Miss Earth 2010, the 10th anniversary of the Miss Earth pageant, was held on 4 December 2010 at the Vinpearl Land Amphitheater in Nha Trang, Vietnam.[1] Larissa Ramos of Brazil crowned her successor Nicole Faria of India at the end of the event. She was the first Miss Earth from India.[2][3]

Miss Earth 2010
Nicole Faria
Date4 December 2010
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueVinpearl Land Amphitheater, Nha Trang, Vietnam
BroadcasterInternational:
Official broadcaster:
Entrants84
Placements14
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerNicole Faria
India
CongenialitySue Ellen Castañeda
Guatemala
Best National CostumeMarina Kishira
Japan
PhotogenicWatsaporn Wattanakoon
Thailand
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Eighty-four contestants from various countries and territories competed for the Miss Earth 2010 title.[4] The event was broadcast live by STAR World, VTV, ABS-CBN, Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, and other partner networks.[5]

The Miss Earth winner serves as the spokesperson for the Miss Earth Foundation, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and other environmental organizations.[6]

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.[7][8] Vietnamese singer Mỹ Linh performed during the show.

Results

 
Miss Earth 2010 participating countries and territories and results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss Earth 2010
Miss Earth – Air 2010
  •   Russia – Victoria Shchukina (assumed)
Miss Earth – Water 2010
Miss Earth – Fire 2010
Top 7
Top 14

Note: Starting this year, there was no "runner-up" in Miss Earth. Instead the titles of Miss Air, Miss Water, and Miss Fire are bestowed on the next three contestants with highest scores after the Miss Earth winner. In this case, the titles went to Miss Ecuador, Jennifer Pazmiño, Miss Thailand, Watsaporn Wattanakoon and Miss Puerto Rico, Yeidy Bosques, respectively.[4]

Note: The Carousel Productions has confirmed that Victoria Schukina is the new Miss Earth Air 2010 after Jennifer Pazmiño (The original Miss Earth Air 2010 of Ecuador) has relinquished her crown due to marriage to her fiancee in February 2011.[9]

Special awards

Major awards

Awards Contestant
Best in Swimsuit   VietnamLưu Thị Diễm Hương
Best in Evening Gown   EcuadorJennifer Pazmiño
Best in National Costume   Japan – Marina Kishira
Best in Talent   IndiaNicole Faria
Miss Photogenic   Thailand – Watsaporn Wattanakoon
Miss Friendship   Guatemala – Sue Ellen Castañeda

Minor/Sponsor awards

Awards Contestant
Best in Aodai   Serbia – Tijana Rakic
Miss Vietnam Airlines   VietnamLưu Thị Diễm Hương
Miss Diamond Place   IndiaNicole Faria
Miss Earth Sea-Links City Resort   Japan – Marina Kishira
Miss Saigon Elegance   Serbia – Tijana Rakic
Miss PNJ   EcuadorJennifer Pazmiño
Miss CanDeluxe   VietnamLưu Thị Diễm Hương

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.[10][11]

Result Contestant
Winner
Top 5
Top 18

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.[12][13]

Result Contestant
Winner
  •   Japan – Marina Kishira
Top 5

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.[14][15]

Result Contestant
Winner
Top 5

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.[16]

Result Contestant
Winner
Top 5

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.[17][18] Miss Vietnam Lưu Thị Diễm Hương won the Best in Swimsuit.[19][20]

Result Contestant
Winner
Top 5

Note: At that night, Miss Vietnam won a sponsor award which is Miss CanDeluxe.

Order of announcements

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?"[21]

Answer of Miss Earth 2010:

"I will obviously choose sunrise because whenever we see the sunrise, people will think about a new day filled with energy. A new day offers 24 valuable hours to do good things for ourselves and other people." – Nicole Faria, represented India.[21]

Contestants

Country Contestant Age Height Hometown
  Australia Kelly Louise Maguire 24 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Sydney
  Bahamas Aquelle Plakaris 24 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Nassau
  Belgium Melissa Vingerhoed 18 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Etterbeek
  Bolivia Yovana O'Brien 19 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Santa Cruz
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Ema Golijanin 18 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Sarajevo
  Botswana Onalenna Gaopalelwe 20 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Serowe
  Brazil Luisa de Almeida Lopes 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Porto de Galinhas
  Cameroon Estelle Essame 26 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Yaoundé
  Canada Summer Anne Ross 26 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Toronto
  Cayman Islands Samantha Widmer 19 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) George Town
  Chile Pamela Soprani 23 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Santiago
  China Zhao Shenqianhui 19 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Beijing
  Chinese Taipei Liu Hsing-Jung 25 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Taipei
  Colombia Diana Marin 22 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Cali
  Costa Rica Allyson Alfaro 20 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) San José
  Crimea Anastasiya Sienina 19 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in) Simferopol
  Curaçao Norayla Francisco 25 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Willemstad
  Czech Republic Carmen Justová 19 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Sokolov
  Denmark Sandra Vester 25 1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in) Copenhagen
  Dominican Republic Wisleidy Osorio 21 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Samana
  Ecuador Jennifer Pazmiño 22 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Guayaquil
  Egypt Doaa Hakam 22 1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in) Cairo
  England Sandra Marie Lees 25 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Birmingham
  France Fanny Vauzanges 25 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Paris
  French Polynesia Mihiatea Ruta 24 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Papeete
  Germany Reingard Hageman 25 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Schwerin
  Ghana Golda Dayi 18 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Accra
  Guadeloupe Maïté Elso[22] 23 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Les Abymes
  Guam Naiomie Jean Santos 18 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Asan
  Guatemala Sue Ellen Castañeda 24 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Guatemala City
  Guyana Soyini Fraser 20 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Georgetown
  Hong Kong Zheng Xiaoyue 19 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Hong Kong
  India Nicole Faria 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Bangalore
  Indonesia Jessica Aurelia Tji 24 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Jakarta
  Ireland Alesha Gallen 24 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Donegal
  Italy Ilenia Arnolfo 26 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Cuneo
  Jamaica Kai Ayanna McDonald 24 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Kingston
  Japan Marina Kishira 23 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Chiba
  Kenya Miano Isabell Wangui 22 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Njoro
  Korea Gui-joo Lee 20 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Jeollabuk-do
  Kosovo Morena Taraku 18 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Peje
  Latvia Eva Caune 22 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Riga
  Lebanon Jihane Nehme 26 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Beirut
  Luxembourg Laureta Bardoniqi 18 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Bettembourg
  Macau Yi Tong Sun 23 1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in) Macau
  Madagascar Alexandra Randrianarivel 23 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Antananarivo
  Malaysia Appey Rowena Januin 18 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Kota Kinabalu
  Malta Christine Mifsud 19 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Valletta
  Martinique Christine Garçon[23][24][25] 22 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Le Vauclin
  Mauritius Anne-Lise Ramooloo 21 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Port Louis
  Mexico Claudia Lopez Mollinedo 18 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Teapa
  Mongolia Bayaarkhuu Gantogoo 24 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Ömnögovi
    Nepal Sahana Bajracharya 21 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Kathmandu
  Netherlands Desirée van den Berg 23 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Santpoort
  New Zealand Lisa Davids 20 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) North Shore
  Nicaragua Junieth Raquel Rosales 21 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Managua
  Nigeria Inara Isaiah 18 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Bayelsa
  Northern Ireland Judith Keys 18 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Belfast
  Norway Iman Kerigo 18 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Kløfta
  Panama Nicole Morrell 20 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Panama City
  Peru Silvana Vásquez 22 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Lima
  Philippines Psyche Resus[26][27] 22 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Infanta
  Poland Beata Polakowska 24 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Ostrów Mazowiecka
  Puerto Rico Yeidy Bosques 22 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Mayagüez
  Romania Andreea Capsuc 19 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Bucharest
  Russia Viktoria Shchukina 22 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Moscow
  Samoa Faaselega Oloapu 25 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Apia
  Scotland Cora Buchanan 24 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Edinburgh
  Serbia Tijana Rakic 23 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Kruševac
  Singapore Maricelle Rani Wong 20 1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in) Singapore
  Slovak Republic Tímea Szaboová 20 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Bratislava
  Slovenia Ines Draganovič 19 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Ljubljana
  South Africa Nondyebo Dzingwa 24 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Roodepoort
  South Sudan Atong Demach 22 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Juba
   Switzerland Liza Andrea Küster 24 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Bern
  Tanzania Rose Shayo 21 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Dodoma
  Thailand Watsaporn Wattanakoon 23 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Chiang Rai
  Tonga Glena Lavemai 19 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in) Nukualofa
  Turkey Döndü Şahin 24 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Nuremberg
  Ukraine Valentina Zhytnyk 18 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in) Kharkiv
  United States Danielle Bounds 25 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Kansas City
  Venezuela Mariángela Bonanni 22 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) San Cristóbal
  Vietnam Lưu Thị Diễm Hương 20 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Ho Chi Minh City
  Wales Louise Hinder 19 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Swansea

Judges

No. Judge Background
1 Ella Bella Founder of Generation Earth[28]
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

Background music

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.[5]

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.[30][31]

  • 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.[32]
    • 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.[33]

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Replacements

  •   Belgium – Jessica Van Moorleghem was replaced by Melissa Vingerhoed due to personal reasons.
  •   Brazil – Aline Bruch was replaced by Luisa de Almeida Lopes.
  •   China – Ding Wenyuan was replaced by Zhao Shenqianhui.
  •   Costa Rica – Alejandra Alvarez was replaced by Allyson Alfaro.
  •   France – Christelle Demaison was replaced by Fanny Vauzanges due to family emergency.
  •   Germany – Anna Julia Hagen was replaced by Reingard Hagemann because of her studies.
  •   Indonesia – Liza Elly Purnamasari was replaced by Jessica Aurelia Tji.
  •   Romania – Andreea Dorobantiu was replaced by Andreea Capsuc.
  •   Ukraine – Okelsandra Nikitina was replaced by Valentina Zhytnyk.

Designations

Did not compete

Withdrawals

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