Miss Earth

For the most recent competition, see Miss Earth 2023. For the upcoming competition, see Miss Earth 2024.
Miss Earth
TypeInternational women's beauty pageant
Parent organizationCarousel Productions
HeadquartersManila, Philippines
First edition2001
Most recent edition2024
Current titleholderJessica Lane
Australia
Founder
Lorraine Schuck
President
Ramon Monzon
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.missearth.tv Edit this at Wikidata

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.[1][2][3][4]

Miss Earth is a co-host of the United Nations Environment Programme's Champions of the Earth, an annual international environment awards established in 2005 by the United Nations to recognize outstanding environmental achievers and leaders at a policy level. Miss Earth and Greenpeace have also joined in the call for a ban on genetically-engineered food crops, promotion of organic farming and advancement of sustainable agriculture. The Miss Earth Foundation has also teamed up with The Climate Reality Project for the "Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training", conducted by its founder and chairman, environmentalist and former US Vice President Al Gore.

The Miss Earth Foundation works with the environmental departments and ministries of the participating countries, various private sector and corporations, as well as the World Wildlife Foundation.[5][6][7]

Since 2002, the pageant has been mainly held in the Philippines, with live broadcasts in more than 80 countries via Fox Life, The Filipino Channel, and Metro Channel.[8][9][10]

Titleholders spend their year promoting their specific projects and environmental causes[11][12] through speaking engagements, roundtable discussions, school tours, tree planting activities, street campaigns, cleanups, shopping mall tours, media guesting, environmental fairs, storytelling programs to children, eco-fashion shows, and other environmentally oriented activities.[13][14][15]

The current Miss Earth is Jessica Lane of Australia who was crowned on November 9, 2024 in Parañaque, Philippines.

Her Elemental Queens are:

  • Hrafnhildur Haraldsdóttir of Iceland as Miss Earth Air
  • Bea Millan-Windorski of the United States of America as Miss Earth Water
  • Niva Antezana of Peru as Miss Earth Fire
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  2. ^ "Afghanistan: Anti-Pageant Judges". The New York Times. October 30, 2003. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
  3. ^ Jun, Kwanwoo (December 2, 2013). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal.
  4. ^ "Korea's 1st winner at Big Four beauty pageant talks about true beauty". Korea Times. December 15, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  5. ^ Waddington, Sarah (September 19, 2014). "Plymouth engineering student hopes to "change the future" by competing for Miss Earth England". The Herald (Plymouth). Retrieved January 9, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Bobby T., Yalong (January 4, 2016). "A haphazard scrutiny and pragmatic dissertation on Philippine pageantry". Asian Journal. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
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  10. ^ "Miss Earth 2007". ABS-CBN News. December 18, 2007. Archived from the original on October 27, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2008.
  11. ^ "Contestants of Miss Earth 2004 beauty pageant". The Tribune India. October 8, 2004. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  12. ^ Nkurunziza, Sam (March 30, 2008). "The most beautiful girl in the world". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  13. ^ Gilbert, Julie (July 12, 2014). "Hamilton woman Amy Meisak is hoping to win Miss Earth 2014". Daily Record (Scotland). Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  14. ^ Schuck, Lorraine (September 20, 2012). "Miss Earth winners work hand-in-hand" (PDF). Miss Earth Website. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  15. ^ "Caerphilly beauty queen takes on the world". South Wales Argus. September 18, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2022.