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Miss Earth 2007
Miss Earth 2007 court (Water, Earth, Air and Fire)Date November 11, 2007 Presenters Utt Panichkul, Priscilla Meirelles, and Ginger Conejero Entertainment Richard Poon Venue UP Theater, Quezon City, Philippines Broadcaster ABS-CBN, Star World, The Filipino Channel Entrants 88 Placements 16 Winner Jessica Trisko
CanadaMiss Earth 2007, the seventh Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 11, 2007 at the UP Theater in Quezon City, Philippines. The delegates also visited Nha Trang, Vietnam. 88 delegates competed for the title, making 2007 the largest edition of delegates for Miss Earth. The pageant was hosted by MTV Asia VJ Greg Uttsada Panichkul, Priscilla Meirelles and Ginger Conejero. Miss Earth 2006, Hil Hernández from Chile, crowned her successor Jessica Trisko from Canada.[1]
Pooja Chitgopekar from India won her second consecutive Miss Earth-Air title. Silvana Santaella from Venezuela was proclaimed Miss Earth-Water. She also won two special awards: Best in Swimsuit and Best in Long Gown. [2][3] Ángela Gómez from Spain finished fourth as Miss Earth-Fire. Bokang Montjane from South Africa made the top 16 semifinalist and received the Beauty for a Cause award. Montjane became the second winner of this award, after Vida Samadzai from Afghanistan won the first Beauty For a Cause award in 2003.
Contents
Results
Placements
The following special awards were officially awarded during the grand coronation night:
Final Results Contestant Miss Earth 2007 Miss Air (1st Runner-up) Miss Water (2nd Runner-up) Miss Fire (3rd Runner-up) Finalists - Georgia - Nanka Mamasakhlisi
- Peru - Odilia García
- Switzerland - Stefanie Gossweiler
- Thailand - Jiraporn Sing-ieam
Semi-finalists - Czech Republic - Eva Čerešňáková
- Dominican Republic - Themys Febriel
- Lebanon - Amale Al-Khoder
- Martinique - Élodie Delor
- Nigeria - Stacey Garvey
- Romania - Alina Gheorge
- South Africa - Bokang Montjane
- Sweden - Ivana Gagula
Special awards
The following special awards were officially awarded during the grand coronation night:
Award(s) Contestant Beauty For A Cause - South Africa - Bokang Montjane
Best in National Costume - Thailand - Jiraporn Sing-ieam
Best in Swimsuit - Venezuela - Silvana Santaella
Best in Long Gown - Venezuela - Silvana Santaella
Miss Friendship - Lebanon - Amale Al-Khoder
Miss Photogenic - Philippines - Jeanne Angeles Harn
Miss Talent - Lithuania - Monica Baliunaite
Winning answer
Final Question in Miss Earth 2007: "How would you describe the beauty of Mother Earth to a blind child?"
Answer of Miss Earth 2007: "I would say that the beauty of Mother Nature smells as sweet as the sweetest rose... that the beauty of Mother Nature feels as soft as the softest leaves... and, that the beauty of Mother Nature sings like the birds in the trees." - Jessica Trisko, represented Canada[4]
Hosts
Host Details Greg Uttsada Panichkul Main Host Priscilla Meirelles Anchorperson, Miss Earth 2004 Ginger Conejero Color Commentator, Miss Philippines-Air 2006 Judges
No. Judge Background 1 Andrea Mastellone General Manager, Traders Hotel Manila 2 Nguyễn Công Khế Editor-in-Chief, Thanh Nien News 3 Jose Ramon Olives Head, Cable Channels, ABS-CBN 4 Arch. Nestor Mangio Chairman Clark International Airport Corporation 5 Hong Jin Regional Manager, Korean Air 6 Crystal Jacinto Honorable Chairwoman, Kalikasan Fun Bike and President of the Philippines Foundation for Tomorrow's Good Children Inc. 7 General Manuel Roxas PAGCOR 8 Tiziano Ceccarani Head, OE Mergers and Acquisitions 9 Dawn Zulueta Award-winning Movie and TV actress 10 Purissima Benitez Jahannot Deputy Director and Chief Curator Historical Significance
- Canada placed for the first time and won the Miss Earth title.
- Georgia, Lebanon, Nigeria, Romania, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland placed for the first time.
- Martinique, Peru and Thailand last placed in 2004.
- Dominican Republic last placed in 2005.
- Philippines missed its first ever cut in the pageant history.
- India also won miss earth air 2006.
- Bahamas, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Slovak Republic, St. Lucia, and USA placed last year, but missed the semi-finals this year.
- Czech Republic, India, Spain, and Venezuela also made into the semi-finals in 2006.
Delegates
List of countries and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2007:[5]
- Albania - Shpresa Vitia
- Argentina - María Antonella Tognolla
- Australia - Victoria Louise Stewart
- Bahamas - Sharon Eula Rolle
- Belgium - Melissa Cardaci
- Belize - Leilah Pandy
- Bolivia - Carla Loreto Fuentes Rivero
- Bosnia & Herzegovina - Dzenita Dumpor
- Botswana - Millicent Ollyn
- Brazil - Patrícia Andrade
- Cameroon - Pauline Marcelle Kack
- Canada - Jessica Trisko
- China - Yu Peipei
- Colombia - Mileth Johana Agámez
- Costa Rica - Natalia Salas Mattey
- Cuba - Ariana Barouk
- Czech Republic - Eva Čerešňáková
- Denmark - Trine Lundgaard Nielsen
- Dominican Republic - Themys Febriel
- Ecuador - Verónica Ochoa Crespo
- El Salvador - Julia Ayala
- England - Clair Cooper
- Ethiopia - Nardos Tafese
- Fiji - Minal Maneesha Ali
- Finland - Anna Pohtimo
- France - Alexandra Gaguen
- Georgia - Nanka Mamasakhlisi
- Germany - Sinem Ramazanoglu
- Ghana - Diana Naa Blankson
- Guadeloupe - Virgine Mulia
- Guatemala - Jessica María Scheel
- Hong Kong - Fan Miao-Meng
- Iceland - Katrín Dögg Sigurdardóttir
- India - Pooja Chitgopekar
- Indonesia - Artri Sulistyowati
- Israel - Mor Donay
- Italy - Bernadette Mazzù
- Japan - Ryoko Tominaga
- Kazakhstan - Zhazira Nurkhodjaeva
- Kenya - Volen Auma Owenga
- Korea - Yoo Ji-eun
- Latvia - Ilze Jankovska
- Lebanon - Amale Al-Khoder
- Liberia - Telena Cassell
- Lithuania - Monika Baliunaite
- Macau - Zhang Xiao-Yu
- Malaysia - Dorkas Cheok
- Martinique - Élodie Delor
- Mexico - María Fernanda Cánovas
- Nepal - Bandana Sharma
- Netherlands - Milou Verhoeks
- New Zealand - Claire Kirby
- Nicaragua - Iva Grijalva Pashova
- Nigeria - Stacey Garvey
- Niue - Shevalyn Maika
- Northern Ireland - Aine Gormley
- Norway - Margaret Paulin Hauge
- Paraguay - Griselda Quevedo
- Peru - Odilia García
- Philippines - Jeanne Angeles Harn
- Poland - Barbara Tatara
- Republic of the Congo - Maurielle Massamba
- Romania - Alina Gheorge
- Sierra Leone - Theresa Turay
- Singapore - Chen Nicole Lin
- Slovak Republic - Barbora Palovičová
- Slovenia - Tanja Trobec
- South Africa - Bokang Montjane
- Spain - Ángela Gómez
- St. Lucia - Oneka McKoy
- Suriname - Safyra Duurham
- Sweden - Ivana Gagula
- Switzerland - Stefanie Gossweiler
- Chinese Taipei - Sonya Lee
- Tanzania - Angel Kileo
- Thailand - Jiraporn Sing-ieam
- Tibet - Tenzin Dolma
- Trinidad & Tobago - Carleen Ramlochansingh
- Turks & Caicos - Tameka Deveaux
- Uganda - Hellen Karungi
- Ukraine - Galyna Andreeva
- USA - Lisa Forbes
- U.S. Virgin Islands - Je T'aime Cerge
- Venezuela - Silvana Santaella
- Vietnam - Trương Tri Trúc Diễm
- Wales - Sarah Fleming
- Zambia - Sphiwe Benasho
- Zimbabwe - Nyome Omar
National pageant notes
Debuts
Returning countries and territories
Year last
competedCountry/Territory 2001 Kazhakstan 2002 Uganda 2003 Slovenia 2004 Trinidad and Tobago 2005 Cameroon, Colombia, Hong Kong, Israel, Latvia, Macau, Niue, Zambia Withdraws
- Puerto Rico
- Russia
- Samoa
- Serbia & Montenegro(no longer exist)
- Tahiti
Contestant notes
- Tanzania's Kelly Kampton was replaced by Angel Kileo. Kileo also competed in Miss International 2006 held in both Tokyo, Japan and Beijing, China, but she was unplaced.
- Miss Earth 2007, Jessica Trisko who represented Canada, has Russian, Ukrainian and Filipino descent. Prior to the pageant she competed at Miss Universe Canada 2007, where she made it as one of the top 10 finalists.
- Trine Lundgaard Nielsen (Denmark) also competed in Miss World 2005 held in Sanya, People's Republic of China, but she was unplaced.
- Sarah Fleming (Wales) also competed in Miss World 2006 held in Warsaw, Poland, but she was unplaced.
- Je T'aime Cerge (US Virgin Islands) also competed in Miss Universe 2006 held in Los Angeles, USA, but she was unplaced.
- Barbara Tatara (Poland) competed in Miss Universe 2008, but she was unplaced.
- Leilah Pandy (Belize) also competed in Miss Universe 2004 held in Quito, Ecuador.
- Prior to the Miss Earth 2007 pageant, the representatives of Fiji, France and Niue also competed in Miss Tourism Queen International 2007 held in Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China.[6]
- Clair Cooper (England) represented Great Britain at the Miss Universe 2009 contest.
- Jessica Scheel represented Guatemala at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant and placed as one of the top 10.
- Bokang Montjane represented South Africa at the 2011 Miss Universe and Miss World. She was one of Top 7 finalist in Miss World 2011 and became the second woman competed at 4 big pageants in the system of grandslam after Cynthia Kanema of Zambia.
- Claire Kirby (New Zealand) & Trương Tri Trúc Diễm (Vietnam) both later competed at Miss International 2011 but only Trương Tri Trúc Diễm placed in semifinalist
References
- ^ Philippine Entertainment Portal | News | Fil-Canadian Jessica Nicole Trisko crowned Ms. Earth 2007
- ^ Pageant Almanac • Miss Earth • Semi-Finalists
- ^ Pageant Almanac • Miss Earth • Award Winners
- ^ http://missosology.org/Miss_Earth/2007/videos.php?page=11
- ^ Soul, John (2007-11-11). "Miss Earth 2007". Woman of the Earth News. http://womanoftheearth.tv/essentials/2007.html. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- ^ Contestants in Miss Tourism Queen International 2007
External links
Miss Earth Organizer • Foundation • Titleholders • Award winners • Editions
Runners-Up and Finalists • Hosts and invited guests • Countries • RankingsCategories:- Miss Earth
- 2007 in the Philippines
- 2007 in Vietnam
- 2007 beauty pageants
- Beauty pageants in the Philippines
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