Miss Earth Ethiopia

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Miss Earth Ethiopia
Formation2001
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]

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History

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.

Titleholders

YearMiss Earth EthiopiaHometownPlacementSpecial Awards
2001 Nardos Tiluhan Wondemu [2] [4] Unplaced
Did not compete in 2002
2003 Yodit Getahun UnplacedMiss Congeniality
2004 Ferehiyewot Abebe MerkuriyaUnplaced
Did not compete in 2005
2006 Dina FekaduUnplaced
2007 Nardos DestaUnplaced
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 TarekegnDid not compete
Did not compete between 2019 and 2020
2021 Tamnica Kedir ZenyuDid not compete
2022 Hiwot Kassa Addis Ababa Top 20
2023 Hebron Beyene Addis Ababa Unplaced
2024 Ruth Tewodros [7] Addis Ababa Unplaced

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