Anastasiya Sienina | 19 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Simferopol |
Curaçao | Norayla Francisco | 25 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Willemstad |
Czech Republic | Carmen Justová | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Sokolov |
Denmark | Sandra Vester | 25 | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Copenhagen |
Dominican Republic | Wisleidy Osorio | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Samana |
Ecuador | Jennifer Pazmiño | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Guayaquil |
Egypt | Doaa Hakam | 22 | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Cairo |
England | Sandra Marie Lees | 25 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Birmingham |
France | Fanny Vauzanges | 25 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Paris |
French Polynesia | Mihiatea Ruta | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Papeete |
Germany | Reingard Hageman | 25 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Schwerin |
Ghana | Golda Dayi | 18 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Accra |
Guadeloupe | Maïté Elso [22] | 23 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Les Abymes |
Guam | Naiomie Jean Santos | 18 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Asan |
Guatemala | Sue Ellen Castañeda | 24 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Guatemala City |
Guyana | Soyini Fraser | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Georgetown |
Hong Kong | Zheng Xiaoyue | 19 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Hong Kong |
India | Nicole Faria | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Bangalore |
Indonesia | Jessica Aurelia Tji | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Jakarta |
Ireland | Alesha Gallen | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Donegal |
Italy | Ilenia Arnolfo | 26 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Cuneo |
Jamaica | Kai Ayanna McDonald | 24 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Kingston |
Japan | Marina Kishira | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Chiba |
Kenya | Miano Isabell Wangui | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Njoro |
Korea | Gui-joo Lee | 20 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Jeollabuk-do |
Kosovo | Morena Taraku | 18 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Peje |
Latvia | Eva Caune | 22 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Riga |
Lebanon | Jihane Nehme | 26 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Beirut |
Luxembourg | Laureta Bardoniqi | 18 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Bettembourg |
Macau | Yi Tong Sun | 23 | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Macau |
Madagascar | Alexandra Randrianarivel | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Antananarivo |
Malaysia | Appey Rowena Januin | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Kota Kinabalu |
Malta | Christine Mifsud | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Valletta |
Martinique | Christine Garçon [23] [24] [25] | 22 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Le Vauclin |
Mauritius | Anne-Lise Ramooloo | 21 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Port Louis |
Mexico | Claudia Lopez Mollinedo | 18 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Teapa |
Mongolia | Bayaarkhuu Gantogoo | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Ömnögovi |
Nepal | Sahana Bajracharya | 21 | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | Kathmandu |
Netherlands | Desirée van den Berg | 23 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Santpoort |
New Zealand | Lisa Davids | 20 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | North Shore |
Nicaragua | Junieth Raquel Rosales | 21 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Managua |
Nigeria | Inara Isaiah | 18 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | Bayelsa |
Northern Ireland | Judith Keys | 18 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Belfast |
Norway | Iman Kerigo | 18 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Kløfta |
Panama | Nicole Morrell | 20 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Panama City |
Peru | Silvana Vásquez | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Lima |
Philippines | Psyche Resus [26] [27] | 22 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Infanta |
Poland | Beata Polakowska | 24 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Ostrów Mazowiecka |
Puerto Rico | Yeidy Bosques | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Mayagüez |
Romania | Andreea Capsuc | 19 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Bucharest |
Russia | Viktoria Shchukina | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Moscow |
Samoa | Faaselega Oloapu | 25 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Apia |
Scotland | Cora Buchanan | 24 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Edinburgh |
Serbia | Tijana Rakic | 23 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Kruševac |
Singapore | Maricelle Rani Wong | 20 | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Singapore |
Slovak Republic | Tímea Szaboová | 20 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Bratislava |
Slovenia | Ines Draganovič | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Ljubljana |
South Africa | Nondyebo Dzingwa | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Roodepoort |
South Sudan | Atong Demach | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Juba |
Switzerland | Liza Andrea Küster | 24 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Bern |
Tanzania | Rose Shayo | 21 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Dodoma |
Thailand | Watsaporn Wattanakoon | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Chiang Rai |
Tonga | Glena Lavemai | 19 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Nukualofa |
Turkey | Döndü Şahin | 24 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Nuremberg |
Ukraine | Valentina Zhytnyk | 18 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Kharkiv |
United States | Danielle Bounds | 25 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Kansas City |
Venezuela | Mariángela Bonanni | 22 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | San Cristóbal |
Vietnam | Lưu Thị Diễm Hương | 20 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Ho Chi Minh City |
Wales | Louise Hinder | 19 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Swansea |
No. | Judge | Background |
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1 | Ella Bella | Founder of Generation Earth [28] |
2 | Nenad Bratic | Architecture |
3 | Marie J.Y.E. Collart | Hollywood Actress |
4 | Rachel Grant | Hollywood Actress |
5 | Karla Henry | Miss Earth 2008 from Philippines |
6 | Michael Jeffrey Rosenthal | Fashion Photographer |
7 | Eddy Tan | President of STAR World |
8 | Chau Sanh Pham | Head of the Culture, External Relations and UNESCO under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietna |
9 | Thanh Dai Hoang | Editor-in-chief of Thoi Trang Tre Magazine |
10 | Nhu Quynh Nguyen | Fashion Designer |
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