Miss Earth 2015

Miss Earth 2015
Angelia Ong, Miss Earth 2015
Date	5 December 2015
Presenters	Joey Mead-King, Oli Pettigrew, Katia Wagner[1][2][3]
Entertainment	Eric Papilaya
Venue	Marx Halle, Vienna, Austria[4]
Broadcaster	Puls 4, Star World, ABS-CBN, Venevisión, Rappler, ProSiebenSat.1 Media, Fox International Channels, FashionTV
Entrants	86[5]
Placements	16
Winner	Angelia Ong  Philippines
Congeniality	Guam Skye Celina Baker 'Réunion Island Jade Seyne  Singapore Tiara hadi
Photogenic	Bayartsetseg Altangerel  Mongolia

Miss Earth 2015, the 15th Miss Earth pageant, was held on 5 December 2015 at Marx Halle in Vienna, Austria.^[6] It was the first time the pageant was held in Europe and outside of Asia. It was also the first back to back victories in Miss Earth history: Angelia Ong of the Philippines crowned by her compatriot Jamie Herrell .

Australia got its highest placement to date through Dayanna Grageda's finish as Miss Earth-Air 2015 where she was crowned by Andrea Neu, Miss Earth-Air 2014 from USA; Brittany Payne of USA was crowned Miss Earth-Water 2015, and Thiessa Sickert of Brazil was crowned as Miss Earth-Fire 2015 and she was crowned by Anastasia Trusova, Miss Earth-Fire 2014 from Russia.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

The theme of the pageant was for the promotion of environmental awareness by focusing on the Climate Change campaign thru the 5R’s: Re-think, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle and Respect.^[12]

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Earth 2015	Philippines – Angelia Ong [13][14]
Miss Earth – Air 2015	Australia – Dayanna Grageda [13][14]
Miss Earth – Water 2015	USA – Brittany Payne [13][14]
Miss Earth – Fire 2015	Brazil – Thiessa Sickert [13][14]
Top 8	Austria – Sophie Totzauer[13]  Chile – Natividad Leiva[13]  Colombia – Estefania Muñoz Jaramillo[13]  Venezuela – Andrea Rosales Castillejos[13]
Top 16	Czech Republic – Karolina Malisova[13]  France – Allysa Wurtz[13]  Guam – Skye Celine Baker[13]  Hungary – Dorina Agnes Lepp[13]  Mauritius – Katia Moochooram[13]  Mongolia – Bayartsetseg Altangerel[13]  Scotland – Amy Meisak[13]  Ukraine – Viktoriya Orel[13]

Contestants

86 delegates competed for the Miss Earth crown for 2015.^[15][16][17]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Argentina	Julieta Fernandez[18]	23	Tucumán
Armenia	Lilit Martirosyan[19]	26	Yerevan
Aruba	Kimberly Wever[16]	21	San Nicolaas
Australia	Dayanna Grageda[13]	25	Sydney
Austria	Sophie Totzauer[13][20]	23	Vienna
Bahamas	Daronique Young[21][22]	25	Nassau
Belize	Christine Syme[23]	19	San Pedro Town
Bolivia	Vinka Nemer[16]	24	La Paz
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Adna Obradović[16]	23	Čapljina
Brazil	Thiessa Sickert[24][25]	22	Uberaba
Chile	Natividad Leiva[13][26]	22	Santiago
China	Serena Pan[16]	23	Shanghai
Colombia	Estefania Muñoz[13]	22	Medellín
Congo DR	Cristelle Lohembe[16]	25	Kinshasa
Costa Rica	Andrea Rojas[27]	23	Palmares
Crimea	Daria Zeleneva[16]	20	Simferopol
Croatia	Ana Marija Jurišić[28]	23	Kiseljak
Cyprus	Marcella Marina Constantinou[16]	22	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Karolína Mališová[16]	18	Otice
Denmark	Turið Elinborgardóttir[29][30]	20	Tórshavn
Dominican Republic	Alexandra Parker[16]	20	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Ángela Bonilla[16]	22	Ibarra
Egypt	Imaj Ahmed Hassan[28]	22	Cairo
El Salvador	Pamela Valdivieso[31][32]	26	San Salvador
England	Katrina Kendall[33][34]	25	London
Fiji	Shyla Angela Prasad[35][36]	20	Suva
France[37]	Alyssa Wurtz[38][16]	25	Drusenheim
Germany	Melanie Sofia Bauer[16]	21	Halle
Guadeloupe	Anais Localmontie[16]	21	Basse-Terre
Guam[39]	Skye Celine Baker[13]	18	Barrigada
Guatemala	Sara Guerrero[40]	19	Guatemala City
Honduras	Nadia Morales[16]	18	Colón
Hungary	Dorina Lepp[13]	21	Budapest
India	Aaital Khosla[41][42][43]	20	Chandigarh
Indonesia	Belinda Pritasari[44][45]	21	Jakarta
Ireland	Joelle Curoe[16]	21	Dublin
Israel	Shams Touraani[16][46]	19	Tel Aviv
Italy	Aurora Pianegonda[47][48]	18	Zanè
Japan	Ayano Yamada[49][50][51]	24	Gunma Prefecture
Kenya	Linda Gatere[16]	23	Nairobi
Korea	Han Ho-jeong[16]	24	Seoul
Kosovo	Kaltrina Neziri[16][52]	20	Pristina
Lebanon	Joudy Hennawi[16][53]	19	Beirut
Malaysia	Danielle Wong[54][55]	22	Melaka
Malta	Alexia Fenech[16]	25	Sliema
Mauritius	Katia Moochooram[13][56]	25	Port Louis
Mexico	Gladys Flores[57]	22	Puebla
Mongolia	Bayartsetseg Altangerel[13][58][59]	24	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar[60]	Eaint Myat Chal[16]	22	Chaungzon
Nepal	Dibyata Vaidya[16]	23	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Leena Asarfi[16]	24	Amsterdam
New Caledonia	Julia Roquigny[61]	22	Nouméa
New Zealand	Anna-Lisa Christiane[16]	19	Auckland
Northern Ireland	Dearbhlá Walsh[16]	21	Derry
Norway	Britt Roselyn Rekkedal[16]	23	Fosnavåg
Panama	Carmen Jaramillo[62][63]	20	La Chorrera
Paraguay	Andrea Melgarejo[64]	18	Asunción
Peru	Zully Barrantes[16]	20	Pucallpa
Philippines	Angelia Ong[65][66]	25	Manila
Poland	Magdalena Ho[67][68]	20	Warsaw
Portugal	Berth Elouga[16]	21	Lisboa
Réunion Island	Jade Soune-Seyne[69]	25	Saint-André
Romania	Anca Neculaiasa-Pavel[16][70]	20	Buzau
Russia	Maria Chudakova[71]	21	Murmansk
Scotland	Amy Meisak[13]	21	South Lanarkshire
Singapore	Tiara Hadi[16]	21	Singapore
Slovak Republic	Anita Polgáriová[72][28]	22	Rožňava
Slovenia	Laura Škvorc[73][74]	21	Zreče
South Africa	Carla Viktor[75]	25	Hartbeespoort
Spain	Lola Ortega Martinez[16]	18	Canary Island
Sri Lanka	Visna Fernando[76][77]	24	Negombo
Suriname	Giselle Reinbergs[16][78]	18	Paramaribo
Sweden	Maria Taipaleenmäki[16]	19	Halmstad
Switzerland	Corinne Schädler[79]	22	St. Gallen
Thailand	Chavika Watrsang[16]	19	Phuket
Trinidad & Tobago	Danielle Dolabaille[80]	21	Port of Spain
Turkey	Şevval Ayvaz[81][28]	20	Trabzon
Uganda	Sandra Akello[28]	19	Kampala
Ukraine	Viktoria Orel[13]	24	Sumy
Uruguay	María Belén Cabrera[82]	20	Paysandú
USA	Brittany Payne[13]	23	Tehachapi
Venezuela	Andrea Rosales[13]	24	Maracay
Wales	Lara Stephen[83]	22	Powys

Judges

Catharina Svensson was one of the judges for Miss Earth 2015

Some of the judges for Miss Earth 2015 were:

• Catharina Svensson Brink – Miss Earth 2001 from Denmark^[84] She was the winner of the first Miss Earth competition in 2001.^[85]
• Diana Alando Oyugi – United Nations Women’s Guild in Vienna's president^[84]
• Dick Gommer – co-owner of Global Water Engineering and former country director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization^[84]

Additional judges from the fashion and entertainment industries were also present at the event.^[86]

During the the final question-and-answer portion of the event, Angelia Ong was asked by one of the judges to devise a slogan that could be used for the next fifteen years of the pageant, to which Ong offered, "We will because we can."^[86] Her full reply was, "We will because we can. I want everybody to know that all things are possible and things are feasible if we work together. We will because we can."^[24][87] The judges were also impressed with Ong's progressive stances regarding same sex marriage.^[88]

Controversies

• Miss Taiwan R.O.C. Wen-Yin Ting was ejected from the competition due to her refusal to exchange her initial sash that said "Taiwan R.O.C." for one that said "Chinese Taipei" after China pressured the organization to make the change.^[89]
• Miss Earth India Aaital Khosla has garnered a lot of negative criticism after Miss Earth India's eco-video showed parts of Nepalese landscapes as one of her own nation. The video showcased the hills and mountain ranges including Mount Everest and the traffic scenes of Nepal’s cities. It also indicated that the Miss Earth India organization failed to cross check the facts, plagiarized the video clips, completing the eco-video in haste without any prior responsibility. Amid much criticism, Miss Earth India Organization, owned by Glamanand Super Model India, together with Aaital Khosla then apologized to the Nepalese citizens and the world.^[90]

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External links

• Official website