Miss Earth 2002

Miss Earth 2002
Date	October 29, 2002
Presenters	Marc Nelson
Venue	Folk Arts Theater, Pasay City, Philippines
Broadcaster	ABS-CBN, The Filipino Channel, Star World
Entrants	53
Placements	10
Debuts	Albania, Barbados, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Honduras, Korea, Kosovo, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Switzerland, Uganda, Yugoslavia
Withdraws	Brazil, Croatia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Taiwan, Zanzibar
Winner	Winfred Omwakwe  Kenya

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Miss Earth 2002, the second edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held in Quezon City, Philippines on October 29, 2002.^[1][2] In its second year, 53 delegates participated, exceeding the number of contestants in Miss International 2002, thereby becoming the world's third biggest international pageant in terms of number of contestants.^[3][4]

Džejla Glavović of Bosnia-Herzegovina won the title that year, also receiving Miss Talent.^[5][6] However, on May 28, 2003, the Miss Earth Foundation officially dethroned her "due to her failure to comply with the stipulations in her contract." First runner-up from Kenya, Winfred Omwakwe, took over the position of Miss Earth 2002.^[7][8] Omwakwe was formally crowned as the new Miss Earth 2002 on August 7, 2003 at the Carousel Gardens in Mandaluyong City, Philippines.^[9][10]

Results

Placements

Final Rrsults	Contestant
Miss Earth 2002	Bosnia and Herzegovina - Džejla Glavović dethroned 28 May 2003
Miss Air (1st runner-up)	Kenya - Winfred Adah Omwakwe assumed title
Miss Water (2nd runner-up)	Yugoslavia - Sladjana Bozovic
Miss Fire (3rd runner-up)	Greece - Juliana Patricia Drossou
Semi-finalists	Chile - Nazhla Sofía Abad  Colombia - Diana Patricia Botero  Finland - Elina Hurve  Peru - Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos  Philippines - April Rose Lim Perez  Spain - Cristina Carpintero

• Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, India, Kazakhstan, Latvia, and USA made to the semi-final last year (2001) but not in 2002.

• Philippines made to the semi-finals last year (2001) and also in 2002.

Special awards

Special award	Contestant
Miss Photogenic	Philippines - April Rose Lim Perez
Best National Costume	Korea - Lee Jin-ah
Miss Friendship	Gibraltar - Charlene Gaiviso
Miss Talent	Bosnia and Herzegovina - Džejla Glavović
Best in Swimsuit	Colombia - Diana Patricia Botero
Best in Long Gown	Peru - Claudia Ortiz

Winning answer

Final Question in Miss Earth 2002: "Which has more significance to your life right now, a sunrise or a sunset?"

Final Answers in Miss Earth 2002: "Of course, sunrise because, first, it's romantic and when you look at sunrise you can feel something beautiful, a new day, and a new life. And when you look at sunrise I can feel positive energy to do something good for Earth. And I would like to say that it's not about sunrise, it's about our Mother Earth because we just have one home. So stop talking. Start acting." - Džejla Glavović, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dethroned Miss Earth 2002)

"To me, the sunrise and the sunset are very important. But I must say, the sunrise is more important. I look forward to a brighter day. A day when all of us will put our hands together to fight against all our environmental problems and to live a better lives. Therefore, I believe all of us would like our children to have a better day. A day which they can breathe fresh air and drink fresh water and live a happy life." - Winnie Adah Omwakwe, represented Kenya (Succeeded Miss Kenya as Miss Earth 2002).^[11]

Delegates

List of countries and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2002:^[12]

Albania - Anjeza Maja  Argentina - Mercedes Apuzzo  Australia - Ineke Candice Leffers  Barbados - Ramona Ramjit  Belgium - Stéphanie Moreel  Bolivia - Susana Valeria Vaca Díez  Bosnia and Herzegovina - Džejla Glavović  Canada - Melanie Grace Bennett  Chile - Nazhla Sofía Abad González  China - Zhang Mei  Colombia - Diana Patricia Botero Ibarra  Costa Rica - María del Mar Ruiz Carballo  Czech Republic - Apolena Tůmová  Denmark - Julie Kristen Villumsen  Dominican Republic - Yilda Santana Subervi  Egypt - Ines Gohar  El Salvador - Elisa Sandoval Rodríguez  Estonia - Merilin Malmet  Finland - Elina Hurve  Germany - Miriam Thiele  Ghana - Beverly Asamoah Jecty'  Gibraltar - Charlene Gaiviso  Great Britain - Louise Glover  Greece - Juliana Patricia Drossou  Guatemala - Florecita de Jesús Cobián Azurdia  Honduras - Leslie Paredes Barahona  Hungary - Szilvia Toth

India - Reshmi Ghosh  Kenya - Winnie Adah Omwakwe  Korea - Lee Jin-ah Kosovo - Mirjeta Zeka  Lebanon - Raghida Antoun Farah  Malaysia - Pamela Ramachandran  Mexico - Libna Viruega Roldán  Nepal - Nira Gautam  Nicaragua - Yahoska Maria Cerda Urbina  Nigeria - Vanessa Ibiene Ekeke  Norway - Linn Naimak Olaisen  Panama - Carolina Lilibeth Miranda Samudio  Paraguay - Adriana Raquel Baum Ramos  Peru - Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos Cano  Philippines - April Rose Lim Perez  Poland - Agnieszka Portka  Puerto Rico - Deidre Rodríguez  Singapore - Gayathri Unnijkrishan  Spain - Cristina Carpintero  Switzerland - Jade Chang  Tanzania - Tausi Abdalla  Thailand - Lalita Apaiwong  Uganda - Martha Semegura Nambajjwe  United States - Casey Marie Burns  Venezuela - Dagmar Catalina Votterl Peláez  Yugoslavia - Sladjana Bozovic

External links

• Miss Earth official website
• Miss Earth Foundation
• Miss Earth Foundation Kids' I Love My Planet
• Nazhla Abad, Miss Earth Chile 2002

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