Miss Earth 2022

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On 19 August 2022, the Miss Earth Organization announced that the pageant will be held in a hybrid format after holding the competition as a virtual pageant for the past two years. The competition has virtual and on-ground activities held in different parts of the Philippines.^[2][3] Following the announcement regarding the holding of the first physical coronation night since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Miss Earth Organization announced on 8 October 2022 that the competition will be held at Okada Manila, Parañaque, Metro Manila on 29 November 2022.^[4][5][6]

The Swimsuit competition was held in Zamboanga City on 16 November and the grand coronation night on November 29, 2022, which were announced during the virtual competitions.^[7]

Contestants from eighty-five countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Fourteen of these delegates were appointees to their national titles after being a runner-up of their national pageant or being selected through a casting process, while four were selected to replace the original dethroned winner.

Eunike Suwandi, Putri Bumi Indonesia 2021, was originally scheduled to represent Indonesia in the competition.^[8] However, Putri Bumi Indonesia lost the franchise to the Mahakarya Duta Pesona Indonesia Organization, who is now in charge of selecting a representative to Miss Earth. Karina Basrewan was appointed to represent Miss Earth through a closed-door selection process.^[9] Brielle Simmons, the second runner-up of Miss Earth USA 2022, was appointed to represent the United States after Natalia Salmon, lost the title for unknown reasons.^[10][11] Elizabeth Gasiba, Miss Earth Venezuela 2022, was replaced by Oriana Pablos, third runner-up of Miss Venezuela 2019, due to academic reasons.^[12][13] Chileshe Wakumelo, Miss Earth Zambia 2022, has already competed in some preliminary activities but withdrew due to undisclosed reasons.^[14] She was replaced by the first runner-up of Miss Earth Zambia 2019, Joyce Mwansa.

This competition saw the debuts of Burundi, Cabo Verde, and Senegal,^[15] and the returns of Albania, Croatia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iraq, Kosovo, Malta, Mongolia, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, South Korea, South Sudan, Wales, and Zambia. Hong Kong last competed in 2011, Albania in 2013, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kosovo, and Scotland in 2015, Iraq, Namibia, and Palestine in 2016, Ethiopia and Wales in 2017, Haiti, South Korea, Malta, Slovakia, and South Sudan in 2019, and the others in 2020.^[16]

Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cambodia, Crimea, Denmark, The Gambia, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Myanmar, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sweden, Syria, and Ukraine withdrew. Soriyan Hang of Cambodia withdrew due to financial problems.^[17][18] Macarena Tomas of Paraguay withdrew since she exceeded the age limit.^[19][20]

Placement	Contestant
Miss Earth 2022	South Korea – Mina Sue Choi[21][22]
Miss Earth – Air 2022	Australia – Sheridan Mortlock[23][24]
Miss Earth – Water 2022	Palestine – Nadeen Ayoub[25][26]
Miss Earth – Fire 2022	Colombia – Andrea Aguilera[27][28]
Top 8	Belgium – Daphné Nivelles[29][30]  Netherlands – Merel Hendriksen[29][30]  Puerto Rico – Paulina Avilés[29][30]  Zimbabwe – Sakhile Dube[29][30]
Top 12	Brazil – Jéssica Pedroso[29][30]  Cuba – Sheyla Ravelo[29][30]  Nigeria – Esther Ajayi[29][30]  Portugal – Maria Rosado[29][30]
Top 20	Czech Republic – Anežka Heralecká[30]  Ethiopia – Hiwot Kassa[30]  Ireland – Alannah Larkin[30]  Namibia – Diana Andimba[30]  Norway – Lilly Sødal[30]  Philippines – Jenny Ramp[30]  Slovenia – Lea Prstec[30]  Vietnam – Thạch Thu Thảo[30]

Awards		Continental Group
		Africa	Americas	Asia & Oceania	Europe
Best Eco Video		Diana Andimba  Namibia[31]	Andrea Aguilera  Colombia[31]	Sareesha Shrestha    Nepal[31]	Alannah Larkin  Ireland[31]
Best Fauna Outfit		Esther Ajayi  Nigeria[31]	Brielle Simmons  United States[31]	Jenny Ramp  Philippines[31]	Liliya Levaya  Belarus[31]
Best National Costume		Esther Ajayi  Nigeria[31]	Indira Pérez  Mexico[31]	Karina Basrewan  Indonesia[31]	Liliya Levaya  Belarus[31]

Awards		Elemental Group				Ref.
		Air	Eco	Fire	Water
Miss Congeniality				Sheridan Mortlock  Australia	Aizhan Chanacheva  Kyrgyzstan	[32]
Miss Photogenic				Andrea Aguilera  Colombia	Dajana Šnjegota  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Best in Swim-Wear				Andrea Aguilera  Colombia
Miss Isla de Romblon 2022				Sheyla Ravelo  Cuba
Miss Pontefino Estate 2022				Daphné Nivelles  Belgium		[33]
Miss Pontefino Hotel 2022				Jessica Cianchino  Canada
Miss Flavor Cartel 2022		Paulina Avilés  Puerto Rico				[34]
Miss Lakeshore 2022		Jenny Ramp  Philippines
Miss Mexico Pampanga 2022		Mina Sue Choi  South Korea
Best in Cocktail Dress					Sakhile Dube  Zimbabwe	[35]
Best in Creative Dress					Thaïs Pausé  Réunion
Miss Brookes' Point 2022					Jéssica Pedroso  Brazil

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Miss Earth's virtual pre-pageant activities premiered on Miss Earth's official YouTube channel on 25 October 2022 with the Meet the delegates series. Six competitions took place: Fauna outfit competition, Intelligence preliminary judging, National costume competition, Beauty of Face, Fitness & Form, and the Eco Video presentations.^[36]

Delegates were divided into four regions; Asia & Oceania, Europe, Africa and the Americas for Intelligence preliminary judging between November 1 and 4, 2022. For the first time, the Fauna outfit competition was held, which displayed the delegates' creative outfits of the fauna they represent.^[37][38] The grand showcase of the delegates' culture and traditions in the National Costume competition premiered on 6 November 2022.^[39] Other preliminary rounds include Miss Earth 2022 Beauty of Face competition^[40] and the Miss Earth 2022 Fitness & Form.^[41] The Miss Earth 2022 Eco Video presentation divided the delegates via the continental group between November 11 and 14.^{[42][43][44][45]}

86 delegates were introduced during the Miss Earth 2022 press presentation, held at Okada Manila on November 14, 2022.^[46]

Award		Continental Group
		Africa	Americas	Asia & Oceania	Europe
Darling of the Press		Esther Ajayi  Nigeria[47]	Andrea Aguilera  Colombia[47]	Sheridan Mortlock  Australia[47]	Merel Hendriksen  Netherlands[47]

The swimsuit competition was held at the Azzura Beach Resort in Zamboanga City on November 16, 2022. The competition was won by Esther Ajayi of Nigeria for Africa, Andrea Aguilera of Colombia for the Americas, Mina Sue Choi of South Korea for Asia & Oceania, and Liliya Levaya of Belarus for Europe.^[48][49]

Event		Continental Group				Ref.
		Africa	Americas	Asia & Oceania	Europe
Swimsuit Competition	Gold	Esther Ajayi  Nigeria	Andrea Aguilera  Colombia	Mina Sue Choi  South Korea	Liliya Levaya  Belarus	[50]
	Silver	Sakhile Dube  Zimbabwe	Sheyla Ravelo  Cuba	Sheridan Mortlock  Australia	Ekaterina Velmakina  Russia
	Bronze	Abuana Nkumu  Democratic Republic of the Congo	Daniela Riquelme  Chile	Jenny Ramp  Philippines	Alannah Larkin  Ireland

The Beach Wear Competition was held in various places in the Philippines from November 18 to 19, 2022. The competition was won by Mina Sue Choi of South Korea, Daniela Riquelme of Chile, Andrea Aguilera of Colombia, and Jessica Pedroso of Brazil.^[51][52]

Event		Elemental Group				Ref.
		Air	Eco	Fire	Water
Beach Wear Competition	Gold	Mina Sue Choi  South Korea	Daniela Riquelme  Chile	Andrea Aguilera  Colombia	Jessica Pedroso  Brazil	[53][54][55]
	Silver	Julia Baryga  Poland	Maria Rosado  Portugal	Sheyla Ravelo  Cuba	Merel Hendriksen  Netherlands
	Bronze	Oriana Pablos  Venezuela	Chawanphat Kongnim  Thailand	Sheridan Mortlock  Australia	Brielle Simmons  United States

Event		Elemental Group				Ref.
		Air	Eco	Fire	Water
Best in Long Gown	Gold	Mina Sue Choi  South Korea	Daniela Riquelme  Chile	Sheyla Ravelo  Cuba	Susan Toledo  Ecuador	[56]
	Silver	Paulina Avilés  Puerto Rico	Maria Rosado  Portugal	Gianella Paz  Peru	Aya Kohen  Spain
	Bronze	Jenny Ramp  Philippines	Paul Anne Estima  Haiti	Andrea Aguilera  Colombia	Brielle Simmons  United States

Event		Elemental Group				Ref.
		Air	Eco	Fire	Water
Best in Resort Wear	Gold	Oriana Pablos  Venezuela				[57]
	Silver	Paulina Avilés  Puerto Rico
	Bronze	Mina Sue Choi  South Korea

Event		Elemental Group				Ref.
		Air	Eco	Fire	Water
Best in Talent	Gold	Ekaterina Velmakina  Russia	Esther Ajayi  Nigeria	Sheyla Ravelo  Cuba	Alannah Larkin  Ireland	[58][59][60] [61][62][63] [64][65][66] [67][68][69]
	Silver	Simran Madan  New Zealand	Nandin Sergelen  Mongolia	Valerie Solis  Panama	Sakhile Dube  Zimbabwe
	Bronze	Katharina Prager  Austria	Maria Rosado  Portugal	Alison Carrasco  France	Lea Prstec  Slovenia

• Theresa Mundita Lim – Executive Director of ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity^[31]
• Daphne Oseña-Paez – TV Host & Presenter, Host^[31]
• Abhisek Gupta – Managing Director of Mindshare Philippines^[31]
• Thuy Bui – Senior Country Officer International Finance Cooperation World Bank Group^[31]
• Roel Refran – CEO of Philippine Stock Exchange^[31]
• Lorraine Schuck – Founder and Executive Vice President of Miss Earth Organization^[31]

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Eighty-five contestants competed for the title.^[70]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown	Continental Group	Elemental Group
Albania	Rigelsa Cybi[71]	25	Tirana	Europe	Water
Argentina	Sofía Martinoli[72]	23	Berisso	Americas	Air
Australia	Sheridan Mortlock[73]	22	Paddington	Asia & Oceania	Fire
Austria	Katharina Prager[74]	19	Weitra	Europe	Air
Belarus	Liliya Levaya[75]	25	Minsk	Europe	Eco
Belgium	Daphné Nivelles[76]	22	Sint-Truiden	Europe	Fire
Belize	Simone Sleeuw[77]	24	Caye Caulker	Americas	Air
Bolivia	Fabiane Valdivia[70]	23	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Americas	Eco
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dajana Šnjegota[78]	19	Srbac	Europe	Water
Brazil	Jéssica Pedroso[79]	23	Piracicaba	Americas	Water
Bulgaria	Anjelina Nateva[80]	26	Sofia	Europe	Fire
Burundi	Lauria Nishimwe[81]	21	Bujumbura	Africa	Air
Cabo Verde	Tayrine da Veiga[82]	24	Tarrafal	Africa	Water
Cameroon	Prandy Noella[83]	22	Douala	Africa	Fire
Canada	Jessica Cianchino[84]	23	Markham	Americas	Fire
Chile	Daniela Riquelme[85]	22	Los Ángeles	Americas	Eco
China	Wang Shiqi[86]	21	Shanghai	Asia & Oceania	Water
Colombia	Andrea Aguilera[87]	25	Medellín	Americas	Fire
Croatia	Patricia Hanžek[88]	20	Osijek	Europe	Fire
Cuba	Sheyla Ravelo[89]	22	San Antonio de los Baños	Americas	Fire
Czech Republic	Anežka Heralecká[90]	20	Jihlava	Europe	Fire
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Abuana Nkumu[91]	28	Kinshasa	Africa	Eco
Dominican Republic	Nieves Marcano[92]	26	María Trinidad Sánchez	Americas	Water
Ecuador	Susan Toledo[93]	22	Santa Elena	Americas	Water
England	Beth Rice[94]	27	Suffolk	Europe	Air
Estonia	Liisi Tammoja[95]	20	Pärnu	Europe	Air
Ethiopia	Hiwot Kassa[96]	23	Addis Ababa	Africa	Fire
France	Alison Carrasco[97]	26	Toulouse	Europe	Fire
Ghana	Eunice Nkeyasen[98]	23	Nkwanta	Africa	Fire
Greece	Georgia Nastou[99]	25	Athens	Europe	Fire
Haiti	Paul Anne Estima[70]	21	Port-au-Prince	Americas	Eco
Hong Kong	Alison Cheung[70]	28	Yau Tsim Mong	Asia & Oceania	Fire
India	Vanshika Parmar[100]	18	Shimla	Asia & Oceania	Eco
Indonesia	Karina Basrewan[101]	26	Jakarta	Asia & Oceania	Fire
Iran	Mahrou Ahmadi[102]	23	Tehran	Asia & Oceania	Air
Iraq	Jihan Majid[103]	20	Wasit	Asia & Oceania	Eco
Ireland	Alannah Larkin[104]	18	Eyrecourt	Europe	Water
Japan	Manae Matsumoto[105]	25	Saitama	Asia & Oceania	Fire
Kosovo	Vonesa Alijaj[106]	25	Gjakovë	Europe	Eco
Kyrgyzstan	Aizhan Chanacheva[107]	23	Naryn	Asia & Oceania	Water
Laos	Jintana Khidaphone[108]	24	Vientiane	Asia & Oceania	Air
Malaysia	Kajel Kaur[109]	27	Ipoh	Asia & Oceania	Water
Malta	Kim Pelham[110]	25	St. Julian's	Europe	Water
Mauritius	Jodie Pyndiah[70]	23	Mahébourg	Africa	Fire
Mexico	Indira Pérez[111]	23	Veracruz	Americas	Eco
Mongolia	Nandin Sergelen[112]	18	Ulaanbaatar	Asia & Oceania	Eco
Montenegro	Anđela Drašković[113]	22	Podgorica	Europe	Eco
Namibia	Diana Andimba[114]	23	Windhoek	Africa	Eco
Nepal	Sareesha Shrestha[115]	26	Lalitpur	Asia & Oceania	Fire
Netherlands	Merel Hendriksen[116]	24	Kesteren	Europe	Water
New Zealand	Simran Madan[117]	21	Auckland	Asia & Oceania	Air
Nigeria	Esther Oluwatosin Ajayi[118]	27	Ekiti	Africa	Eco
North Macedonia	Anđela Jakimovska[70]	26	Skopje	Europe	Eco
Norway	Lilly Sødal[119]	19	Kristiansand	Europe	Air
Pakistan	Anniqa Jamal Iqbal[120]	21	Karachi	Asia & Oceania	Water
Palestine	Nadeen Ayoub[121]	27	Ramallah	Asia & Oceania	Water
Panama	Valerie Solis[70]	19	Panama City	Americas	Fire
Peru	Gianella Paz[70]	23	Callao	Americas	Fire
Philippines	Jenny Ramp[122]	19	Santa Ignacia	Asia & Oceania	Air
Poland	Julia Baryga[123]	20	Łódź	Europe	Air
Portugal	Maria Rosado[124]	21	Ourém	Europe	Eco
Puerto Rico	Paulina Avilés[125]	23	Carolina	Americas	Air
Réunion	Thaïs Pausé[126]	18	Saint-Denis	Africa	Water
Romania	Aura Dosoftei[70]	27	Bucharest	Europe	Eco
Russia	Ekaterina Velmakina[127]	19	Moscow	Europe	Air
Scotland	Marcie Reid[70]	27	Glasgow	Europe	Eco
Senegal	Camilla Diagné[70]	25	Dakar	Africa	Eco
Serbia	Milica Krstović[128]	19	Belgrade	Europe	Air
Sierra Leone	Shalom John[70]	28	Freetown	Africa	Air
Singapore	Charmaine Ng[129]	24	Toa Payoh	Asia & Oceania	Fire
Slovakia	Karolína Michalčíková[130]	23	Trenčín	Europe	Fire
Slovenia	Lea Prstec[131]	21	Ptuj	Europe	Water
South Africa	Ziphozethu Sithebe[132]	23	Durban	Africa	Air
South Korea	Mina Sue Choi[133]	23	Incheon	Asia & Oceania	Air
South Sudan	Melang Kuol[134]	22	Abyei	Africa	Air
Spain	Aya Kohen[135]	21	Seville	Europe	Water
Sri Lanka	Udani Senanayake[70]	21	Colombo	Asia & Oceania	Fire
Thailand	Chawanphat Kongnim[136]	26	Lopburi	Asia & Oceania	Eco
Uganda	Caroline Ngabire[137]	25	Kyambogo	Africa	Eco
United States	Brielle Simmons[11]	21	Fort Washington	Americas	Water
Venezuela	Oriana Pablos[138]	25	Caracas	Americas	Air
Vietnam	Thạch Thu Thảo[139]	22	Trà Vinh	Asia & Oceania	Water
Wales	Shereen Brogan[140]	24	Cardiff	Europe	Fire
Zambia	Joyce Mwansa[70]	26	Lusaka	Africa	Air
Zimbabwe	Sakhile Dube[141]	25	Harare	Africa	Water