List of Miss Earth titleholders


List of Miss Earth titleholders is an overview of the winners and top finalists of the Miss Earth competition.
Miss Earth is an annual beauty pageant that is organized by Manila-based Carousel Productions, through the Miss Earth Foundation. The non-stock, non-profit organization aims to increase the level of awareness on current environmental issues and what actions can be done through power of broadcasting and other media campaigns locally, nationally and globally. It is the only major global beauty pageant that promotes care and preservation for the planet’s environment and ecology.
The annual event, which started in 2001, has attracted delegates from at least 80 countries and territories since 2005. Competing delegates should be at least 18 years of age, and not exceed 26. Like the Miss Universe, delegates compete in three rounds of competition: swimsuit, evening gown and question and answer. The last round focuses on topics of environmental concerns. The proclaimed winner is awarded the title of Miss Earth, and becomes the spokesperson and ambassador of the foundation, as well as the United Nations Environment Programme and other organizations, in promoting green causes worldwide.
To date, the Miss Earth beauty pageant has been held ten times, taking place during the last quarter of the year. There was one case of dethronement, when 2002 Miss Earth Džejla Glavović was replaced by first runner-up Winfred Adah Omwakwe. As part of the pageant's rules, in the case that the titleholder can no longer fulfill her duties and obligations as Miss Earth, the first runner-up, awarded the title of Miss Air, shall take over the title.

Miss Earth titleholders

Notes
Dethroned
Originally crowned as the 1st Runner-up. Took over title after original winner was dethroned on May 28, 2003.
Originally scheduled to be held in Santiago, Chile but was moved to the Philippines.
Originally scheduled to be held in Santiago, Chile but was moved to the Philippines.
Originally scheduled to be held in Bangkok, Thailand but was moved back to the Philippines due to massive flooding.

Countries by number of title wins

Notes
Dethroned
Took over title

Runners-up

Miss Earth has specific titles and crowns for each runner-up. To distinguish the runners-up at the national competition from the global level, Miss Earth international edition include the title "Miss Earth" before the names of the element - Air, Water and Fire - in the sash of runners-up; for example, "Miss Earth-Air."
EditionMiss Earth-Air CountryMiss Earth-WaterCountryMiss Earth-FireCountry
2001Simone RégisMargarita KravtsovaDaniela Stucan
2002Winfred Omwakwe KenyaSlađana Božović YugoslaviaJuliana Drossou Greece
2002Slađana Božović Juliana Drossou Elina Hurve
2003Priscila Poleselo ZandonáMarianela Zeledón BolañosMarta Matyjasik
2004Murielle CelimeneKahaya LusazhYanina González
2005Amell SantanaKatarzyna BorowiczJovana Marjanović
2006Amruta PatkiCathy UntalanMarianne Puglia
2007Pooja ChitgopekarSilvana SantaellaÁngela Gómez
2008Miriam OdembaAbigail ElizaldeTatiane Alves
2009Sandra SeifertJessica BarbozaAlejandra Echevarria
2010Jennifer Pazmiño EcuadorWatsaporn WattanakoonYeidy Bosques
2010Viktoria Shchukina Watsaporn WattanakoonYeidy Bosques
2011Driely BennettoneAthena ImperialCaroline Medina
2012Stephany StefanowitzOsmariel VillalobosCamilla Brant
2013Katia WagnerPunika Kulsoontornrut ThailandCatharina Choi
2014Andrea NeuMaira Rodríguez Anastasia Trusova
2015Dayanna GragedaBrittany PayneThiessa Sickert
2016Michelle GómezStephanie de ZorziBruna Zanardo Brazil
2016Michelle GómezStephanie de ZorziCorrin Stellakis
2017Nina RobertsonJuliana FrancoLada Akimova
2018Melanie MaderValeria AyosMelissa Flores
2019Emanii DavisKlára VavruškováAlisa Manenok

Notes
A. In the pilot pageant of Miss Earth in 2001, the title of the 1st Runner-Up was formerly known as Miss Wind, before it was changed to Miss Air the following year.
B. Džejla Glavović of Bosnia and Herzegovina who was crowned as Miss Earth 2002 was dethroned on May 28, 2003 due to the reason cited by the Miss Earth Foundation as "failure to comply with the stipulations in her contract". Winfred Adah Omwakwe from Kenya, then-Miss Air, was formally crowned as the new Miss Earth 2002 on August 7 due to pageant rules stipulating that the 1st Runner-Up/Miss Air will take over if Miss Earth does not fulfill her duties. Prior with this result, each runner-up moved one position so Yugoslavia was the new Miss Air, Greece is Miss Water and Elina Hurve of Finland is the new Miss Fire. Hurve is a semi-finalist in the said competition. This year also marked the dethronement of another beauty queen Oxana Fedorova of Russia, who was originally Miss Universe 2002.

C. Yanina Gonzalez, then-Miss Fire 2004, competed at Miss Universe 2004 and eventually placed 3rd Runner-Up in the said competition, marking her as the first Paraguayan woman to obtain the highest position ever slated to a Miss Paraguay, obtain same placements at separate pageants, marking at the Top 5 respectively and the first Miss Earth titleholder to do so.
D. Jennifer Pazmiño of Ecuador, then-Miss Air 2010 was dethroned due to her upcoming marriage with her fiancee in February 2011. Therefore, Carousel Productions decided that the new Miss Air 2010 would be Viktoria Shchukina from Russia, who was originally placed as a semi-finalist in the pageant Unlike the 2002 dethronement, there was no movement of one position higher so those under Miss Air stayed the same.
E. Punika Kulsoontornrut of Thailand, then-Miss Water 2013 was dethroned due to her violations in her contract as titleholder last October 13, 2014, with regards to her participation in Miss International 2014 last November 11. She eventually placed 2nd Runner-Up in the competition, making her the second to have the same placement in separate pageants, after Yanina Gonzalez of Paraguay did.
F. Maira Alexandra Rodriguez, Miss Water 2014, from Venezuela wasn't actually the original delegate of her home country to Miss Earth 2014. It was originally Stephanie de Zorzi who would represent Venezuela, but later withdrew by pageant organizers due to weight issues. Rodriguez was originally the Venezuelan delegate who would compete at Miss Earth 2015 which was held at Vienna, Austria on December. De Zorzi competed in the 2016 edition obtaining the 2nd runner up position.
G. Corrin Stellakis, Miss Earth United States 2016, was declared as the new Miss Earth Fire 2016 on March 8, 2017. If Brazil didn't resigned, they would have completed their reigns by becoming the first country to score back-to-back Miss Earth-Fire titles.
H. This edition marked a number of firsts. Apart from Vietnam's first win in Miss Earth, Melanie Mader made history by being the first candidate to compete in both the origin regional pageant Miss Philippines Earth and Miss Earth itself. She managed to become Miss Philippines Eco-Tourism 2016 prior to her win as Miss Earth-Air 2018. Colombia became the first country to score back-to-back wins as Miss Earth-Water.