Miss Earth 2017 Explained

Miss Earth 2017
Venue:	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Date:	November 4, 2017
Presenters:	James Deakin
Broadcaster:	and SKTV2 channel science and technology from Vietnam
Entrants:	85^[1]
Placements:	16
Winner:	Karen Ibasco
Represented:	Philippines
Photogenic:	Lê Thị Hà Thu, Vietnam
Before:	2016
Next:	2018

Miss Earth 2017, the 17th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, with the theme "Heroines fighting climate change", was held on November 4, 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Katherine Espín of Ecuador crowned her successor Karen Ibasco of the Philippines 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
Miss Earth – Air 2017	– Nina Robertson
Miss Earth – Water 2017	– Juliana Franco
Miss Earth – Fire 2017
Top 8	– Iva Uchytilová – Faith Landman – Paweensuda Drouin – Ninoska Vásquez
Top 16	– Ermelinda De Matos – Jelena Karagić – Angèle Kossinda – Maria José Castañeda – Sarah Laura Peyrel – Diamond Langi – Andreia Gibau – 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

Intelligence and environmental awareness

Pre-pageant activities

Medalists

Event	style="width:24%;"
Press Presentation (Darling of the Press)		Karen Ibasco	Paweensuda Drouin	Abigail Chama

Miss Photogenic (On-line Voting)		Lê Thị Hà Thu	Juliana Franco	Ninoska Vásquez

Best in Eco-Beauty Video Presentation		Karla Aponte	Tugs-Amgalan	Angèle Kossinda

Swimsuit Competition
Group 1	Nina Robertson	Ninoska Vásquez	Lessie Giler
Group 2	Karen Ibasco	Karen Rojas	Lada Akimova
Group 3	Karla Aponte	Sarah Peyrel	Andreia Gibau

Talent Competition
Group 1	Elena Trifonova	MaJo Castañeda	Sophie Bettridge
Group 2	Lada Akimova	Elsa Antoun	Amelie Zhao
Group 3	Artemis Charalambous	Mona Taio	Lê Thị Hà Thu

Resorts Wear Competition
Group 1	Ninoska Vásquez	Faith Landman Dominika Szymańska	Valeria Cardona Sophie Bettridge
Group 2	Lada Akimova	Karen Ibasco	Karen Rojas
Group 3	Lê Thị Hà Thu	Andreia Gibau	Diana Mironenko

Long Gown Competition
Group 1	Ninoska Vásquez	Paweensuda Drouin	Faith Landman Erika Parker
Group 2	Karen Rojas	Fernanda Rodríguez Karen Ibasco	Eucharia Akani
Group 3	Karla Aponte	Karen Bustos	Lê Thị Hà Thu

Miss Friendship
Group 1	Hannah Lee	Ismatu Daramy	Camilla Fogestedt
Group 2	Yasuyo Saito	Ainara De Santamaría	Karen Rojas
Group 3	Diamond Langi	Sarah Peyrel	Shaan Suhas Kumar

National Costume Competition
South America	Giancarla Fernández	Ninoska Vásquez	Valeria Ivasiuten
Asia Pacific	Karen Ibasco	Paweensuda Drouin	Yasuyo Saito
North America	MaJo Castañeda	Jacqueline Marsh	Íngrid Franco
Africa	Maud Fadi	Ermelinda De Matos	Angèle Kossinda
Western Europe	Glória Silva	Fabiana Barra	Sophie Bettridge
Eastern Europe	Lada Akimova	Artemis Charalambous	Sara Gavranič

Special awards

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

– Paweensuda Drouin

1st Runner-Up

– Ninoska Vásquez

2nd Runner-Up

– Lessie Giler Sanchez

Best in Swimsuit

– Ninoska Vásquez

Best in Long Gown

– Paweensuda Drouin

Other Delegates

– Bianca Kronsteiner
– Iva Uchytilová
– Maria José Castañeda
– Elian Qupty
– Hannah Lee
– Camilla Fogestedt
– Josephine Mutesi

Delegates

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

Country/Territory	Candidate	Age	Hometown	Group
Angola	Ermelinda De Matos^[6]	23		2
Argentina	Fiorela Hengemühler	19		3
Australia		21		1
Austria	Bianca Kronsteiner	19		1
Bahamas	Brittania Alexa Mitchell	22		3
	Polli Cannabis	22		2
Belgium	Lauralyn Vermeersch	26		2
Belize	Iris Salguero^[7]	21		2
Bolivia	Giancarla Fernández	18		3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Jelena Karagić	23		3
Brazil	Yasmin Engelke	21		3
Cambodia		18		3
Cameroon	Angèle Kossinda	24		2
Canada	Jacqueline Marsh	22		2
Chile	Sofía Manzur	20		2
China	Mei Zhan	25		3
Chinese Taipei	Amelie Zhao	26		2
Colombia	Juliana Franco	24		2
Cook Islands	Mona Taio	22		3
Costa Rica	Fernanda Rodríguez	19		2
	Elena Trifonova	18		1
	Bonita Kristić	25		3
Cyprus	Artemis Charalambous	21		3
Czech Republic	Iva Uchytilová	19		1
Denmark	Sabrina Jovanović	24		1
Dominican Republic	Íngrid Franco	21		2
Ecuador	Lessie Giler	18		1
England	Charlotte Brooke	25		2
	Mekdalawit Mequanent	19		1
France	Melissa Strugen	20	France	2
Ghana	Maud Fadi	25		3
	Morganne Nestar	20		3
Guatemala	María José Castañeda	18		1
	Valeria Cardona	19		1
Hungary	Viktória Viczián	20		2
India		26		3
Indonesia	Michelle Alriani	20		1
	Elian Qupty	24		1
Italy	Fabiana Enrica Barra	20		3
Japan	Yasuyo Saito	21		2
South Korea	Hannah Lee	20		1
	Begimai Nazarova	20		2
Lebanon	Elsa Antoun	25		2
Malaysia	Cherish Ng	23		3
Malta	Christie Refalo	26		3
Mauritius	Yanishta Gopaul	19		2
Mexico	Karen Bustos	19		3
Moldova	Veronica Buzovoi	21		1
	Tugs-Amgalan Batjargal	26		1
Myanmar	Tin Sandar Myo	26		2
Nepal		24		2
Netherlands		20		1
New Zealand	Abbigail Sturgin	20		1
Nigeria	Eucharia Akani	19		2
Northern Ireland	Maire Lynch	19		3
Pakistan		24		2
Panama		23		1
Paraguay	Valeria Ivasiuten	22		1
Peru	Karen Rojas	24		2
Philippines	Karen Ibasco	26		2
Poland	Dominika Szymańska	22		1
Portugal	Glória Silva	20		3
Puerto Rico		19		3
Réunion Island	Emma Lauret	19		3
Russia	Lada Akimova	18		2
Rwanda	Uwase Hirwa Honorine	24		3
	Olivia Howman	24		2
Serbia	Marija Nikić	18		3
Sierra Leone	Ismatu Daramy	26		1
Singapore	Elizabeth Camilia Lee	26	Singapore	1
Slovenia	Sara Gavranič	21		2
Spain	Ainara de Santamaría	21		2
Sri Lanka	Shyama Dahanayaka	23		3
Sweden	Camilla Fogestedt	25		1
Switzerland		21		3
Thailand		23		1
	Diamond Langi	25		3
Uganda	Josephine Mutesi	24		1
Ukraine	Diana Mironenko	23		3
United States	Andreia Gibau	22		3
US Virgin Islands	Kaylee Carlberg	26		1
Venezuela	Ninoska Vásquez^[8]	25		1
		25		3
Wales	Sophie Bettridge	22		1
Zambia	Abigail Chama	26		3

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 2005:

Last competed in 2008:

Last competed in 2010:

Last competed in 2014:

Last competed in 2015:

Withdrawals

Replacements

— 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.
— 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.
— Paula Ethel Masopeh was replaced by Maud Fadi due to health problems.
— 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.
– Noemí Sartal has been dethroned and was replaced by Ainara de Santamaría Villamor, the 2nd runner-up from the national pageant

Did not compete

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

Notes and References

News: Philippine Daily Inquirer. Miss Earth 2017 hopes to boost image of Philippines abroad. Adina. Armin P.. 2017-10-30. en.
Web site: A WIN FOR THE PHL: Karen Ibasco is Miss Earth 2017 . 2023-04-15 . GMA News Online . 4 November 2017 . en.
Web site: FULL LIST: Winners, Miss Earth 2017 . Rappler . 4 November 2017 . September 21, 2023.
Miss Earth 2017: Announcement of Winners . video . Rappler. 5 November 2017 . 13 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145617/https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/specials/miss-earth/186402-miss-earth-2017-winners-list-karen-ibasco . 12 June 2018 . dead .
News: IN PHOTOS: Meet the candidates of Miss Earth 2017. Rappler. 31 October 2017. 11 May 2018. Villano, Alexa.
News: Ermelinda Matos consternada com as mortes. Jornal de Angola. Ribeiro. José. 2017-10-30. 2017-10-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20171023222330/http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/gente/ermelinda_matos_consternada__com_as_mortes. dead.
News: Iris Salguero represents Belize in Miss Earth Pageant. 2017-10-14. The San Pedro Sun. 2017-10-30. en-US.
News: Ninoska Vásquez es Miss Tierra Venezuela 2017 . es . El Universal . 2017-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170824061159/http://www.eluniversal.com/noticias/entretenimiento/ninoska-vasquez-miss-tierra-venezuela-2017_666584 . 2017-08-24 . dead .