Miss Earth Mexico
Encyclopedia
Miss Earth México is an annual beauty pageant in Mexico. The winner of Miss Earth Mexico obtains the right to represent the country in the Miss Earth
pageant, the third most important beauty festival in the world, where the goal is to promote environmental protection
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Miss Earth México, based in Mérida
, Yucatán
, is organized by its national director Paul Marsell. The pageant was established in order to elect Mexico's representative in the annual Miss Earth
pageant and to promote environmental awareness and protection
.
Miss Earth Mexico was founded in 2002, but the first national contest was not held until 2007. Titleholders prior to 2007 were chosen by the organizers in a private selection process.
Mexico was first represented in Miss Earth 2002
by Libna Viruega Roldán from Distrito Federal, who was the first titleholder of Miss Earth Mexico.
In 2008, Abigail Elizalde Romo, Miss Earth Mexico 2008, advanced in the semifinal and final round for the first time for Mexico at the Miss Earth pageant and eventually won the Miss Water, one of the elemental crowns, in the Miss Earth 2008
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Miss Earth
Miss Earth is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. Miss Earth is also one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world....
pageant, the third most important beauty festival in the world, where the goal is to promote environmental protection
Environmental protection
Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the environment, on individual, organizational or governmental level, for the benefit of the natural environment and humans. Due to the pressures of population and our technology the biophysical environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently...
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History
Mérida, Yucatán
Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about from the Gulf of Mexico coast...
, Yucatán
Yucatán
Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....
, is organized by its national director Paul Marsell. The pageant was established in order to elect Mexico's representative in the annual Miss Earth
Miss Earth
Miss Earth is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. Miss Earth is also one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world....
pageant and to promote environmental awareness and protection
Environmental protection
Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the environment, on individual, organizational or governmental level, for the benefit of the natural environment and humans. Due to the pressures of population and our technology the biophysical environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently...
.
Miss Earth Mexico was founded in 2002, but the first national contest was not held until 2007. Titleholders prior to 2007 were chosen by the organizers in a private selection process.
Mexico was first represented in Miss Earth 2002
Miss Earth 2002
Miss Earth 2002, the second edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held in Quezon City, Philippines on October 29, 2002. 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...
by Libna Viruega Roldán from Distrito Federal, who was the first titleholder of Miss Earth Mexico.
In 2008, Abigail Elizalde Romo, Miss Earth Mexico 2008, advanced in the semifinal and final round for the first time for Mexico at the Miss Earth pageant and eventually won the Miss Water, one of the elemental crowns, in the Miss Earth 2008
Miss Earth 2008
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. Eighty-five delegates arrived from October 19, 2008 in the Philippines...
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Titleholders
Below are the names of the annual titleholders of Miss Earth Mexico, listed in ascending order and according to the year in which they participated in Miss Earth, the states they represented during their national crowning or assignment and their final placement in the aforementioned international pageant after their participation.| Year | Titleholder | State | Placement |
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| 2011 Miss Earth Mexico 2011 Miss Earth México 2011, the 10th annual national beauty pageant of Miss Earth México, was held on September 17, 2011 in Quintana Roo, Municipality of Othon P. Blanco... |
Casandra Ananké Becerra Vázquez | Distrito Federal Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... |
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| 2010 Miss Earth México 2010 The Miss Earth México 2010, the ninth edition of the pageant, was held at the Yucatán Siglo XXI Convention Centre in Mérida, Yucatán, México on September 17, 2010. Thirty-two delegates competed for the national title, which was won by Claudia Mollinedo from Tabasco... |
Claudia López Mollinedo | Tabasco Tabasco Tabasco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa.... |
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| 2009 | Natalia Quiñones Pérez | Jalisco Jalisco Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states... |
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| 2008 | Abigail Elizalde Romo | Coahuila Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico... |
2nd Runner-up (Miss Water) |
| 2007 | María Fernanda Cánovas Leal | Tamaulipas Tamaulipas Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the... |
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| 2006 | Alina García Valdez | Yucatán Yucatán Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida.... |
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| 2005 | Lorena Jaime Hochstrasser | Yucatán Yucatán Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida.... |
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| 2004 | Valentina Cervera Avila | Yucatán Yucatán Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida.... |
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| 2003 | Lorena Irene Velarde Briceño | Jalisco Jalisco Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states... |
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| 2002 | Libna Viruega Roldán | Distrito Federal |
Notable candidate
- Perla Beltrán won second place (Miss Earth México Air 2007) in Miss Earth México 2007. Later, she competed in Nuestra Belleza Sinaloa where she won second place; she was later designated to compete in Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2008Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2008The 15th annual Nuestra Belleza México pageant, was held at the Arena Monterrey of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico on September 20, 2008. Thirty-three contestants competed for the national title, which was won by Karla Carrillo of Jalisco, who later competed in Miss Universe 2009. Carrillo was...
where she also got second place and the right to represent Mexico in Miss World 2009Miss World 2009Miss World 2009, the 59th Miss World pageant, was held on December 12, 2009 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. 112 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the pageant's history...
, where she won the second place (Miss World first runner up) in the pageant and the title of Miss World Americas and Miss World Top ModelMiss World Top ModelThe Miss World Top Model is a modeling fast track competition at the Miss World Pageant. The competition was first held in 2004, but not in 2005-2006. It's been held from 2007 onwards. The winner of the competition automatically makes it into the semifinals....
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