Miss Earth Liberia

Miss Earth Liberia
Motto	Beauties for a Cause
Formation	2006
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Monrovia
Location	Liberia
Membership	Miss Earth
Official languages	English
National Director	Andy A. Abulime

Miss Earth Liberia is the official title given to Liberia's delegate to the Miss Earth pageant.

The pageant focuses mainly on promoting environmental causes and winners are chosen equally on their physical attributes as well as their understanding and knowledge of the issues affecting the Earth.

History

In 2005, the Miss Earth Liberia franchise was obtained by Beauties of Africa Inc, owned by Mr. Andy A. Abulime.

The first year Liberia sent a representative to Miss Earth was in 2006 with Rachel Bidmia Njinimbam as the first Miss Earth Liberia titleholder and competed in Miss Earth 2006.^[1] Njinimbam founded The Alpha Omega Children's Foundation in 2007 to benefit Liberian orphans.^[2]

In 2008, Liberia was represented in Miss Earth 2008 by Marit Woods, the daughter of Samuel Kofi Woods, a life-long Liberian Human Rights Advocate and also Liberia’s Labor Ministry.^[3][4]

Titleholders

The following are the names of the annual titleholders of Miss Earth Liberia, listed according to the year in which they participated in Miss Earth:^[5]

Year	Miss Earth Liberia	Miss Earth placement
2006	Rachel Bidmia Njinimbam[6]	Unplaced
2007	Telena J'Garmonu Cassell[7]	Unplaced
2008	Marit Gayduo Woods[8] [9]	Unplaced

See also

Miss Earth

References

1. ^ Chin, Alice (2 August 2011). "Fashion Stands Up For Liberian Orphans". 247 Feature. http://www.247feature.com/2011/08/02/fashion-stands-up-for-liberian-orphans/. Retrieved 12 August 2011. 
2. ^ "About Alpha Omega Children's Foundation". Alpha Omega Children's Foundation. http://aocf-africa.org/about_us.php. Retrieved 12 August 2011. 
3. ^ Kiatamba, Abdullah (01 September 2008). "Marit Woods enters Miss Earth Liberia 2008". Daily Planet & The Liberian Journal. http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/08/28/marit-woods-enters-miss-earth-liberia-2008-reaches-out-sponsors.html. Retrieved 10 August 2011. 
4. ^ News, online (18 October 2008). "Miss Marit Woods Leaves US to Represent Liberia in Miss Earth 2008". The Liberian Journal. http://www.theliberianjournal.com/index.php?st=news&sbst=details&rid=595. Retrieved 10 August 2011. 
5. ^ West, Donald. "Miss Earth country participation". Pageantopolis. http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Earth_lists.htm. Retrieved 9 August 2011. 
6. ^ "Liberian Queen debuts at Miss Earth 2006". Liberia Online. 4 December 2006. http://www.liberianonline.com/liberia-news1075.html. Retrieved 10 August 2011. 
7. ^ Wright, Jackie (25 October 2008). "Miss Liberia Takes the World By Storm". Wright Enterprises. http://www.wrightnow.biz/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=50833&columnid=. Retrieved 10 August 2011. 
8. ^ Omary, Majuto (10 November 2008). "Tanzanian shines in Miss Earth pageant". The Citizen Daily, United Republic of Tanzania. http://thecitizen.co.tz/newe.php?id=8692. Retrieved 10 August 2011. 
9. ^ Kifle, Elias (11 November 2008). "Tanzania's Miriam Odemba wins Miss Earth pageant". Ethiopian Review. http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/13112. Retrieved 10 August 2011. 

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