Andrea Neu


Andrea Michelle Neu is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Earth United States 2014 that gave her the right to represent United States at Miss Earth 2014. On November 29, 2014, Andrea was chosen as 1st Runner-Up or Miss Earth Air in Miss Earth 2014 in the Philippines.
Prior in joining Miss Earth United States, Andrea already won the title of Miss US International 2013 and represented USA in the Miss International beauty pageant in 2013.

Early life

Andrea Neu is the daughter of Darrell and Leanne Neu of Pueblo, CO. She was born and raised in Pueblo, Colorado and graduated from Pueblo County High School and Fort Lewis College. Andrea has been a competitive figure skater for more than 12 years, participated in 4-H, and played NCAA lacrosse in college.

Pageantry

Miss US International 2013

Andrea was crowned as 2013 Miss U.S. International winner at Osceola Auditorium in Kissimmee, Florida. Miss Neu bested 39 other delegates representing their states or regions for the national title.

Miss International 2013

Andrea represented United States at the Miss International 2013 which was the 53rd edition of the Miss International Beauty Pageant that took place on December 17, 2013 at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Andrea Neu was called as part of the Top 15 semifinalists. However, she did not advance as one of the Top 5 finalists.
The pageant was won by Bea Santiago of the Philippines.

Miss Earth United States 2014

After her reign as Miss US International, Andrea once again competed in another beauty pageant, which is the Miss Earth United States. She once again represented Colorado where she won the said pageant.
Andrea traveled to Canada as a special guest at Miss Earth Canada 2014 where Cynthia Loewen was crowned as the Canada's representative to Miss Earth.

Miss Earth 2014

By winning Miss Earth United States, Andrea flew to the Philippines in November to compete with among other 84 candidates to be Alyz Henrich's successor as Miss Earth.
At the conclusion of the pageant, she was declared as the Miss Earth – Air 2014. The pageant was won by Jamie Herrell of the Philippines. Coincidentally, both editions of these international pageants she competed in were won by Filipina representatives.