Miss Earth USA 2022 explained

Date:January 8, 2022
Presenters:Brittany Ann Payne
Venue:Linda Chapin Theater at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida
Entrants:51
Placements:20
Winner:
  • Natalia Salmon
  • Brielle Simmons
Photogenic:
  • Hannah Welborn-Lewis
  • Haley McElravy
Before:2019
Next:2023

Miss Earth USA 2022 was the 18th edition of the Miss Earth USA pageant held on January 8, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Marisa Butler of Maine crowned Natalia Salmon of Pennsylvania as her successor at the end of the event, but she later lost the title for unknown reasons. Brielle Simons of Connecticut Miss Water (2nd runner-up) has crowned the new Miss Earth USA after Miss Air (1st runner-up) Faith Porter, who had already ascended the title of Miss District of Columbia USA 2022, and Simmons represented the United States at Miss Earth 2022, but did not place.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Delegates

51 contestants participated:[6]

StateDelegatePlacementsNotes
AlabamaCharnae WareTop 20
AlaskaKimberly Keen
ArizonaLindsay McVay
ArkansasSusie DammGreat-niece of Myrna Hansen, Miss USA 1953
CaliforniaJoecelyn Mendez
ColoradoStephanie LugoTop 12
ConnecticutBrielle SimmonsMiss Earth USA Water 2022 Later became Miss Earth USA 2022 after the original winner lost her title due to unknown reasons.
DelawareEmily McPherson
District of ColumbiaFaith PorterMiss Earth USA Air 2022Later Miss District of Columbia USA 2022 & Top 16 at Miss USA 2022
FloridaMinh NguyenShe is born in Vietnam but she raised in United States
GeorgiaErielle Scott
HawaiiJewel Mahoe
IdahoJane Casupanan
IllinoisTyler Forbes
IndianaKayla Groen
IowaRose PidgorodetskaTop 12
KansasLillie Davis
KentuckyKennedy Eden
LouisianaDanielle PurtellTop 20
MaineLexie ElstonPreviously Miss Maine USA 2019
MarylandKennedy Williams
MassachusettsOlivia Bulgin
MichiganTaylor James
MinnesotaPeyton Obermeier
MississippiUdeme Ikaiddi
MissouriTyler PrughTop 20
MontanaJosie Allred
NebraskaAshley Lindgren
NevadaJory KratzTop 20
New HampshireAlexsys Campbell
New JerseyTeni BelloTop 20
New MexicoIlyhanee RoblesTop 12
New YorkMarizza DelgadoTop 20
North CarolinaHannah Welborn-LewisMiss Earth USA Fire 2022
North DakotaHaley McElravy
OhioShivani Sharma
OklahomaEmma LoneyMiss Earth USA Eco 2022Previously competed in 2021 representing Wisconsin
OregonSaphyone WhiteTop 12
PennsylvaniaNatalia SalmonMiss Earth USA 2022
Rhode IslandMikala JolyTop 20
South CarolinaSavannah BetheaTop 12
South DakotaMadeline DelpTop 12
TennesseeLan Do
TexasNikki NajeraTop 20
UtahBa'Leigh Burns
VermontMegan Cox
VirginiaNicky KandolaTop 12
WashingtonChristina Blake
West VirginiaNola Tolsma
WisconsinTonia Thompson Johnson
WyomingElizabeth Tillery

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miss Earth USA to Be Crowned in Orlando . Miss Earth USA . 10 December 2021 . English . 9 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Miss Earth USA Crowns 2022 Winners in Orlando. West Orlando News. en-US. 11 January 2022. 4 July 2022.
  3. Web site: HERE SHE IS': NATALIA SALMON NAMED 2022 MISS EARTH USA. Black Enterprise. en-US. 14 January 2022. 4 July 2022.
  4. Web site: Natalia Salmon Is Crowned Miss Earth USA 2022. Hello Beautiful. en-US. 23 January 2022. 4 July 2022.
  5. Web site: 9 Potret Natalia Salmon Miss Earth USA 2022, Pesonanya Sangat Memukau!. IDN Times. id. 16 March 2022. 4 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Delegates for Miss Earth USA 2022 . Miss Earth USA . 4 December 2021.