Miss Earth Nigeria

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Miss Earth Nigeria
Formation2002
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Lagos
Location
Membership
Miss Earth
Official language
English
President
Ibinabo Fiberesima
Website www.missearthnigeria.com

Miss Earth Nigeria is a national beauty pageant in Nigeria to select its representative to the international Miss Earth pageant. [1] [2] The pageant, with the theme "Beauties for a Cause" is organized by AMC Productions, [3] and began sending representatives to Miss Earth a year after the international pageant was established in 2001. [4] Nigeria has achieved seven placements in Miss Earth.

Contents

The current titleholder is Shuntell Ezomo.

History

Originally, titleholders were contestants from rival pageants Miss Commonwealth Nigeria (Vanessa Ibene Ekeke) and Miss Nigeria (Ewemade Ogbebor), until Miss Earth Nigeria became a pageant with its own right in 2004. The winner is expected to work in collaboration with environmentalist and state parastatals on how to make water safe, check erosion, pollution among others. [5] The pageant also conducts road shows to educate people on the three R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). [6]

Nigeria produced its first Miss Earth top ten finalist when Susan Modupe Garland entered in the top 10 in 2019.

The president and national director of the pageant is Ibinabo Fiberesima, [2] [7] a pageant veteran who is now a Nollywood actress. [8] [9]

Titleholders

Color key

Below are the Nigerian representatives to the Miss Earth pageant according to the year in which they participated. The special awards received and their final placements in the aforementioned global beauty competition are also displayed. [4]

Ufuoma Ejenobor, winner of the first Miss Earth Nigeria pageant in 2004 UEterra.JPG
Ufuoma Ejenobor, winner of the first Miss Earth Nigeria pageant in 2004
YearMiss Earth NigeriaPlacementNotes
2002 Vanessa Ibene Ekeke [10] Unplaced
2003 Eva Ewemade Ogbebor [8] Unplaced
2004 Ufuoma Stacey Ejenobor [11] [12] Unplaced
2005 Ethel Okosun [13] Unplaced
2006 Ivy Obrori Edenkwo [14] Unplaced
2007 Stacey Garvey [15] Top 16 [16]
2008 Ezinne Uko [17] Top 16 [18]
2009 Nkesi Gift Okandu (Dethroned) [19]
Modesta Tochi Alozie (Replaced Okandu) [20] [21] Unplaced
2010 Inarah Anthonia Isaiah [22] Unplaced
2011 Munachi Chinyere Uzoma (Dethroned)Unplaced
2012 No Contest Held
2013 Marie MillerUnplaced
2014
Damola Akinsanya (Replaced Uwakwe)UnplacedGold medal icon.svg Best Teacher
2015 Vivian Chinonye ChukwukereUnplaced
2016 Chioma Precious ObiadiUnplacedBronze medal icon.svg National Costume (Africa)
2017 Eucharia Windy AkaniUnplacedBronze medal icon.svg Long Gown (Group 2)
2018 Maristella Chidiogo OkpalaUnplacedBronze medal icon.svg National Costume (Africa)
2019 Modupe Susan GarlandTop 10Silver medal icon.svg Swimsuit (Fire)
Bronze medal icon.svg National Costume (Africa)
2020 Gwenivere Chioma IfeanyiezeTop 20 [23] Gold medal icon.svg National Costume (Africa)
Gold medal icon.svg Evening Gown Competition (Africa)
Gold medal icon.svg Sport Wear Competition (Africa)
Silver medal icon.svg Talent (Sing) (Africa)
Bronze medal icon.svg Swimsuit Competition (Africa)
2021 Christine Telfer Ugah EdetTop 20Best Eco Video (Africa)
2022 Esther Oluwatosin AjayiTop 12Darling of the Press (Africa)
Best Fauna Outfit (Africa)
Best National Costume (Africa)
Gold medal icon.svg Swimsuit Competition (Africa)
Gold medal icon.svg Talent Competition (ECO Group)
2023 Shelly Uzoagba Ugoma [24] Unplaced
2024 Shuntell EzomoTop 12Gold medal icon.svg Upcycling Fashion Show (Air Group)

Other notable contestants

Controversy

In 2009, Law student Nkesi Okandu was dethroned by pageant organisers after she refused to compete in Miss Globe International as opposed to Miss Earth. Fiberesima later claimed that she had received threatening phone calls from Okandu's family who argued that her substitution was unfair. The newly crowned queen was labelled "rude" by the organisers, and was forced to resign after just two weeks, allowing second-place winner Biochemistry student Modesta Alozie to compete at Miss Earth instead, and reign as Miss Earth Nigeria for the remaining eleven months. It has since been argued that this was a plan to eliminate the winner, noting that while Okandu had signed her contract on September 25 (the same day she was asked to compete in for Miss Globe International), Alozie was already being credited as the winner of Miss Earth Nigeria on the Miss Earth website as early as September 22. [19]

Munachi Uzoma, who won the pageant in 2011, sued the organisers for breach of contract following their failure to give her the N1,000,000 cash prize and brand new car, and disclosed that some of her predecessors also suffered similar treatment. [25]

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