Miss Earth 2007
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| Miss Earth 2007 | |
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 Miss Earth 2007 court (Water, Earth, Air and Fire) |
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| Date | November 11, 2007 |
| Presenters | Utt Panichkul, Priscilla Meirelles, and Ginger Conejero |
| Entertainment | Richard Poon |
| Venue | UP Theater, Quezon City, Philippines |
| Broadcaster | ABS-CBN, Star World, The Filipino Channel |
| Entrants | 88 |
| Placements | 16 |
| Winner | Jessica Trisko Canada |
Miss Earth 2007, the seventh Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 11, 2007 at the UP Theater in Quezon City, Philippines. The delegates also visited Nha Trang, Vietnam. 88 delegates competed for the title, making 2007 the largest edition of delegates for Miss Earth. The pageant was hosted by MTV Asia VJ Greg Uttsada Panichkul, Priscilla Meirelles and Ginger Conejero. Miss Earth 2006, Hil Hernández from Chile, crowned her successor Jessica Trisko from Canada.[1]
Pooja Chitgopekar from India won her second consecutive Miss Earth-Air title. Silvana Santaella from Venezuela was proclaimed Miss Earth-Water. She also won two special awards: Best in Swimsuit and Best in Long Gown. [2][3] Ángela Gómez from Spain finished fourth as Miss Earth-Fire. Bokang Montjane from South Africa made the top 16 semifinalist and received the Beauty for a Cause award. Montjane became the second winner of this award, after Vida Samadzai from Afghanistan won the first Beauty For a Cause award in 2003.
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[edit] Results
[edit] Placements
The following special awards were officially awarded during the grand coronation night:
| Final Results | Contestant |
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| Miss Earth 2007 | |
| Miss Air (1st Runner-up) | |
| Miss Water (2nd Runner-up) | |
| Miss Fire (3rd Runner-up) | |
| Finalists |
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| Semi-finalists |
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[edit] Special awards
The following special awards were officially awarded during the grand coronation night:
| Award(s) | Contestant |
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| Beauty For A Cause | |
| Best in National Costume |
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| Best in Swimsuit |
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| Best in Long Gown |
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| Miss Friendship |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Miss Talent |
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[edit] Winning answer
Final Question in Miss Earth 2007: "How would you describe the beauty of Mother Earth to a blind child?"
Answer of Miss Earth 2007: "I would say that the beauty of Mother Nature smells as sweet as the sweetest rose... that the beauty of Mother Nature feels as soft as the softest leaves... and, that the beauty of Mother Nature sings like the birds in the trees." - Jessica Trisko, represented Canada[4]
[edit] Hosts
| Host | Details |
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| Greg Uttsada Panichkul | Main Host |
| Priscilla Meirelles | Anchorperson, Miss Earth 2004 |
| Ginger Conejero | Color Commentator, Miss Philippines-Air 2006 |
[edit] Judges
| No. | Judge | Background |
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| 1 | Andrea Mastellone | General Manager, Traders Hotel Manila |
| 2 | Nguyễn Công Khế | Editor-in-Chief, Thanh Nien News |
| 3 | Jose Ramon Olives | Head, Cable Channels, ABS-CBN |
| 4 | Arch. Nestor Mangio | Chairman Clark International Airport Corporation |
| 5 | Hong Jin | Regional Manager, Korean Air |
| 6 | Crystal Jacinto | Honorable Chairwoman, Kalikasan Fun Bike and President of the Philippines Foundation for Tomorrow's Good Children Inc. |
| 7 | General Manuel Roxas | PAGCOR |
| 8 | Tiziano Ceccarani | Head, OE Mergers and Acquisitions |
| 9 | Dawn Zulueta | Award-winning Movie and TV actress |
| 10 | Purissima Benitez Jahannot | Deputy Director and Chief Curator |
[edit] Historical Significance
- Canada placed for the first time and won the Miss Earth title.
- Georgia, Lebanon, Nigeria, Romania, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland placed for the first time.
- Martinique, Peru and Thailand last placed in 2004.
- Dominican Republic last placed in 2005.
- Philippines missed its first ever cut in the pageant history.
- India also won miss earth air 2006.
- Bahamas, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Slovak Republic, St. Lucia, and USA placed last year, but missed the semi-finals this year.
- Czech Republic, India, Spain, and Venezuela also made into the semi-finals in 2006.
[edit] Delegates
List of countries and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2007:[5]
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[edit] National pageant notes
[edit] Debuts
[edit] Returning countries and territories
| Year last competed |
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| 2001 | Kazhakstan |
| 2002 | Uganda |
| 2003 | Slovenia |
| 2004 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2005 | Cameroon, Colombia, Hong Kong, Israel, Latvia, Macau, Niue, Zambia |
[edit] Withdraws
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[edit] Contestant notes
- Tanzania's Kelly Kampton was replaced by Angel Kileo. Kileo also competed in Miss International 2006 held in both Tokyo, Japan and Beijing, China, but she was unplaced.
- Miss Earth 2007, Jessica Trisko who represented Canada, has Russian, Ukrainian and Filipino descent. Prior to the pageant she competed at Miss Universe Canada 2007, where she made it as one of the top 10 finalists.
- Trine Lundgaard Nielsen (Denmark) also competed in Miss World 2005 held in Sanya, People's Republic of China, but she was unplaced.
- Sarah Fleming (Wales) also competed in Miss World 2006 held in Warsaw, Poland, but she was unplaced.
- Je T'aime Cerge (US Virgin Islands) also competed in Miss Universe 2006 held in Los Angeles, USA, but she was unplaced.
- Barbara Tatara (Poland) competed in Miss Universe 2008, but she was unplaced.
- Leilah Pandy (Belize) also competed in Miss Universe 2004 held in Quito, Ecuador.
- Prior to the Miss Earth 2007 pageant, the representatives of Fiji, France and Niue also competed in Miss Tourism Queen International 2007 held in Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China.[6]
- Clair Cooper (England) represented Great Britain at the Miss Universe 2009 contest.
- Jessica Scheel represented Guatemala at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant and placed as one of the top 10.
- Bokang Montjane represented South Africa at the 2011 Miss Universe and Miss World. She was one of Top 7 finalist in Miss World 2011 and became the second woman competed at 4 big pageants in the system of grandslam after Cynthia Kanema of Zambia.
- Claire Kirby (New Zealand) & Trương Tri Trúc Diễm (Vietnam) both later competed at Miss International 2011 but only Trương Tri Trúc Diễm placed in semifinalist
[edit] References
- ^ Philippine Entertainment Portal | News | Fil-Canadian Jessica Nicole Trisko crowned Ms. Earth 2007
- ^ Pageant Almanac • Miss Earth • Semi-Finalists
- ^ Pageant Almanac • Miss Earth • Award Winners
- ^ http://missosology.org/Miss_Earth/2007/videos.php?page=11
- ^ Soul, John (2007-11-11). "Miss Earth 2007". Woman of the Earth News. http://womanoftheearth.tv/essentials/2007.html. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- ^ Contestants in Miss Tourism Queen International 2007
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