Miss Earth Ethiopia

Miss Earth Ethiopia
Motto	Beauties for a Cause
Formation	2001
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Addis Ababa
Location	Ethiopia
Membership	Miss Earth
Official languages	Amharic, Oromo
Franchise Holder	Beauties of Africa Inc.
Key people	Andy A. Abulime

Miss Earth Ethiopia is the official title given to Ethiopia's delegate to the Miss Earth pageant. The reigning titleholders dedicate their year to promote environmental projects and to address issues concerning the environment.^[1]

History

The first year Ethiopia sent a representative to Miss Earth was in 2001 with Nardos Tiluhan Wondemu as the first Miss Earth Ethiopia titleholder.^[2]

In 2003 the Miss Earth Ethiopia franchise was obtained by Beauties of Africa Inc, owned by Andy A. Abulime. Miss Earth Ethiopia 2003 Yodit Getahun participated in Miss Earth 2003 and bagged the Miss Friendship special award. Getahun was later dethroned and replaced by Muna Kidane-Mariam as Miss Earth Ethiopia 2003 for failing to actively promote the pageant's environmental projects.^[3]

From 2003-2008, the Ethiopian representative to Miss Earth was usually the winner of Miss Universe Ethiopia or from the Miss Millennium Queen pageant.

Ethiopia failed to attend the Miss Earth pageant in 2002, 2005, 2009, and 2010.

Delegates

Year	Name	Age	Height	National Title
2001	Nardos Tiluhan Wondemu[2][4]			Miss Earth Ethiopia 2001
2002	Did not participate
2003	Yodit Getahun			Miss Ethiopia World 2003
2004	Ferehiyewot Abebe Merkuriya	19	1.77m	Miss Universe Ethiopia 2004
2005	Did not participate
2006	Dina Fekadu	20	1.76m	Miss Universe Ethiopia 2006
2007	Nardos Desta	19	1.76m	Miss Millennium World 2007
2008	Kidan Tesfahun	24	1.80m	Miss Millennium Queen 2007
2009	Did not participate
2010	Rahel Debebe[5][6] (did not participate)	25	1.78m	Miss Earth Ethiopia 2010

References

1. ^ News Online, Reuters (2004-10-08). "Contestants of Miss Earth 2004 beauty pageant". The Tribune India. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041008/world.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-15. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Castro Barawid, Rachel (12 October 2001). "35 beauties vying for Miss Earth". Manila Bulletin. http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/manila-bulletin/mi_7968/is_2001_Oct_12/35-beauties-vying-earth-title/ai_n32948962/. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 
3. ^ Cruz, Marinel R. (4 May 2004). "Crowd favorite to plant trees during her reign". Philippine Daily Inquirer. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gVc1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=iSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=936,23829944&dq=miss+earth+2003+yodit+getahun&hl=en. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 
4. ^ Soul, John (2001-10-28). "Miss Earth 2001". Woman of the Earth News. http://womanoftheearth.tv/essentials/2001.html. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
5. ^ "Kenya:Wins Elite Model Look Competition". All Africa. 23 September 2011. http://allafrica.com/stories/201109231223.html. Retrieved 2 November 2011. 
6. ^ Murua, James (23 September 2011). "Nairobi student wins Elite Model Look competition .". The Star. http://www.the-star.co.ke/society/society/41575-nairobi-student-wins-elite-model-look-competition. Retrieved 2 November 2011.