Miss Earth USA

Not to be confused with Miss America, Miss USA, Miss World America, Miss U.S. International, Miss Supranational USA, or Miss Grand USA.

Miss Earth USA

Formation	2005;20 years ago (2005)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Location	United States
Membership	Miss Earth
Official language	English
National Director	Laura Clark (2016-present)
Website	missearthusa.com

Miss Earth USA (formerly Miss Earth United States) is an annual beauty pageant which selects the United States representative to Miss Earth which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

In January 2016, Carousel Productions, Inc., the organization who owns Miss Earth, announced through their official Facebook fan page that the Miss Earth USA program would be managed by U.S. Earth Productions/Beauty Beyond Borders, Inc., under the leadership of national director Laura Clark. In August 2018, the current organization announced it would be changing its name to Miss Earth USA. ^[4]

The current Miss Earth USA is Haley Poe of Pennsylvania, who won the title on July 6, 2025 at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.

History

2001-2004: Ms. America International

From 2001 to 2005 participants were selected by the Ms. America International pageant where the prize was to represent the United States at the Miss Earth Pageant.^{[ citation needed ]} The very first American delegate for Miss Earth was Abigail Royce ^[5] of California. She competed in 2001 where she landed as one of the Top 10 semifinalists. ^{[6] [7]}

2005-2015: Earth Pageant Productions

In 2005, Earth Pageant Productions acquired the rights to run Miss Earth USA, in which the winner would go on to Miss Earth.^{[ citation needed ]} The pageant adopted the slogan "Continuing the Legacy of Beauty and Responsibility". The pageant focused mainly on promoting environmental causes and the winners were chosen equally on their physical attributes as well as their understanding and knowledge of the issues affecting the Earth. ^{[8] [9] [10]} Miss Teen Earth USA was added in 2008, and was held in conjunction with the Miss Earth USA.^{[ citation needed ]}

2016-Present: U.S. Earth Productions/Beauty Beyond Borders, Inc.

The US Earth Productions/Beauty Beyond Borders, Inc. is the current organization that owns and has runs Miss Earth USA since 2016. The organization is based in Washington, D.C. ^[11]

National Competition

Pre-pageant events take place over a one-week period and include community service work within the host location. Delegates are scored in the following areas: judges' interview, evening gown, swimwear, a Think Global, Act Local environmental project, ^[12] runway, photogenic, media interview, and social media presence and engagement. In 2023 the current prize value for the top national titleholder for Miss Earth USA was valued at over $100,000 from prize awards, endorsements, and travel. ^[13]

State & Regional Competitions

Every year, states hold a preliminary competition to choose their delegate for the Miss Earth USA pageant. Delegates may be appointed state or regional titles if a state pageant is not offered in their area. The state/regional winners hold the title "Miss (State/Region) Earth USA" for the year of their reign.

State contestants are judged equally in the following categories: community service, gown, interview, photogenic, and swimwear.

The U.S. Earth Productions/Beauty Beyond Borders, Inc. organization awards directorships to pageant directors, who in some cases are responsible for more than one state or a region of the United States.

Currently, the Miss Earth USA organization does allow contestants to re-compete at the national pageant in the same division under the previous state title held, or a regional title, if a state title has already been awarded or appointed.

Performance at Miss Earth

In 2020, Lindsey Coffey is the first U.S. representative to win Miss Earth during their 20th anniversary. Marisa Butler, Miss Earth USA 2021, Emanii Davis, Miss Earth USA 2019, and Andrea Neu, Miss Earth USA 2014, placed first-runner up as Miss Earth - Air in their respective years competing at Miss Earth. ^{[14] [15]}

Results summary

Placements in Miss Earth

Miss Earth USA holds a record of 16 placements at Miss Earth, third overall behind Miss Philippines Earth, and Miss Earth Venezuela.

• Miss Earth: Lindsey Coffey (2020)
• Miss Earth Air (1st Runner-up): Andrea Neu (2014), Emanii Davis (2019), Marisa Butler (2021)
• Miss Earth Water (2nd Runner-up): Brittany Payne (2015), Bea Millan-Windorski (2024)
• Miss Earth Fire (3rd Runner-up): Corrin Stellakis (2016)
• Top 8: Amanda Kimmel (2005), Siria Bojorquez (2012)
• Top 10: Abigail Royce (2001)
• Top 14/16/20: Amanda Pennekamp (2006), Jana Murrell (2008), Danielle Bounds (2010), Nicolle Velez (2013), Andrea Gibau (2017), Danielle Mullins (2023)

Editions

The following is a list of all Miss Earth USA winners and elemental court during their year of crowning.

Year	Host City	Miss Earth USA	Elemental Courts
			Air	Water	Fire	Eco
2025	Washington, D.C.	Haley Poe [16] Pennsylvania	Sydney Hella Colorado	Madison Nero New York	Ta'ya Hazelwood Wisconsin	Kiara Landon Washington
2024	Orlando, Florida	Bea Millan-Windorski [17] Wisconsin	Sofia Terrazas Texas	Jireh Gerry California	Sydney Hella Colorado	Jada Kelly Mississippi
2023		Danielle Mullins [18] Kentucky	Shawna Melvin Maryland	Natalia Aldarondo Florida	Angel Strong Nebraska	Gracie Pfaff Tennessee
2022		Natalia Salmon Pennsylvania (Dethroned)	Faith Porter District of Columbia	No replacement, original placement of Brielle Simmons Connecticut	Hannah Welborn-Lewis North Carolina	Emma Loney Oklahoma
		Brielle Simmons Connecticut (Assumed)
2021		Marisa Butler Maine	Alyssa Klinzing California	Alyssa Magalong Colorado	Kennedy Thomas Alabama	C'yana Denby Maryland
2020	Virtual Pageant	Lindsey Coffey Pennsylvania	Shannon Lynch District of Columbia	Autumn Adams Georgia	Leighanna Kingvalsky Louisiana	Alexandra Curtis Rhode Island
2019	Las Vegas, Nevada	Emanii Davis Georgia	Libby Hill Gulf Coast	Mia Jones Delaware	Francie Evans South Carolina	Kirstin Bangs California(Resigned)
						Nicolette Templier New York (Assumed)
2018	Alexandria, Virginia	Yashvi Aware Mid-Atlantic	Kailey Parker Hawaii	Yvette Vaughn Texas	Natalia Aldarondo Puerto Rico	April Maroshick New York
2017		Andreia Gibau Massachusetts	Ashley Wade District of Columbia	Yvette Vaughn Northwest	Sydney Wharton Texas	Not awarded
2016		Corrin Stellakis New York	Mae-Ann Webb South Carolina	Devin Boyd Louisiana	Kesha Clark Southwest
2015	Ontario, California	Brittany Ann Payne California	Cece Campos Southern California	Maria Manzo Grand Florida	Maicie Clark Florida	Elizabeth Tran Florida
2014		Andrea Neu Colorado	Eli Reyes Texas	Candie Herrera	Cece Campos Southern California	Daryanne Lees Puerto Rico
2013	Honolulu, Hawaii	Nicolle Velez Empire State	Edita Jurisic Pennsylvania	Eli Reyes Texas	Lucie Poehere Wilson Hawaii	Emily Miller South Dakota
2012	Charlotte, North Carolina	Siria Bojorquez Lone Star State	Illinois	California	Pennsylvania	Missouri
2011	Daytona Beach, Florida	Nicole Kelley Florida	Not awarded

Titleholders

This is a list of women who have represented United States at the Miss Earth pageant:

Color key

•   Declared as Winner
•   Ended as Runner-up
•   Ended as one of the Finalists, Semi-finalists or Quarter-finalists

Year	Miss Earth USA	Age [a]	State	Hometown	Placement	Medals & Awards	Note(s)
2001	Abigail Royce	25	California	San Diego	Top 10		1st Runner-up at Miss World USA 2000.
2002	Casey Marie Burns	21	California	Long Beach	Unplaced
2003	Jessica Schilling†	19	California	Palm Springs	Unplaced
2004	Stephanie Brownell	20	California	Riverside	Unplaced	Miss Friendship
2005	Amanda Kimmel	21	Montana	Billings	Top 8		Miss Montana USA 2005.
2006	Amanda Pennekamp	25	South Carolina	Columbia	Top 16		Miss South Carolina USA 2004, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 2004.
2007	Lisa Forbes	26	Kansas	Overland Park	Unplaced		Miss Kansas USA 2004.
2008	Jana Murrell	26	Nebraska	Omaha	Top 16		Miss Nebraska USA 2005.
2009	Amy Diaz	25	Rhode Island	Providence	Unplaced		Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2001; Miss Rhode Island USA 2008, Top 15 at Miss USA 2008.
2010	Danielle Bounds	26	Missouri	Kansas City	Top 14
2011	Nicole Kelley	22	Florida	Palm Coast	Unplaced
2012	Siria Bojorquez	19	Texas	El Paso	Top 8	Best Swimsuit (Group) Trivia Challenge (Group) Best Participation Darling of the Press
2013	Nicolle Velez	22	New York	New York City	Top 16	Best School Tour Teachers (Group) Miss Friendship (Group)
2014	Andrea Neu	24	Colorado	Pueblo	1st Runner-up (Miss Earth-Air)	Best Resort Wear (Group) Best Swimsuit Best Teacher (Group) Best Evening Gown (Group)	Miss U.S. International 2013, Top 15 at Miss International 2013.
2015	Brittany Ann Payne	23	California	Tehachapi	2nd Runner-up (Miss Earth-Water)	Charity Givers; Best Eco Video and Most Cheerful.
2016	Corrin Stellakis	19	New York	Bridgeport	3rd Runner-up (Miss Earth-Fire)	Best Swimsuit (Group) Darling of the Press; Hannah's Best Swimsuit and 1st Runner-up in Miss Earth-Hannah's.	Originally placed Top 8, later elevated after original Miss Earth-Fire was resigned; Miss New York Teen USA 2014; Top 12 at Miss World America 2015; Miss U.S. International 2021.
	Mae-Ann Webb	25	South Carolina	Ridge Spring	did not compete		Originally 1st Runner-up, later took over after original winner was elevated to Miss Earth-Fire.
2017	Andreia Gibau	22	Massachusetts	Brockton	Top 16	Best Resort Wear (Group) Best Swimsuit (Group)	Miss New York USA 2020, Top 10 at Miss USA 2020.
2018	Yashvi Aware	25	Maryland	Frederick	Unplaced
2019	Emanii Davis	25	Georgia	Griffin	1st Runner-up (Miss Earth-Air)	Best Evening Gown (Group); Best Futuristic Filipiniaña, Best Designer and Host Lion Legazpi Oriental.	Miss Georgia USA 2016, 2nd Runner-up at Miss USA 2016; 3rd Runner-up at Miss World America 2017.
	Libby Hill	28	Texas	Houston	did not compete		Originally 1st Runner-up, later took over after original winner won Miss Earth-Air.
2020	Lindsey Coffey	28	Pennsylvania	Centerville	Miss Earth 2020	Best Evening Gown (Group) Best Talent in Sing (Group) Best Swimsuit (Group) Best Resort Wear (Group) Best Sportwear (Group)
2021	Marisa Butler	27	Maine	Standish	1st Runner-up (Miss Earth-Air)	Best Talent in Sing Best Sportswear	Miss Maine USA 2016; Miss World America 2018, Top 30 at Miss World 2018.
2022	Natalia Salmon	23	Pennsylvania	Effort	did not compete		Later was replaced by 2nd Runner-up for unknown reasons.
	Brielle Simmons	20	Connecticut	Fort Washington	Unplaced	Best Fauna Outfit (Americas) Beach Wear Competition (Water Group) Long Gown Competition (Water Group)	Originally 2nd Runner-up, later took over after original winner was dethroned.
2023	Danielle Mullins	25	Kentucky	Lexington	Top 20
2024	Bea Millan-Windorski	20	Wisconsin	Whitefish Bay	Miss Earth – Water	Best Philippine Heritage Attire Award
2025	Haley Poe	22	Pennsylvania	Erie	TBA	TBA

Notes:

• † Now deceased

By number of states

States	Titles	Years
California	5	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015
Pennsylvania	3	2020, 2022, [b] 2025
Texas	2	2012, 2019 [b]
New York		2013, 2016
South Carolina		2006, 2016 [b]
Wisconsin	1	2024
Kentucky		2023
Connecticut		2022
Maine		2021
Georgia		2019
Maryland		2018
Massachusetts		2017
Colorado		2014
Florida		2011
Missouri		2010
Rhode Island		2009
Nebraska		2008
Kansas		2007
Montana		2005

1. Age when crowned the national title.
2. Took over or held the title for a brief period of time after the original winner won or elevated to Miss Earth's runner-up, and thus did not compete at Miss Earth.

Winners' gallery

• 
  Miss Earth USA 2020 and Miss Earth 2020
  Lindsey Coffey
• 
  Miss Earth USA 2019 (Successor)
  Libby Hill
• 
  Miss Earth United States 2016
  Corrin Stellakis
• 
  Miss Earth United States 2009
  Amy Diaz
• 
  Miss Earth United States 2006
  Amanda Pennekamp

Additional Miss Earth USA Divisions

The current Miss Earth USA program requires contestants be ages 18–26 as of January 1 of the competition year. U.S. Earth Productions/Beauty Beyond Borders, Inc. offers three additional divisions supporting Miss Earth USA. The winners of the additional divisions for ages 14–18 (Teen) and 21-59 (Mrs.) go on to compete at international competitions. Previously the program had an Elite Miss division for ages 26–38, but it was discontinued in 2022. All delegates are never married (excluding Mrs.), never had children (excluding Mrs.), natural born female, and U.S. citizens. ^[19] Together, these delegates make up Miss Earth USA system and bring awareness to environmental concerns while celebrating talents in modeling, fashion, and public speaking. ^[20]

Titleholders

The following is a list of all Miss Earth USA supporting division titleholders.

Supporting Divisions for Miss Earth USA

Edition	Teen Miss Earth USA	State	Mrs. USA	State	Elite Miss Earth USA	State
2025	Jordyn Campion	New Mexico
2024	Alexandria Wolfe	Texas
2023	Tayan Stansfield	Kentucky	Ann Pennington	New Jersey
2022	Presley Patrick	Pennsylvania	Christine Rich	Delaware
2021	Katia Gerry	California	Meredith Pope	Alabama	Nalicia Ramdyal	New York
2020	Sally Dorrell	West Virginia
2019	Sydni Terradot	Louisiana	Shelby Williams Dixon	North Carolina	Celine Pelofi	Florida
2018	Payton Stockman	Gulf Coast	Brandi Jarvis Ibos	Mississippi	Keyace Sims	United States Gulf Coast
2017	Leslie Jackson	Maryland	Division established in 2018 [21]
2016	Sarah Levandowski	Texas
2015	Alyssa Klinzing	Kansas			Vincenza Carrieri-Russo	Delaware

Notes:

• 2022: Presley Patrick previously represented Pennsylvania at Teen Miss Earth USA 2021, placing 2nd runner-up.
• 2022: Christine Rich previously represented Maryland at Mrs. USA Earth 2021 and 2019, placing 2nd and 3rd runner-up and Delaware at Mrs. USA Earth 2018, placing 1st runner-up. Christine was previously Mrs. Delaware America 2013, Mrs. Delaware United States 2015, placing top 15 at Mrs. United States, and Mrs. Delaware Galaxy 2018, placing 2nd runner-up at Mrs. Galaxy International.
• 2019: Celine Pelofi was previously Ms. United States 2015 representing Florida.
• 2018: Brandi Jarvis Ibos previously represented Mississippi at Miss Earth United States 2016, placing Top 10.
• 2018: Payton Stockman previously represented Florida at Teen Miss Earth United States 2017, placing 1st Runner-Up and earned the swim award.
• 2015: Alyssa Klinzing was previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 2013, placing Top 16 at Miss Teen USA 2013 and later Miss Kansas USA 2019, placing Top 10 at Miss USA 2019.
• 2015: Vincenza Carrieri-Russo was previously Miss Delaware USA 2008 and Miss Delaware United States 2014, placing 2nd-Runner Up at Miss United States 2014. ^[22]

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External links

• Official website
• Beauties for a Cause USA - Official nonprofit foundation helping to support the work of Miss Earth USA.