Miss Earth 2012
Miss Earth 2012 | |
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Date | November 24, 2012 |
Venue | Versailles Clubhouse, Alabang, Manila, Philippines |
Broadcaster | STAR World, ABS-CBN, Studio 23, The Filipino Channel |
Entrants | 80+ |
Debuts | Cook Islands, Moldova, Réunion Island |
Withdrawals | Aruba, Estonia, Chile, Curaçao, Hungary, Israel, Madagascar |
Returns | Albania, Argentina, Costa Rica, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malta, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Poland, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Turks & Caicos, Uruguay |
Miss Earth 2012, the 12th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, will take place on November 24, 2012 at the Versailles Clubhouse in Alabang, Manila, Philippines[1]. The pageant will be broadcasted live on Star World at 8:00 p.m. and will be shown on November 25, 2012, 10:00 a.m. on ABS-CBN, or coverage on Studio 23, TFC-The Filipino Channel, and also on channels of participating counties worldwide.[2] Olga Álava from Ecuador, will crown her successor at the end of the event.
This year’s pageant aligns itself with the United Nations General Assembly’s declaration of 2012 as the "International Year of Sustainable Energy for All", which aims to ensure universal access to modern energy services.[3][4]
Expected contestants
As of October 24, 2012, 81 of 98 delegates have been confirmed:
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
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Albania | Dardana Niklekaj[5] | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Tirana |
Argentina | Tatiana Bischof[6] | 18 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Resistencia |
Australia | Jenna Seymour[7] | 21 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Glenmore Park |
Austria | ||||
Bahamas | Brooke Sherman[8] | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Freeport |
Belgium | Madina Hamidi[9] | 25 | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Antwerp |
Belize | Jessel Lauriano[10] | 24 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Belize City |
Bolivia | Dayana Dorado[11] | 18 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Beni |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | Zerina Sirbegovic[12] | 21 | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Srebrenik |
Botswana | Lorraine Ditsebe[13] | 22 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Mochudi |
Brazil | Camila Brant[14] | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Patos de Minas |
Canada | Valerie Remillard[15] | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Saint-Félix-de-Valois |
China | Diana Xu[16] | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Shanghai |
Chinese Taipei | Jen-Ling Lu[17] | 23 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Taipei |
Colombia | Cindy Kohn-Cybulkiewicz[18] | 25 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Maicao |
Cook Islands | Teuira Napa[19] | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Avarua |
Costa Rica | Fabiana Granados[20] | 22 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Hojancha |
Crimea | Liudmyla Kuzmina[21] | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Kiev |
Czech Republic | Tereza Fajksová[22] | 23 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Ivančice |
Denmark | ||||
Dominican Republic | Rocio Castellanos[23] | 25 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Santiago de los Caballeros |
Ecuador | Estefanía Realpe[24] | 23 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Quito |
El Salvador | Yaritza Rivera[25] | 18 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | San Vicente |
England | Zahida Begum[26] | 18 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Northumberland |
Fiji | Esther Foss[27] | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Suva |
Finland | Kristiina Airi[28] | 19 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Helsinki |
France | ||||
Gabon | Cherolle Boubey[29] | 25 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Libreville |
Germany | Nel-Linda Zublewitz[30] | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Bünde |
Ghana | Jennifer Yaa Kyekye[31] | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Accra |
Guadeloupe | Feh Rosseau-Nyamndi[32] | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Gourbeyre |
Guam | Sarah Filush[33] | 24 | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | Piti |
Guatemala | Stefany Miranda[34] | 23 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Guatemala City |
Haiti | Chersonese Archage[35] | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Port-au-Prince |
Honduras | Odily Alvarenga[36] | 22 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | San Pedro Sula |
Hong Kong SAR | ||||
India | Prachi Mishra[37] | 24 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Allahabad |
Indonesia | Chelsy Liven[38] | 24 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Tangerang |
Ireland | Cara Lyons[39] | 22 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Galway |
Italy | Giulia Capuani[40] | 22 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Milan |
Japan | Megumi Noda[41] | 25 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Shiga |
Kazakhstan | Svetlana Raschshupkina[42] | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Almaty |
Kenya | ||||
Korea | Sara Kim[43] | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Seoul |
Kosovo | Ajshe Babatinca[44] | 18 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Pristina |
Latvia | ||||
Lebanon | Eliane Khawand[45] | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Beirut |
Luxembourg | ||||
Macau | ||||
Malaysia | Deviyah Daranee[46] | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Kuala Lumpur |
Malta | Yasmin Falzon[47] | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Valletta |
Morocco | ||||
Mexico | Lourdes Paola Aguilar[48] | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Yucatan |
Moldova | ||||
Mongolia | Battsetseg Turbat[49] | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Ulan Bator |
Nepal | Nagma Shrestha[50] | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Kathmandu |
Netherlands | Shauny Wilhelmina Bult[51] | 21 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Boxtel |
New Zealand | Gloria Ofa Blake[52] | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Auckland |
Nicaragua | Braxis Alvarez[53] | 25 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Río San Juan |
Nigeria | ||||
Northern Ireland | Ciara Walker[54] | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Derry |
Norway | Nina Fjalestad[55] | 19 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Asker |
Pakistan | Zanib Naveed[56] | 25 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Lahore |
Panama | Ana Lorena Ibáñez[57] | 26 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Penonomé |
Paraguay | Alexandra Fretes[58] | 24 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Asunción |
Peru | Miluska Huaroto Maradiegue[59] | 23 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Huancavelica |
Philippines | Stephany Stefanowitz[60] | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Quezon City |
Poland | Justyna Rajczyk[61] | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Poznan |
Portugal | ||||
Puerto Rico | Darli Pacheco[62] | 23 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Toa Baja |
Réunion Island | Aïsha Valy[63] | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Entre-Deux |
Romania | ||||
Russia | Natalia Pereverzeva[64] | 24 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Moscow |
Scotland | Sara Pender[65] | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Lanarkshire |
Serbia | ||||
Sierra Leone | Adiatu Bangura[66] | 21 | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | New York City |
Singapore | Phoebe Tan[67] | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Singapore |
Slovak Republic | Martina Grešová[68] | 26 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Humenné |
Slovenia | Anjeza Barbatovci[69] | 21 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Ljubljana |
South Africa | Tamerin Jardine[70] | 25 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Sandton |
South Sudan | Racahel Angeth[71] | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Juba |
Spain | ||||
Sri Lanka | ||||
Sweden | Camilla Hansson[72] | 23 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Stockholm |
Switzerland | Lea Sara Wittwer[73] | 21 | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Bern |
Tanzania | Bahati Chando[74] | 20 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Dar es Salaam |
Thailand | Waratthaya Wongchayaporn[75] | 19 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Songkhla |
Trinidad & Tobago | Amryl Nurse[76] | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Chickland |
Turkey | İlknur Melis Durası[77] | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Istanbul |
Turks & Caicos | Carlisa Williams[78] | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Providenciales |
Ukraine | Ievgeniia Prokopenko[79] | 25 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Sumy |
Uruguay | Cynthia Kutscher[80] | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Salto |
USA | Siria Bojorquez[81] | 19 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Denver |
US Virgin Islands | Carolyn Whitney Carter[82] | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Christiansted |
Venezuela | Osmariel Villalobos[83] | 24 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Maracaibo |
Vietnam | ||||
Wales | Zoë Kinsella[84] | 20 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Cardiff |
Zimbabwe | Dimitra Markou[85] | 18 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Bulawayo |
National pageant notes
Upcoming national pageants
Country | Date |
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Nigeria | October 24, 2012[86] |
Austria | October 27, 2012[87] |
Sri Lanka | October 27, 2012[88] |
Romania | October 28, 2012[89] |
Other pageant notes
Debuts
Returning countries and territories
- Last competed in 2007:
- Last competed in 2009:
- Last competed in 2010:
Replacement
- Chinese Taipei: Tien-Jung Kuo was replaced by Jen-Ling Lu for undisclosed reason.[90]
- Guadeloupe: Lùdmila Pierre-Michel was replaced by Feh Rosseau Nyamndi for undisclosed reason.[91]
- Mongolia: Uyanga Ochirbat was replaced by Battsetseg Turbat for undisclosed reason.[92]
- Spain: Joanna Guianolini will be replaced due to her questionable appointment.
- Dominican Republic: Alba Aquino could not compete due to a dispute and was dismissed, taking their place Rocío Castellanos
Crossover
Contestants who previously competed at other international beauty pageants or are expected to: