Miss Earth South Africa

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Miss Earth South Africa
Formation2001
Type Beauty Pageant
Headquarters Johannesburg
Location
Membership Miss Earth
Official language
English
Afrikaans
National Director
 Catherine Constantinides
Website www.missearthsa.co.za

Miss Earth South Africa is a beauty pageant in South Africa that began in 2001. The winner of the pageant represents her country at Miss Earth pageant.

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History

The Miss Earth South Africa is a women's empowerment and a leadership development pageant that promotes social progress and environmental sustainability with the platform to create a sustainable difference in conserving and preserving wildlife and the environment. [1] The competition includes environmental workshops, campaigns, and the candidate's community projects. [2]

The pageant was founded by its Executive Director, Catherine Constantinides, a climate activist and human rights defender. Catherine competed at the International Miss Earth in the Philippines. The leadership programme is now run by sister duo Catherine and Ella Bella Elaine Constantinides. Ella Bella is the educational officer and director of the leadership programme to empower young South Africa women while educating children in schools and the community at large. [3]

Titleholders

Color key
YearProvinceMiss Earth South AfricaPlacement at Miss EarthSpecial AwardsReferences
2001 Gauteng Inecke van der WesthuizenUnplaced
2002 Did Not compete
2003 Gauteng Catherine Constantinides Unplaced [4] [5] [6]
2004 Gauteng Sally LuengUnplaced
2005 Gauteng Jacqueline PostmaUnplaced
2006 Gauteng Nancy dos ReisUnplaced
2007 Gauteng Bokang Montjane Top 16Beauty for a Cause [7] [8] [9]
2008 Limpopo Matapa MailaUnplaced [10] [11] [12]
2009 KwaZulu-Natal Chanel GranthamTop 16 [13] [14] [15]
2010 Gauteng Nondyebo DzingwaTop 7Top 18 Miss Talent
Top 5 Best in National Costume		 [16] [17] [18]
2011 Western Cape Dominique MannUnplacedBest in Talent [19] [20] [21]
2012 Gauteng Tamerin JardineTop 8Best in Evening Gown
Miss HP
M.E. Trivia Challenge
Gold medal icon.svg Walk with M.E.
Gold medal icon.svg Environmental Seminar Silver medal icon.svg Talent competition
Silver medal icon.svg National Costume competition
Bronze medal icon.svg M.E. Greenbag Challenge
Bronze medal icon.svg Swimsuit competition (Group 1)		 [22] [23] [24]
2013 Gauteng Ashanti MbangaTop 16Gold medal icon.svg National Costume competition (Africa)
Gold medal icon.svg I Love My Planet Schools Campaign (Group 1)		 [25] [26] [27]
2014 North West Ilze SaundersUnplacedGold medal icon.svg National Costume competition (Africa)
Silver medal icon.svg Miss Friendship (Group 1)		 [28] [29] [30]
2015 North West Carla Viktor UnplacedGold medal icon.svg Talent competition
Silver medal icon.svg Snowman Building Competition
Bronze medal icon.svg Sports competition		 [31] [32] [33]
2016 Gauteng Nozipho Magagula Top 16Silver medal icon.svg National Costume competition (Africa) [34] [35] [36]
2017 Gauteng Irini MoutzourisAttended but withdrew afterwards [37] [38] [39]
2018 Free State Margo FargoTop 12 [40] [41] [42]
2019 Gauteng Nazia WadeeUnplaced [43] [37] [44]
2020 Gauteng Lungo KateteTop 20Bronze medal icon.svg National Costume Competition (Africa)

Gold medal icon.svg Swimsuit Competition (Africa)

Silver medal icon.svg Resort Wear Competition (Africa)

Silver medal icon.svg Sports Wear Competition (Africa)

Gold medal icon.svg Talent Competition (Sing) (Africa)

Gold medal icon.svg Best Eco-Video (Africa)

 [45] [46] [1]
2021 Gauteng Nompumelelo Maduna Top 20
2022 Abyei Ziphozethu SithebeUnplaced [47]
2023 KwaZulu-Natal Belinde Shcreuder [48] Top 12
2024 Gauteng Jessica Amy Nel [49] Unplaced
2025 Gauteng Jenique Botha [50] Top 25

See also

References

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  32. ↑ "Carla Victor crowned Miss Earth 2015". Alex News. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
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  46. ↑ "Miss Earth SA crowns their Eco Warriors". Westside Eldos. 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  47. ↑ "MISS EARTH SOUTH AFRICA" – via Instagram.
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  49. ↑ "Your new Miss Earth South Africa 2024 is @jessicaamynel". Instagram. 5 October 2024.
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