Miss Earth 2004

Miss Earth 2004
Miss Earth 2004
Date	24 October 2004
Presenters	Marc Nelson, Sarah Meir
Venue	UP Theater, Quezon City, Philippines
Broadcaster	ABS-CBN, The Filipino Channel, Star World
Entrants	61
Debuts	Bulgaria, Chad, Macedonia, Martinique, Portugal, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay
Withdrawals	Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Cyprus, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Kosovo, Japan, Panama, Slovenia, Ukraine, Venezuela
Returns	Albania, Egypt, El Salvador, Great Britain, Netherlands, Nepal, Paraguay, Taiwan, Tanzania
Winner	Priscilla Meirelles  Brazil
Congeniality	Stephanie Brownell  USA
Best National Costume	Gabriela Zavala  Honduras
Photogenic	Priscilla Meirelles  Brazil

Miss Earth 2004, the 4th edition of Miss Earth pageant, took place on 24 October 2004 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Miss Brazil took over from last year’s winner Dania Prince of Honduras.^[1]

The 21-year-old medical student from Brazil, Priscilla Meirelles, who stands 5’ 8" and has a 35"-24"-35" figure, won the coveted title, and with her win, Brazil became the first country to capture all of the four major international pageants, namely Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth.^[1][2]

Miss Martinique Murielle Celimene, an 18-year-old student, was crowned Miss Air, the pageant’s equivalent to first runner-up. The last two titles— Miss Water and Miss Fire (second and third runners-up, respectively) —were won by Miss Tahiti Kahaya Lusazh (English name: Stephanie Lesage) and Miss Paraguay Yanina Gonzalez. Miss Paraguay was early crowd favorite who maintained her composure when she almost fell off the stage after she broke her shoe’s heels after the long gown competition.

The winners were chosen by the 11-person board of judges who included last year’s Miss Earth’s Beauty for a Cause awardee, Vida Samadzai, Noel Lorenzana of Unilever Philippines, Stefan Voogel of InterContinental Manila, Kit Ti LIan of Avon Color, Lorraine Timbol of Media Arts Systems and Services Co., Regina Paz Lopez of ABS-CBN Foundation, Chin Chin Gutierrez, actress and staunch advocate of environmental concerns, international singer-actor Leo Valdez, Deborah Landey of the United Nations Development Programme, Freddie Garcia of ABS-CBN, and Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar Purisima.

Organized and launched in 2001 by Carousel Productions, Miss Earth serves as a catalyst in promoting environmental advocacy worldwide. Its slogan, "Beauties For A Cause".^[3]

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	USA - Stephanie Brownell
Miss Photogenic	Brazil - Priscilla Meirelles
Miss Talent	Canada - Tanya Beatriz Munizaga
Best National Costume	Honduras - Gabriela Zavala
Best in Long Gown	Tahiti - Kahaya Lusazh (Stephanie Lesage)
Best in Swimsuit	Paraguay - Yanina González

Winning answer

Final Question in Miss Earth 2004: "On a quiet night, you could hear the sounds of nature talking to you. What do you think is its message and what would you like to tell it back?"

Winning Answer of Miss Earth 2004: "What I can hear is that nature is saying that love is missing. Because people don't respect each other, they don't respect the nature, they don't respect life. That's why nature is reacting to everything that people do to her. Who suffer is us, humankind. And love is what would solve our problem" - Priscilla Meirelles, represented Brazil.^[4]

Judges

Contestants

List of countries and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2004:^[5]

Notes

Miss Earth 2004, Priscilla Meirelles also won the title "Miss Cyberpress Earth 2004" awarded by the website Globalbeauties.com after topping a survey participated in by webmasters in 19 pageant-related web portals.^[3]

Crossovers

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Miss Earth 2004 contestants.

• Miss Earth official website
• Miss Earth Foundation
• Miss Earth Foundation Kids' I Love My Planet