LOOK: Miss Earth 2016 Winners, Miss Ecuador Crowned Miss Earth 2016, Popcorn Time Live Blog

Miss Ecuador Katherine Espín was crowned Miss Earth 2016 during the coronation night of the 16th Miss Earth pageant at the Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines on October 29. Among the 83 candidates for this year’s prestigious beauty title with the theme “Empowered to Make a Change,” Katherine has reigned supreme. Also, Miss Columbia won the title of Miss Earth Air, Miss Venezuela won Miss Earth Water, and Miss Brazil won Miss Earth Fire.

Miss Earth 2016 Opens with “That’s My Girl”

The Miss Earth 2016 Coronation Night opened with a video introducing the elegant and captivating Eco-warriors of the Planet. Each candidate was featured speaking about their passions and convictions about nature and the environment with a montage of their national costume and an aerial view of their country. Their dance to “That’s My Girl” wowed the crowd each time they would gracefully present their rendition after each segment of the video.

Hosts Marc Nelson, Rovilson Fernandez Announce Miss Earth 2016 Special Awards

The Grand Environmental event is hosted by the Philippines’ very own Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez. They have mentioned that this year’s batch of candidates are the most-traveled, visiting the Philippines’ bio-diversity spots. They then segued announcing the night’s special awards below.

                              Miss Earth Eco-Warrior Award – Miss Wales

                              Most Engaging and Most Meaningful Eco Video  – Moldova

Miss Earth 2016 Top 16 Announced

The hosts of the night took turns calling out the Top 16 Everyone was holding on to the edge of their seats for this one, shouting with so much excitement and relief each time their home country was called. Here are the Miss Earth’s Top 16:

• Miss Columbia
• Miss South Korea
• Miss Northern Ireland
• Miss Italy
• Miss Venezuela
• Miss England
• Miss Brazil
• Miss Vietnam
• Miss Russia
• Miss Mexico
• Miss Macau SAR China
• Miss South Africa
• Miss Ecuador
• Miss Australia
• Miss Sweden
• Miss USA

Miss Earth 2016 Top 16: Gorgeous in Swimsuit and Evening Gown Competition

The most revealing part of the show opened with a feature on Davao. Right after, the stage lit up with the colorful traditional costumes and dance routines of Davao. Each contestant walked in with such elegant poise and grace wearing swimsuits designed by Ricky Abad.

After all the ladies showed their bubbly and sunny personalities, the atmosphere mellowed down instantly as the lights dimmed out while soft elegant music began playing in the background. Upon each entrance, a sense of serenity and impeccable admiration can be felt.

Miss Earth 2016 Top 8 

Vietnam
Venezuela
Russia
Sweden
United States
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador

Miss Earth 2016 Top 4: Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela and Columbia

Miss Earth will be Spokesperson for the United Nations Environment Programme

The Miss Earth pageant is an international annual event that promotes environmental awareness. It is one of the three largest beauty pageants in the world. The winner of Miss Earth is the spokesperson for the Miss Earth Foundation which is the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) along with other environmental organizations. The title holder will dedicate her year to promote prjects that address environmental and global issues through tours in school, street campaigns, coastal clean ups, speaking engagements, media guesting, environmental fair, eco-fashion shows and other environmental activities.

Miss Earth 2016 Early Winners

In the Miss Earth presentation on October 11 at the Manila Diamond Hotel, Miss Philippines was awarded as the Darling of the Press. Miss Ecuador Katherine Espin won gold, Miss Venezuela Stephanie de Zorzi got the silver award, and Miss USA Corrin Julia Stellakis got the bronze award.

Other early winners include Macau’s Clover Zhu who was named Miss Versailles during the Talent and Swimsuit competitions on October 23. Best in Talent was awarded to Miss Mongolia Enkhbor Azbileg (gold), Miss Czech Republic Kristyna Kubickova (silver), and Miss Haiti Valerie Alcide (bronze).

Best in National Costume – Africa

Gold – Miss Uganda Priscilla Achieng
Silver – Miss South Africa Nozipho Magagula
Bronze – Miss Nigeria Chioma Precious Obiadi

Best in National Costume – Americas

Gold – Miss Mexico Itzel Paola Astudillo
Silver – Miss Bolivia Eliana Villegas
Bronze – Miss Ecuador Katherine Elizabeth Espín

Best in National Costume – Asia and Pacific

Gold – Miss Thailand Atcharee Buakhiao
Silver – Miss Japan Ami Hachiya
Bronze – Miss Indonesia Luisa Andrea Soemitha

Best in National Costume – Europe

Gold – Miss England Luissa Burton
Silver – Miss Sweden Cloie Skarne
Bronze – Miss Kyrgyzstan Begim Almasbeková (technically Asia but was grouped with European candidates)

Face of Century Park Hotel – Miss Sweden Cloie Skarne

Miss Friendship

Gold – Miss Bahamas Candisha Rolle
Silver – Miss Myanmar Nan Khine Shwe Wahwin
Bronze – Miss Singapore Manuela Bruntraeger

Miss Photogenic

Gold – Miss Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Lệ Nam Em
Silver – Miss Myanmar Nan Khine Shwe Wahwin
Bronze – Miss Venezuela Stephanie de Zorzi

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