Miss Earth 2008

Miss Earth 2008
Date	November 9, 2008
Presenters	Billy Crawford, Priscilla Meirelles, Riza Santos
Venue	Clark Expo Amphitheater, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines
Broadcaster	ABS-CBN, Studio 23, The Filipino Channel
Entrants	85
Placements	16
Debuts	Bhutan, D.R. Congo, Guam, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Malta, Rwanda, Scotland, Serbia, South Sudan
Withdraws	Belize, Cameroon, Denmark, Fiji, Guatemala, Iceland, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Nepal, Niue, Norway, Paraguay, Sierra Leone, St. Lucia, Tibet, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Returns	Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Jamaica, Kosovo, Pakistan, Panama, Russia, Tahiti, Turkey
Winner	Karla Henry  Philippines

Miss Earth 2008, the 8th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 9, 2008 at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines.^[1][2] Eighty-five delegates arrived from October 19, 2008 in the Philippines. The pageant was broadcast live via ABS-CBN and coverage since on Studio 23 in the Philippines and to many countries worldwide via Star World, The Filipino Channel and other partner networks.^[3]

At the conclusion of the final night of the competition, outgoing titleholder Miss Earth 2007, Jessica Trisko from Canada crowned her successor Karla Henry from the Philippines.^[4] The pageant was hosted by Billy Crawford, international singer and actor from the film Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist,^[5] Miss Earth 2004 winner Priscilla Meirelles, and Miss Earth Canada 2006 Riza Santos.^[6][7]

Results

The following is the list of the results of Miss Earth 2008:^[8]

Countries and territories that sent delegates and results.

Placements

Miss Earth 2008, Karla Henry

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Earth 2008	Philippines - Karla Paula Henry
Miss Air (1st Runner-up)	Tanzania - Miriam Odemba
Miss Water (2nd Runner-up)	Mexico - Abigail Elizalde
Miss Fire (3rd Runner-up)	Brazil - Tatiane Alves
Finalists	Colombia - Mariana Rodriguez  Spain - Adriana Reverón  Switzerland - Nasanin Nuri  Venezuela - Daniela Torrealba
Semi-finalists	Czech Republic - Hana Svobodová  Korea - Seo Seol-hee  Nigeria - Uko Ezinne  Poland - Karolina Filipkowska  Romania - Ruxandra Popa  Russia - Anna Mezentseva  Thailand - Piyaporn Deejing  USA - Jana Murrell

Special awards

The following special awards were officially awarded during the grand coronation night:^[9]

Special Award Country Contestant Best in National Costume  Panama Shassia Ubillús Best in Swimsuit  Mexico Abigail Elizalde Best in Long Gown  Venezuela Daniela Torrealba Miss Friendship  Ecuador Andrea Leon Janzso Miss Photogenic  Philippines Karla Henry Miss Earth Designers Award  Philippines Karla Henry Miss Talent  Australia Rachael Margot Smith Winning answer Final Question in Miss Earth 2008: "If you have the chance to speak to the newly-elected US President Barack Obama about the state of the global environment, what would you tell him?"[10] Answer of Miss Earth 2008: "What I would tell to the newly elected president of the United States, being one of the most powerful countries in the world, I would encourage him to implement environmental knowledge in the curriculum of all schools whether in the United States or in the Philippines. Environmental knowledge is something that all of us must share, but most importantly we must teach the youth that this is something that we should instill in them so that in the near future they will be the ones to take care of our mother Earth." - Karla Henry, represented Philippines[10][11] Historical significance The number of participants who competed for Miss Earth 2008 decreased for the first time in the pageant history, breaking 7-year streak of participation increase from 2001 to 2007. However, Miss Earth 2008 edition remained to be the second highest turn out of delegates after 2007.[12] For the first time in any pageants, the Miss Earth Press Presentation was held later in the middle of pageant activities instead of around the first week.[12] The Republic of Kosovo has sent its national beauty pageant winner for the first time in any of the major international pageants, after the Assembly of Kosovo declared independence in February 2008. Kosovo also participated in the Miss Universe 2008, but its representative was appointed by the franchise holder. Kosovo also participated in Miss Earth 2002 and 2003 as a territory prior to its declaration of independence.[12] The sight of seeing the two Congos competing together for the first time in a Major Four pageant. The bigger one is Democratic Republic of Congo with Kinshasa as its capital which from 1971–1996 was actually named Zaire, and the smaller one is the Republic of Congo with Brazzaville as its capital.[12] Philippines won its first ever Miss Earth and became the first winner from the Asian region.[13] Venezuela won Best in Long Gown award for the second time.[13] For the first time, Mexico won Best in Swimsuit.[13] Panama won Best in National Costume award for the second time.[13] Philippines won Miss Photogenic award for the third time.[13] Philippines is the second Miss Photogenic Winner to win Miss Earth after Priscilla Meirelles won in 2004.[13] This year, all four constituent countries of the United Kingdom are represented.[13] The welcome debut of Bhutan and Rwanda in the Big Four pageants. Tanzania had the strongest finish as Miss Earth-Air or 1st runner-up since Rehema Sudi placed as a Top 16 semifinalist in 2005.[13] Philippines won five special major and minor awards: Miss Earth Designers Award, Miss Photogenic, Eagle Express Award, Miss Fontana, Pasigandahan Awards (for Manila). Currently, she's the only winner who received the most awards in the history of Miss Earth pageant. Czech Republic and Venezuela placed for the fourth consecutive year.[13] Czech Republic, Nigeria, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and Venezuela were also called out for the finals last year.[13] Korea, Russia and Tanzania last placed in 2005 while Philippines, Poland and USA last made the cut in 2006.[13] Countries that got called out to the semi-finals after a long period without placement were: Colombia (6 years) and Brazil (4 years).[13] Mexico made the first cut of contestant for the first time in Miss Earth history.[13] Judges No. Judge Background 1 Lourdes Atienza Philanthropist and Beauty queen 2 Stephan Elsner Fashion designer (Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bonprix Italia) 3 Tom Hansen Environmentalist 4 Hong Jin Regional Director, Korean Air 5 Philip Lo Director 6 Lisa Macuja-Elizalde Prima Ballerina (Founder of Ballet Manila) 7 Andrea Mastellone General manager, Traders Hotel Manila 8 Rizalino Navarro Chaiman of Clark Development Corporation 9 Samuel West Stewart Environmentalist (President of Philippines Bio Sciences Company Inc.) 10 Leo Valdez Singer/International musical theatre actor 11 Ping Valencia Image consultant/former top fashion model Background music Opening Number: Yves Larock - Rise Up and Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up Swimsuit Competition: Enur feat. Natasha - Calabria Evening Gown Competition: Coldplay - Viva la Vida Contestants Country Contestant Age Height Hometown  Albania Rudina Suti[14] 23 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Gjirokastër  Argentina Camila Solórzano[15] 18 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Tucumán  Australia Rachael Margot Smith[16][17][18] 23 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Perth  Bahamas Garnell Storr[19] 25 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Mushca Cay  Belgium Debby Gommeren[20][21] 20 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Antwerp  Bhutan Tsokye Karchung[22][23] 24 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Thimphu  Bolivia Carolina Urquiola[24] 23 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) La Paz  Bosnia & Herzegovina Alisa Zlatarevic[25] 20 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Sarajevo  Botswana Nametso Ngwako[26] 19 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Serowe  Brazil Tatiane Alves[27][28] 24 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Conselheiro Lafaiete  Canada Denise Garrido[29][30] 21 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Bradford  China Zhou Yingkun[31][32] 22 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Shandong  Colombia Mariana Rodríguez[33] 20 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Cali  Costa Rica Wendy Cordero[34] 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Cartago  Cuba Jessica Silva[35] 18 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Camagüey  Congo, DRO Olga Yumba[36] 21 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Kasai-Oriental  Congo, RO Katissia Kouta[37] 23 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Brazzaville  Czech Republic Hana Svobodová[38][39] 19 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Zadní Zhořec na Vysočině  Dominican Republic Diana González Flores[40][41] 18 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) San Francisco de Macorís  Ecuador Andrea Carolina León[42][43] 20 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Machala  El Salvador Teresita Gómez[44][45] 23 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) San Salvador  England Caroline Duffy[46][47][48] 21 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) York  Ethiopia Kidan Tesfahun[49] 24 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Addis Ababa  Finland Minna Nikkila[50] 21 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Tampere  France Charlotte Lagauzere[51][52][53] 24 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Bayonne  Georgia Sopiko Svimonishvili[54] 20 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Rustavi  Germany Dayana Schult[55][56] 18 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Schwerin  Ghana Sara Adoley Addo[57] 24 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Accra  Greece Ria Antoniou[58][59] 19 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Athens  Guadeloupe Jennifer Desbouiges[60] 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Basse-Terre  Guam Jennifer Neves[61] 26 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Hagatña  Honduras Kenia Andrade[62][63][64] 22 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Atlántida  Hungary Krisztina Polgár[65] 21 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Törökszentmiklós  India Tanvi Vyas[66][67] 22 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Vadodara  Indonesia Hedhy Kurniati[68][69] 22 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Jakarta  Israel Lin Mor[70] 18 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Tel Aviv  Italy Caterina Pasquale[71][72] 24 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Crotone  Jamaica Simone Burke[73][74] 21 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) St. Andrew  Japan Akemi Fukumura[75][76] 26 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Tokyo  Korea Seo Seol-hee[77][78][79] 19 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Daegu  Kosovo Yllka Berisha[80][81] 20 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Pristina  Latvia Anita Baltruna[82] 25 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Jelgava  Lebanon Pamela Saade[83] 25 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Beirut  Liberia Marit Woods[84][85] 21 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Monrovia  Lithuania Ingrida Kazlauskaite[86][87] 24 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Kaunas  Luxembourg Nadia Neves Pereira[88] 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Luxembourg  Macau Qian Wei-Na[89] 22 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Macau  Malaysia Audrey Ng[90] 23 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Perak  Malta Maria Galea[91] 18 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Valetta  Martinique Frédérique Violene Grainville[92] 18 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Fort-de-France  Mexico Abigail Elizalde[93][94][95] 23 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Torreón  Netherlands Melanie de Laat[96][97] 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Utrecht  New Zealand Rachel Crofts[98][99] 20 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Manawatu  Nicaragua Thelma Rodríguez[100][101][102] 19 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Chinandega  Nigeria Uko Ezinne[103][104][105] 22 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Lagos  Northern Ireland Gemma Walker[106][107] 23 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Slievemore  Pakistan Nosheen Idrees[108][109][110] 22 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Jhelum  Panama Shassia Ubillús[111][112][113] 25 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Panama City  Peru Giuliana Zevallos[114][115][116] 20 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Loreto  Philippines Karla Henry[117][118] 21 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Cebu City  Poland Karolina Filipkowska[119][120] 20 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Łódź  Romania Ruxandra Popa[121] 21 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Abrud  Russia Anna Mezentseva[122][123] 23 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Moscow  Rwanda Cynthia Akazuba[124] 18 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Kigali  Scotland Courtney St. John[125][126][127] 22 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Glasgow  Serbia Bojana Traljic[128][129] 18 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Subotica  Singapore Ivy Leow Kian Peng[130][131][132] 25 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Singapore  Slovak Republic Martina Tóthová[133][134] 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Piešťany  Slovenia Sara Frančeškin[135][136][137] 18 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Ljubljana  South Africa Matapa Maila[138][139][140] 23 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Limpopo  South Sudan Nok Nora Duany[141] 18 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Juba  Spain Adriana Reverón[142][143][144] 23 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Tenerife  Suriname Priscilla Yhap[145] 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Paramaribo  Sweden Fanny Blomé[146][147] 18 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Norrköping  Switzerland Nasanin Nuri[148][149][150] 21 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Teheran  Tahiti Vahinetua Flaccadori[151][152] 19 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Papeete  Chinese Taipei Tsai Yin-Yin[153] 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Taipei  Tanzania Miriam Odemba[154][155][156] 25 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Arusha  Thailand Piyaporn Deejing[157][158] 19 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Nakhon Ratchasima  Turkey Demet Karadeniz[159][160] 25 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Ankara  Turks & Caicos Sessily Pratt[161] 18 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Providenciales  Uganda Daisy Nabagereka[162][163][164] 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Kampala  USA Jana Murrell[165][166] 26 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Omaha  Venezuela Daniela Torrealba[167][168][169] 19 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) San Cristóbal  Wales Jamie Lee Williams[170][171] 22 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Powys Preliminary events Beauties for a Cause The delegates of Miss Earth 2008 explored the different islands of the Philippines with the theme "Green Lifestyle" and promoted the use of recyclable materials as part of our collective lifestyle.[172] In addition, they engaged on different environmental activities including the planting of trees in the provinces of Albay, Batangas, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Palawan,and Rizal. They also had school tours in Taytay, Rizal, and Metro Manila and taught the children the importance of protecting the environment.[173] Long gown Miss Venezuela, Daniela Torrealba was named Best in Long Gown at the competition held at the PAGCOR, Grand Theatre in Paranaque on November 3, 2008.[173] Swimsuit On October 25, 2008, the delegates were divided into three groups which simultaneously competed in the swimsuit preliminary competition in three different locations: Sabang Beach Resort, Puerto Princessa, Palawan; Golden Sunset, Calatagan, Batangas; and, Manila, Philippines. The 15 finalists in each group then competed in the Final Swimsuit Competition held on November 2 at the Fontana Leisure Park in the Clark Freeport Zone, Angeles City, Pampanga. Abigail Elizalde of Mexico emerged as the winner of the Best in Swimsuit.[173] National costume The National Costume competition of Miss Earth 2008 was held on October 28, 2008 at the PAGCOR Grand Theatre in Paranaque City. And again minor/sponsor awards were also given at that night.[173] All of 85 candidates participated in the competition, with Miss Panama winning the coveted Best in National Costume award. Miss Philippines, Karla Henry was unanimously chosen by the members of the press as Miss Photogenic. Minor/sponsor awards were also given at that night.[173] TV shows The girls had their TV guesting on the different shows of ABS-CBN, the official media partner of Carousel Production for Miss Earth 2008. They had gone to Wowowee, ASAP, Deal or No Deal, and The Singing Bee.[173] Mall tours The delegates also had their mall tours and fashion shows in all Robinsons Malls nationwide in order to promote its cause which is to promote the protection of our environment.[173] National pageant notes Debuts  Bhutan  D.R. Congo  Guam  Luxembourg  Malta  Rwanda  Scotland  Serbia  South Sudan Withdraws  Belize  Cameroon  Denmark  Fiji  Guatemala  Hong Kong  Iceland  Kazakhstan  Kenya  Nepal  Niue  Norway  Paraguay  Sierra Leone  St. Lucia  Tibet  Trinidad & Tobago  Ukraine  U.S. Virgin Islands  Vietnam  Zambia  Zimbabwe Returning countries and territories Year last competed Country/Territory 2001 Turkey 2003 Hungary, Kosovo 2005 Jamaica 2006 Greece, Honduras, Pakistan, Panama, Russia, Tahiti Contestant notes Harshita Saxena surrendered her Miss India Earth title, paving way for Tanvi Vyas, who became Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth 2008. Tanvi represented India in Miss Earth. Harshita Saxena, who was the original winner, landed in trouble for breaching contract with her previous modeling agency Gladrags. Gladrags President Maureen Wadia claimed that Harshita had no authority to participate in any other beauty contest, without permission.[174][175] Debby Gommeren was a replacement of Barbara van den Bussche, the original winner for an unknown reason. Wendy Cordero (Costa Rica) previously competed at Miss World 2007 and Miss Continente Americano 2008 but did not place. Thelma Rodríguez (Nicaragua) previously competed at Miss Universe 2008 but did not place. Daniela Torrealba (Venezuela) represented Trujillo state in the Miss Venezuela 2006 pageant but did not place. Akemi Fukumura (Japan) replaced Mayu Kato, the original contestant for unknown reason. Fukumura won 4th runner-up at the Miss Tourism Queen International 2008. Kidan Tesfahun (Ethiopia) also competed at the same pageant in China. Shassia Ubillus (Panama) will soon compete in "Miss Caraibes Hibiscus". Karla Paula Henry (Philippines) gained too much weight during her reign, which concerned a lot of pageant fans. Her farewell walk a year later showed a lot of unwanted fat, and it earlier prevented her from wearing a swimsuit at the opening segment. Denise Garrido (Canada) later competed at Miss Latin America 2009 where she placed third runner-up to Johanna Solano of Costa Rica and competd and win at Miss World Canada 2010 and competed at Miss World 2010 where she was a semi-finalist. Giuliana Zevallos (Peru) would become Miss Continente Americano 2010. She also competed in Miss Universe 2010. Adriana Reverón (Spain) was a contestant in Miss Universe 2010. Piyaporn Deejing (Thailand) later competed at Miss International 2010 where she placed first runner-up. Images Karla Henry Miss Earth 2008 Miriam Odemba Miss Air 2008 Abigail Elizalde Miss Water 2008 Tatiane Alves Miss Fire 2008 Adriana Reverón Spain Mariana Rodríguez Colombia Ria Antoniou Greece Ruxandra Popa Romania Piyaporn Deejing Thailand Yllka Berisha Kosovo Vahinetua Flaccadori Tahiti María Daniela Torrealba Venezuela Giuliana Zevallos Peru Sopiko Svimonishvili Georgia Wendy Cordero Costa Rica Charlotte Lagauzere France Rachel Crofts New Zealand Katissia Kouta Congo Republic Anna Mezentsewa Russia Demet Karadeniz and Sara Frančeškin Turkey and Slovenia Nicaragua and Bosnia & Herzegovina Miss Earth 2008 contestants showing their environmental banners France, Georgia and Germany All Contestants References ^ Favila, Aaron (September 16, 2008). "Filipinas recebem concurso da Miss Terra 2008". The Associated Press and Globo. http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Mundo/0,,MUL761373-5602,00-FILIPINAS+RECEBEM+CONCURSO+DA+MISS+TERRA.html. 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