- Miss Earth Ethiopia
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Soul, John (2001-10-28). "Miss Earth 2001". Woman of the Earth News. http://womanoftheearth.tv/essentials/2001.html. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ "Kenya:Wins Elite Model Look Competition". All Africa. 23 September 2011. http://allafrica.com/stories/201109231223.html. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ^ 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.
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