Brazil is Miss Earth 2009
Miss Brazil Larissa Ramos was crowned as this year's Miss Earth in the grand coronation night held at Boracay EcoVillage Resort and Convention Center on Sunday evening.
Ramos, 20, a biology student in Universidade Federal do Amazonas, won over 80 earth beauties from all over the world for the prestigious title of Miss Earth.
Prior to joining Miss Earth, Ramos took the title of Beleza Brasil 2009 representing the state of Amazonas and was chosen as one of the finalists in the Top Model competition in Amazona, Brazil from 1,572 applicants conducted by Amazon Empório Magazine in partnership with Karin Models Paris. Ramos is the third Brazilian who won the coveted title of Miss Earth since Priscilla Mereilles in 2004.
Sandra Seifert of host country Philippines was the 2009 Miss Earth Air, Jessica Barboza of Venezuela was Miss Earth Water and Alejandra Echeverria of Spain was crowned Miss Earth Fire.
Major awards were awarded to Miss Tanzania Evelyne Tausi for Best in National Costume, Miss Philippines Sandra Seifert for Best in Swimsuit and Best in Evening Gown, Miss Tahiti Niuriki Teremate for Miss Talent, Miss Czech Republic Tereza Budkova for Miss Photogenic and Miss Switzerland Graziella Rogers for Miss Friendship.
Miss Jamaica Jenaae Jackson won the special award for Best in Eco-Design Wear, Miss Albania Suada Saliu for Best in Use of Indigenous Products Wear, Miss Puerto Rico Dignelis Jimenez for Miss Placenta, Miss Guam Maria Luisa Santos for Pasigandahan Award and Miss Czech Republic Tereza Budkova for Best in Eco-Bag Design Wear.
Other finalists in the 2009 Miss Earth were Alejandra Castillo Munera of Colombia, Pascale Nelide of Martinique, Izabela Wilczek of Poland and Rujinan Phanseethum of Thailand.
The semi-finalists were Magalie Thierry of France, Nonna Diakonidze of Georgia, Shriya Kishore of India, Yeju Park of Korea, Kayleigh O'Reilly of Northern Ireland, Gabriela Rejala of Paraguay, Valerie Lim of Singapore and Chanel Grantham of South Africa.
The beauty pageant is organized by Carousel Productions, Inc. and televised by ABS-CBN Channel 2 and The Filipino Channel. In the 9th edition of Miss Earth, a new crown was unveiled and was designed by Ramona Haar, an environmentalist jewelry designer from Florida.
The host/ presenter of Miss Earth 2009 coronation pageant were Sports Unlimited television host Marc Nelson, model Borgy Manotoc and Swiss model-turned MTV Asia VJ Sandra Marie Go Meier.
Source: Aklanforum
