Formation | 2001 |
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Type | Beauty Pageant |
Headquarters | Addis Ababa |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Earth |
Official language | Amharic, Oromo |
Franchise Holder | Beauties of Africa Inc. |
Key people | Andy A. Abulime |
Miss Earth Ethiopia is the official title given to Ethiopia's delegate to the Miss Earth pageant. The reigning titleholders dedicate their year to promote environmental projects and to address issues concerning the environment. [1]
The first year Ethiopia sent a representative to Miss Earth was in 2001 with Nardos Tiluhan Wondemu as the first Miss Earth Ethiopia titleholder. [2]
In 2003 the Miss Earth Ethiopia franchise was obtained by Beauties of Africa Inc, owned by Andy A. Abulime. Miss Earth Ethiopia 2003 Yodit Getahun participated in Miss Earth 2003 and won the Miss Friendship special award. Getahun was later dethroned and replaced by Muna Kidane-Mariam. [3]
From 2003 to 2008, the Ethiopian representative to Miss Earth was usually the winner of Miss Universe Ethiopia or from the Miss Millennium Queen pageant.
Ethiopia failed to attend the Miss Earth pageant in 2002, 2005, 2009, and 2010.
Year | Miss Earth Ethiopia | Hometown | Placement at Miss Earth | Special Awards | |||
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2001 | Nardos Tiluhan Wondemu [2] [4] | Unplaced | |||||
Did not compete in 2002 | |||||||
2003 | Yodit Getahun | Unplaced | Miss Congeniality | ||||
2004 | Ferehiyewot Abebe Merkuriya | Unplaced | |||||
Did not compete in 2005 | |||||||
2006 | Dina Fekadu | Unplaced | |||||
2007 | Nardos Desta | Unplaced | |||||
2008 | Kidan Tesfahun | Addis Ababa | Unplaced | ||||
Did not compete in 2009 | |||||||
2010 | Rahel Debebe [5] [6] | Did not compete | |||||
Did not compete between 2011 and 2016 | |||||||
2017 | Mekdalawit Mequanent | Addis Ababa | Unplaced | ||||
2018 | Merhawit Tarekegn | Did not compete | |||||
Did not compete between 2019 and 2020 | |||||||
2021 | Tamnica Kedir Zenyu | Did not compete | |||||
2022 | Hiwot Kassa | Addis Ababa | Top 20 | ||||
2023 | Hebron Beyene | Addis Ababa | Unplaced |
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