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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is the official preliminary to the 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. This pageant, unlike Miss World
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
or Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
focuses mainly on promoting environmental causes and winners are chosen equally on their physical attributes as well as their understanding and knowledge of the issues affecting the Earth.
History
Several winners have held awards in the international Miss Earth pageant. Filipino-Canadian
Filipino Canadian
Filipino Canadians are Canadians of Filipino ancestry. Filipino-Canadians are the fourth-largest subgroup of the Overseas Filipinos.Canada only had a small population of Filipinos until the late 20th century. To date, there are currently around 400,000 Filipino Canadians in Canada, most of them...
beauty, Riza Santos
Riza Santos
Riza Santos is a Canadian television personality and beauty queen of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry. She competed and won Miss Earth Canada 2006 and Miss World Canada 2011 and will represent Canada in Miss World 2011 on November 6 in London. She competed in the Miss Earth 2006 pageant, in...
(Miss Earth Canada 2006) was voted Miss Photogenic at the Miss Earth 2006
Miss Earth 2006
Miss Earth 2006, the 6th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place on November 26, 2006 in the grounds of the National Museum in Manila, Philippines. The pageant was won by Hil Hernández of Chile....
competition and went on to star in a Filipino television show. At Miss Earth 2003, Brooke Elizabeth Johnston of Saint Catherines, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
finished in the top 20 while Denise Garrido (Miss Earth Canada 2008) won the “Miss Earth Puerto Princesa” title during a pre-pageant swimsuit competition held at the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is located about north of the city centre of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines. The river also called Puerto Princesa Underground River. The national park is located in the Saint Paul Mountain Range on the northern coast of the island. It is...
. Katherine Erin McClure (Miss Earth Canada 2005) of Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
was Miss Earth Congeniality in 2005. Tanya Beatriz Munizaga, of Montreal was Miss Talent at the Miss Earth 2004
Miss Earth 2004
Miss Earth 2004, the 4th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines on October 24, 2004...
pageant.
The greatest accomplishment for the Miss Earth Canada Organization was in 2007 when Jessica Trisko
Jessica Trisko
Jessica Nicole Trisko is an academic, activist, and model from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She currently resides in Montreal, Canada.Trisko's father is of Ukrainian-Russian heritage, and her mother is Filipino...
the Canadian representative won the coveted Miss Earth crown. She was the first Canadian to win the Miss Earth title and spent her reign promoting environmental issues. Aside from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, Trisko had the chance to travel during her reign so many countries like China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, and Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. She also travelled multiple times to Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
to meet world environmental leaders and to promote environmental awareness and preservation of the mother earth.
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| Year | Name | Home Town | Miss Earth Results |
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| 2001 | Michelle Weswaldi Michelle Weswaldi Michelle Carrie Lillian Weswaldi is a Canadian beauty queen and entertainer.Weswaldi was born to a Canadian mother and an Austrian-born father... |
Woodbridge, Ontario Woodbridge, Ontario Woodbridge is a large suburban community in the City of Vaughan, just north of Toronto in Southern Ontario. It was once an independent town before being amalgamated with nearby communities to form the city in 1971. Its traditional downtown core is the Woodbridge Ave... |
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| 2002 | Melanie Grace Rosete Bennett | Surrey, British Columbia Surrey, British Columbia Surrey is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District... |
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| 2003 | Brooke Elizabeth Johnston | Montréal, Québec | |
| 2004 | Tanya Beatriz Munizaga | Montréal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... , Québec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Miss Talent |
| 2005 | Katherine McClure | Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... , Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Miss Congeniality |
| 2006 | Riza Santos Riza Santos Riza Santos is a Canadian television personality and beauty queen of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry. She competed and won Miss Earth Canada 2006 and Miss World Canada 2011 and will represent Canada in Miss World 2011 on November 6 in London. She competed in the Miss Earth 2006 pageant, in... |
Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... , Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Miss Photogenic |
| 2007 | Jessica Trisko Jessica Trisko Jessica Nicole Trisko is an academic, activist, and model from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She currently resides in Montreal, Canada.Trisko's father is of Ukrainian-Russian heritage, and her mother is Filipino... |
Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... , British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
Miss Earth 2007 Miss Earth 2007 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... |
| 2008 | Denise Garrido | Bradford, Ontario Bradford, Ontario Bradford is the primary country urban area of the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, in Canada. It overlooks a beautiful and prosperous farming community, known as The Holland Marsh, located on the Holland River that flows into Lake Simcoe... |
Top 15 Finalists Swimwear |
| 2009 | Lateesha Ector Lateesha Ector Lateesha Ector is a fashion model and Canadian beauty queen. She won and was crowned as Miss Earth Canada 2009 in the annual national Miss Earth Canada beauty pageant in August 2009. She is the first black Miss Earth Canada titleholder. She was crowned by Miss Earth Canada 2008 winner Denise Garrido... |
Pierrefonds, Quebec Pierrefonds, Quebec Pierrefonds was a city on the Island of Montreal. It ceased to exist on January 1, 2002. The city was located along the Rivière des Prairies at the western end of the island... |
Top 15 Finalists Swimwear |
| 2010 | Summer Anne Ross | Belle River, Ontario | Top 50 Best in Evening Gown Finalist |