Miss Earth South Africa

The Miss Earth South Africa is a women's empowerment and a leadership development pageant that promotes social progress and environmental sustainability with the platform to create a sustainable difference in conserving and preserving wildlife and the environment.^[1] The competition includes environmental workshops, campaigns, and the candidate's community projects.^[2]

The pageant was founded by its Executive Director, Catherine Constantinides, a climate activist and human rights defender. Catherine competed at the International Miss Earth in the Philippines. The leadership programme is now run by sister duo Catherine and Ella Bella Elaine Constantinides. Ella Bella is the educational officer and director of the leadership programme to empower young South Africa women while educating children in schools and the community at large. ^[3]

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Year	Province	Miss Earth South Africa	Placement at Miss Earth	Special Awards	References
2001	Gauteng	Inecke van der Westhuizen	Unplaced
2002	Did Not compete
2003	Gauteng	Catherine Constantinides	Unplaced		[4][5][6]
2004	Gauteng	Sally Lueng	Unplaced
2005	Gauteng	Jacqueline Postma	Unplaced
2006	Gauteng	Nancy dos Reis	Unplaced
2007	Gauteng	Bokang Montjane	Top 16	Beauty for a Cause	[7][8][9]
2008	Limpopo	Matapa Maila	Unplaced		[10][11][12]
2009	KwaZulu-Natal	Chanel Grantham	Top 16		[13][14][15]
2010	Gauteng	Nondyebo Dzingwa	Top 7	Top 5 Best National Costume Top 18 Best in Talent	[16][17][18]
2011	Western Cape	Dominique Mann	Unplaced	Best in Talent	[19][20][21]
2012	Gauteng	Tamerin Jardine	Top 8	Best in Evening Gown Miss HP M.E. Trivia Challenge Walk with M.E. Environmental Seminar Talent competition Best National Costume M.E. Greenbag Challenge Best in Swimsuit (Group 1)	[22][23][24]
2013	Gauteng	Ashanti Mbanga	Top 16	Best National Costume (Africa) I Love My Planet Schools Campaign (Group 1)	[25][26][27]
2014	North West	Ilze Saunders	Unplaced	Best National Costume (Africa) Miss Friendship (Group 1)	[28][29][30]
2015	North West	Carla Viktor	Unplaced	Talent competition Snowman Building Competition Sports competition	[31][32][33]
2016	Gauteng	Nozipho Magagula	Top 16	Best National Costume (Africa)	[34][35][36]
2017	Gauteng	Irini Moutzouris	Attended but withdrew afterwards		[37][38][39]
2018	Free State	Margo Fargo	Top 12		[40][41][42]
2019	Gauteng	Nazia Wadee	Unplaced		[43][37][44]
2020	Gauteng	Lungo Katete	Top 20	Best in Swimsuit (Africa) Best Eco-Video (Africa) Talent Competition (Sing) (Africa) Resort Wear Competition (Africa) Sports Wear Competition (Africa) Best National Costume (Africa)	[45][46][1]
2021	Gauteng	Nompumelelo Maduna	Top 20
2022	Abyei	Ziphozethu Sithebe	Unplaced		[47]
2023	KwaZulu-Natal	Belinde Shcreuder[48]	Top 12
2024	Gauteng	Jessica Amy Nel[49]	Unplaced
2025	Gauteng	Jenique Botha[50]	Top 25

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