Miss Earth 2010 was the 10th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the Vinpearl Land Amphitheater in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on December 4, 2010.
Larissa Ramos of Brazil crowned Nicole Faria of India as her successor at the end of the event. She was the first Miss Earth from India.
Eighty-four contestants from various countries and territories competed for the Miss Earth 2010 title. The event was broadcast live by STAR World, VTV, ABS-CBN, Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, and other partner networks.
The Miss Earth winner serves as the spokesperson for the Miss Earth Foundation, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and other environmental organizations.
The event was hosted by Oli Pettigrew, host of AXN's Sony Style program, along with Marie Digby and Jennifer Pham with Boyzone lead singer Ronan Keating as the guest performer. Vietnamese singer Mỹ Linh performed during the show.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss Earth 2010 – Nicole Faria Miss Earth – Air 2010 – Jennifer Pazmiño (Dethroned) – Victoria Shchukina (Assumed) ∞ Miss Earth – Water 2010 – Watsaporn Wattanakoon Miss Earth – Fire 2010 – Yeidy Bosques Top 7 – Marina Kishira – Nondyebo Dzingwa – Mariángela Bonanni Top 14 – Carmen Justová – Ilenia Arnolfo – Desiree van den Berg – Valentyna Zhytnyk – Danielle Bounds – Lưu Thị Diễm Hương
Special awards
Major awards
Awards Contestant Miss Friendship – Sue Ellen Castañeda Miss Photogenic – Watsaporn Wattanakoon Miss Talent – Nicole Faria Best in National Costume – Marina Kishira Best in Evening Gown – Jennifer Pazmiño Best in Swimsuit – Luu Thi Diem Huong
Talent competition The talent competition took place in Ho Chi Minh City on 9 November 2010. Nicole Faria from India won the Miss Earth Talent 2010 after beating 17 other finalists. The event raised VND100 million, which was donated to the Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross, to support flood victims in the central region.
Result Contestant Winner – Nicole Faria Top 5 – Anastasiya Sienina – Marina Kishira – Maricelle Rani Wong – Lưu Thị Diễm Hương Top 18 – Ema Golijanin – Onalenna Gaopalelwe – Luisa de Almeida Lopes – Sandra Marie Lees – Naiomie Jean Santos – Sue Ellen Castañeda – Soyini Fraser – Alesha Gallen – Ilenia Arnolfo – Kai Ayanna McDonald – Nondyebo Dzingwa – Watsaporn Wattanakoon – Glena Lavemai
Note: At that night, Miss Vietnam won a sponsor award which is Miss Vietnam Airlines while Miss India won Miss Diamond Place.
Best in National Costume The National Costume competition took place at the Sea-Links Resort in Phan Thiết on 13 November 2010. Marina Kishira, from Japan, won the Best in National Costume at Miss Earth 2010 after beating other contestants.
Result Contestant Winner – Marina Kishira Top 5 – Luisa de Almeida Lopes – Jennifer Pazmiño – Claudia Lopez Mollinedo – Nondyebo Dzingwa
Note: At that night, Miss Japan also won a sponsor award which is Miss Earth Sea-Links City Resort.
Miss Aodai The Miss Aodai was held on 17 November 2010 in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa.
Result Contestant Winner – Tijana Rakic Top 5 – Junieth Rosales – Psyche Resus – Gui-joo Lee Taiwan – Liu Hsing-Jung
Note: At that night, Miss Serbia also won a sponsor award which is Miss Saigon Elegance.
Best in Evening Gown The Best in Evening Gown was held on 17 November 2010 in Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa.
Result Contestant Winner – Jennifer Pazmiño Top 5 – Luisa de Almeida Lopes – Carmen Justová – Watsaporn Wattanakoon – Mariángela Bonanni
Note: At that night, Miss Ecuador also won a sponsor award which is Miss PNJ.
Best in Swimsuit The Best in Swimsuit was held on 20 November 2010 in Phu Yen. Miss Vietnam Lưu Thị Diễm Hương won the Best in Swimsuit.
Result Contestant Winner – Luu Thi Diem Huong Top 5 – Luisa de Almeida Lopes – Jennifer Pazmiño – Iman Kerigo – Mariangela Bonanni
Note: At that night, Miss Vietnam won a sponsor award which is Miss CanDeluxe.
Winning answer For the 10th anniversary of the contest, Top 7 will meet the questions of conduct from the previous year's competitions. Miss Earth 2010 drew a question in the behavioral contest of Miss Earth 2002: "For you, what is more important: sunrise or sunset?"
Answer of Miss Earth 2010:
Contestants Country/Terr. Contestant Age Height Hometown Kelly Louise Maguire 24 Sydney Aquelle Plakaris 24 Nassau Melissa Vingerhoed 18 Etterbeek Yovana O'Brien 19 Santa Cruz Ema Golijanin 18 Sarajevo Onalenna Gaopalelwe 20 Serowe Luisa de Almeida Lopes 20 Porto de Galinhas Estelle Essame 26 Yaoundé Summer Anne Ross 26 Toronto Samantha Widmer 19 George Town Pamela Soprani 23 Santiago Zhao Shenqianhui 19 Beijing Diana Marin 22 Cali Allyson Alfaro 20 San José Anastasiya Sienina 19 Simferopol Norayla Francisco 25 Willemstad Carmen Justová 19 Sokolov Sandra Vester 25 Copenhagen Wisleidy Osorio 21 Samana Jennifer Pazmiño 22 Guayaquil Doaa Hakam 22 Cairo Sandra Marie Lees 25 Birmingham Fanny Vauzanges 25 Paris Mihiatea Ruta 24 Papeete Reingard Hageman 25 Schwerin Golda Dayi 18 Accra Maïté Elso 23 Les Abymes Naiomie Jean Santos 18 Asan Sue Ellen Castañeda 24 Guatemala City Soyini Fraser 20 Georgetown Zheng Xiaoyue 19 Hong Kong Nicole Faria 20 Bengaluru Jessica Aurelia Tji 24 Jakarta Alesha Gallen 24 Donegal Ilenia Arnolfo 26 Cuneo Kai Ayanna McDonald 24 Kingston Marina Kishira 23 Chiba Miano Isabell Wangui 22 Njoro Morena Taraku 18 Peje Eva Caune 22 Riga Jihane Nehme 26 Beirut Laureta Bardoniqi 18 Bettembourg Yi Tong Sun 23 Macau Alexandra Randrianarivel 23 Antananarivo Appey Rowena Januin 18 Kota Kinabalu Christine Mifsud 19 Valletta Christine Garçon 22 Le Vauclin Anne-Lise Ramooloo 21 Port Louis Claudia Lopez Mollinedo 18 Teapa Bayaarkhuu Gantogoo 24 Ömnögovi Sahana Bajracharya 21 Kathmandu Desirée van den Berg 23 Santpoort Lisa Davids 20 North Shore Junieth Raquel Rosales 21 Managua Inara Isaiah 18 Bayelsa Judith Keys 18 Belfast Iman Kerigo 18 Kløfta Nicole Morrell 20 Panama City Silvana Vásquez 22 Lima Psyche Resus 22 Infanta Beata Polakowska 24 Ostrów Mazowiecka Yeidy Bosques 22 Mayagüez Andreea Capsuc 19 Bucharest Viktoria Shchukina 22 Moscow Faaselega Oloapu 25 Apia Cora Buchanan 24 Edinburgh Tijana Rakic 23 Kruševac Maricelle Rani Wong 20 Singapore Tímea Szaboová 20 Bratislava Ines Draganovič 19 Ljubljana Nondyebo Dzingwa 24 Roodepoort Gui-joo Lee 20 Jeollabuk-do Atong Demach 22 Juba Liza Andrea Küster 24 Bern Taiwan Liu Hsing-Jung 25 Taipei Rose Shayo 21 Dodoma Watsaporn Wattanakoon 23 Chiang Rai Glena Lavemai 19 Nukualofa Döndü Şahin 24 Nuremberg Valentina Zhytnyk 18 Kharkiv Danielle Bounds 25 Kansas City Mariángela Bonanni 22 San Cristóbal Lưu Thị Diễm Hương 20 Ho Chi Minh City Louise Hinder 19 Swansea
Judges No. Judge Background 1 Ella Bella Founder of Generation Earth 2 Nenad Bratic Architecture 3 Marie J.Y.E. Collart Hollywood Actress 4 Rachel Grant Hollywood Actress 5 Karla Henry Miss Earth 2008 from Philippines 6 Michael Jeffrey Rosenthal Fashion Photographer 7 Eddy Tan President of STAR World 8 Chau Sanh Pham Head of the Culture, External Relations and UNESCO under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietna 9 Thanh Dai Hoang Editor-in-chief of Thoi Trang Tre Magazine 10 Nhu Quynh Nguyen Fashion Designer
Schedules Miss Earth 2010 was held in Vietnam. The announcement was made in a ceremony at the Legend Saigon Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 28 January 2010.
The delegates from various countries arrived in Vietnam on 4 November 2010 and participated in a range of activities covering Ho Chi Minh City, Phan Thiet, Hoi An, and Nha Trang. The delegates attended a press conference and various environmental activities in Ho Chi Minh City from 4–13 November. The delegates travelled to Phan Thiet and joined environmental activities and a festival to advertise Vietnam's sports from 15 to 17 November. In the ancient town of Hoi An, they competed in Miss Ao Dai, attended the Earth Hour and the Lantern Festival, to call for fuel saving and natural resource protection from 17 to 19 November. The delegates went back to Nha Trang for charity works, cycling, street cleaning, met with the local residents to talk about environmental protection and participate in various environmental activities, and prepared for the finale night. In Ho Chi Minh City: ( 7–11 November) 7 Nov.: 28 The delegates officially started the activities in Vietnam as the first medication dispensing charity, and also visited Saigon river, and then the Aodai fashion fitting. 8 Nov.: Meet and Greet with the organizers, the delegates also visited the Da Phuoc Waste treatment – Binh Chanh and Trung Nguyen coffee. 9 Nov.: Miss Talent Competition 10 Nov.: Press Presentation – the delegates attended the first official press conference at the White Palace (City) and participated in charity, gifts auction to raise funds for charity. 11 Nov.: At 6 pm, Gala Dinner which was broadcast live on VTV3 and HTV7 (Ho Chi Minh City Television). In Central Vietnam: (12 November – 4 December) 12 Nov.: Provincial tour at Phan Thiet (Binh Thuan) The delegates engaged in environmental protection; attended the Golf Business Review; evening welcome party for the candidates. 13 Nov.: National Costume Competition – At 9 am, 84 contestants rehearsed for the national costumes competition and competed on the same day at 6.30 pm, and then the delegates listened to the public address through the Image Beauty, Beauty and auction Friendly items. 17 Nov.: Miss Aodai and Best in Evening Gown were held in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa. 20 Nov.: Best in Swimsuit was held in Phu Yen. 4 Dec.: Final night – At 8pm (GMT +7), Miss Earth 2010 final night was held in Vinpearl, Nha Trang. Broadcast live on VTV1 and VTV4, ABS-CBN, The Filipino Channel (Philippines), STAR World.
Notes
Debuts
Returns
Last competed in 2005:
Last competed in 2006:
Last competed in 2007:
Last competed in 2008:
Replacements – Jessica Van Moorleghem was replaced by Melissa Vingerhoed for personal reasons. – Aline Bruch was replaced by Luisa de Almeida Lopes. – Ding Wenyuan was replaced by Zhao Shenqianhui. – Alejandra Alvarez was replaced by Allyson Alfaro. – Christelle Demaison was replaced by Fanny Vauzanges due to family emergency. – Anna Julia Hagen was replaced by Reingard Hagemann because of her studies. – Liza Elly Purnamasari was replaced by Jessica Aurelia Tji. – Andreea Dorobantiu was replaced by Andreea Capsuc. – Okelsandra Nikitina was replaced by Valentina Zhytnyk.
Designations – Anastasiya Sienina was appointed to represent the autonomous territory. She was the 2nd Runner-up of Miss Ukraine 2010. – Tijana Rakić was appointed to represent Serbia. She entered Top 5 Miss Serbia 2010. – Mariángela Bonanni was appointed as Miss Earth Venezuela 2009 by Osmel Sousa, the president of Miss Venezuela Organization after the organization took over the franchise from Sambil Model Venezuela Organization. She was the 1st Runner-up of Miss Venezuela 2009. – Lưu Thị Diễm Hương was appointed to represent Vietnam this year. She was Miss Vietnam World 2010.
Did not compete
– Isolina Boero – Kinley Yangden – Sarai Calderón – Taliko Shubitidze – Dilrufa Mohamed – Pierra Akewro
Withdrawals
– No national pageant held
– Original contestant Jennifer Kalo ended up competing at Miss World 2010 due to Agnes Dobo injury.
– Lack of funding and sponsorship – No national pageant held; lack of funding and sponsorship
References
External links
Miss Earth 2010 official website Special page for Miss Earth 2010 on VnExpress Miss Earth Foundation website