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, the 13th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held on December 7, 2013 at the Versailles Palace in Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines. Tereza Fajksová of the Czech Republic crowned her successor Alyz Henrich of Venezuela at the end of the event.

88 contestants competed for this year's pageant, marking the highest turnout of any Miss Earth edition to date as of . The pageant was broadcast live internationally on Star World last 7 December 2013, 10:00 a.m. on ABS-CBN, or coverage on Studio 23, TFC-The Filipino Channel, and also on channels of participating counties worldwide. 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.

This edition of Miss Earth made some historical feat: When Alyz Henrich won, Alyz made history as she put Venezuela in the map of pageantry as the only country to win all the Big Four international beauty pageants at least twice; Katia Wagner, who was declared as Miss Earth-Air, is the highest Austrian beauty queen to achieve such feat in the Miss Earth pageant to date. Miss Thailand's Punika Kulsoontornrut won the title as Miss Earth-Water 2013, the highest title a Thai beauty queen achieved in the said beauty pageant. She shares that distinction with Watsaporn Wattanakoon, the Miss Earth-Water 2010. While the representative from South Korea, Catharina Choi, achieved the same feat as Katia Wagner, but also the first Asian to snatch the Miss Earth-Fire title.

The theme of this year's Miss Earth edition was "International Year of Water Cooperation".

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
Albania		23	2
Australia	Renera Thompson^[3]	26	2
Austria	Katia Wagner^[4]	25	1
Bahamas	Vandia Sands^[5]	25	2
Belgium	Kristina de Munter^[6]	26	2
Belize	Amber Rivero^[7]	21	2
Bolivia	María Renée Carmona	18	3
Bonaire	Jeanine Ottenhof	19	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Vera Krneta	19	1
Brazil		23	3
British Virgin Islands	Kimberly Herbert^[8]	18	3
Canada	Sofiya Chorniy	20	1
Chile	Natalia Lermanda^[9]	22	1
China	Lisa Xiang^[10]	24	2
Chinese Taipei	Lyu Ying Li^[11]	19	1
Colombia	Diana Ortegón^[12]	21	1
Costa Rica	Mariela Aparicio	25	2
	Bintou Traoré^[13]	20	2
	Mariya Makater^[14]	18	1
Curaçao	Archangela Garcia	24	1
Czech Republic		22	2
Denmark	Josefine Mikuta Poulsen	21	1
Dominican Republic	Maria Eugenia de los Santos^[15]	18	3
Ecuador	Ana María Weir	25	1
England	Chloe Othen^[16]	23	1
France	Sophie Garenaux^[17]	22	2
Gabon	Filiane Mayombo Koundi^[18]	19	3
Germany	Caroline Noeding	22	3
Ghana	Amabel Klutse	21	1
Guadeloupe	Marie Vaitilingon	19	2
Guam	Katarina Martinez^[19]	22	2
Guatemala	Jimena Mansilla Wever	23	3
Haiti		24	3
Hungary	Dalma Huszarovics	24	3
India		21	2
Indonesia	Nita Sofiani^[20]	21	1
Israel	Maria Abboud	18	1
Italy	Debora Bon^[21]	21	3
Japan		24	1
Kazakhstan	Kumis Bazarbayeva	25	2
South Korea		23	2
Kosovo	Donika Emini^[22]	19	2
Lebanon	Rita Houkayem	22	2
Lithuania	Monika Sereckyte	23	1
Macau	Ashely Qian	22	3
Madagascar	Erwinah Mathon	24	1
Malaysia	Josephine Tan	23	3
Martinique	Rani Charles	20	2
Mauritius	Virginie Dorza^[23]	20	3
Mexico	Cristal Silva	21	3
Mongolia	Bayartsatsral Baljinnyam	25	1
Nepal	Rojisha Shahi Thakuri^[24]	20	2
Netherlands	Wendy-Kristy Hoogerbrugge^[25]	26	3
Nigeria	Marie Miller^[26]	25	1
Northern Ireland		19	2
Norway	Caroline Sparboe	23	3
Panama	Johanna Batista	21	2
Paraguay	Leticia Cáceres^[27]	23	3
Philippines	Angelee delos Reyes^[28]	26	1
Poland	Aleksandra Szczęsna	20	1
Portugal	Solange Duarte	23	3
Réunion Island	Christelle Abrantes	19	1
Romania		23	3
Russia	Olesya Boslovyak	24	3
Scotland	Kiera Kingsman	21	2
Serbia	Anđelka Tomašević^[29]	20	2
Sierra Leone	Mariatu Dukuray	22	3
Singapore	Vanessa Hee	25	1
Slovak Republic	Lucia Slaninkova	22	1
Slovenia		21	3
South Africa	Ashanti Mbanga	24	1
South Sudan	Gloria Karsis Raymon	18	3
Spain	Cristina Martínez	22	2
Sri Lanka	Solange Kristina Gunawijeya	22	3
Sweden	Denice Andrée^[30]	25	2
Switzerland	Djoa Strassburg	20	1
Tahiti	Maeva Simonin	21	3
Tanzania	Clara Noor^[31]	18	2
Thailand		21	3
Trinidad and Tobago	Ariana Rampersad	21	1
Turkey	Ezgi Avci	21	2
Ukraine		18	3
United States		22	3
US Virgin Islands	Vanessa Donastorg^[32]	24	2
Venezuela	Alyz Henrich	22	2
Wales	Angharad James	23	3
Zambia		23	3
Zimbabwe	Samantha Dika	25	2

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 2006:
- Haiti
Last competed in 2007:
- Kazakhstan
- Sierra Leone
- Zambia
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.