Miss Earth 2015 was the 15th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the Marx Halle in Vienna, Austria, on December 5, 2015.
Jamie Herrell of the Philippines crowned her compatriot Angelia Ong as her successor at the end of the event. It was the first time the pageant was held in Europe and outside of Asia. It was also the first ever back-to-back victory in Miss Earth history.
The theme of this year's pageant was the promotion of environmental awareness by focusing on the Climate Change campaign thru the 5R's : Re-think, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle and Respect.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss Earth 2015 – Angelia Ong Miss Earth – Air 2015 – Dayanna Grageda Miss Earth – Water 2015 – Brittany Payne Miss Earth – Fire 2015 – Thiessa Sickert Top 8 – Sophie Totzauer – Natividad Leiva – Estefanía Muñoz – Andrea Rosales Top 16 – Karolína Mališová – Alyssa Wurtz – Skye Celine Baker – Dorina Lepp – Katia Moochooram – Bayartsetseg Altangerel – Amy Meisak – Viktoria Orel
Pre-pageant activities
Medal tally Rank Country/Territory Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 3 1 0 4 2 2 2 1 5 3 2 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 5 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 6 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 7 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 9 0 2 1 3 10 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 11 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 12 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 13 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Challenge Events
Best Eco Video Result Contestant Winner – Brittany Payne Top 4 - Elizabeth Dwomoh – Alyssa Wurtz - Bayartsetseg Altangerel
Photogenic Award (Online Voting) Result Contestant – Bayartsetseg Altangerel – Andrea Rosales – Chavika Watrsang
Swimsuit Competition Result Contestant – Estefania Muñoz – Sara Guerrero – Thiessa Sickert
Miss Friendship Result Contestant Group 1 – Skye Celine Baker - Cristelle Lohembe – Kimberly Wever Group 2 – Jade Soune-Seyne – Dolores Ortega Martinez – Leena Asarfi Group 3 – Tiara Hadi – Angelia Ong – Elizabeth Dwomoh
National Costume Competition Result Contestant Africa – Sandra Akello – Silvia Commodore – Cristelle Lohembe The Americas – Sara Guerrero – Carmen Jaramillo – Andrea Rosales Asia and Oceania – Danielle Wong – Chavika Watrsang – Ho-jeong Han Eastern Europe – Viktoria Orel – Laura Škvorc – Dorina Lepp Western Europe – Leena Asarfi – Sophie Totzauer – Joelle Curoe
Cocktail Wear Competition Result Contestant Batch 1 – Sara Guerrero – Alexandra Parker – Natividad Leiva Batch 2 – Carmen Jaramillo – Ángela Bonilla – Bayartsetseg Altangerel
Charity Givers Result Contestant – Brittany Payne – Corinne Schädler – Dayanna Grageda
Sports Competition Result Contestant – Carmen Jaramillo – Berth Elouga – Carla Viktor
Talent Competition Result Contestant – Carla Viktor – Berth Elouga – Sara Guerrero
Evening Gown Competition Result Contestant Group 1 – Natividad Leiva – Estefania Muñoz – Kaltrina Neziri Group 2 – Bayartsetseg Altangerel – Julia Roquigny – Maria Chudakova Group 3 – Carmen Jaramillo – Chavika Watrsang – Angelia Ong
Tree Planting Result Contestant – Ana Marija Jurišić – Silvia Commodore – Sophie Totzauer
Darling of the Press Result Contestant – Sophie Totzauer – Melanie Sofia Bauer – Amy Meisak
Snowman Building Competition Result Country/Territory – Karolína Mališová – Maria Chudakova – Corinne Schädler – Viktoria Orel – Andrea Rojas – Danielle Wong – Leena Asarfi – Carla Viktor – Ana Marija Jurišić – Turið Elinborgardóttir – Alexandra Parker – Imaj Ahmed Hassan
Special Activity Awards Awards Contestant Most Cheerful (during tree planting) – Shyla Angela Prasad – Sara Guerrero – Brittany Payne
Contestants The following are the 86 delegates who competed for the Miss Earth crown:
Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown Argentina Julieta Fernandez 26 Tucumán Armenia Lilit Martirosyan 26 Yerevan Aruba Kimberly Wevermisseartharuba.com 21 San Nicolaas Australia Dayanna Grageda 25 Sydney Austria Sophie Totzauer 23 Vienna Bahamas Daronique YoungMiss Bahamas 2015 25 Nassau Belgium Elizabeth Dwomoh 19 Brussels Belize Christine Syme 19 San Pedro Town Bolivia Vinka Nemer 24 La Paz Bosnia and Herzegovina Adna ObradovićMiss Earth Bosnia & Herzegovina 2015 23 Čapljina Brazil Thiessa Sickert 22 Uberaba Canada Tatiana Maranhão19Leamington Chile Natividad Leiva 22Santiago China Serena Panhttp://www.facebook.com/MissEarthChina 23 Shanghai ColombiaEstefania Muñoz22Medellín Costa Rica Andrea Rojas 23 Palmares Daria Zeleneva 20 Simferopol Croatia Ana Marija Jurišić 23 Kiseljak Cyprus Marcella Constantinou 22 Nicosia Czech Republic Karolína Mališová 18 Otice Democratic Republic of the Congo Cristelle Lohembe 25 Kinshasa Denmark Turið Elinborgardóttir 20 Tórshavn Dominican Republic Alexandra Parker 20 Guayacanes Ecuador Ángela Bonilla 22 Ibarra Egypt Imaj Ahmed Hassan 22 Cairo El Salvador Pamela ValdiviesoMiss Earth El Salvador 26 San Salvador England Katrina Kendall 25 London Fiji Shyla Angela Prasad 20 Suva France Alyssa Wurtz 25 Drusenheim Germany Melanie Sofia Bauer 21 Halle Ghana Silvia Commodore 22 Accra Guadeloupe Anais Localmontie 21 Basse-Terre Guam Skye Celine Baker 18 Barrigada Guatemala Sara Guerrero 19 Guatemala City Honduras Nadia Morales 18 Colón Hungary Dorina Lepp 21 Budapest India Aaital Khosla20 Chandigarh Indonesia Belinda Pritasari 21 Jakarta Ireland Joelle Curoe 21 Dublin Israel Shams Touraani 19 Tel Aviv Italy Aurora Pianegonda 18 Zanè Japan Ayano Yamada 24 Gunma Prefecture Kenya Linda Gatere 23 Nairobi Kosovo Kaltrina Neziri 20 Pristina Lebanon Joudy Hennawi 19 Beirut Malaysia Danielle Wong 22 Melaka Malta Alexia Fenech 25 Sliema Mauritius Katia Moochooram 25 Port Louis Mexico Gladys Flores 22 Puebla Mongolia Bayartsetseg Altangerel 24 Ulaanbaatar Myanmar Eaint Myat Chal 22 Chaungzon Nepal Dibyata Vaidya23 Kathmandu Netherlands Leena Asarfi 24 Amsterdam Julia Roquigny 22 Nouméa New Zealand Anna-Lisa Christiane 19 Auckland Northern Ireland Dearbhlá Walsh 21 Derry Norway Britt Roselyn Rekkedalmissearth.tv 23 Fosnavåg Panama Carmen Jaramillo 20 La Chorrera Paraguay Andrea Melgarejo 21 Asunción Peru Zully Barrantes 20 Pucallpa Philippines Angelia Ong 25 Manila Poland Magdalena Ho 20 Warsaw Portugal Berth Elouga21 Lisbon Réunion Jade Soune-Seyne 25 Saint-André Romania Anca Neculaiasa-Pavel 20 Buzau Russia Maria Chudakova 21 Murmansk Scotland Amy Meisak 21 Hamilton Singapore Tiara Hadi 21 Singapore Slovak Republic Anita Polgáriová 22 Rožňava Slovenia Laura Škvorc 21 Zreče South Africa Carla Viktor 25 Hartbeespoort South Korea Ho-jeong Han 24 Seoul Spain Dolores Ortega Martínez18 Canary Island Sri Lanka Visna Fernando 24 Negombo Suriname Giselle Reinbergs 18 Paramaribo Sweden Maria Taipaleenmäki 19 Halmstad Switzerland Corinne Schädler 22 St. Gallen Thailand Chavika Watrsang 20 Phuket Trinidad and Tobago Danielle Dolabaille 21 Port of Spain Turkey Şevval Ayvaz 20 Trabzon Uganda Sandra Akello 19 Kampala Ukraine Viktoria Orel 24 Sumy United States Brittany Payne 23 Tehachapi Uruguay María Belén Cabrera 20 Paysandú Venezuela Andrea Rosales 24 Maracay Wales Lara Stephen 22 Powys
Other Pageant Notes
Debuts Countries and territories have been confirmed to debut this year:
Returns Countries and territories which has previously competed and will return this year:
Last competed in 2003:
Last competed in 2008:
Last competed in 2011:
Last competed in 2012:
Last competed in 2013:
Withdrawals
Did not compete : Erica Urwibutso Taiwan: Wen-Yin Ting
Designations : Lilit Martirosyan has been appointed as the first Miss Earth Armenia for 2015. She was Top Model of the World for Armenia in 2015. : Sophie Totzauer has been appointed as Miss Earth Austria for 2015 by the national director of Miss Earth Austria, Sina Schmid. : Thiessa Sickert has been appointed as Miss Earth Brazil 2015 by Miss Earth Brazil Organization. She was Miss Universe Brasil 2012 2nd Runner-up. : Estefania Muñoz has been appointed as Miss Earth Colombia 2015 by Miss Earth Colombia Organization. The next Miss Earth Colombia pageant would be held in early 2016. : Daria Zeleneva has been appointed as Miss Earth Crimea for 2015. Crimea appointed Zeleneva as there was no national pageant held and highly possible to be held the following year due to the recent conflict in Crimea. : Ana Marija Jurišić has been appointed as Miss Earth Croatia 2015 by the national director of Miss Earth Croatia. Jurišić competed and won the "No1 Model of the World 2015" competition held in Serbia where she represented Bosnia and Herzegovina. : Marcella Marina Constantinou has been appointed as Miss Earth Cyprus 2015. She won the Star Cyprus 2014 pageant. : Angela Bonilla has been appointed as Miss Earth Ecuador 2015 by its national director, José Hidalgo León. The national pageant for Miss Earth was postponed and would be materialized the next year. Bonilla participated at Miss Ecuador 2015 and Miss World Ecuador 2013 where she both went unplaced. : Imaj Ahmed Hassan has been appointed to represent Egypt by Youssef Spahi, national director of Miss Egypt after the pageant was postponed until spring of the following year. Hassan was a Miss Egypt 2014 Top 10 finalist. : Shyla Angela Prasad has been appointed as Miss Earth Fiji 2015. Shyla was a finalist at Miss World Australia. : Alyssa Wurtz has been appointed as Miss Earth France 2015 by Miss France Organization. She is Miss France 2015 Fourth Runner-up. : Melanie Sofia Bauer has been appointed as Miss Earth Germany 2015 by Sina Schmid, the national director of Miss Earth for Germany. Melanie was a contestant at Miss Earth Austria 2015. : Sara Guerrero has been appointed as Miss Earth Guatemala 2015 by Miss Guatemala Latina. She was Miss International Guatemala 2013. : Joelle Curoe was appointed as Miss Earth Ireland 2015 by the national director. Joelle also competed at Miss Earth Northern Ireland 2015 and finished as Miss Earth – Air 2015. : Shams Touraani has been appointed as Miss Earth Israel 2015 by the Miss Earth director in Israel, Lilac Magazine. : Aurora Pianegonda was appointed by the national director, [Life TV] Channel, as Miss Earth Italy 2015. Aurora is the Miss Lady Veneto 2015. : Kaltrina Neziri has been appointed to represent Kosovo by Agnesa Vuthaj, national director of Miss Earth Kosovo. Neziri was crowned as Miss Earth Kosovo 2014 and was supposed to compete the previous year. However, she was not able to compete because her visa application was denied. : Bayartsetseg Altangerel was appointed as Miss Earth Mongolia 2015 by the national director, Miss Mongolia Tourism Association. Bayartsetseg competed at Miss International 2014. This year, she competed at Miss World Mongolia 2015, and placed 1st Runner-up. : Leena Asarfi has been appointed as Miss Earth Netherlands 2015 by 12 Months of Beauty organization. : Carmen Jaramillo was chosen to compete as Miss Earth Panama 2015 by the national director, Cesar Añel after being granted to him the franchise. Miss Earth Panama would hold its first national pageant for the following year. Carmen is also the Miss Reina Hispanoamericana Panama 2015. : Magdalena Ho was appointed as Miss Earth Poland 2015 by its new national director, Serafina Ogończyk-Mąkowska of Miss Egzotica. Magdalena won as Miss Egzotica 2014. : Anca Neculaiasa-Pavel was appointed as Miss Earth Romania 2015. She was Miss International Romania 2015 : Chavika Watrsang has been appointed as Miss Earth Thailand 2015 by Miss Universe Thailand organization after the said organization got the license back. Chavika is the 1st Runner-up of Miss Universe Thailand 2015. : Danielle Dolabaille has been appointed as Miss Earth Trinidad and Tobago 2015 after series of casting calls. : Şevval Ayvaz has been appointed as Miss Earth Turkey 2015 by the national director, Elidor Miss Turkey. During the finals night, Sevval was proclaimed as Miss International Turkey but turned out wrong as she finished only as a finalist.
Replacements