Miss Earth Japan

Miss Earth Japan
Motto Beauties for a Cause
Formation 2001
Type Beauty Pageant
Headquarters Shinjuku, Tokyo
Location
Membership
 Miss Earth
Official language
 Japanese
National Director
 Osamu Sakata
Website missearth.jp

Miss Earth Japan (Japanese: ミスアース) is a beauty pageant held annually in search of the most beautiful and environmental-friendly woman in Japan. The titleholder represents the country in the international Miss Earth pageant.[1][2]

Miss Earth Japan 2011 is Tomoko Maeda, the current titleholder, who competed as Miss Tokyo.[3][4] Ex-AKB48 member Shiho Watanabe placed second.[2]

History

Miss Earth Japan, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, is organized by IBG Japan (I Vesey Japan, Inc.) under its corporate name Miss Japan Institute of Earth General. The national director of the pageant is Osamu Sakata. The pageant was established in order to elect Japan's representative in the annual Miss Earth pageant, to further charity donations and philanthropic activities, and to promote environmental awareness and protection.[5]

Japan was first represented in Miss Earth 2001 by Misuzu Hirayama, who was the first titleholder of Miss Earth Japan and won the Miss Friendship special award.[6]

In 2010, Japan first entered both in the semifinal and final round of the Miss Earth pageant, where Marina Kishira finished in the top 7 and won the Best in National Costume award in Miss Earth 2010.[7][8]

Titleholders

Color key
  •      Declared as Winner
  •      Ended as runner-up
  •      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

The winner of Miss Earth Japan (MEJ) represents her country at Miss Earth. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. The following are the names of the annual titleholders of Miss Earth Japan (MEJ), listed according to the year in which they participated in Miss Earth:

YearMiss Earth JapanPlacementSpecial Awards
Philippines 2001Misuzu Hirayama Unplaced Miss Friendship
Philippines 2003Asami Saito Unplaced
Philippines 2005Emi Suzuki Unplaced
Philippines 2006Noriko Ohno Unplaced
Philippines 2007Ryoko Tominaga Unplaced
Philippines 2008Akemi Fukumura Unplaced
Philippines 2009Tomomi Takada Unplaced
Vietnam 2010Marina Kishira[9][10]Top 7Best National Costume
Philippines 2011Tomoko Maeda[11][3] Top 16 Best National Costume
Philippines 2012Megumi NodaTop 16
Philippines 2013Yu HorikawaUnplaced
Philippines 2014Reina Nagata Unplaced
Philippines 2015In progress

See also

References

  1. ↑ "24-year-old former Tian Zhizi elected as "Miss Japan 2011"". Business Times. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ex-AKB48 member Shiho Watanabe places second in Miss Earth Japan contest ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion". Japantoday.com. 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "24 year-old Tomoko Maeda won Miss Earth Japan 2011". Asian Pop Show. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
  4. ↑ "Miss Earth Japan 2011". IBG Japan. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Miss Earth Japan Sponsor Summary". IBG Japan. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  6. ↑ Castro Barawid, Rachel Castro Barawid (30 October 2001). "Danish student wins 1st Miss Earth title". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  7. ↑ Requintina, Robert R. (5 December 2010). "Indian model wins Miss Earth 2010". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  8. ↑ Khuê, Diệp Trúc (4 December 2010). "The beautiful Miss India Earth 2010". Saigon Gia Phong (SGGP) Online. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  9. ↑ Van, Duong (4 December 2010). "Huong Diem at Miss Earth semi-finals". VN Express. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  10. ↑ "Miss Earth 2010: The beautiful India crowned". Voice of the People's Ho Chi Minh. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  11. ↑ "S.Watanabe 2nd Miss Earth Japan | Fashion | House of Japan - Japan News Technology Autos Culture Life Style". House of Japan. Retrieved 2011-07-12.

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