| Miss Earth 2001 | |
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| Date | October 28, 2001 |
| Presenters | Jaime Garchitorena, Asha Gill, Emma Suwanalat |
| Venue | UP Theater, Quezon City, Philippines |
| Broadcaster | RPN Channel 9, The Filipino Channel, Star World |
| Entrants | 42 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts | Argentina, Australia, [ [Bolivia]], Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Venezuela, Zanzibar |
| Winner | Catharina Svensson Denmark |
Miss Earth 2001 is the first edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, organized by Carousel Productions.[1][2] The pageant coronation night was held on October 28, 2001 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Philippines.[3][4][5] There were 42 delegates who competed in the pageant that focuses on environmental issues. Catharina Svensson of Denmark, a professional equestrienne, fashion model, and third year law student, was crowned as the pageant's first winner.[6][7]
The pageant, called "Beauties for a Cause", adopted the common parts of beauty tilts such as the parade of delegates in swimsuits, the long gown, and talent competitions, but more weight was given to ecological and environmental intelligence in the interview portion.[7]
Miss Earth was formally launched in a press conference on April 3, 2001 along with the search of Miss Philippines to represent Philippines in the international competition.[1][8] Likewise, the pageant tied up with the Philippine government agencies such as the Philippine Department of Tourism (DoT), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority(MMDA), and at least two international environmental groups such as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the American Global Release to further its environmental advocacy.[9][10]
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The 42 delegates were first trimmed down to 10 in the semi-final portion. Then, four finalists were chosen in an initial question-and-answer portion. The delegates were asked to interpret or comment on the pictures shown to them, depicting the beauty and the problems of the environment.[7] The winners of the pageant as follows:.[11][12][13]
| Final Results | Contestant |
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| Miss Earth 2001 | |
| Miss Air (1st Runner-up) | |
| Miss Water (2nd Runner-up) | |
| Miss Fire (3rd Runner-up) | |
| Semi-finalists |
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| Special Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Photogenic | Argentina - Daniela Stucan |
| Best National Costume | India - Shamita Singha |
| Miss Friendship | Japan - Misuzu Hirayama |
| Miss Talent | Latvia - Jelena Keirane |
| Best in Swimsuit | Kazakhstan - Margarita Kravtsova |
| Best in Long Gown | Philippines - Carlene Aguilar |
Final Question in Miss Earth 2001: "Technology makes life very convenient but it is also being blamed for certain environmental problems. How do you propose to find a balance between technology and Earth preservation?"[7]
Answer of Miss Earth 2001: "Well, of course technology does make a lot of problems for us in the environment. But we can do something to make it better. For example in Denmark, we do a lot of farming and we use a lot of technology to make it easier for us. But that also means that we use a lot of chemicals that spread and go down to a ground water and makes the ground water worse. So what we can do and what we are doing at the moment is to try to make a regulations on what chemicals are allowed to be used and also thereby make controls of it so we can use those chemicals less." - Catharina Svensson, represented Denmark[7]
The pageant was hosted by Channel V VJ Asha Gill, former Thai beauty queen and actress Emma Suwanalat, and former singer/actor now businessman Jaime Garchitorena. It was aired on RPN Channel 9, Star World TV, and also televised the show in 35 other countries in November 2001.[7]
Thirty five of the forty two delegates of Miss Earth 2001 were presented to the media on October 11, 2001 at the poolside of the Hotel Intercontinental Manila in Makati City, Philippines.[1][10]
The delegates spent 21 days engaging in treeplanting activities, charity visits, courtesy calls on sponsors, dinner parties, attending government seminars on waste segregation and environmental preservation, promoting environmental causes in schools in Metropolitan Manila, and touring the country's top tourist attractions, including the Dos Palmas Resort in Honda Bay, Palawan and other Philippine ecotourism destinations such as Bohol, Banaue Rice Terraces, Benguet, and Davao. The trips were sponsored by the Philippine Department of Tourism and Palawan government.[7][10]
List of countries and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2001:[14][15]
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