Miss Earth 2007

Miss Earth 2007
Miss Earth 2007
	The elemental court (Water, Earth, Air and Fire)
Date	November 11, 2007
Presenters	Utt Panichkul; Priscilla Meirelles; Ginger Conejero;
Entertainment	Richard Poon
Venue	UP Theater, Quezon City, Philippines
Broadcaster	ABS-CBN; Star World; The Filipino Channel;
Entrants	88
Placements	16
Debuts	Belize; Cuba; Fiji; Iceland; Northern Ireland; Congo; Sierra Leone; Suriname; US Virgin Islands; Zimbabwe;
Withdrawals	Cayman Islands; Chile; Curaçao; Egypt; Greece; Haiti; Ireland; North Macedonia; Pakistan; Panama; Puerto Rico; Russia; Samoa; Scotland; Serbia and Montenegro; Tahiti;
Returns	Cameroon; Colombia; Hong Kong; Israel; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Macau; Niue Island; Slovenia; Trinidad and Tobago; Uganda; Zambia;
Winner	Jessica Trisko; Canada
Congeniality	Amale Al-Khoder, Lebanon
Best National Costume	Jiraporn Sing-ieam, Thailand
Photogenic	Jeanne Harn, Philippines
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Miss Earth 2007, the seventh edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held on November 12, 2007 at the University of the Philippines Theater, on campus of the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City, Philippines. 88 delegates competed for the title, making 2007 the largest edition of delegates for Miss Earth. The pageant was hosted by MTV Asia VJ Utt Panichkul, Priscilla Meirelles and Ginger Conejero. Hil Hernández from Chile crowned her successor Jessica Trisko from Canada the end of the event.^[1]

Pooja Chitgopekar from India won her second consecutive Miss Air title. Silvana Santaella from Venezuela was announced as Miss 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 Fire. Bokang Montjane from South Africa made the top 16 semi-finalist and received the Beauty for a Cause award.

Results

Countries and territories that sent delegates and results

Miss Earth 2007 Final 4: Spain, India, Venezuela, and Canada

7 of the Top 8 finalists of Miss Earth 2007: Georgia, Canada, Venezuela, Spain, Thailand, Switzerland, and India

Miss Earth 2007 Award winners: Lebanon (Friendship), Lithuania (Talent), Venezuela (Swimsuit & Long Gown), Thailand (National Costume), and the Philippines (Photogenic)

Contestants on stage in their swimwear

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Earth 2007	Canada – Jessica Trisko
Miss Earth – Air 2007	India – Pooja Chitgopekar
Miss Earth – Water 2007	Venezuela – Silvana Santaella
Miss Earth – Fire 2007	Spain – Ángela Gómez
Top 8	Georgia – Nanka Mamasakhlisi Peru – Odilia Garcia Switzerland – Stefanie Gossweiler Thailand – Jiraporn Sing-ieam †
Top 16	Czech Republic – Eva Čerešňáková Dominican Republic – Themys Febriel Lebanon – Amale Al-Khoder Martinique – Élodie Delor Nigeria – Stacey Garvey Romania – Alina Gheorge South Africa – Bokang Montjane Sweden – Ivana Gagula

† = deceased

Special awards

The following special awards were officially awarded during the grand coronation night:

Awards in Philippines

Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	Lebanon – Amale Al-Khoder
Miss Photogenic	Philippines – Jeanne Harn
Miss Talent	Lithuania – Monica Baliunaite
Best in National Costume	Thailand – Jiraporn Sing-ieam
Best in Evening Gown	Venezuela – Silvana Santaella
Best in Swimsuit	Venezuela – Silvana Santaella
Beauty for a Cause	South Africa – Bokang Montjane

Awards in Vietnam

Awards	Contestant
Miss Charm	South Korea – Ji-eun Yoo
Miss Eco - Tourism	Cuba – Ariana Barouk
Miss Fashion	Vietnam – Trương Tri Trúc Diễm
Miss Fitness	Peru – Odilia Garcia
Miss Fontana	South Korea – Ji-eun Yoo
Miss Psalmstre Placenta	Venezuela – Silvana Santaella
Best in Ao dai	Brazil – Patrícia Andrade
Gandang Ricky Reyes Award	Venezuela – Silvana Santaella
Prinsesa Ng Kalikasan (Princess of Nature)	Canada – Jessica Trisko

Hosts

Greg Uttsada Panichkul, the main host of Miss Earth 2007

Host	Details
Greg Uttsada Panichkul	Main Host
Priscilla Meirelles	Miss Earth 2004 from Brazil
Ginger Conejero	Color Commentator, 1st Runner-up Miss Philippines Earth 2006

Judges

No.	Judge	Background
1	Andrea Mastellone	general manager, Traders Hotel Manila
2	Khe Cong Nguyen	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

Contestants

List of countries or territories, and their delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2007:^[4]

† = deceased

Albania – Shpresa Vitia
Argentina – María Antonella Tognolla
Australia – Victoria Louise Stewart
Bahamas – Sharon Eula Rolle
Belgium – Melissa Cardaci
Belize – Leilah Pandy
Bolivia – Carla Loreto Fuentes Rivero
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Dženita Dumpor
Botswana – Millicent Ollyn
Brazil – Patrícia Andrade
Cameroon – Pauline Marcelle Kack
Canada – Jessica Trisko
China – Yu Peipei
Colombia – Mileth Johana Agámez
Costa Rica – Natalia Salas Mattey
Cuba – Ariana Barouk
Czech Republic – Eva Čerešňáková
Denmark – Trine Lundgaard Nielsen
Dominican Republic – Themys Febriel
Ecuador – Verónica Ochoa Crespo
El Salvador – Julia Ayala
England – Clair Cooper
Ethiopia – Nardos Tafese
Fiji – Minal Maneesha Ali
Finland – Anna Pohtimo
France – Alexandra Gaguen
Georgia – Nanka Mamasakhlisi
Germany – Sinem Ramazanoglu
Ghana – Diana Naa Blankson
Guadeloupe – Virgine Mulia
Guatemala – Jessica Scheel
Hong Kong – Fan Miao-Meng
Iceland – Katrín Dögg Sigurdardóttir
India – Pooja Chitgopekar
Indonesia – Artri Sulistyowati
Israel – Mor Donay
Italy – Bernadette Mazzù
Japan – Ryoko Tominaga
Kazakhstan – Zhazira Nurkhodjaeva
Kenya – Volen Auma Owenga
South Korea – Ji-eun Yoo
Latvia – Ilze Jankovska
Lebanon – Amale Al-Khoder
Liberia – Telena Cassell
Lithuania – Monika Baliunaite
Macau – Zhang Xiao-Yu
Malaysia – Dorkas Cheok
Martinique – Élodie Delor
Mexico – María Fernanda Cánovas
Nepal – Bandana Sharma
Netherlands – Milou Verhoeks
New Zealand – Claire Kirby
Nicaragua – Iva Grijalva Pashova
Nigeria – Stacey Garvey
Niue Island – Shevalyn Maika
Northern Ireland – Aine Gormley
Norway – Margaret Paulin Hauge
Paraguay – Griselda Quevedo
Peru – Odilia Garcia
Philippines – Jeanne Harn
Poland – Barbara Tatara
Romania – Alina Gheorge
Congo – Maurielle Nkouka Massamba
St.Lucia – Oneka McKoy
Singapore – Nicole Chen Lin
Sierra Leone – Theresa Turay
Slovakia – Barbora Palovičová
Slovenia – Tanja Trobec
South Africa – Bokang Montjane
Spain – Ángela Gómez
Suriname – Safyra Duurham
Sweden – Ivana Gagula
Switzerland – Stefanie Gossweiler
Taiwan – Sonya Lee
Tanzania – Angel Kileo
Thailand – Jiraporn Sing-ieam †
Tibet – Tenzin Dolma
Trinidad and Tobago – Carleen Ramlochansingh
Turks and Caicos – Tameka Deveaux
Uganda – Hellen Karungi
Ukraine – Galyna Andreeva
United States – Lisa Forbes
US Virgin Islands – Je T'aime Cerge
Venezuela – Silvana Santaella
Vietnam – Trương Tri Trúc Diễm
Wales – Sarah Fleming
Zambia – Sphiwe Benasho
Zimbabwe – Nyome Omar

Notes

Debuts

Belize
Cuba
Fiji
Iceland
Northern Ireland
Congo
Sierra Leone
Suriname
US Virgin Islands
Zimbabwe

Returns

Last competed in 2001:
- Kazakhstan
Last competed in 2002:
- Uganda
Last competed in 2003:
- Slovenia
Last competed in 2004:
- Trinidad & Tobago
Last competed in 2005:
- Cameroon
- Colombia
- Hong Kong
- Israel
- Latvia
- Macau
- Niue Island
- Zambia