Miss Earth 2013 Explained

Winner:	Alyz Henrich Venezuela
Congeniality:	Nita Sofiani Indonesia
Photogenic:	Sobhita Dhulipala^[1] India
Venue:	Versailles Palace, Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines
Date:	December 7, 2013
Entrants:	88
Placements:	16
Acts:	David Pomeranz
Theme:	The International Year of Water Cooperation
Before:	2012
Next:	2014

Miss Earth 2013 was the 13th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the Versailles Palace in Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines, on December 7, 2013.

Tereza Fajksová of the Czech Republic crowned Alyz Henrich of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event. Henrich made history as she put Venezuela in the map of pageantry as the only country to win all the Big Four beauty pageants at least twice.

88 contestants competed for this year's pageant, marking the highest turnout of any Miss Earth edition to date as of . Miss Earth 2008, Karla Henry, was present in the pageant to express the gratitude that the different countries had done to help the Philippines after the devastation that Typhoon Haiyan had caused.

Results

Miss Earth

Miss Earth – Air

Miss Earth – Water

Miss Earth – Fire

Top 8

Top 20

Placements

Placement	Contestant^[2]
Miss Earth 2013	– Alyz Henrich
Miss Earth – Air 2013	– Katia Wagner
Miss Earth – Water 2013
Miss Earth – Fire 2013	– Catharina Choi
Top 8	– Kristal Silva – Angelee delos Reyes – Aleksandra Szczęsna – Anđelka Tomašević
Top 16	– Natalia Lermanda – Lisa Xiang – Sophie Garenaux – Virginie Darza – Ashanti Mbanga – Cristina Martínez – Ezgi Avci – Nicolle Velez

Note: The Carousel Productions has confirmed that Punika Kulsoontornrut, Miss Earth Water 2013 was dethroned due to joining Miss International 2014 thus violating her contract as a titleholder.

Judges

No.	Judge	Background
1	Con Apostolopoulos	Vice President, Sales and Partnerships at Fox International Channels
2	Alexandra Rocha	Owner of Pinkerton Ice Cream, and the host of Solar News Channel's food and travel show, Something to Chew On
3	Joseph King	Owner at M&S Investments, Chairperson at North Asia Resources Group, Partner at Richland Capital and former Vice President at Blackstone Capital Partners Asia
4		Filipino actress, TV Host and model
5	Dibas Khaniya	International IT Award 2012 winner, Founder President of Friends Initiative
6	Jasper Tiu	Vice-President For Sales And Marketing Of Peerless Lion Corporation, Maker Of Hana Shampoo
7	Jake Letts	Team captain of Philippines national rugby union team
8	Sarah Meier	Filipino-Swiss model, TV Host and former MTV Philippines VJ
9	Allen Roxas	President of State Properties Corporation that owns the Versailles Palace, Chairperson of Chiang Kai Shek College
10	Lorraine Schuck	Former beauty queen, Executive Vice President of Carousel Productions

Background music

Opening: "Feel This Moment" by Christina Aguilera
Swimsuit competition:
Evening gown competition: "Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus

Contestants

88 delegates were selected to compete:

Country/Terr.	Contestant	Age	Group
		23	2
	Renera Thompson^[3]	26	2
	Katia Wagner^[4]	25	1
	Vandia Sands^[5]	25	2
	Kristina de Munter^[6]	26	2
	Amber Rivero^[7]	21	2
	María Renée Carmona	18	3
	Jeanine Ottenhof	19	1
	Vera Krneta	19	1
		23	3
	Kimberly Herbert^[8]	18	3
	Sofiya Chorniy	20	1
	Natalia Lermanda^[9]	22	1
	Lisa Xiang^[10]	24	2
	Lyu Ying Li^[11]	19	1
	Diana Ortegón^[12]	21	1
	Mariela Aparicio	25	2
	Bintou Traoré^[13]	20	2
	Mariya Makater^[14]	18	1
	Archangela Garcia	24	1
		22	2
	Josefine Mikuta Poulsen	21	1
	Maria Eugenia de los Santos^[15]	18	3
	Ana María Weir	25	1
	Chloe Othen^[16]	23	1
	Sophie Garenaux^[17]	22	2
	Filiane Mayombo Koundi^[18]	19	3
	Caroline Noeding	22	3
	Amabel Klutse	21	1
	Marie Vaitilingon	19	2
	Katarina Martinez^[19]	22	2
	Jimena Mansilla Wever	23	3
		24	3
	Dalma Huszarovics	24	3
		21	2
	Nita Sofiani^[20]	21	1
	Maria Abboud	18	1
	Debora Bon^[21]	21	3
		24	1
	Kumis Bazarbayeva	25	2
		23	2
	Donika Emini^[22]	19	2
	Rita Houkayem	22	2
	Monika Sereckyte	23	1
	Ashely Qian	22	3
	Erwinah Mathon	24	1
	Josephine Tan	23	3
	Rani Charles	20	2
	Virginie Dorza^[23]	20	3
	Cristal Silva	21	3
	Bayartsatsral Baljinnyam	25	1
	Rojisha Shahi Thakuri^[24]	20	2
	Wendy-Kristy Hoogerbrugge^[25]	26	3
	Marie Miller^[26]	25	1
		19	2
	Caroline Sparboe	23	3
	Johanna Batista	21	2
	Leticia Cáceres^[27]	23	3
	Angelee delos Reyes^[28]	26	1
	Aleksandra Szczęsna	20	1
	Solange Duarte	23	3
Réunion Island	Christelle Abrantes	19	1
		23	3
	Olesya Boslovyak	24	3
	Kiera Kingsman	21	2
	Anđelka Tomašević^[29]	20	2
	Mariatu Dukuray	22	3
	Vanessa Hee	25	1
	Lucia Slaninkova	22	1
		21	3
	Ashanti Mbanga	24	1
	Gloria Karsis Raymon	18	3
	Cristina Martínez	22	2
	Solange Kristina Gunawijeya	22	3
	Denice Andrée^[30]	25	2
	Djoa Strassburg	20	1
	Maeva Simonin	21	3
	Clara Noor^[31]	18	2
		21	3
	Ariana Rampersad	21	1
	Ezgi Avci	21	2
		18	3
		22	3
	Vanessa Donastorg^[32]	24	2
		22	2
	Angharad James	23	3
		23	3
	Samantha Dika	25	2

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 2006:
- Haiti
Last competed in 2007:
Last competed in 2008:
- Lithuania
Last competed in 2009:
- Albania
- Gabon
Last competed in 2010:
- Mauritius
- Serbia
  - Last competed in 2011:
- Chile
  - - France
- Ghana
- Hungary
- Madagascar
- Martinique
- Nigeria
- Portugal

Designations

Belgium – Kristina de Munter was appointed to represent Belgium, she was previously Miss International Belgium 2011.
Colombia – Diana Ortegon was appointed as "Miss Tierra Colombia 2013" after a casting call took place.
Romania – Ioana Mihalache was appointed to represent Romania, she was previously Miss Universe Romania 2012 1st runner-up.
– Vanessa Donastorg was appointed to represent US Virgin Islands.

Replacements

Albania – Natalia Stamuli is replaced by Afroviti Goge because Stamuli did not reach the minimum age requirement.
– Silvienne Winklaar, who was elected Miss Earth Curaçao 2013 is replaced by Archangela Garcia who was previously Miss Curaçao 2013 contestant.
Guatemala – Cristina Girón is replaced by Jimena Mansilla Wever.
– Hyo-hee Kim is replaced by Catharina Choi who was previously one of the 2nd runner-up of Miss Korea 2013.
Paraguay – Karen Duarte is replaced by Leticia Caceres.
– Elina Kireeva is replaced by Olesya Boslovyak.
Ukraine – Natalia Varchenko is replaced by Anastasia Sukh.

Withdrawals

During the contest

New Zealand – Nela Zisser was able to participate during the preliminary activities in Manila but she decided to withdraw before the coronation night due to food poisoning.

Before the contest

Algeria – Rym Amari withdrew for undisclosed reasons.
Aruba – Francis Massiel Sousa withdrew for undisclosed reasons.
Equatorial Guinea – Restituta Mifumu Nguema withdrew for undisclosed reasons.
Latvia – Ieva Lase withdrew for undisclosed reasons.
Pakistan – Shanzay Hayat withdrew due to lack of sponsorship for the pageant. She competed the following year.
Peru – Brunella Fossa withdrew due to financial issues.
Puerto Rico – Velmary Paola Cabassa Vélez did not compete.
Tonga – Diamond Langi withdrew after she was Crowned Miss Face of Beauty International 2013.
Tunisia – Maha Sayi withdrew for undisclosed reasons.