Miss Earth Delegates Visit Palawan

Puerto Princesa to host Ms. Earth swimsuit competition

October 23, 2008 8:47 pm by pna

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Oct. 23 — The city government will be hosting the swimsuit competition of the 2008 Ms. Earth Beauty Pageant on October 25 to be held at Daluyon Resort in Sitio Sabang, Barangay Cabayugan, some 80 kilometers north of this city.

City Information Officer Alroben Goh said that 30 Miss Earth candidates from around the world vying for the crown will be arriving in the city on October 24, Friday.

Goh said that Karla Paula Henry, the country’s candidate, is among the 30 Miss Earth beauties participating in the swimsuit competition.

On Oct. 24, candidates will hold a motorcade in the city’s streets, pay a courtesy call to Mayor Edward Hagedorn, hold a tree planting activity and a press conference and then at 3 p.m., travel to Sitio Sabang where the world’s longest navigable underground river, the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (PPSRNP), is located.

At 6 a.m. on Oct. 25, the candidates will tour the park so that they can personally see its magnificent beauty and thus invite more votes to the PPSRNP, which is a nominee in the ongoing search for the New 7 Wonders of Nature of the World.

The swimsuit competition will be held at 10 a.m. on the same day.

Miss Earth beauties will also make a city tour in the baywalk and tourist destinations on Oct. 26.

Meanwhile, 16 Miss Earth aspirants are on a three-day “Goodwill Tour” in Coron in northern Palawan starting Oct. 22 to 24.

Board Member and Philippine Councilor’s League (PCL)-Palawan Chapter president Jim Gerald Pe said the candidates were treated to numerous tourism activities such as diving, island hopping, snorkeling, trekking, rock climbing, kayaking, horseback riding, motor and mountain biking, cave and lake exploration.

Pe, who also served as tour guide, said that Coron is the “Bahamas of the East” because it abounds in natural wonders that serve as year-round attractions for visitors.

Likewise, he said the Coron is the “Wreck Diving Capital of the Philippines” because of its 26 World War II vintage Japanese shipwrecks.

Miss Earth 2008, now on its 8th year, will culminate on November 9 at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Pampanga.

Over 90 candidates are expected to participate in the event and all of them will tour different places in  the Philippines.

On the final night of the competition, outgoing Miss Earth 2007, Jessica Nicole Trisko of Canada, will crown her successor. (PNA)

LAP/AVJR/mec source

MISS ROMANIA Roxana Popa

MISS USA Jana Murell

1. ALBANIA RUDINA SUTI
2. ARGENTINA CAMILA SOLORZANO AYUSA
3. ARMENIA Name to follow
4. AUSTRALIA RACHAEL SMITH
5. BAHAMAS GARNELL STORR
6. BELIZE Name to follow
7. BELGIUM DEBBY GOMMEREN
8. BHUTAN TSHOKEY TSHOMO
9. BOLIVIA CAROLINA URQUIOLA
10. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA ALISA ZLATAREVIC
11. BOTSWANA NAMETSO NGWAKO
12. BRAZIL TATIANE KELEN ALVES
13. CANADA DENISE CONCEICAO GARRIDO
14. CHINA ZHOU YINGKUN
15. COLOMBIA MARIANA RODRIGUEZ MERCHAN
16. CONGO, Democratic Rep of OLGA TSHIKALA YUMBA
17. CONGO, Rep of KATISSIA KOUTA
18. COSTA RICA WENDY CORDERO SANCHEZ
19. CUBA JESSICA SILVA
20. CZECH REPUBLIC HANA SVOBODOVÁ
21. DOMINICAN  REPUBLIC DIANA FLORES
22. ECUADOR ANDREA LEON
23. EL SALVADOR CLAUDIA  VERONICA  LINARES CALDERON
24. ENGLAND CAROLINE ELIZABETH DUFFY
25. FINLAND MINNA NIKIKILA
26. FRANCE CHARLOTTE LAGAUZERE
27. GEORGIA SOPIKO SVIMONISHVILI
28. GERMANY DAJANA SCHULT
29. GHANA SARAH ADOLEY ADDO
30. GREECE GRIGORIA ANTONIOU
31. GUADELOUPE JENNIFER DESBOUIGES
32. GUAM JENNIFER NEVES
33. GUATEMALA HEIDI ELIZABETH GARCIA GUERRERO
34. HONDURAS KENIA MELISSA ANDRADE
35. HONGKONG CHEN YU
36. HUNGARY KRISZTINA POLGAR
37. INDIA TANVI VYAS
38. INDONESIA HEDHY KURNIANTI
39. ISRAEL LYNN MOORE
40. ITALY CATERINA PASQUALE
41. JAMAICA SIMONE BURKE
42. JAPAN AKEMI FUKUMURA
43. KOREA SEO, SEOL-HEE
44. KOSOVO YLLKA BERISHA
45. LATVIA ANITA BALTRUNA
46. LEBANON KARINE ZIAD KHOURY
47. LIBERIA MARIT GAYDUO WOODS
48. LITHUANIA INGRIDA KAZLAUSKAITE
49. LUXEMBOURG NADIA NEVES PEREIRA
50. MACAU QIAN WEI NA
51. MALAYSIA AUDREY NG SOOK LING
52. MALTA MARIA GALEA
53. MARTINIQUE Name to follow
54. MEXICO ABIGAIL ELIZALDE ROMO
55. NETHERLANDS MELANIE ALBERTHA DE LAAT
56. NEW ZEALAND RACHEL CROFTS
57. NICARAGUA THELMA RODRIGUEZ
58. NIGERIA UKO EZINNE
59. NO. IRELAND GEMMA MICHELLE WALKER
60. PAKISTAN NOSHEEN IDREES
61. PANAMA SHASSIA UBILLUS
62. PERU GIULIANA ZEVALLOS
63. PHILIPPINES KARLA HENRY
64. POLAND KAROLINA FILIPKOWSKA
65. PUERTO RICO NATALIE CUEVAS
66. ROMANIA RUXANDRA POPA
67. RUSSIA ANNA MEZENTSEVA
68. RWANDA Name to follow
69. SCOTLAND COURTNEY ST. JOHN
70. SERBIA BOJANA TRALJIC
71. SINGAPORE IVY LEOW KIAN PENG
72. SLOVAK REPUBLIC MARTINA TOTHOVA
73. SLOVENIA SARA FRANCESKIN
74. SO. AFRICA MATAPA MAILA
75. SO. SUDAN NOK NORA DUANY
76. SPAIN ADRIANA REVERON MORENO
77. SURINAME PRISCILLA YHAP
78. SWEDEN FANNY BLOME
79. SWITZERLAND NASANIN NURI
80. TAHITI VAHINETUA FLACCADORI
81. TAIWAN R.O.C. TSAI, YIN YIN
82. TANZANIA MIRIAM ODEMBA
83. THAILAND PIYAPORN DEEJING
84. TURKEY DEMET KARADENİZ
85. TURKS & CAICOS SESSILLY PRATT
86. UGANDA VICTOR NABAGEREKA
87. UKRAINE OLGA BILOUSOVA
88. USA JANA MURRELL
89. VENEZUELA MARIA DANIELA TORREALBA PACHECO
90. VIETNAM PHAN THI NGOC DIEM
91. WALES JAMIE LEE WILLIAMS
92. ZAMBIA ESTHER SITALI BANDA
93. ZIMBABWE Name to follow

SPECIAL THANKS TO MISSEARTH.TV & CAROUSEL PRODUCTIONS

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11 October, 2008 - While the audience looked on with unabated breath, 24-year-old Tshokey Tshomo Karchung was crowned Miss Bhutan 2008 at a contest held in Thimphu yesterday. The Miss Bhutan also walked away with two other titles: Miss Talented and Miss Photogenic. “I kept every confidence to compete and I am so relieved,” said Tshokey Tshomo who will be representing the country for Miss Earth 2008 in Philippines and Miss Young International in Taiwan.

Among other prizes, the Miss Bhutan took home a cash prize of Nu 0.1 million.

She was crowned by Miss Thailand 2006 Charm Reya Osthanond, one of the five judges. Fifteen women competed for the title at the contest that lasted past midnight.

The Top three: From left 1st runners up Shelkar Choden and 2nd runners up Tshering Pem

Miss Earth organization is very busy nowadays with their preparations and accreditations. They want to make sure that everything is in order for the pageant.

In this regard, the Miss Earth Guam organizers are invited to observe the pageant before “official talks” can begin with them to have a better grip of the pageant. Take into account that this is the first time that Guam joins Miss Earth. Accompanied by the Miss Earth Guam organizers are members of the Guam’s Tourism Authority to observe the pageant.

Rumor Control: According to our reliable source, the truth is Miss Earth Organization never made an official statement that the pageant will be held partly in Guam and Indonesia, other than the final night venue that it will be held in one of Asia’s largest Amphitheatre i.e., Clark Pampanga, Philippines. Wondered how the show is going to be in that exciting place!

Moreover, Bali may play as host this year, but most likely for a post pageant activity, as Bali is planning an environmental event soon. Let us keep our fingers crossed on this one. The organizers, we guess, really have to be certain about arrangements.

Regarding the airing of Miss Earth, opportunities has opened for a lot of TV Stations especially free terrestrial ones as many more networks and stations showed interest to acquire the broadcasting rights. This is from the time when Star World reformatted their programming recently. You see, they are not showing beauty pageants anymore including Miss Universe and Miss World. Watch for further announcement from Carousel Productions!

Guess, we have to reserve some of the intense heat this year for next year and we are already excited looking forward to next year’s activities.

Special Thanks to John Soul of the other Miss Earth Message Board. Mabuhay!

THE WORLDWIDE SEARCH IS ON FOR THE NEXT MISS EARTH!

DISCOVER THE 8TH WONDER OF THE EARTH!!! The 8th edition of the pageant organized by Carousel Productions Inc, will take place on November 10, 2008. Countdown for more than 100 Delegates from different countries and territories for 2008:

WORLD FINALS VENUE: Clark Expo Filipino, Clark Field, Pampanga, Philippines
WORLD FINALS DATE: November 9, 2008
HOST COUNTRIES: Guam, Indonesia & Philippines
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2008 Partial and Unofficial List of Crowned National Titleholders as of October 8, 2008:

ALBANIA - TBA
*ARGENTINA: - Camila Solorzano Ayusa
*AUSTRALIA: - Rachael Smith
*BAHAMAS: - Garnell Storr
*BELGIUM: - Barbara Van den Bussche
*BELIZE - Lorriean Bridget Samuels
BHUTAN - Miss Bhutan 2008 - Oct 12 2008
*BOLIVIA - Carolina Urquiola
*BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA -
*BOTSWANA - Nametso Ngwako

*BRAZIL - Tatiane Kellen Alves
CAMEROON - Nathalie Houag
*CANADA - Denise Garrido
CHINA - TBA
*COLOMBIA - Mariana Rodriguez Merchan
*CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF: - Olga Yumba
*CONGO, REPUBLIC OF: - Katissia Kouta
*COSTA RICA: - Carmen Cordero Sanchez
*CUBA: - Jessica Silva
*CZECH REPUBLIC: - Hana Svobodova

*DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: - Diana Flores Contreras
*ECUADOR: - Andrea Carolina Leon Janzso
*EL SALVADOR: - Claudia Linares
*ENGLAND: - Caroline Duffy
*ETHIOPIA - Kidan Tesfahun
*FIJI - TBA
*FINLAND: - Minna Nikkila
*FRANCE: - Charlotte Lagauzere
*GEORGIA: - Sopo Svimonishvili
*GERMANY: - Dayana Schult

*GHANA: - TBA
*GREECE: - Grigoria Antoniou
*GUADELOUPE - Annette Malika
*GUAM: - Jennifer Neves
GUATEMALA: - Heidi Elizabeth Garcia Guerrero
*HONDURAS: - Kenia Mellisa Andrade
*HONGKONG: - TBA
*HUNGARY: - Krisztina Polgar
*INDIA: - Tanvi Vyas
*INDONESIA: - Hedhy Kurnianti

*ISRAEL: - Linn Mor
*JAMAICA: - Simone Burke
*JAPAN: - Akemi Fukumura
*KOREA - Seol Hee Soo
*KOSOVO: - Yllka Berisha
*LATVIA: - Anita Baltruna
*LIBERIA: - Marit Woods
*LITHUANIA: - Ingridai Kazlauskaitei
*LUXEMBOURG: - Nadia Pereira
*MACAU: - TBA

*MALAYSIA: - Audrey Ng
*MALTA - Maria Galea
*MARTINIQUE - TBA
*MEXICO - Abigail Elizalde Romo
*NEPAL: - TBA
*NETHERLANDS: - Melanie De Laat
*NEW ZEALAND - Rachel Crofts
*NICARAGUA: - Thelma Guiselle Rodriguez Flores
*NIGERIA: - TBA
*NORTHERN IRELAND: Gemma Walker

*PAKISTAN: - Nosheen Idrees
*PANAMA: - Shassia Ubillus
*PARAGUAY: - Yeruti Garcia
*PERU: - Giuliana Zevallos
*PHILIPPINES: - Karla Paula Ginteroy Henry
*POLAND: - Karolina Filipkowska
*PUERTO RICO - Natalie Cuevas
*ROMANIA: - Ioana Popa
*RUSSIA: - Anna Mezentseva
*SCOTLAND: - Courtney St. John

SERBIA: - Sanja Radinovic
*SINGAPORE: - Ivy Leow Kian Peng
*SLOVAK REPUBLIC: - Martina Tothova
*SLOVENIA: - Sara Franceskin
*SOUTH AFRICA: - Matapa Maila
*SOUTH SUDAN: Nok Nura Duany
*SPAIN: - Adriana Reveron Moreno
*SURINAME: Priscilla Yap
*SWEDEN - Fanny Blome
*SWITZERLAND: - Nazanin Nuri

*TAHITI: - Manavarii Ravetupu
*TAIWAN -
*TANZANIA - Miriam Odemba
*THAILAND: - Piyaporn Deejing
*TURKEY - Demet Kradeniz
*TURKS & CAICOS - Sessily Pratt
*UGANDA - Daisy Nabagereka
*UKRAINE - Anna Lapenko
*USA: - Jana Deanne Murrell
*VENEZUELA - Maria Daniela Torrealba Pacheco

*VIETNAM - Phan Thi Ngoc Diem
*WALES: - Jamie Lee Williams
*ZAMBIA: - Esther Sitali Banda

Jessica Silva appointed new Cuban delegate for Miss Earth 2008

Miss Cuba Organization regrets to announce the replacement of Geisy
Hernandez to the Miss Earth Pageant. Due to the government not
approving on time her travel documents to Manila. Geisy is very
saddened about this situation that we just have no control over. We
have decided to send Geisy to Miss Earth 2009 pageant instead.
So as an organization we had to act quickly and appointed Jessica Silva
to take her place. Jessica was in the process of preparing to compete
for at Miss Intercontinental 2009 for Cuba. We are confident that
Jessica will be a great Cuban representative at Miss Earth. We ask you
the fans to continue to show your support as you have with Geisy. There
is a Spanish proverb that says, “Dios sabe porque se hacen las cosas”
in translation “God only knows why he does what he does”. I strongly
believe this is only a stepping stone for Geisy, what does not kill us
makes us stronger.