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Miss Earth 2012

Miss Earth 2012 was the 12th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the Versailles Palace in Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines, on November 24, 2012.[2]

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Miss Earth 2012
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DateNovember 24, 2012
Presenters
ThemeInternational Year of Sustainable Energy for All
VenueVersailles Palace, Las Piñas, Philippines
Broadcaster
Entrants80
Placements16
Debuts
Withdrawals
  • Aruba
  • Chile
  • Curaçao
  • Estonia
  • France
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • Ghana
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Latvia
  • Luxembourg
  • Macau
  • Madagascar
  • Martinique
  • Nigeria
  • Peru
  • Portugal
  • Turks and Caicos
Returns
  • Argentina
  • Costa Rica
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • Kenya
  • Malta
  • Mongolia
  • Nicaragua
  • Poland
  • South Sudan
  • Uruguay
WinnerTereza Fajksová
Czech Republic
CongenialityPrachi Mishra, India
Best National CostumeWaratthaya Wongchayaporn, Thailand
PhotogenicOsmariel Villalobos, Venezuela
 2011
2013 
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Olga Álava of Ecuador crowned Tereza Fajksová of the Czech Republic as her successor at the end of the event.[3]

Results

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Perspective
  Miss Earth
  Miss Earth – Air
  Miss Earth – Water
  Miss Earth – Fire
  Top 8
  Top 16

Placements

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Placement Contestant
Miss Earth 2012
Miss Earth – Air 2012
Miss Earth – Water 2012
Miss Earth – Fire 2012
  •  Brazil – Camila Brant
Top 8
  •    Nepal – Nagma Shrestha
  •  RussiaNatalia Pereverzeva
  •  South Africa – Tamerin Jardine
  •  United States – Siria Bojorquez
Top 16
  •  Costa Rica – Fabiana Granados
  •  Germany – Nel-Linda Zublewitz
  •  Italy – Giulia Capuani
  •  Japan – Megumi Noda
  •  Mexico – Paola Aguilar Concha
  •  Poland – Justyna Rajczyk
  •  Scotland – Sara Pender
  •  South Korea – Sara Kim
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Special awards

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Result Contestant
Darling of the Press
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Challenge Events

M.E. Trivia Challenge

The Trivia Challenge was held on 4 November 2012.[5]

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Result Contestant
Robinsons Place Dasmariñas, Cavite
1st
  •  South Africa – Tamerin Jardine
2nd
  •  United States – Siria Bojorquez
3rd
Robinsons Pioneer Forum Edsa, Mandaluyong
1st
  •  Wales – Zoë Kinsella
2nd
  •  Pakistan – Zanib Naveed
3rd
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Walk with M.E.

The "Walk with Miss Earth Campaign" was held on the 4, 6, 7 and 8 November 2012.[6]

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Result Contestant
Luneta Park, Manila
1st
  •  South Africa – Tamerin Jardine
2nd
  •  Netherlands – Shauny Bult
  •    Nepal – Nagma Shrestha
3rd
  •  Denmark – Belinda Jensen
  •  US Virgin Islands – Carolyn Whitney Carter
SM North EDSA, Quezon City
1st
  •  Canada – Valerie Remillard
2nd
3rd
  •  Australia – Jenna Seymour
SM Mall of Asia, Pasay
1st
  •  Dominican Republic – Rocio Castellanos
2nd
  •  Spain – Nathalia Moreira
3rd
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Liter of Light Project Campaign

The "Liter of Light Project Campaign" was held on 6, 8 and 10 November 2012 in San Juan. The project promotes the use of plastic bottles with water as an alternative bulb. The following candidates were hailed as "The Fastest Learners" in making the project.[7]

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Result Contestant
Group 1
1st
2nd
  •  New Zealand – Gloria Ofa Blake
3rd
  •  Botswana – Lorraine Ditsebe
Group 3
1st
  •  Germany – Nel-Linda Zublewitz
2nd
  •  Moldova – Aliona Chitoroaga
3rd
  •  Honduras – Odily Alvarenga
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Environmental Seminar

The Environmental Seminar was held on 7 November 2012 at the Bulwagang Ninoy, Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife in Diliman, Quezon City. The following candidates were chosen with the "Best Participation":[8]

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Result Contestant
1st
  •  South Africa – Tamerin Jardine
2nd
  •  United States – Siria Bojorquez
3rd
  •  New Zealand – Gloria Ofa Blake
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At the same event, the following candidates were chosen as the "Most Sociable":[8]

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Result Contestant
1st
  •  Guam – Sarah Filush
2nd
  •  Italy – Giulia Capuani
3rd
  •  Singapore – Phoebe Tan
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M.E. Greenbag Challenge

The Miss Earth Greenbag Challenge was held at the Mall of Asia in Pasay, Philippines on 8 November 2012. The activity promotes the use of reusable bags. The following groups of candidates emerged as winners:[9]

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Result Contestant
1st
  •  Australia – Jenna Seymour
  •  BelgiumMadina Hamidi
  •  Belize – Jessel Lauriano
2nd
  •  Austria – Sandra Seidl
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Zerina Sirbegovic
  •  Botswana – Lorraine Ditsebe
3rd
  •  Singapore – Phoebe Tan
  •  Slovak Republic – Martina Grešová
  •  South Africa – Tamerin Jardine
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Resorts Wear competition

The Resorts Wear competition was held on 9, 13 and 17 November 2012.[10]

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Result Contestant
Lingayen, Pangasinan (Group 1)
1st
2nd
3rd
  •  Mongolia – Battsetseg Turbat
Pontefino Hotel (Group 2)[10]
1st
2nd
3rd
Legazpi, Philippines (Group 3)
1st
  •  Germany – Nel-Linda Zublewitz
2nd
  •  Wales – Zoë Kinsella
3rd
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M.E. Eco-Ambassadress

The following contestants were chosen as Eco-Ambassadors:[11]

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Result Contestant
Hamilo Coast, Pico de Loro (Group 3)
1st
  •  Germany – Nel-Linda Zublewitz
2nd
  •  South Sudan – Rachael Angeth
3rd
  •  Ukraine – Ievgeniia Prokopenko
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Miss Earth Official Swimsuit Competition

The swimsuit competition" was held on 10 and 14 November 2012. The winners were:[12]

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Puerto Princesa (Group 1)
1st
2nd
3rd
  •  South Africa – Tamerin Jardine
Golden Sunset Resort, Calatagan, Batangas (Group 2)
1st
2nd
3rd
  •  United States – Siria Bojorquez
Northwoods, Bulacan (Group 3)
1st
  •  Paraguay – Alexandra Fretes
2nd
3rd
  •  Argentina – Tatiana Bischof
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Controversies

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Miss Earth Russia, Natalia Pereverzeva, has been heavily criticized for posing topless and for being the cover girl of the Russian Playboy's May 2011 issue (about six months before when she was crowned new Miss Earth Russia 2012). The 24 year old model and former finance specialist, then sporting a blonde hair, appeared to have her hands covering her private parts and did a double breast exposure. Pereverzeva kept mum about the topless photos when asked by media.

She stated, "I don’t think that’s a good question for Miss Earth. Real beauty should be not only natural beauty but the beauty should come from the inside". Her fellow candidates have mixed reactions regarding the issue.

However, the organizers of the Miss Earth contest came to the defense of the Russian beauty, saying Pereverzeva did not violate moral standards.

They also said Pereverzeva's Playboy pictorial was not as daring as the Playboy spread of another European contest who was not allowed to participate in the pageant.

"We cannot enforce our own cultural standards on candidates from other countries. Since Miss Earth is a global endeavor, Miss Russia was chosen through a legitimate official process in her country," Lorraine Schuck, Miss Earth executive vice president, said in a statement.[13]

Barely after a week, Miss Russia made the international headlines once again by provoking an outrage in her motherland by calling it "a beggar" and "my poor long-suffering country, mercilessly torn to pieces by greedy, dishonest, unbelieving people".[14] The source of the outrage came from a response to a standard question about what made her proud of her country and what she could promote about it, asked of all contestants of Miss Earth which has been stated in the pageant's official website.[15]

Pereverzeva began by praising her country, saying it was, "a kind cow with very big eyes, funny horns and always chewing its mouth; oh, what sweet milk she gives!"[16][17][18]

But, veering off message, she added: "My Russia is a beggar. My Russia cannot help her elderly and orphans. From it, bleeding, like from a sinking ship, engineers, doctors, teachers are fleeing, because they have nothing to live on. My Russia – it is an endless Caucasian war."[19][18]

The stinging indictment, published in full on the pageant's website, caused a furore in Russia.[20][21]

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Result Contestant
Robinsons Starmills, Pampanga (Group 1)
1st
2nd
  •  South Africa – Tamerin Jardine
3rd
  •  Chinese Taipei – Jen-Ling Lu
Enchanted Kingdom, Sta. Rosa, Laguna (Group 2)
1st
2nd
  •  Guadeloupe – Sherina van der Koelen
3rd
  •  Spain – Nathalia Moreira
Dilinger's Bar, Makati (Group 3)
1st
  •  Malaysia – Deviyah Daranee
2nd
  •  Malta – Yasmin Falzon
3rd
  •  Honduras – Odily Alvarenga
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M.E. Sponsored Swimsuit Parade

The "Miss Earth 2012 Sponsored Swimsuit Parade" was held on 9 November 2012. The winners are:

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Hamilo Coast, Pico de Loro (Group 3)
1st
  •  Paraguay – Alexandra Fretes
2nd
3rd
  •  Dominican Republic – Rocio Castellanos
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Contestants

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Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHeightWeightHometownGroup
 ArgentinaTatiana Bischof185 ft 10+12 in (1.79 m)132 lb (60 kg)Resistencia3
 AustraliaJenna Seymour215 ft 6 in (1.68 m)125 lb (57 kg)Glenmore Park2
 AustriaSandra Seidl[22]245 ft 7 in (1.70 m)105 lb (48 kg)Vienna1
 BahamasBrooke Sherman[23]225 ft 7 in (1.70 m)120 lb (54 kg)Freeport2
 BelgiumMadina Hamidi[24]255 ft 6+12 in (1.69 m)110 lb (50 kg)Antwerp2
 BelizeJessel Lauriano[25]245 ft 7 in (1.70 m)124 lb (56 kg)Belize City2
 BoliviaDayana Dorado185 ft 9 in (1.75 m)119 lb (54 kg)Beni3
 Bosnia & HerzegovinaZerina Sirbegovic215 ft 6+12 in (1.69 m)114 lb (52 kg)Srebrenik1
 BotswanaLorraine Ditsebe[26]195 ft 5 in (1.65 m)118 lb (54 kg)Mochudi1
 BrazilCamila Brant225 ft 9 in (1.75 m)130 lb (59 kg)Patos de Minas1
 CanadaValerie Remillard245 ft 9 in (1.75 m)107 lb (49 kg)Saint-Félix-de-Valois2
 ChinaJin Rong[27]255 ft 8 in (1.73 m)114 lb (52 kg)Beijing2
 Chinese TaipeiLu Jen-Ling[28]235 ft 7 in (1.70 m)121 lb (55 kg)Taipei1
 ColombiaCindy Kohn-Cybulkiewicz[29]255 ft 7 in (1.70 m)125 lb (57 kg)Maicao1
 Cook IslandsTeuira Napa195 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)125 lb (57 kg)Avarua1
 Costa RicaFabiana Granados[30]225 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)114 lb (52 kg)Hojancha2
 CrimeaLiudmyla Kuzmina[31]245 ft 10 in (1.78 m)118 lb (54 kg)Kyiv1
 Czech RepublicTereza Fajksová235 ft 11 in (1.80 m)125 lb (57 kg)Ivančice1
 DenmarkBelinda Jensen[32]225 ft 8 in (1.73 m)134 lb (61 kg)Tølløse1
 Dominican RepublicRocio Castellanos[33]255 ft 9 in (1.75 m)135 lb (61 kg)Santiago de los Caballeros3
 EcuadorTatiana Torres[34]255 ft 7 in (1.70 m)120 lb (54 kg)Cuenca1
 El SalvadorYaritza Rivera[35]185 ft 9 in (1.75 m)130 lb (59 kg)San Vicente1
 EnglandZahida Begum185 ft 5 in (1.65 m)115 lb (52 kg)Northumberland1
 FijiEsther Foss[36]215 ft 10 in (1.78 m)141 lb (64 kg)Suva3
 FinlandKristiina Airi[37]195 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)118 lb (54 kg)Helsinki1
 GermanyNel-Linda Zublewitz[38]195 ft 9+12 in (1.77 m)140 lb (64 kg)Bünde3
 GuadeloupeSherina van der Koelen[39]195 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)129 lb (59 kg)Pointe à Pitre2
 GuamSarah Filush[40]245 ft 4 in (1.63 m)113 lb (51 kg)Piti2
 GuatemalaStefany Miranda[41]235 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)115 lb (52 kg)Guatemala City3
 HondurasOdily Alvarenga[42]225 ft 5 in (1.65 m)109 lb (49 kg)San Pedro Sula3
 IndiaPrachi Mishra245 ft 8+12 in (1.74 m)110 lb (50 kg)Uttar Pradesh2
 IndonesiaChelsy Liven[43]245 ft 9+12 in (1.77 m)132 lb (60 kg)Tangerang1
 ItalyGiulia Capuani[44]225 ft 10 in (1.78 m)123 lb (56 kg)Milan3
 JapanMegumi Noda255 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)114 lb (52 kg)Shiga1
 KenyaFiona Konchellah[45]235 ft 9+12 in (1.77 m)123 lb (56 kg)Nairobi3
 KosovoAjshe Babatinca[46]185 ft 7 in (1.70 m)121 lb (55 kg)Pristina2
 LebanonPatricia Geagea[47]215 ft 6 in (1.68 m)125 lb (57 kg)Beirut2
 MalaysiaDeviyah Daranee[48]215 ft 8 in (1.73 m)110 lb (50 kg)Kuala Lumpur3
 MaltaYasmin Falzon[49]215 ft 7 in (1.70 m)107 lb (49 kg)Valletta3
 MexicoPaola Aguilar Concha205 ft 7 in (1.70 m)114 lb (52 kg)Yucatan3
 MoldovaAliona Chitoroaga[50]245 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)116 lb (53 kg)Chișinău3
 MongoliaBattsetseg Turbat[51]215 ft 10 in (1.78 m)121 lb (55 kg)Ulan Bator1
   NepalNagma Shrestha216 ft 0 in (1.83 m)132 lb (60 kg)Kathmandu2
 NetherlandsShauny Bult[52]215 ft 9 in (1.75 m)134 lb (61 kg)Boxtel2
 New ZealandGloria Ofa Blake205 ft 8 in (1.73 m)115 lb (52 kg)Auckland1
 NicaraguaBraxis Álvarez255 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)120 lb (54 kg)Río San Juan1
 Northern IrelandCiara Walker[53]205 ft 7 in (1.70 m)110 lb (50 kg)Derry2
 NorwayNina Fjalestad[54]195 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)110 lb (50 kg)Asker3
 PakistanZanib Naveed [55]255 ft 8 in (1.73 m)113 lb (51 kg)Lahore3
 PanamaAna Lorena Ibáñez265 ft 8+12 in (1.74 m)120 lb (54 kg)Penonomé2
 ParaguayAlexandra Fretes245 ft 10 in (1.78 m)132 lb (60 kg)Asunción3
 PhilippinesStephany Stefanowitz225 ft 9 in (1.75 m)125 lb (57 kg)Quezon City1
 PolandJustyna Rajczyk205 ft 8 in (1.73 m)110 lb (50 kg)Poznań1
 Puerto RicoDarli Pacheco[56]236 ft 1 in (1.85 m)135 lb (61 kg)Toa Baja1
  Réunion IslandAïsha Valy[57]225 ft 8+12 in (1.74 m)110 lb (50 kg)Entre-Deux1
 RomaniaIulia Monica Dumitrescu[58]205 ft 6 in (1.68 m)114 lb (52 kg)Cluj-Napoca3
 RussiaNatalia Pereverzeva[59]245 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)110 lb (50 kg)Kursk3
 ScotlandSara Pender225 ft 9 in (1.75 m)133 lb (60 kg)Lanarkshire2
 SingaporePhoebe Tan[60]245 ft 8 in (1.73 m)121 lb (55 kg)Singapore1
 Slovak RepublicMartina Grešov265 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)110 lb (50 kg)Humenné1
 SloveniaAnjeza Barbatovci215 ft 8+12 in (1.74 m)119 lb (54 kg)Ljubljana3
 South AfricaTamerin Jardine[61]255 ft 10+12 in (1.79 m)120 lb (54 kg)Sandton1
 South KoreaSara Kim245 ft 9 in (1.75 m)121 lb (55 kg)Seoul2
 South SudanRachael Angeth[62]215 ft 7 in (1.70 m)143 lb (65 kg)Juba3
 SpainNathalia Moreira[63]205 ft 8 in (1.73 m)121 lb (55 kg)Madrid2
 Sri LankaChathurika Ariyawansha[64]255 ft 7 in (1.70 m)99 lb (45 kg)Colombo3
 SwedenCamilla Hansson235 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)117 lb (53 kg)Stockholm2
  SwitzerlandLea Sara Wittwer[65]215 ft 5+12 in (1.66 m)119 lb (54 kg)Bern1
 TanzaniaBahati Chando205 ft 5 in (1.65 m)110 lb (50 kg)Dar es Salaam2
 ThailandWaratthaya Wongchayaporn[66]195 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)103 lb (47 kg)Songkhla3
 Trinidad & TobagoAmryl Nurse225 ft 11 in (1.80 m)134 lb (61 kg)Chickland1
 Turkeyİlknur Melis Durası225 ft 11 in (1.80 m)130 lb (59 kg)Istanbul2
 UkraineYevhenya Prokopenko255 ft 8 in (1.73 m)116 lb (53 kg)Sumy3
 UruguayCynthia Kutscher[67]225 ft 7 in (1.70 m)118 lb (54 kg)Salto2
 United StatesSiria Bojorquez196 ft 0 in (1.83 m)126 lb (57 kg)El Paso2
 US Virgin IslandsCarolyn Whitney Carter[68]225 ft 8 in (1.73 m)105 lb (48 kg)Christiansted2
 VenezuelaOsmariel Villalobos[69]245 ft 8+12 in (1.74 m)118 lb (54 kg)Maracaibo2
 VietnamĐỗ Hoàng Anh[70]185 ft 9+12 in (1.77 m)130 lb (59 kg)Ha Noi3
 WalesZoë Kinsella205 ft 5 in (1.65 m)110 lb (50 kg)Cardiff3
 ZimbabweDimitra Markou[71]185 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)114 lb (52 kg)Bulawayo2
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Notes

Debuts

  •  Cook Islands
  •  Moldova
  •  Réunion

Returns

  • Last competed in 2004:
    •  Uruguay
  • Last competed in 2007:
    •  Fiji
  • Last competed in 2008:
    •  Finland
  • Last competed in 2009:
    •  Argentina
  • Last competed in 2010:
    •  Costa Rica
    •  Kenya
    •  Malta
    •  Mongolia
    •  Nicaragua
    •  Poland
    •  South Sudan

Did not compete

  •  Hungary – Alexandra Kocsis
  •  Peru – Miluska Huaroto
  •  Turks & Caicos – Carlisa Williams

Replacements

  •  Chinese Taipei – Tien-Jung Kuo was replaced by Jen-Ling Lu for undisclosed reason.[68]
  •  Dominican Republic – Alba Aquino could not compete due to a dispute and was dismissed; replaced by Rocío Castellanos.
  •  EcuadorEstefanía Realpe was replaced by Tatiana Torres after the original winner was dethroned.
  •  Guadeloupe – Feh Rosseau Nyamndi was replaced by Sherina Vanderkoeelen for undisclosed reason.[68]
  •  Lebanon – Eliane khawand was replaced by Patricia Geagea for undisclosed reason.[68]
  •  Mongolia – Uyanga Ochirbat was replaced by Battsetseg Turbat for undisclosed reason.[68]
  •  Spain – Joanna Guianolini was replaced by Nathalia Moreira.

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