Miss Earth 2011, the 11th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held on December 3, 2011 at the University of the Philippines Theater, inside the campus of the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City, Philippines. Nicole Faria of India crowned her successor Olga Álava of Ecuador at the end of the event. The show was aired live by Channel V at 8:00 pm, while Star World broadcast on Sunday, 4 December at 6:00 pm, ABS-CBN and Studio 23 broadcast on the same day at 10:30 pm. There was also a delayed telecast of the show on The Filipino Channel and on the television stations of other participating countries.
The pageant was originally scheduled to be held at the Impact, Muang Thong Thani in Bangkok, Thailand, however the pageant organizers decided to move the pageant back to the Philippines due to the 2011 Thailand floods.
The three "elemental titles", which have equal ranking, were awarded to Miss Brazil Driely Bennettone as Miss Earth-Air 2011, Miss Philippines Athena Imperial as Miss Earth-Water 2011 title, and Caroline Medina of Venezuela as Miss Earth-Fire 2011.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss Earth 2011 – Olga Álava Miss Earth – Air 2011 – Driely Bennettone Miss Earth – Water 2011 – Athena Imperial Miss Earth – Fire 2011 – Caroline Medina Top 8 – Aleksandra Kovačević – Nina Astrakhantseva – Casandra Becerra – Thandi Muringa Top 16 – Tomoko Maeda – Nicole Huber – Susana Nogueira – Rebecca Kim Lekše – Renate Cerljen Taiwan – Cherry Liu – Niratcha Tungtisanont – Kristina Oparina
Special awards Major awards The following special awards were given:
Awards Contestant Miss Friendship – Sanober Hussain Miss Photogenic Taiwan – Cherry Liu Miss Talent – Dominique Mann Best in National Costume – Tomoko Maeda Best in Evening Gown – Casandra Becerra Best in Swimsuit – Šárka Cojocarová
Winning answer Final Question in Miss Earth 2011: "Why the candidates chose education as the environmental initiative that world leaders should prioritize?"
Answer of Miss Earth 2011: "Education is the best solution for the environment because children are those who have to preserve the Earth for future generations." – Olga Álava, represented Ecuador.
Judges The board of judges during the final competition were consisted of the following personalities:
No. Judge Background 1 Zubin Gandevia Television producer, chief operating officer of Fox International Channels in Asia Pacific & Middle East 2 Jean-Pierre Grivory Perfumer, President Director General at Cofinluxe S.A. in France, creator of the world-famous Salvador Dalí perfumes 3 Philippe Charriol Designer, Founder and CEO of the Charriol Group, makers of Philippe Charriol watches 4 Cong Khe Nguyen Newspaper editor, Chairperson of Thanh Nien Media Corporation, Director of the Nguyen Thai Binh Scholarship, chairperson and founder of the Vietnam Talent Fund 5 Jacinto Ng Jr Entrepreneur, Director of Quantuvis Resources Corp. 6 Luis Crisologo Singson Politician, Governor of the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines 7 Daniele Ponzi environment specialist of Asian Development Bank 8 Vivien Tan Singer from Singapore, Host of Star Asia Travel, an Asia wide travel program for STAR TV 9 Vivienne Tan Environment advocate, educator, and social worker 10 Patrick Durst Senior forestry officer for Asia and the Pacific of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 11 Dave Semerad Ateneo de Manila University basketball player 12 Anthony Semerad Ateneo de Manila University basketball player
Contestants 84 delegates competed for the title
Country/Territory Contestant Age Height Hometown Melissa Laclé 25 Oranjestad Deedee Zibara 20 West Ryde Elisabeth Hanakamp 20 Vienna Kerel Pinder 26 Grand Bahama Aline Decock 23 http://www.supermodels.com/member/profile/29002 Brussels Kimberly Robateau 22 Belize City Valeria Avendaño 23 La Paz Aleksandra Kovacevic 21 Sarajevo Messiah Jackson 24 Gaborone Driely Bennettone 21 São Paulo Ashlea Moor 25 Lethbridge Camila Stuardo 23 Temuco Liu Yujun 22 Nanjing Andrea DeVivo 23 La Guajira Nina Astrakhantseva 21 Simferopol Miluska Willems 24 Willemstad Šárka Cojocarová 21 Svobodné Heřmanice Cecilia Iftikhar 24 Kokkedal Sarah Féliz 24 Neiba Olga Álava 23 Guayaquil Anita Puertas 22 San Salvador Roxanne Smith 22 Birmingham Ksenia Lihhatševa 21 Tallinn Mathilde Florin 21 Lille Manou Volkmer 18 Berlin Patricia Amoah Anti 21 Accra Mitchelle Malezieu 18 Basse-Terre Anna Calvo 25 Dededo Ana Luisa Montúfar 18 Guatemala City Stephany Martínez 19 Roatan Luo Wenxi 18 Hong Kong Dora Szabó 24 Budapest Hasleen Kaur 22 New Delhi Inez Elodhia Maharani 22 Jakarta Rachelle Liggett 20 Dublin Huda Naccache 21 Haifa Angelica Parisi 23 Turin Tomoko Maeda 24 Tokyo Nora Asani 24 Pristina Sanda Mezecka 26 Riga Nathaly Farraj 22 Beirut Natascha Bintz 21 Luxembourg Cherry Ng 24 Macau Volamiandoha Ratsimiahotrarivo 18 Antsirabe Joyce Tay 24 Malacca Coralie Leplus 21 Fort-de-France Casandra Becerra 23 Guadalajara Anupama Aura Gurung 23 Chitwan Jill Duijves 23 Diemen Alexandra Scott 22 Auckland Munachi Uzoma 21 Abuja Alixandra Halliday 19 Derry Marion Dyrvik 22 Trondheim Sanober Hussain 23 Lahore Marelissa Him 22 Panama City Nicole Huber 21 Asunción Maria Gracia Figueroa 21 Lima Athena Imperial 24 Casiguran Susana Nogueira 20 Lisbon Agnes Benítez 25 Cataño Jihan Shanabli 26 Bucharest Alena Kuznetsova 25 Moscow Amanda Quinn 25 Glasgow Felicia Orvalla 23 Singapore Romana Procházková 23 Bratislava Rebecca Kim Lekše 20 Ljubljana Dominique Mann 25 Cape Town E-seul Kim 26 Seoul Veronica Doblas 21 Madrid Poojani Wakirigala 24 Colombo Renate Cerljen 22 Staffanstorp Irina de Giorgi 21 Zurich Taiwan Cherry Liu 18 Taipei Nelly Kamwelu 19 Dar Es Salaam Niratcha Tungtisanont 22 Bangkok Melanie George-Sharpe 24 Port of Spain Merve Saribas 20 Istanbul Kristina Oparina 19 Kharkiv Nicole Kelley 22 Daytona Beach Kara Williams 22 Saint Croix Caroline Medina 19 Maracay Phan Thị Mơ 21 Tiền Giang Emma Franklin 24 Cardiff Thandi Muringa 23 Harare
Notes
Debuts
Returns
Last competed in 2005:
Last competed in 2007:
Last competed in 2009:
Withdrawals
Did not compete - Kerry Moxam
Replacement - Nguyễn Thái Hà has been confirmed as a candidate to represent Vietnam this year. However, one day before leaving, she withdrew because of the family's emergency work. After Trương Thị May - expected representative of Vietnam in Miss Earth 2009 but did not attend because she was injured - refused because she was participating in the drama "Chau sa", supermodel Phạm Ngọc Thạch qualified to participate, Phan Thị Mơ, Top 5 Miss Vietnam World 2010 was granted permission to attend last minute.
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