Miss Earth 2017

Miss Earth 2017 was the 17th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, on November 4, 2017.

Miss Earth 2017
Karen Ibasco
Date	November 4, 2017
Presenters	James Deakin
Entertainment	Shontelle Iskandar Widjaja
Theme	Heroines Fighting Climate Change
Venue	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster	ABS-CBN Facebook Live FOX Life Globovisión MVS Comunicaciones Rappler SCCN Channel 17 ZAP TV and SKTV2 channel science and technology from Vietnam
Entrants	85[1]
Placements	16
Debuts	Angola Belarus
Withdrawals	Guam Haiti Iraq Kenya Macau Namibia Palestine Romania Scotland Slovak Republic South Africa Suriname Uruguay Zimbabwe
Returns	Cambodia Cameroon Costa Rica Crimea Ethiopia France Honduras Puerto Rico Rwanda Samoa Spain Tonga US Virgin Islands
Winner	Karen Ibasco Philippines
Photogenic	Lê Thị Hà Thu, Vietnam
← 2016 2018 →

Katherine Espín of Ecuador crowned Karen Ibasco of the Philippines as her successor at the end of the event.^[2] Ibasco's crowning marks the fourth time the Philippines won the Miss Earth title—the most in the pageant's history.

Results

Placements

Placement[3]	Contestant
Miss Earth 2017	Philippines – Karen Ibasco
Miss Earth – Air 2017	Australia – Nina Robertson
Miss Earth – Water 2017	Colombia – Juliana Franco
Miss Earth – Fire 2017	Russia – Lada Akimova
Top 8	Czech Republic – Iva Uchytilová  Netherlands – Faith Landman  Thailand – Paweensuda Drouin  Venezuela – Ninoska Vásquez
Top 16	Angola – Ermelinda De Matos  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Jelena Karagić  Cameroon – Angèle Kossinda  Guatemala – Maria José Castañeda   Switzerland – Sarah Laura Peyrel  Tonga – Diamond Langi  United States – Andreia Gibau  Vietnam – Lê Thị Hà Thu

NOTE (*): For this year's pageant, there were no first, second and third runners-up. Instead, the non-winning elemental queens were of equal ranking (they are all runners-up), with each being eligible to replace the winner if it were necessary.^[4] Therefore, first, second and third before the word runner-up here is only formal.

Preliminary rounds

Figure and form

Result

Delegate

Top 16

Australia – Nina Robertson  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Jelena Karagić  Brazil – Yasmin Engelke  Canada – Jacqueline Marsh  Netherlands – Faith Landman  Panama – Erika Parker  Philippines – Karen Ibasco  Poland – Dominika Szymańska  Puerto Rico – Karla Aponte  Russia – Lada Akimova   Switzerland – Sarah Laura Peyrel  Thailand – Paweensuda Drouin  United States – Andreia Gibau  Venezuela – Ninoska Vásquez  Vietnam – Lê Thị Hà Thu  Wales – Sophie Bettridge

Beauty of face and poise

Result

Delegate

Top 16

Australia – Nina Robertson  Bolivia – Giancarla Fernández  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Jelena Karagić  Colombia – Juliana Franco  Costa Rica – Fernanda Rodríguez  Ecuador – Lessie Giler  Honduras – Valeria Cardona  Israel – Elian Qupty  Netherlands – Faith Landman  Russia – Lada Akimova  Serbia – Marija Nikić   Switzerland – Sarah Laura Peyrel  Thailand – Paweensuda Drouin  Tonga – Diamond Langi  Ukraine – Diana Mironenko  Venezuela – Ninoska Vásquez

Intelligence and environmental awareness

Result

Delegate

Top 16

Australia – Nina Robertson  Belize – Iris Salguero  Colombia – Juliana Franco  Costa Rica – Fernanda Rodríguez  Czech Republic – Iva Uchytilová  Denmark – Sabrina Jovanović  England – Charlotte Brooke  Guatemala – María José Castañeda  India – Shaan Suhas Kumar  Indonesia – Michelle Alriani  Netherlands – Faith Landman  Philippines – Karen Ibasco   Switzerland – Sarah Laura Peyrel  Thailand – Paweensuda Drouin  Tonga – Diamond Langi  United States – Andreia Gibau

Pre-pageant activities

Medalists

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Press Presentation (Darling of the Press)		Karen Ibasco  Philippines	Paweensuda Drouin  Thailand	Abigail Chama  Zambia
Miss Photogenic (On-line Voting)		Lê Thị Hà Thu  Vietnam	Juliana Franco  Colombia	Ninoska Vásquez  Venezuela
Best in Eco-Beauty Video Presentation		Karla Aponte  Puerto Rico	Tugs-Amgalan  Mongolia	Angèle Kossinda  Cameroon
Swimsuit Competition
	Group 1	Nina Robertson  Australia	Ninoska Vásquez  Venezuela	Lessie Giler  Ecuador
	Group 2	Karen Ibasco  Philippines	Karen Rojas  Peru	Lada Akimova  Russia
	Group 3	Karla Aponte  Puerto Rico	Sarah Peyrel   Switzerland	Andreia Gibau  United States
Talent Competition
	Group 1	Elena Trifonova  Crimea	MaJo Castañeda  Guatemala	Sophie Bettridge  Wales
	Group 2	Lada Akimova  Russia	Elsa Antoun  Lebanon	Amelie Zhao  Chinese Taipei
	Group 3	Artemis Charalambous  Cyprus	Mona Taio  Cook Islands	Lê Thị Hà Thu  Vietnam
Resorts Wear Competition
	Group 1	Ninoska Vásquez  Venezuela	Faith Landman  Netherlands Dominika Szymańska  Poland	Valeria Cardona  Honduras Sophie Bettridge  Wales
	Group 2	Lada Akimova  Russia	Karen Ibasco  Philippines	Karen Rojas  Peru
	Group 3	Lê Thị Hà Thu  Vietnam	Andreia Gibau  USA	Diana Mironenko  Ukraine
Long Gown Competition
	Group 1	Ninoska Vásquez  Venezuela	Paweensuda Drouin  Thailand	Faith Landman  Netherlands Erika Parker  Panama
	Group 2	Karen Rojas  Peru	Fernanda Rodríguez  Costa Rica Karen Ibasco  Philippines	Eucharia Akani  Nigeria
	Group 3	Karla Aponte  Puerto Rico	Karen Bustos  Mexico	Lê Thị Hà Thu  Vietnam
Miss Friendship
	Group 1	Hannah Lee  South Korea	Ismatu Daramy  Sierra Leone	Camilla Fogestedt  Sweden
	Group 2	Yasuyo Saito  Japan	Ainara De Santamaría  Spain	Karen Rojas  Peru
	Group 3	Diamond Langi  Tonga	Sarah Peyrel   Switzerland	Shaan Suhas Kumar  India
National Costume Competition
	South America	Giancarla Fernández  Bolivia	Ninoska Vásquez  Venezuela	Valeria Ivasiuten  Paraguay
	Asia Pacific	Karen Ibasco  Philippines	Paweensuda Drouin  Thailand	Yasuyo Saito  Japan
	North America	MaJo Castañeda  Guatemala	Jacqueline Marsh  Canada	Íngrid Franco  Dominican Republic
	Africa	Maud Fadi  Ghana	Ermelinda De Matos  Angola	Angèle Kossinda  Cameroon
	Western Europe	Glória Silva  Portugal	Fabiana Barra  Italy	Sophie Bettridge  Wales
	Eastern Europe	Lada Akimova  Russia	Artemis Charalambous  Cyprus	Sara Gavranič  Slovenia

Special awards

Award	Delegate
Miss Earth Eco-Warrior ( medal event)	Vietnam – Lê Thị Hà Thu
Miss IPPCA	Thailand – Paweensuda Drouin
Miss JACMI	Puerto Rico – Karla Victoria Aponte
Miss Laus Group	Ecuador – Lessie Giler
Miss Pontefino Hotel	Ukraine – Diana Mironenko
Miss Pontefino Estates	Northern Ireland – Maire Lynch
Miss Rotary Club of Makati	Ecuador – Lessie Giler
Miss Charmulets	Colombia – Juliana Franco
Miss Versailles	Netherlands – Faith Landman
Miss Gotesco	Netherlands – Faith Landman

Miss Earth Hannah's

A special mini-pageant was held on October 14 at Hannah's Beach Resort and Convention Center, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. Ten selected candidates competed in aswimsuit competition, long gown competition and question and answer portion. Here are the results:

Miss Earth Hannah's 2017

•  Thailand – Paweensuda Drouin

1st Runner-Up

•  Venezuela – Ninoska Vásquez

2nd Runner-Up

•  Ecuador – Lessie Giler Sanchez

Best in Swimsuit

•  Venezuela – Ninoska Vásquez

Best in Long Gown

•  Thailand – Paweensuda Drouin

Other Delegates

•  Austria – Bianca Kronsteiner
•  Czech Republic – Iva Uchytilová
•  Guatemala – Maria José Castañeda
•  Israel – Elian Qupty
•  South Korea – Hannah Lee
•  Sweden – Camilla Fogestedt
•  Uganda – Josephine Mutesi

Contestants

Listed below are the 85 delegates that have competed for the title:^[5]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Height[notes 1]	Hometown	Group
Angola	Ermelinda De Matos[7]	23	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Luanda	2
Argentina	Fiorela Hengemühler	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	L.N. Alem	3
Australia	Nina Robertson	21	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Melbourne	1
Austria	Bianca Kronsteiner	19	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Linz	1
Bahamas	Brittania Alexa Mitchell	22	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Abaco	3
Belarus	Polli Cannabis	22	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Minsk	2
Belgium	Lauralyn Vermeersch	26	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Smetlede	2
Belize	Iris Salguero[8]	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	San Pedro	2
Bolivia	Giancarla Fernández	18	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Santa Cruz	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Jelena Karagić	23	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Banjaluka	3
Brazil	Yasmin Engelke	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Belém	3
Cambodia	Em Kunthong	18	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Sihanoukville	3
Cameroon	Angèle Kossinda	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Douala	2
Canada	Jacqueline Marsh	22	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Thunder Bay	2
Chile	Sofía Manzur	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	La Calera	2
China	Mei Zhan	25	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Yunnan	3
Chinese Taipei	Amelie Zhao	26	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Taipei	2
Colombia	Juliana Franco	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Villavicencio	2
Cook Islands	Mona Taio	22	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Arorangi	3
Costa Rica	Fernanda Rodríguez	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Quesada	2
Crimea	Elena Trifonova	18	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Sevastopol	1
Croatia	Bonita Kristić	25	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Zagreb	3
Cyprus	Artemis Charalambous	21	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Limassol	3
Czech Republic	Iva Uchytilová	19	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Chrudim	1
Denmark	Sabrina Jovanović	24	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Copenhagen	1
Dominican Republic	Íngrid Franco	21	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Santo Domingo	2
Ecuador	Lessie Giler	18	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Portoviejo	1
England	Charlotte Brooke	25	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Wokingham	2
Ethiopia	Mekdalawit Mequanent	19	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Addis Ababa	1
France	Melissa Strugen	20	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	France	2
Ghana	Maud Fadi	25	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Accra	3
Guadeloupe	Morganne Nestar	20	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Les Abymes	3
Guatemala	María José Castañeda	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Guatemala City	1
Honduras	Valeria Cardona	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Tegucigalpa	1
Hungary	Viktória Viczián	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Budapest	2
India	Shaan Suhas Kumar	26	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Bhopal	3
Indonesia	Michelle Alriani	20	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Bandung	1
Israel	Elian Qupty	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Nazareth	1
Italy	Fabiana Enrica Barra	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Cornedo Vicentino	3
Japan	Yasuyo Saito	21	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Fukuoka	2
South Korea	Hannah Lee	20	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Geoje	1
Kyrgyzstan	Begimai Nazarova	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Bishkek	2
Lebanon	Elsa Antoun	25	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Beirut	2
Malaysia	Cherish Ng	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Tanjung Tokong	3
Malta	Christie Refalo	26	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Luqa	3
Mauritius	Yanishta Gopaul	19	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Rose Hill	2
Mexico	Karen Bustos	19	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	San Luis Potosi	3
Moldova	Veronica Buzovoi	21	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Chişinau	1
Mongolia	Tugs-Amgalan Batjargal	26	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Ulaanbaatar	1
Myanmar	Tin Sandar Myo	26	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Yangon	2
Nepal	Rojina Shrestha	24	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Kathmandu	2
Netherlands	Faith Landman	20	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Gouda	1
New Zealand	Abbigail Sturgin	20	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Auckland	1
Nigeria	Eucharia Akani	19	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Lagos	2
Northern Ireland	Maire Lynch	19	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Derry	3
Pakistan	Ramina Ashfaque	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Karachi	2
Panama	Erika Parker	23	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Colón	1
Paraguay	Valeria Ivasiuten	22	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Itapua	1
Peru	Karen Rojas	24	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Moyobamba	2
Philippines	Karen Ibasco	26	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Manila	2
Poland	Dominika Szymańska	22	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Warsaw	1
Portugal	Glória Silva	20	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Póvoa de Varzim	3
Puerto Rico	Karla Victoria Aponte	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	San Juan	3
Réunion Island	Emma Lauret	19	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Saint-Leu	3
Russia	Lada Akimova	18	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Yekaterinburg	2
Rwanda	Uwase Hirwa Honorine	24	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Kigali	3
Samoa	Olivia Howman	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Apia	2
Serbia	Marija Nikić	18	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Zrenjanin	3
Sierra Leone	Ismatu Daramy	26	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Freetown	1
Singapore	Elizabeth Camilia Lee	26	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Singapore	1
Slovenia	Sara Gavranič	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Postojna	2
Spain	Ainara de Santamaría	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Argoños	2
Sri Lanka	Shyama Dahanayaka	23	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Kurunagala	3
Sweden	Camilla Fogestedt	25	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Kungsbacka	1
Switzerland	Sarah Laura Peyrel	21	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Bern	3
Thailand	Paweensuda Drouin	23	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Bangkok	1
Tonga	Diamond Langi	25	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Nukuʻalofa	3
Uganda	Josephine Mutesi	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Iganga	1
Ukraine	Diana Mironenko	23	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Odesa	3
United States	Andreia Gibau	22	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Brockton	3
United States Virgin Islands	Kaylee Carlberg	26	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Lincoln	1
Venezuela	Ninoska Vásquez[9]	25	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Barquisimeto	1
Vietnam	Lê Thị Hà Thu	25	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Thừa Thiên - Huế	3
Wales	Sophie Bettridge	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Tredegar	1
Zambia	Abigail Chama	26	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Lusaka	3

Notes

1. As listed in the candidates' respective profile in the Miss Earth website.^[6]

Returns

Last competed in 2005:  Cambodia Last competed in 2008:  Ethiopia  Rwanda Last competed in 2010:  Cameroon

Last competed in 2014:  Puerto Rico  Samoa  Tonga  US Virgin Islands Last competed in 2015:  Costa Rica  Crimea  France  Honduras  Spain

Withdrawals

•  Iraq
•  Kenya
•  Macau
•  Namibia
•  Palestine
•  Romania
•  Slovak Republic
•  Suriname
•  Uruguay
•  Zimbabwe

Replacements

•  Belgium — Kimberly Driege has been replaced by Lauralyn Vermeersch. Kimberly has to recover from the tragic disaster caused by the earthquake in Mexico where she lives.
•  Brazil — Bruna Vizintin, the original winner of Miss Brazil Earth 2017 pageant, was dethroned by the new organization because she was unable to agree with some duties on her contract. Yasmin Engelke, the 4th runner-up was announced as Brasil's representative this year.
•  Ghana — Paula Ethel Masopeh was replaced by Maud Fadi due to health problems.
•  Sierra Leone — Ismatu Daramy replaced Claudia Josephine Suma, a finalist at the recently concluded Miss Earth Sierra Leone 2017 who supposedly replaced Esther Williams following Esther's indication of her inability to participate and represent Sierra Leone at the upcoming Miss Earth 2017 pageant.
•  Spain – Noemí Sartal has been dethroned and was replaced by Ainara de Santamaría Villamor, the 2nd runner-up from the national pageant

Did not compete

•  Aruba — Tania Nunes
•  British Virgin Islands — Dayna Layne
•  Germany — Victoria Selivanov — competed in Miss International 2017 but unplaced.
•  Greenland — Anja Chemnitz
•  Guam — Emma Sheedy — did not meet the minimum age requirement but will compete in Miss Earth 2018 instead.
•  Haiti — Anaika Gaspard — attended the preliminary activities but withdrew before the pageant night.
•  Kosovo — Andina Pura — competed in The Miss Globe 2017 and awarded Miss Photogenic.
•  Liberia — Wokie Dolo — competed in Miss World 2017 and placed Top 40.
•  Scotland — Christina Chalk — was not able to compete due to schedule conflicts.
•  South Africa — Irini Moutzouris — attended the preliminary activities but didn't attended the finals for not meeting the minimum height requirement.
•  Tanzania — Lilian Loth

Broadcasters

Broadcasters	Coverage
ABS-CBN	Delayed telecast (November 5, 2017) in the Philippines.
Facebook Live	Livestream on the Facebook page of Miss Earth.
FOX Life	Live broadcast in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Globovisión	Broadcast in Venezuela and through DirecTV cable channels in Argentina, Aruba, Barbados, Chile, Colombia, Curaçao, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay.
MVS Comunicaciones	Broadcast in Central and South America, Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the United States.
Rappler	Online livestream on its official website and YouTube channel.
SCCN Channel 17	Broadcast in Suriname.
ZAP TV	Broadcast in Portuguese-speaking African countries.

See also

• Miss Universe 2017
• Miss World 2017
• Miss International 2017