Miss Earth Belgium

Miss Earth Belgium
Motto Beauties for a Cause
Formation 2002
Type Beauty Pageant
Headquarters Brussels
Location
Membership
 Miss Earth
Miss Grand International
Official language
 Dutch
National Director(s)
 Jeremy Rizzi and Ken Stevens (2010-present)
Website Official Website

The Miss Earth Belgium pageant is a national beauty pageant of Belgium and has been held since 2014. It is responsible for selecting the country's representative to the Miss Earth, which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness.[1][2][3]

The current titleholder is Elizabeth Dwomoh who was crowned in 2014.

History

2002-2013: Early years

Belgium debuted in Miss Earth in 2002 and the franchise has been in the hands of Miss Benelux until 2011. Miss Belgium International acquired the franchise from 2011 until 2013. Miss Earth Belgium delegate has been selected by appointment or casting calls.

2014-present: Miss Exclusive

Miss Exclusive acquired the franchise of Miss Earth and is considered to be the biggest pageant across Belgium. It was created in 2009 and the main winner gets to compete in an international pageant. In an interview conducted by Sashfactor, a pageant forum site, the pageant owners, Jeremy Rizzi and Ken Stevens, took over the said franchise and said, "We chose to be the license holder for Belgium because Miss Earth is one of the best Miss pageants in the world. We all have to be aware of the environment and Miss Earth is the only pageant who takes care of that. It will be a challenge to put Belgium on the map during the Miss Earth pageant because my previous license holders didn't to much effort to make it huge in Belgium and around the world."

Traditionally, the winner of Miss Exclusive gets the title of Miss Earth Belgium and competes in the international Miss Earth pageant. The first runner up is being sent to Miss Grand International.

The first product of Miss Exclusive for Miss Earth is Emily Vanhoutte.

Titleholders

Miss Earth Belgium

The winner of Miss Exclusive gets the title of Miss Earth Belgium and competes in the international Miss Earth pageant

Color key
  •      Declared as Winner
  •      Ended as runner-up
  •      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
YearMiss Earth BelgiumHometownPlacement at Miss Earth
Egypt 2015 Elizabeth Dwomoh [4] Brussels TBD
Philippines 2014 Emily Vanhoutte [5] Linden
Philippines 2013 Kristina de Munter [6] Brussels
Philippines 2012 Madina Hamidi [7] Antwerp
Philippines 2011 Aline Decock [8] Brussels
Vietnam 2010 Melissa Vingerhoed Etterbeek
Philippines 2009 Isabel van Hoof [9] Antwerpen
Philippines 2008 Debby Gommeren[10][11] Antwerp
Philippines 2007 Melissa Cardaci No information available
Philippines 2006 Isabelle Cornelis
Philippines 2005 Isabel van Rompaey
Philippines 2004 Ruchika Sharma
Philippines 2003 Sofie Ydens
Philippines 2002 Stéphanie Moreel

Miss Grand Belgium

In 2015, The first runner up of Miss Exclusive is being sent to Miss Grand International.

YearMiss Grand BelgiumHometownPlacement at Miss Grand International
Thailand 2015 Axelle Stratsaert TBA
Thailand 2014 Sarah Karin Francois De Groo Unplaced
Thailand 2013 Karolien Termonia Unplaced

See also

External link

References

  1. ↑ New York Times, World News (2003-10-30). "Afghanistan: Anti-Pageant Judges". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  2. ↑ News, Reuters (2004-10-25). "Miss Earth 2004 beauty pageant". China Daily. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
  3. ↑ Enriquez, Amee (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Van Tongerloo, Tom (2014-10-27). "Elisabeth Dwomoh verkozen tot Miss Exclusive 2015 (in Dutch)". Front View Magazine. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
  5. ↑ "Miss Exclusive Emily Vanhoutte steunt de ark van Pollare". Goeiedag Ninove. 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  6. ↑ ":: Missitems ::". Missitems.be. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  7. ↑ "Miss Earth 2012 Belgium". Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Grand Slam Pageants". Grand Slam Pageants.
  9. ↑ Miss Earth Belgium 2008
  10. ↑ Pampanga, Sun Star (October 28, 2008). "Miss Earth to boost Freeport's tourism". Sun Star. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  11. ↑ Garcia, Cecile (November 1, 2008). "Beauties for a Cause Miss Earth to boost Clark and Subic eco-tourism". News Central. Retrieved November 16, 2008.