Eliana Gallegas

Miss Earth 2016, the 16th Miss Earth pageant with the theme "Empowered to make a Change", was held on 29 October 2016 at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Angelia Ong of the Philippines crowned her successor Katherine Espín of Ecuador at the end of the event.

83 delegates from different countries and territories competed for this year.

Ecuador's second Miss Earth crown after its victory in 2011.

This year's edition also features the newly polished and modified crown created by Florida-based jeweler, Ramona Haar. The crown's original design from the 2009 edition of the pageant to enhance the crown's general appearance and to have an intimate fit to the head of the winner. The confirmation was announced by Miss Earth Organization through their official Facebook account on 30 June 2016.

Placements

Notes

Awards

•      Winner

Order of announcements

Winning Answer

I truly believe in the 5 R's, which is re-think, reduce, re-use, recycle and respect. Because I believe that as human beings, if we apply that to our everyday lives, we can make a change and we will reduce the problem that we have just mentioned. If we apply that to our everyday lives, I believe that we as humans can save the place we live in, which is our Mother Earth.

— Katherine Espín on the question: The Paris Agreement on Climate Change is a historic international deal that seeks to limit Global Warming to below 1.5°C. If you were elected as Miss Earth 2016, what would be your program to protect Mother Earth from Climate Change?

Telecast Judges

The panel of judges during the pageant finals are:

• Matthias Gelber – green activist from the Philippines
• Arnold Vegafria – President of ALV Talent Circuit and Miss World Philippines Organization executive. from the Philippines
• Jamie Herrell – Miss Earth 2014 from the Philippines.
• Jose Pardo – Chairman of the Board of the Philippine Stock Exchange from the Philippines
• Lorraine Schuck – Executive Vice President of Carousel Productions Inc. from the Philippines
• Ronald dela Rosa – Director General of the Philippine National Police. from the Philippines
• Wanda Teo – Secretary of the Department of Tourism of the Philippines.
• Dean Dezius – Fox TV executive.
• Liza Pavlakos – Motivational speaker.
• Sophie Sumner – British fashion model, runner-up of Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 5, winner of the America's Next Top Model, Cycle 18.

Coronation Show

On 30 August 2016, Miss Earth announced through their official Facebook page that the 2016 edition of the pageant took place on October 29 at the Mall of Asia Arena – an indoor arena located at the Bay City in Pasay City, Metro Manila. This is the 14th time for the Philippines and 11th time for Metro Manila to host the pageant. This year's edition also marks 1st time for MOA Arena to stage the pageant finals.

Official Hotel Residences

• Century Park Hotel, Manila
• Diamond Hotel Philippines
• Oakwood Premier Joy~Nostalg Center, Manila

Medal Tally

Rank	Delegate	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ecuador (ECU)	3	1	1	5
2	Mexico (MEX)	3	0	1	4
3	Vietnam (VIE)	1	2	0	3
4	Russia (RUS)	1	1	1	3
5	England (ENG)	1	0	1	2
	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
7	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	0	1
	Cook Islands (COK)	1	0	0	1
	Lebanon (LIB)	1	0	0	1
	Mongolia (MGL)	1	0	0	1
	Pakistan (PAK)	1	0	0	1
	Philippines (PHI)	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	0	1
	Thailand (THA)	1	0	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
	Wales	1	0	0	1
18	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	2	3
19	Bolivia (BOL)	0	1	1	2
	Myanmar (MYA)	0	1	1	2
	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	1	2
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	1	2
24	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	Nepal (NEP)	0	1	0	1
	Panama (PAN)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	0	1
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	1	0	1
32	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	1	1
	Haiti (HAI)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
	Macau (MAC)	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (40 delegates)		21	18	21	60

Challenge Events

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Press Presentation (Darling of the Press)		Ecuador – Katherine Espín  Philippines – Imelda Schweighart	Venezuela – Stephanie de Zorzi	USA – Corrin Stellakis
Photogenic		Vietnam – Nguyễn Thị Lệ Nam Em	Myanmar – Nan Khine Shwe Wahwin	Venezuela – Stephanie de Zorzi
Friendship		Bahamas – Candisha Rolle	Singapore –Manuela Bruntraeger	Myanmar – Nan Khine Shwe Wahwin
Eco-Tourism & Environmental Conference: Continental Team Competition		Team Africa	Team South America	Team Europe
Long Gown Competition
	Group 1	Mexico – Itzel Astudillo	Vietnam – Nguyễn Thị Lệ Nam Em	Bolivia – Eliana Pamela Villegas
	Group 2	Russia – Aleksandra Cherepanová	Italy – Denise Frigo	Sweden – Cloie Skarne
	Group 3	Ecuador – Katherine Espín	Panama – Virginia Hernández	Singapore – Manuela Bruntraeger
Resorts Wear Competition
	Group 1	Australia – Lyndl Kean	Ukraine – Alena Belová	Mexico – Itzel Astudillo
	Group 2	Lebanon – Carole Kahwagi	Nepal – Roshni Khatri	Russia – Aleksandra Cherepanová
	Group 3	Ecuador – Katherine Espín	Uruguay – Valeria Barrios	Venezuela – Stephanie de Zorzi
Swimsuit Competition
	Group 1	Mexico— Itzel Astudillo	Brazil — Bruna Zanardo	Croatia— Nera Torlak
	Group 2	USA – Corrin Stellakis	Russia – Aleksandra Cherepanová	Colombia – Michelle Gómez
	Group 3	Wales – Charlotte Hitchman	Ecuador –Katherine Espín	Uruguay – Valeria Barrios  Slovak Republic – Kristína Šulová
Talent Competition
	Group 1	Cook Islands – Allanah Herman - Edgar	Vietnam – Nguyễn Thị Lệ Nam Em	Macau – Clover Zhu
	Group 2	Pakistan – Anzhelika Tahir  Slovenia – Maja Ana Strnad	Zimbabwe – Sharon Enkromelle	England – Luissa Burton
	Group 3	Mongolia – Enkhbor Azbileg	Czech Republic – Kristýna Kubíčková	Haiti – Valierie Alcide
National Costume Competition
	Africa	Uganda – Priscilla Achieng	South Africa – Nozipho Magagula	Nigeria – Chioma Precious Obiadi
	Americas	Mexico – Itzel Astudillo	Bolivia – Eliana Villegas	Ecuador – Katherine Elizabeth Espín
	Asia and Oceania	Thailand – Atcharee Buakhiao	Japan – Ami Hachiya	Indonesia – Luisa Andrea Soemitha
	Europe	England – Luissa Burton	Sweden – Cloie Skarne	Kyrgyzstan – Begim Almasbeková  Hungary – Eszter Oczella

Sponsor Awards

Miss Earth-Hannah's

A special mini-pageant was held on October 8 at Hannah's Beach Resort and Convention Center, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. Ten selected candidates competed in evening gown competition, swimsuit competition and question and answer portion. Here are the results:

Miss Earth-Barcelona

A special fashion show was held on October 17 at Barcelona Ruins Park, Barcelona, Sorsogon. 27 selected candidates (Group 1) competed in long gowns made by a Filipino designer. Here are the results:

The following are the 83 delegates who competed for the coveted Miss Earth crown:

Country/Territory	Delegate	Age	Height	Hometown
Argentina	Lara Bochle	21	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Carlos Pellegrini
Australia	Lyndl Kean	26	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Woronora
Austria	Kimberly Budinsky	21	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Baden bei Wien
Bahamas	Candisha Rolle	23	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Nassau
Belgium	Fenne Verrecas	19	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Bruges
Belize	Chantae Chanice Guy	24	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Belmopan
Bolivia	Eliana Pamela Villegas	23	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Cochabamba
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Ivana Perišić	21	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Banja Luka
Brazil	Bruna Zanardo	24	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Laranjal Paulista
Canada	Tamara Jemuovic	22	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Toronto
Chile	Tiare Fuentes	20	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Puerto Varas
China	Xiaohan Gang	20	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Baoshan
Chinese Taipei	Joanne Peng	21	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Taipei
Colombia	Michelle Gómez	24	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	Sumapaz
Cook Islands	Allanah Herman-Edgar	22	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	Titikaveka
Croatia	Nera Torlak	18	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	Baška Voda
Cyprus	María Cósta	24	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Kristýna Kubíčková	18	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	Ostrava
Denmark	Klaudia Parsberg	25	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Vejle
Dominican Republic	Nicole Jimeno	22	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Valverde
Ecuador	Katherine Espín	24	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	La Troncal
England	Luissa Burton	26	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Worcestershire
Ghana	Deborah Eyram Dodor	21	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Kaneshie
Guadeloupe	Méghan Monrose	22	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Saint-Claude
Guam	Gloria Asunción Nelson	19	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Barrigada
Guatemala	Stephanie Sical	21	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)	Quetzaltenango
Haiti	Valierie Alcide	21	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Pétion-Ville
Hungary	Eszter Oczella	23	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Budapest
India	Rashi Yadav	21	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	New Delhi
Indonesia	Luisa Andrea Soemitha	21	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	Semarang
Iraq	Suzan Amer Sulaimani	21	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Sulaymaniyah
Israel	Meera Kahli	20	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Tarshiha
Italy	Denise Frigo	22	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Roana
Japan	Ami Hachiya	24	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	Tokyo
Kenya	Grace Wanene	23	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Laikipia
Korea	Chae-Yeung Lee	19	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Seoul
Kyrgyzstan	Begim Almasbeková	19	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Bishkek
Lebanon	Carole Kahwagi	22	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Zgharta
Macau	Clover Zhu (Zhu Tian Le)	20	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Shanghai, China
Malaysia	Venisa Judah	19	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Sandakan
Malta	Natalya Galdes	22	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Sliema
Mauritius	Amber Korimdun	21	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)	Pamplemousses District
Mexico	Itzel Paola Astudillo	21	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Moldova	Tatiana Ovcinicová	18	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Chisinau
Mongolia	Enkhbor Azbileg	24	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar	Nan Khine Shwe Wahwin	18	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)	Kayin
Namibia	Elize Shakalela	25	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Tsumeb
Nepal	Roshni Khatri	20	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Lalitpur
Netherlands	Deborah van Hemert	21	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Heinkenszand
New Zealand	Janelle Nicholas-Wright	25	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Auckland
Nigeria	Chioma Precious Obiadi	21	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	Awka
Northern Ireland	Julieann McStravick	19	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Stoneyford
Pakistan	Anzhelika Tahir	22	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Sheikhupura
Palestine	Natalie Rantissi	18	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)	Ramallah
Panama	Virginia Hernández	26	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Panama City
Paraguay	Vanessa Alexandra Ramirez	21	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Areguá
Peru	Brunella Fossa Palma	25	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Piura
Philippines	Imelda Schweighart	21	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Puerto Princesa
Poland	Magdalena Kucharska	24	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Brzozowa
Portugal	Alexandra Marcenco	18	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Sintra
Réunion Island	Méli Shèryam Gastrin	22	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Saint-Louis
Romania	Crina Stîncă	26	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Briceni
Russia	Aleksandra Cherepanová	19	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Vladivostok
Serbia	Teodora Janković	18	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	Kaludjerica
Sierra Leone	Josephine Kamara	23	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)	Freetown
Singapore	Manuela Bruntraeger	23	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Singapore City
Slovak Republic	Kristína Šulová	22	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)	Banská Bystrica
Slovenia	Maja Ana Strnad	23	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Ljubljana
South Africa	Nozipho Magagula	21	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Irene
Sri Lanka	Dimanthi Edirirathna	20	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Colombo
Suriname	Svetoisckia Brunswijk	19	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Paramaribo
Sweden	Cloie Syquia Skarne	22	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Djursholm
Switzerland	Manuela Oppikofer	25	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	Lausanne
Thailand	Atcharee Buakhiao	20	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Chiang Mai
Uganda	Priscilla Achieng	23	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Tororo
Ukraine	Alena Belová	21	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Vinnytsia
Uruguay	Valeria Barrios	21	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Salto
United States	Corrin Stellakis	19	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Bridgeport
Venezuela	Stephanie de Zorzi	23	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Turmero
Vietnam	Nguyễn Thị Lệ Nam Em	20	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Tien Giang
Wales	Charlotte Hitchman	19	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Neath
Zambia	Katrina Ketty Kabaso	25	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Sharon Enkromelle Andrew	22	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)	Harare

Debuts

•  Iraq
•  Kyrgyzstan
•  Palestine

Returns

Withdrawals

Did not compete

•  Armenia – Mariam Melyan
•  Bulgaria – Ines Petrová
•  Costa Rica – Brenda Muñoz
•  Germany – Lena Bröder
•  Kosovo – Andina Pura
•  New Caledonia – Camille Sirot
•  Spain –Nazaret Lamarca López

Designations

•  Belize – Chantae Chanice Guy was appointed as Miss Earth Belize 2016 by Michael Arnold the franchise holder of Miss Earth in Belize.
•  Brazil – Bruna Zanardo was appointed as Miss Earth Brazil 2016 by Look Top Beauty Events, the franchise holder of Miss Earth in Brazil.
•  Croatia - Nera Torlak was appointed as Miss Earth Croatia 2016 by Drago Gavranovic. Torlak was crowned as Miss Earth BiH Fire 2016, giving her the right to represent Croatia.
•  Ecuador – Katherine Elizabeth Espín was appointed as Miss Earth Ecuador 2016 by Diosas Escuela de Misses, the franchise holder of Miss Earth in Ecuador.
•  Iraq – Suzan Amer was appointed as Miss Earth Iraq 2016 by Iraqi Beauty Pageants, the franchise holder of Miss Earth in Iraq. She finished 2nd runner up at Miss Iraq 2015.
•  Kenya – Grace Wanene was appointed as Miss Earth Kenya 2016 by Miss Kenya Organization, the organization responsible in sending Kenyan representative to Miss Earth.
•  Kyrgyzstan – Begim Almasbeková was crowned as Miss Earth Kyrgyzstan 2016 through her 2nd runner up finish at Miss Kyrgyzstan 2016.
•  Mongolia – Enkhbor Azbileg was appointed as Miss Earth Mongolia 2016 by Miss Mongolia Tourism Association, the Franchise Holder of Miss Earth in Mongolia.
•  Panama – Virginia Hernandez was appointed as Miss Earth Panamá 2016 by Justine Pasek and Cesar Anel Rodríguez, the national directors ofMiss Earthin Panamá.
•  Poland – Magdalena Kucharska was appointed as Miss Earth Poland 2016 by SerafinaMakowska of Miss Egzotica, the franchise holder of Miss Earth in Poland.
•  Suriname –Svetoisckia Brunswijk was appointed as Miss Earth Suriname 2016 by Tropical Beauties Suriname, the franchise holder ofMiss Earthin Suriname.
•  Thailand – Atcharee Buakhiao was crowned as Miss Earth Thailand 2016 through her 1st runner up finish at Miss Universe Thailand 2016 pageant. She also garnered the most number of special awards during the pageant finals.
•  Venezuela – Stephanie de Zorziwas chosen as Miss Earth Venezuela 2016 at a casting call organized by Alyz Henrich, Miss Earth 2013, the new national director of Miss Earth Venezuela pageant. de Zorzi was Miss Earth Venezuela 2013 but replaced by Maira Alexandra Rodriguez.
•  Vietnam – Nguyễn Thị Lệ Nam Em was appointed as Miss Earth Vietnam 2016 by Helios Media, the National Director of Miss Earth in Vietnam. Nam Em was one of the Top 10 finalists of Miss Universe Vietnam 2015.

Replacements

•  Denmark – Alexandria Eissinger was replaced by Klaudia Parsberg, the 1st runner-up of Face of Denmark 2015 due to personal reasons.
•  Réunion – Elsa Técher, the winner of Miss Earth Réunion Island 2016 was replaced by Méli Shèryam Gastrin, Miss Earth Water Réunion 2016 for undisclosed reasons.

• Worldwide Livestream: Rappler
•  Afghanistan: Star World
•  Australia: The Filipino Channel
•  Bangladesh: Star World
•  Canada: The Filipino Channel
•  China: Star World
•  Colombia: Canal Uno
•  Hong Kong: Star World
•  Hungary: The Filipino Channel
•  India: Star World
•  Indonesia: Star World
•  Japan: The Filipino Channel
•  Macau: Star World
•  Malaysia: Star World
•  Maldives: Star World
• Middle East and North Africa: Star World
•  Myanmar: Star World
•    Nepal: Star World
•  Netherlands: The Filipino Channel
•  Pakistan: Star World
•  Papua New Guinea: Star World
•  Philippines: ABS-CBN, Star World
•  Singapore: Star World
•  Sri Lanka: Star World
•  Suriname: SCCN Channel 17
•  Taiwan: Star World
•  Thailand: Star World
•  USA: The Filipino Channel
•  Vietnam: Star World