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Miss Earth 2006 
Miss Earth 2006 and her court (Fire, Earth, Air and Water)Date November 26, 2006 Presenters Ariel Ureta and Priscilla Meirelles Entertainment Christian Bautista Venue National Museum, Manila, Philippines Broadcaster ABS-CBN, The Filipino Channel, Star World Entrants 82 Winner Hil Hernández
ChileMiss Earth 2006, the 6th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place on November 26, 2006 in the grounds of the National Museum in Manila, Philippines. The pageant was won by Hil Hernández of Chile.[1]
The event was originally intended to be held in Santiago, Chile on November 15, but the Chilean organizers did not meet requirements.[2][3] In the end, pageant owners Carousel Productions decided to hold the pageant in the Philippines, where all previous Miss Earth pageants had been held, despite having less than two months to prepare for the event.[4]
More than 100 contestants were expected to compete, but only 82 eventually participated. Nevertheless, it was still the highest turn-out for the event.[1][5]
On November 24 a number of delegates participated in the Philippine version of Deal or No Deal, acting as suitcase models during the game.[2] This followed an episode of the US game show, where 26 Miss USA 2006 contestant acted as suitcase models.[2]
Contents
Results
Placements
Final Results Contestant Miss Earth 2006 Miss Air (1st Runner-up)
India - Amruta Patki
Miss Water (2nd Runner-up) Miss Fire (3rd Runner-up) Finalists
Czech Republic - Petra Soukupová
Egypt - Meriam George
Panama - Stefanie de Roux
Poland - Francys Sudnicka
Semi-finalists
Bahamas - Leandra Pratt
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Bosena Jelcic
China - Zhou Mengting
France - Anne Charlotte Triplet
St. Lucia - Cathy Daniel
Slovak Republic - Judita Hrubyova
Spain - Rocio Cazallas
USA - Amanda Helen Pennekamp
- Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Korea, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Russia, Serbia & Montenegro, and Tanzania made to the semi-finals last year but not in this year's edition (Miss Earth 2006).
- Bosnia & Herzegovina, Chile, Czech Republic, Philippines, Poland, USA, and Venezuela made to the semi-finals last year and also in this year's edition (Miss Earth 2006).
Special awards
Special Award Contestant Miss Photogenic
Canada - Riza Raquel SantosBest National Costume
Samoa - Mililani Vienna TofaMiss Friendship
Italy - Maria Lucia LeoMiss Talent
China - Zhou MengtingBest in Swimsuit
Venezuela - Marianne PugliaBest in Long Gown
India - Amruta PatkiWinning answer
Final Question in Miss Earth 2006: "What effort must the country’s government exert to stop global warming?"
Answer of Miss Earth 2006: "We have to educate the people on global warming. We should help them to control pollution, create global consciousness. Bigger industries are involved here. You run the economy, now it is your turn to take care of Mother Earth". - Hil Hernández, represented Chile[6]
Judges
The following is the list of the board of judges in this year's Miss Earth:[7]
No. Judge Background 1 Abbygale Arenas Beauty Queen, Top Fashion Model, Personality/Image Consultant 2 Catherine Constantinides Environmentalist and TV host of a Lifestyle (TV channel) show in South Africa 3 Tweety de Leon Top Fashion Model 4 Justine Gabionza International Beauty Queen 5 Michel Adam Lisowski Founder & Chairman of Fashion TV 6 Warner Manning Environmentalist, Chief Executive of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 7 Andrea Mastellone General Manager, Traders Hotel Manila 8 Jose Ramon Olives Journalist, Senior Vice President of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation 9 Dorian Peña Professional basketball player for the San Miguel Brewery 10 Ricky Reyes Beauty Expert-Cum-Philanthropist 11 Tatsuhiko Takahasi Philanthropist, President of Richmonde Hotel 12 Lee Chul Woo Korean Air Regional Manager for the Philippines Delegates
List of countries and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2006:[8]
Albania - Blerta Halili
Argentina - Andrea Carolina Garcia
Australia - Natalie Newton
Bahamas - Leandra Pratt
Belgium - Isabelle Cornelis
Bolivia - Jessica Jordan Burton
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Bosena Jelcic
Botswana - Kefilwe Kgosi
Brazil - Ana Paula Quinot
Canada - Riza Raquel Santos
Cayman Islands - Stephanie Monique Espeut
Chile - Hil Yesenia Hernández
China - Zhou Mengting
Costa Rica - Maripaz Duarte
Curaçao - Kristal Rose Sprock
Czech Republic - Petra Soukupová
Denmark - Nicoline Qvortrup
Dominican Republic - Alondra Peña
Ecuador - Maria Magdalena Stahl
Egypt - Meriam George
El Salvador - Ana Flor Astrid Machado
England - Holly Ikin
Ethiopia - Dina Fekadu
Finland - Linnea Aaltonen
France - Anne Charlotte Triplet
Georgia - Maria Sarchimelia
Germany - Fatima Funk
Ghana - Mable Naadu Frye
Greece - Eugenia Lattou
Guadeloupe - Ingrid Bevis
Guatemala - Catherine Gregg
Haiti - Helan Georges
Honduras - Lesly Gabriela Molina Kristoffp
India - Amruta Patki
Indonesia - Yelena Setiabudi
Ireland - Melanie Boreham
Italy - Maria Lucia Leo
Japan - Noriko Ohno
Kenya - Emah Madegwa
Korea - Park Hee-Jung
Lebanon - Nahed Al Saghir
Liberia - Rachel Njinimbam
Lithuania - Evelina Dedul
Macedonia - Ivana Popovska
Malaysia - Alice Loh
Martinique - Megane Martinon
Mexico - Alina Garcia
Nepal - Ayushma Pokharel
Netherlands - Sabrina Van Der Donk
New Zealand - Annelise Burton
Nicaragua - Sharon Amador
Nigeria - Ivy Obrori Edenkwo
Norway - Meria Leroy
Pakistan - Sehr Mahmood
Panama - Stefanie de Roux
Paraguay - Paloma Navarro
Peru - Valery Caroline Neff
Philippines - Catherine Untalan
Poland - Francys Sudnicka
Puerto Rico - Camille Colazzo
Romania - Nicoleta Motei
Russia - Elena Salnikova
St. Lucia - Cathy Daniel
Samoa - Mililani Vienna Tofa
Serbia & Montenegro - Dubravka Skoric
Singapore - Shn Juay Shi Yun
Slovak Republic - Judita Hrubyova
South Africa - Nancy Dos Reis
Spain - Rocio Cazallas
Sweden - Cécilia Harbo Kristensen
Switzerland - Laura Ferrara
Tahiti - Raimata Agnieray
Chinese Taipei - Chiu Yu-Cheng
Tanzania - Richa Maria Adhia
Thailand - Pailin Rungratanasunthorn
Tibet - Tsering Chungtak
Turks & Caicos - Nicquell Garland
Ukraine - Karina Kharchinska
USA - Amanda Pennekamp
Venezuela - Marianne Puglia
Vietnam - Vu Nguyen Ha Anh
Wales - Laura Livesy
Preliminary events
Swimsuit
The delegates were divided into three groups which simultaneously competed in the swimsuit preliminary competition in three different locations: Trace Aquatic Sports Complex in Los Baños, Laguna, Golden Sunset Resort in Calatagan, Batangas and in Coron, Palawan. The competition was held on November 12, 2006.
The finalists from the Laguna group were: Jessica Anne Jordan (Bolivia), Francys Sudnicka (Poland), Patra Rungratansunthorn (Thailand), Amanda Pennekamp (United States), Marianne Puglia (Venezuela)
The finalists from the Batangas group were: Ana Quinot (Brazil), Riza Santos (Canada), Anne-Charlotte Triplet (France), Paloma Navarro (Paraguay), Richa Adhia (Tanzania)
Rounding off the top 15 finalists were the finalists who were selected from the third group in Coron, Palawan: Catherine Gregg (Guatemala), Catherine Untalan (Philippines), Cathy Daniel (St. Lucia), Raimata Agnieray (Tahiti), Karina Kharchynska (Ukraine).
The 15 finalists then competed in the Final Swimsuit Competition, held on November 18 at the Fontana Leisure Park in Clark Field, Pampanga. From the 15 finalists, Marianne Puglia of Venezuela was chosen as Best in Swimsuit.
Talent
The 2006 talent competition was held on November 22 at the Teatro Marikina, Marikina City. 15 of the delegates, chosen in a preliminary competition days before, performed their talents in front of the judges and audience. The semi-finalists were Riza Raquel Santos (Canada), Zhou Mei Ting (China), Kristal Sprock (Curaçao), Nicoline Qvortrup (Denmark), Maria Stahl (Ecuador), Anne-Charlotte Triplet (France), Yelena Setiabudi (Indonesia), Sharon Amador (Nicaragua), Paloma Navarro (Paraguay), Catherine Untalan (Philippines), Nicoleta Motei (Romania), Raimata Agnieray (Tahiti), Tsering Chungtak (Tibet), Nicquell Garland (Turks and Caicos), and Vu Nguyen Ha Anh (Vietnam). The winner of the competition was Zhou Mei Ting of China.
National competitions
Debuts
Notes: England and Wales are technically new as they were represented in the previous years as Great Britain or United Kingdom.
Wtihdraws
Returning countries and territories
Year last
competedCountry/Territory 2001 Italy 2002 Greece, Spain 2004 Albania, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Switzerland Contestant notes
- Miss Earth France, Anne-Charlotte Triplet, would later be Miss Francophonie Internationale 2007.
- Ethiopia, Ireland, Poland, and Slovak Republic competed in the 2006 Miss Universe Pageant in July 2006. In that pageant, Dina Fekadu of Ethiopia was one of 20 semifinalists.
- Stefanie De Roux of Panama competed in Miss Universe 2003 where she placed in the top 15.
- Meriam George represented Egypt at the Miss Universe 2005 pageant.
- Guadeloupe's Caroline Virgile Bevis was a delegate at Miss World 2006.
- Laura Livesy (Wales) and Lesly Kristoff (Honduras) were delegates in the Miss Asia Pacific International pageant in 2005.
- Cécilia Harbo Kristensen represented Sweden at Miss Scandinavia 2004, Miss International 2005, Miss Europe 2006 and Miss Tourism Queen International 2007 pageants. She was also a semi-finalist at the Swedish selection for the Miss World 2004 contest.
- Jessica Jordan (Bolivia) competed in Miss Universe 2007 she was unplaced. She would go on and win Miss Reina Internacional del Cafe 2008/Miss International Queen of Coffee 2008 in Colombia.
- Amanda Pennekamp (USA) was 1st runner up in Miss USA 2004.
- Francys Sudnicka (Poland) won Miss Tourism World 2000 representing Venezuela and also competed at the Miss Universe 2006 , but she was unplaced.
- Thailand's Pailin Rungratanasunthor competed at Amazing Race Asia 3 alongside Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova.
- Riza Santos (Canada) joined the Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition 2 on October 14, 2007 and eventually won as first runner up. She will be competing at the Miss World 2011 in London, UK on November 6, 2011.
Images
External links
- Miss Earth official website
- Miss Earth Foundation
- Miss Earth Foundation Kids' I Love My Planet
- 2006 Miss Earth Press Presentation Fan Page
References
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- ^ "Miss Chile, Hil Yesenia Hernandez Escobar, Crowned Miss Earth 2006". http://www.femalebeauty.info/2006/miss-chile-hil-yesenia-hernandez-escobar-crowned-miss-earth-2006.html. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ "Newsline: Road to Miss Earth 2006". http://www.missosology.org/news/. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ "Miss Earth 2006: Hil Yesenia Hernandez Escobar". Archived from the original on 2008-03-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20080311063916/http://exploreourpla.net/global-warming/2006/11/. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
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