Miss Earth 2010 Result

Miss Earth 2010 : INDIA - Nicole Faria

Miss Earth Air : ECUADOR - Jennifer Pazmino

Miss Earth Water : THAILAND - Watsaporn Wattanakoon

Miss Earth Fire : PUERTO RICO - Yeidy Bosques

Finalists
JAPAN - Marina Kishira
SOUTH AFRICA - Nondyebo Dzingwa
VENEZUELA - Mariangela Bonnani

Semifinalists
CZECH REPUBLIC - Carmen Justová
ITALY - Ilenia Arnolfo
NETHERLANDS - Desiree van den Berg
RUSSIA - Viktoria Shchukina
UKRAINE - Valentina Zhytnyk
U S A - Danielle Bounds
VIETNAM - Luu Thi Diem Huong

Special Awards
• Miss Photogenic : THAILAND - Watsaporn Wattanakoon
• Miss Friendship : GUATEMALA - Sue Ellen Castaneda
• Miss Talent : INDIA - Nicole Faria
• Best National Costume : JAPAN - Marina Kishira
• Best In Swimsuit : VIETNAM - Luu Thi Diem Huong
• Best In Long Gown : ECUADOR - Jennifer Pazmino
• Best in Ao Dai : SERBIA - Tijana Rakic

Miss Earth 2010 Part 8 : The Leaderboard

Making a Leaderboard is never an easy job, especially in a strong batch like Miss Earth 2010. We were particularly torn between four contestants (Ecuador, India, Venezuela, and Vietnam), with any of them would be a worthy winner in our opinion. Aside from figuring the exact position of the Elemental Queens, predicting who else will be in the Top 14 is also another difficult task to do. But after a long deliberation, we finally made up our mind and here is our Leaderboard for Miss Earth 2010!



The Leaderboard
1. Venezuela
2. Ecuador
3. Vietnam
4. India
5. Italy
6. Puerto Rico
7. Czech Republic
8. South Africa
9. Australia
10. Thailand
11. Philippines
12. Guam
13. Russia
14. USA
15. Mexico
16. Poland

The organizer itself will only select 14 girls to advance to semifinal but due to the competitiveness of this year edition, we put 16 girls with the last 2 girls as the "bubbling up" alternates in this Leaderboard.

Now that you have learned our choice .. let's meet the guys who have worked hard to make this Leaderboard come true ... and they are ...

Fikriblast
Inu Bahsalmasan
November Rain
Touchedbyanangel
Yel Santos

and finally ... Moon Gin, your Leaderboard coordinator.

Only one more day to go ... stay tuned to find out how well our Leaderboard in predicting the actual result!

Miss Earth 2010 Part 7 : More Pics of Jessica in Vietnam

Another set of Jessica Tji photos while competing at Mis Earth 2010. Enjoy!

Miss Earth 2010 Part 6 : The Journey So Far

By Ayus Wijaya

After a month long competition, Miss Earth finally almost reaches its climax, with the Final night in just two days. But before celebrating the coronation of the new Queen, let’s take a review on the competition so far!


The Ones to Beat
One of most exciting part of a competition is determining the frontrunners and pageant is no exception. After all, not all beauties are created equal. There will always be some girls that stand out. The clear frontrunners for Miss Earth 2010 are India and Vietnam. Both of them have won three special awards each, which reflects how well have they performed during the competition. Vietnam will also play her “host nation” card, so expect her to get high placement, one of the Element title at least. Ecuador, a former Miss International semifinalist, is also another contestant to beat, having won two special awards and included as finalists in three preliminary competitions. Venezuela and Czech Republic are both enlisted as finalists in the two most important preliminary competitions, evening gown and swimsuit. That should be a good omen for both them. And finally don’t count out South Africa, Italy, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Guam, whom despite having not won any awards yet, should make a great impression to the judges with their superior beauty.

The Winning Costume …. Or Gown
Japan’s triumph for Best National Costume category was heavily criticized by pageant fans around the world as her Irezumi inspired costume was deemed too simple to be called a costume. In fact it resembles an evening gown more than a national costume. Some of her supporter tried to defend her by saying that it was her performance on the stage that impressed the judges. However her detractors were still not pleased with this explanation and argued that the costume design should be the major criteria in selecting a Best National Costume winner.

Miss Sponsor Award
In a rather suspicious trend, all winners of the major special awards (India, Japan, Ecuador, Serbia, and Vietnam) were also selected as the recipients of some minor awards from the sponsors. It provokes a speculation that their victory on each respective award competition is not purely due to their own merit but rather because they were favored by the sponsors of the pageant. Whether this speculation is true or false remains a subject to debate.

Unlucky Number 14
In a strange move, the organizer of the pageant decides to cut the number of semifinal spots from 16 to only 14. In our opinion, this decision is totally unnecessary as Top 16 format has suited Miss Earth perfectly. Reducing spots for semifinal, especially in such a competitive batch, would only increase the possibility of wasted beauties, which would be a big loss for Miss Earth itself.

Beauty for Mother Nature
Staying true to its platform as an environmental dedicated pageant, Miss Earth 2010 took the contestants in various “green” activities, including several tree planting activities, beach cleaning, and an open forum about the global water crisis. In addition, these beauties were also involved in some charity events which raised VND100 million, donated to the HCM City Red Cross, to support flood victims in the Central Region of Vietnam.

Officially Beautiful
Another step forward for Miss Earth this year is that they now have official profile photo for each contestant. Even better, the photo shoot was done in a very good quality. In the spirit of this year theme “The Goddesses of Water”, blue color seems to be the dominant aspect for the official photo, as the contestants were featured in blue swimsuits at various exotic locations around Vietnam. Hopefully the official photo would not only be done this year but continue on as a tradition for the following years.


So that is our review of Miss Earth 2010 competition so far. Stay tuned for our Leaderboard which will be posted soon ... and the current update of Miss Photogenic award which will be announced tonight!

Miss Earth 2010 Part 5 : The Awards Continue

Our first review about the awards and their winners so far in the competition continues with the second part!

17 November 2010
Two major awards and two minor awards were presented during the Evening Gown and Ao Dai competitions held simultaneously in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa. Miss Ecuador won the Best in Evening Gown award and Miss PNJ award while Miss Serbia won Best in Ao Dai award and Miss Saigon Elegance award.



• Best in Evening Gown : Jennifer Pazmino (Ecuador)
• Best in Ao Dai : Tijana Rakic (Serbia)
• Miss PNJ : Jennifer Pazmino (Ecuador)
• Miss Saigon Elegance : Tijana Rakic (Serbia)


Ecuador was chosen as the winner out of Top 5 Finalists of Evening Gown competition. The finalists are :

• Top 5 Finalists : Brazil, Czech Republic, Thailand, Venezuela


Serbia was chosen as the winner out of Top 5 Finalists of Ao Dai competition. The finalists are :

• Top 5 Finalists : Chinese Taipei, Korea, Nicaragua, Philippines

20 November 2010
One major award and one minor award were presented during the Swimsuit competition in Phu Yen. Miss Vietnam won the Best in Swimsuit award and Miss CanDeluxe award. During the show, Miss Earth organizing board also offered Phu Yen Province People’s Committee VND500 million (US$25,000) to support flood victims.


• Best in Swimsuit : Luu Thị Diem Huong (Vietnam)
• Miss CanDeluxe : Luu Thị Diem Huong (Vietnam)


Vietnam was chosen as the winner out of Top 5 Finalists of Swimsuit competition. The finalists are :

• Top 5 Finalists : Czech Republic, Ecuador, Norway, Venezuela


So those are the awards and their winners so far. There are still a couple of awards again to be given, including Miss Photogenic award, voted by the public. Have you voted for your fave?

Miss Earth 2010 Part 4 : Tree Planting Activities

Among the major international pageants, Miss Earth stands out for its commitment towards environmental issue. With the slogan "Beauty For a Cause" the contestants of Miss Earth are not only beauty ambassadors of their respective country, but also the ambassador for Mother Nature. As part of this platform, several environmental activities have been held throughout the course of the pageant, including tree planting activities at Hoi An, Diamond Bay Resort, and White Sand Doclet Resort & Spa. See pictures of these "green" activities in this part!

Miss Earth 2010 Part 3 : The Awards So Far

So far 5 major awards and 6 minor awards have been presented to some contestants of Miss Earth 2010. Here is our first review about the awards and their winners so far in the competition.

9 November 2010
One major award and two minor awards were presented during the Talent competition in Ho Chi Minh City. Miss India won the Miss Talent award with a belly dance performance that combined traditional Indian and Middle Eastern style. She also won Miss Diamond Place award while Miss Vietnam won Miss Vietnam Airlines award. The event also raised VND100 million, which was donated to the HCM City Red Cross, to support flood victims in the Central Region.


• Miss Talent : Nicole Faria (India)
• Miss Diamond Place : Nicole Faria (India)
• Miss Vietnam Airlines : Luu Thị Diem Huong (Vietnam)


India was chosen as the winner out of Top 5 Finalists and Top 18 semifinalists of Talent competition. The finalists and semifinalists for this event are :

• Top 5 Finalists : Crimea, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam
• Top 18 Semifinalists : Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, England, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, South Africa, Thailand, Tonga

13 November 2010
One major award and one minor award were presented during the National Costume competition in Sea Links Resort, Phan Thiet. Miss Japan won the Best National Costume award, wearing a gown adorned with an intricate design at the back mimicking the traditional Japanese Art of Tattooing or Irezumi. She also won Miss Sea Links City award.


• Best National Costume : Marina Kishira (Japan)
• Miss Sea Links City : Marina Kishira (Japan)


Japan was chosen as the winner out of Top 5 Finalists of National Costume competition. The finalists are :

• Top 5 Finalists : Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, South Africa


Stay tuned for our second part of awards review!

Miss Earth 2010 Part 2 : Miss Photogenic Voting is On!

Miss Photogenic voting for Miss Earth 2010 is already on! You can participate in the voting by visiting www.missearth.tv and cast your vote for the most photogenic contestant. Remember only one vote per day for each IP address, so use our vote wisely! Voting ends on 11:59 pm of 30 November 2010.

Miss Photogenic 2009 Tereza Budkova from Czech Republic

Who will succeed Daniela Stucan (Argentina), April Rose Perez (Philippines), Claudia Azaeda (Bolivia), Priscilla Meirelles (Brazil), Nataly Chilet (Chile), Riza Raquel Santos (Canada), Jeanne Angeles Harn (Philippines), Karla Henry (Philippines), and Tereza Budkova (Czech Republic) as the next Miss Photogenic?

Stay tuned!

Miss Earth 2010 Part 1 : Jessica in Vietnam

Photo gallery of Jessica Tji, Miss Indonesia Earth Air 2010, while competing at Miss Earth 2010 in Vietnam!











More pics in upcoming parts!