Miss Brazil Larissa Ramos crowned Miss Earth '09
November 24, 2009 2:41 am
BORACAY Island, Malay, Aklan, Nov. 23 -The Miss Earth International Foundation named Miss Brazil Larissa Ramos as this year's Miss Earth in the grand coronation night held at Boracay EcoVillage Resort and Convention Center Sunday.
Catherine Untalan, Miss Earth-Philippines executive director, said that aside from Miss Brazil other winners of the pageant were Sandra Seifert of the Philippines as Miss Earth Air 2009, Jessica Barboza of Venezuela as Miss Earth Water and Alejandra Echeverria of Spain crowned Miss Earth Fire.
The crowning for Miss Earth was made by Miss Earth 2008 Karla Paula Henry.
"Ramos, 20, a biology student in Universidade Federal do Amazonas, won over 80 earth beauties from all over the world for the prestigious title of Miss Earth," Untalan said.
Reports said that prior to joining Miss Earth, Ramos took the title of Beleza Brasil 2009, representing the state of Amazonas and was chosen as one of the finalists in the Top Model competition in Amazona, Brazil from 1,572 applicants conducted by Amazon Empório Magazine in partnership with Karin Models Paris. Ramos is the third Brazilian who won the coveted title of Miss Earth since Priscilla Mereilles in 2004.
Major awards were bagged by Miss Philippines Sandra Seifert for Best in Swimsuit, Miss Tanzania Evelyne Tausi for Best in National Costume, and Best in Evening Gown, Miss Tahiti Niuriki Teremate for Miss Talent, Miss Czech Republic Tereza Budkova for Miss Photogenic and Miss Switzerland Graziella Rogers for Miss Friendship.
Miss Jamaica Jenaae Jackson won the special award for Best in Eco-Design Wear, Miss Albania Suada Saliu for Best in Use of Indigenous Products Wear, Miss Puerto Rico Dignelis Jimenez for Miss Placenta, Miss Guam Maria Luisa Santos for Pasigandahan Award and Miss Czech Republic Tereza Budkova for Best in Eco-Bag Design Wear.
Other finalists in the 2009 Miss Earth were Alejandra Castillo Munera of Colombia, Pascale Nelide of Martinique, Izabela Wilczek of Poland and Rujinan Phanseethum of Thailand.
The semi-finalists were Magalie Thierry of France, Nonna Diakonidze of Georgia, Shriya Kishore of India, Yeju Park of Korea, Kayleigh O'Reilly of Northern Ireland, Gabriela Rejala of Paraguay, Valerie Lim of Singapore and Chanel Grantham of South Africa.
The beauty pageant is organized by Carousel Productions, Inc. and televised by ABS-CBN Channel 2 and The Filipino Channel. In the 9th edition of Miss Earth, a new crown was unveiled and was designed by Ramona Haar, an environmentalist jewelry designer from Florida. (PNA)
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