Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants.
Miss United Kingdom is a title held by the highest-ranked contestant from the UK in the Miss World pageant. The winner sometimes competes at Miss International and Miss Supranational the following year under the Britain, England or United Kingdom banner. From 1958 to 1999, Miss United Kingdom was a national beauty pageant held to choose a representative for the Miss World Pageant. In 1999, Scotland and Wales had their own contestants at Miss World, and in 2000, England and Northern Ireland sent their own representatives. The existing organization now runs the Miss England competition.
Miss Wales is a national beauty pageant in Wales.
Miss England is a national beauty pageant in England.
Miss World 2000, was the 50th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, held at the Millennium Dome in London, United Kingdom on 30 November 2000. Portions of the pageant were also filmed in the Maldives.
Miss Vietnam World is a beauty contest for both Vietnamese women in Vietnam and Overseas Vietnamese women from other countries in the world. The pageant is related to Miss World Vietnam but not to the Miss Vietnam pageants. The contest was first held in 2007, and the next was held in August 2010.
Miss Universe Great Britain is a national beauty pageant that selects the British representative in the Miss Universe contest.
Miss Scotland is a national beauty pageant in Scotland. Entrants must hold a British passport to enter. The contest, whose title is owned by the Miss World organisation, is organised each year by Janis Sue Smith Director of The Catwalk Academy
Maria Venus Bayonito Raj-Orillan is a Filipino actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2010. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant and placed 4th Runner-up.
Miss Universe Great Britain 2009, 4th Miss Universe United Kingdom pageant, was held at ICC Hall 4, Broad Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom on 3 May 2009. Lisa Lazarus of Llanelli crowned her successor Clair Cooper of Greater London at the end of the event. That year only 40 candidates competed for the national crown.
Miss Shqipëria, formerly "Miss Earth Albania" and "Miss Shqiptarja", is the national beauty pageant to select Albania's representatives to the Miss Earth, Miss International, Miss Supranational and The Miss Globe pageant. The winner represents Albania to the Miss Earth pageant from 2006 to 2009. In 2013, Agnesa Vuthaj, a former Miss Albania herself, started the National Directorship of Miss Earth Albania. Began 2023 the license of Miss Earth had moved on Miss Shqiperia.
Lưu Thị Diễm Hương is a Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Vietnam World 2010. Diễm Hương was born on August 30, 1990, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Diễm Hương did not go to Miss World 2010 but she was sent to represent Vietnam in the Miss Earth 2010 pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
This is a list of the Philippines' representatives and their placements at the Big Four beauty pageants. The Philippines, widely considered a beauty pageant powerhouse, has won in all four pageants, with a total of 103 placements and 15 victories:
Grace Levy is an English actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Universe Great Britain 2014 and represented the country at Miss Universe 2014 pageant.
Romy Simpkins is an English actress, model, mental health ambassador and beauty pageant titleholder who competed in several beauty pageants. She has represented her country & the United Kingdom internationally in beauty pageants. She competed at the Miss International 2016 pageant in Tokyo, Japan. Romy competed in the Miss Supranational 2018 pageant in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland.
Miss Earth 2018, the 18th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, with the theme "Goddesses of the Earth", was held on November 3, 2018, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Karen Ibasco of the Philippines crowned her successor Nguyễn Phương Khánh of Vietnam at the end of the event. This is the first time Vietnam won the Miss Earth pageant, one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. On October 20, 2018, Miss Earth announced in their Facebook page that the winners of Eco-Video and Eco-Media Award winners automatically fast-tracked to the Top 18; the two delegates who earned two spots through the preliminary panel of judges and by the votes of social media.
Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers is an Anguillan politician, lawyer, athlete, former model and beauty pageant titleholder. A member of the Anguilla Progressive Movement, Kentish-Rogers has served as the Minister for Education and Social Development in the government of Ellis Webster since 2020. She has also represented the constituency of Valley South in the House of Assembly since 2020. Since 2021, she has been a Millennium Fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C.
Abbey-Anne Gyles-Brown is an English model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Earth England 2018. She represented England at Miss Earth 2018 Abbey-Anne was awarded the Ms Junca Beauty 2018 sponsor award.
Miss Grand United Kingdom is a female beauty pageant in the United Kingdom, founded in 2015 by a Lancashire-based pageant organizer, Pageant Girls UK, chaired by Holly Louise, who was also the UK license holder for various other international pageants such as Miss Earth, Miss International and Miss Intercontinental. The winners of the contest, which usually comprises three or four titles, including Miss Grand England, Miss Grand Wales, Miss Grand Scotland, and Miss Grand Northern Ireland, represent their countries in the international parent contest, Miss Grand International. However, as the former licensee was unable to send the elected delegates to compete in the 2019 international contest in Venezuela, the competition license was transferred to Megan Darlington in 2020, and subsequently to Kathryn Fanshawe in mid-2022.
Talent Competition (Singing) (Europe)