Miss Earth 2011


Miss Earth 2011, the 11th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held on December 3, 2011 at the University of the Philippines Theater, inside the campus of the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City, Philippines. Nicole Faria of India crowned her successor Olga Álava of Ecuador at the end of the event. The show was aired live by Channel V at 8:00 pm, while Star World broadcast on Sunday, 4 December at 6:00 pm, ABS-CBN and Studio 23 broadcast on the same day at 10:30 pm. There was also a delayed telecast of the show on The Filipino Channel and on the television stations of other participating countries.
The pageant was originally scheduled to be held at the Impact, Muang Thong Thani in Bangkok, Thailand, however the pageant organizers decided to move the pageant back to the Philippines due to the 2011 Thailand floods.
The three "elemental titles", which have equal ranking, were awarded to Miss Brazil Driely Bennettone as Miss Earth-Air 2011, Miss Philippines Athena Imperial as Miss Earth-Water 2011 title, and Caroline Medina of Venezuela as Miss Earth-Fire 2011.

Results

Placements

Special awards

Major awards

The following special awards were given:
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Miss Friendship
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    Order of announcements

Top 16

  8. Taiwan

  14. Top 8

  22. Top 4

  26. Winning answer

Final Question in Miss Earth 2011: "Why the candidates chose education as the environmental initiative that world leaders should prioritize?"
Answer of Miss Earth 2011: "Education is the best solution for the environment because children are those who have to preserve the Earth for future generations." – Olga Álava, represented Ecuador.

Background music

The board of judges during the final competition were consisted of the following personalities:
No.JudgeBackground
1Zubin GandeviaTelevision producer, chief operating officer of Fox International Channels in Asia Pacific & Middle East
2Jean-Pierre GrivoryPerfumer, President Director General at Cofinluxe S.A. in France, creator of the world-famous Salvador Dalí perfumes
3Philippe CharriolDesigner, Founder and CEO of the Charriol Group, makers of Philippe Charriol watches
4Cong Khe NguyenNewspaper editor, Chairperson of Thanh Nien Media Corporation, Director of the Nguyen Thai Binh Scholarship, chairperson and founder of the Vietnam Talent Fund
5Jacinto Ng JrEntrepreneur, Director of Quantuvis Resources Corp.
6Luis Crisologo SingsonPolitician, Governor of the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines
7Daniele Ponzienvironment specialist of Asian Development Bank
8Vivien TanSinger from Singapore, Host of Star Asia Travel, an Asia wide travel program for STAR TV
9Vivienne TanEnvironment advocate, educator, and social worker
10Patrick DurstSenior forestry officer for Asia and the Pacific of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
11Dave SemeradAteneo de Manila University basketball player
12Anthony SemeradAteneo de Manila University basketball player

Contestants

84 delegates competed for the title
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    Did not compete

  • - Kerry Moxam

    Replacement

  • - Nguyễn Thái Hà has been confirmed as a candidate to represent Vietnam this year. However, one day before leaving, she withdrew because of the family's emergency work. After Trương Thị May - expected representative of Vietnam in Miss Earth 2009 but did not attend because she was injured - refused because she was participating in the drama "Chau sa", supermodel Phạm Ngọc Thạch qualified to participate, Phan Thị Mơ, Top 5 Miss Vietnam World 2010 was granted permission to attend last minute.