Miss Earth Japan

Miss Earth Japan
Motto	Beauties for a Cause
Formation	2001
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Shinjuku, Tokyo
Location	Japan
Membership	Miss Earth
Official languages	Japanese
National Director	Osamu Sakata
Website	missearth.jp

Miss Earth Japan (Japanese: ミスアース) is a beauty pageant held annually in search of the most beautiful and environmental-friendly woman in Japan. The titleholder represents the country in the international Miss Earth pageant.^[1][2]

Miss Earth Japan 2011 is Tomoko Maeda, the current titleholder, who competed as Miss Tokyo.^[3][4]

History

Miss Earth Japan, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, is organized by IBG Japan (I Vesey Japan, Inc.) under its corporate name Miss Japan Institute of Earth General. The national director of the pageant is Osamu Sakata. The pageant was established in order to elect Japan's representative in the annual Miss Earth pageant, to further charity donations and philanthropic activities, and to promote environmental awareness and protection.^[5]

Japan was first represented in Miss Earth 2001 by Misuzu Hirayama, who was the first titleholder of Miss Earth Japan and won the Miss Friendship special award.^[6]

In 2010, Japan first entered both in the semifinal and final round of the Miss Earth pageant, where Marina Kishira finished in the top 7 and won the Best in National Costume award in Miss Earth 2010.^[7][8]

Titleholders

The following are the names of the annual titleholders of Miss Earth Japan, listed according to the year in which they participated in Miss Earth:

Year	Titleholder	Hometown	Miss Earth placement/award
2001	Misuzu Hirayama		Miss Friendship
2003	Asami Saito
2005	Emi Suzuki
2006	Noriko Ohno
2007	Ryoko Tominaga
2008	Akemi Fukumura
2009	Tomomi Takada
2010	Marina Kishira		Finalist (Top 7)[9][10] and Best in National Costume[11][12]
2011	Tomoko Maeda[13][14]

See also

• Miss Earth

References

1. ^ "24-year-old former Tian Zhizi elected as "Miss Japan 2011"". Business Times. 4 July 2011. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesstimes.com.hk%2Fa-20110704-120058%2Fqiantianzhizi-japan-sister&act=url. Retrieved 21 July 2011. 
2. ^ "Ex-AKB48 member Shiho Watanabe places second in Miss Earth Japan contest ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion". Japantoday.com. http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/ex-akb48-member-shiho-watanabe-places-second-in-miss-earth-japan-contest. Retrieved 2011-07-12. 
3. ^ "24 year-old Tomoko Maeda won Miss Earth Japan 2011". Asian Pop Show. http://www.asianpopshow.com/asian-celebs/japanese-celebrities-asian-celebs/24-year-old-tomoko-maeda-won-miss-earth-japan-2011.html. Retrieved 2011-07-12. 
4. ^ "Miss Earth Japan 2011". IBG Japan. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://miss-earth.jp/&ei=WV4oTuHJNuassQKC9Jw7&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCcQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmiss%2Bearth%2Bjapan%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D791%26bih%3D391%26prmd%3Divnsfd. Retrieved 21 July 2011. 
5. ^ "Miss Earth Japan Sponsor Summary". IBG Japan. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://miss-earth.jp/&ei=WV4oTuHJNuassQKC9Jw7&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCcQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmiss%2Bearth%2Bjapan%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D791%26bih%3D391%26prmd%3Divnsfd. Retrieved 21 July 2011. 
6. ^ Castro Barawid, Rachel Castro Barawid (30 October 2001). "Danish student wins 1st Miss Earth title". Manila Bulletin. http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/manila-bulletin/mi_7968/is_2001_Oct_30/danish-student-wins-1st-earth/ai_n32960737/. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
7. ^ Requintina, Robert R. (5 December 2010). "Indian model wins Miss Earth 2010". Manila Bulletin. http://www.mb.com.ph/node/291020/indian-model-win. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
8. ^ Khuê, Diệp Trúc (4 December 2010). "The beautiful Miss India Earth 2010". Saigon Gia Phong (SGGP) Online. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sggp.org.vn%2Fvanhoavannghe%2F2010%2F12%2F245030%2F. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
9. ^ Van, Duong (4 December 2010). "Huong Diem at Miss Earth semi-finals". VN Express. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fvnexpress.net%2Fgl%2Fvan-hoa%2F2010%2F12%2F3ba23cf6%2F. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
10. ^ "Miss Earth 2010: The beautiful India crowned". Voice of the People's Ho Chi Minh. 5 December 2010. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.voh.com.vn%2Fnews%2FNewsDetail.aspx%3Fid%3D25054. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
11. ^ Sanchez, Rowena Joy A. (22 November 2010). "Two Pinay beauties vie for Miss E arth 2010 crown". Manila Bulletin. http://www.mb.com.ph/node/288905/two-pinay-beautie. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
12. ^ News, Online (16 November 2010). "Ecuatoriana en top 5 del Miss Earth". El Universo. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eluniverso.com%2F2010%2F11%2F16%2F1%2F1379%2Fecuatoriana-top-5-miss-earth.html. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
13. ^ "S.Watanabe 2nd Miss Earth Japan | Fashion | House of Japan - Japan News Technology Autos Culture Life Style". House of Japan. http://www.houseofjapan.com/fashion/swatanabe-2nd-miss-earth-japan. Retrieved 2011-07-12. 
14. ^ "24 year-old Tomoko Maeda won Miss Earth Japan 2011". Asian Pop Show. http://www.asianpopshow.com/asian-celebs/japanese-celebrities-asian-celebs/24-year-old-tomoko-maeda-won-miss-earth-japan-2011.html. Retrieved 2011-07-12. 

External links

• Official website