Miss Earth 2004

Miss Earth 2004
Miss Earth 2004
	Priscilla Meirelles
Date	October 24, 2004
Presenters	Marc Nelson; Sarah Meir;
Venue	University of the Philippines Theater, Quezon City, Philippines
Broadcaster	ABS-CBN; The Filipino Channel; Star World;
Entrants	61
Placements	16
Debuts	Bulgaria; Chad; North Macedonia; Martinique; Portugal; Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay;
Withdrawals	Afghanistan; Antigua and Barbuda; Cyprus; Germany; Gibraltar; Hungary; Japan; Kosova; Panama; Slovenia; Ukraine; Venezuela;
Returns	Albania; Egypt; El Salvador; Great Britain; Netherlands; Nepal; Paraguay; Taiwan; Tanzania;
Winner	Priscilla Meirelles; Brazil
Congeniality	Stephanie Brownell, United States
Best National Costume	Gabriela Zavala, Honduras
Photogenic	Priscilla Meirelles, Brazil
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Miss Earth 2004 was the fourth edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on October 24, 2004.

Dania Prince of Honduras crowned Priscilla Meirelles of Brazil as her successor at the end of the event, and with her win, Brazil became the first country to win all of the Big Four beauty pageants.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Earth 2004	Brazil – Priscilla Meirelles^[1]
Miss Earth – Air 2004	Martinique – Murielle Celimene^[1]
Miss Earth – Water 2004	Tahiti – Stephanie Lesage^[1]
Miss Earth – Fire 2004	Paraguay – Yanina González^[1]
Top 8	Australia – Shenevelle Dickson^[1] Honduras – Gabriela Zavala^[1] Philippines – Tamera Szijarto^[1] Thailand – Radchadawan Khampeng^[1]
Top 16	Egypt – Arwa Gouda^[1] India – Jyoti Brahmin^[1] Israel – Keren Somekh^[1] Nicaragua – Marifely Argüello^[1] Norway – Brigitte Korsvik^[1] Peru – Liesel Holler^[1] Poland – Karolina Gorazda^[1] Trinidad and Tobago – Leah Mari Guevara^[1]

Special awards

Major awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	United States – Stephanie Brownell^[1]
Miss Photogenic	Brazil – Priscilla Meirelles^[1]
Miss Talent	Canada – Tanya Beatriz Munizaga^[1]
Best in National Costume	Honduras – Gabriela Zavala^[1]
Best in Evening Gown	Tahiti – Stephanie Lesage^[1]
Best in Swimsuit	Paraguay – Yanina González^[1]

Minor/Sponsor awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Close-up Smile	Brazil – Priscilla Meirelles^[1]
Miss Creamsilk	Philippines – Tamera Szijarto^[1]
Miss Discovery Spa	Brazil – Priscilla Meirelles^[1]
Miss Earth Fort Ilocandia	Thailand – Ratchadawan Nahprasert^[1]
Miss Ponds Beautiful Skin	Australia – Shenevelle Dickson^[1]
Miss Sunsilk	Martinique – Murielle Celimene^[1]
Gandang Ricky Reyes Award	Thailand – Ratchadawan Nahprasert^[1]
Texters' Choice Award	Philippines – Tamera Szijarto^[1]

Contestants

List of countries and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2004:

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age^[a]	Hometown
Albania	Vilma Masha^[2]	19	Tirana
Argentina	Daniela Puig		Buenos Aires
Australia	Shenevelle Dickson		Sydney
Belgium	Ruchika Sharma		Brussels
Bolivia	Muriel Cruz	18	Montero
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ana Suton		Sarajevo
Brazil	Priscilla Meirelles	21	Belém
Bulgaria	Kristiana Dimitrova		Sofia
Canada	Tanya Beatriz Munizaga
Chad	Myriam Commelin
Chile	Erika Niklitschek Schmidt
China	Nicole Liu Xu
Colombia	Maria Fernanda Navia
Costa Rica	Karlota Calderon
Denmark	Thea Frojkear
Dominican Republic	Nileny Dippton
Ecuador	Maria Luisa Barrios
Egypt	Arwa Gouda
El Salvador	Gabriela Mejía^[3]	19	San Salvador
Estonia	Jana Gruft
Ethiopia	Ferehyiwot Abebe^[4]	18	Bahir Dar
Finland	Iida Laatu
France	Audrey Nogues
Ghana	Maame Afua Akyeampong
Great Britain	Hannah McCuaig
Guatemala	Mirza Odette Garcia
Honduras	Gabriela Zavala
India	Jyoti Brahmin
Israel	Keren Somekh
Kenya	Susan Kaittany
Lebanon	Lana Khattab
Macedonia	Natalija Grubovik
Malaysia	Eloise Law	20	Selangor
Martinique	Murielle Celimene	18	Fort-de-France
Mexico	Valentina Cervera	18	Yucatán
Nepal	Anita Gurung	18	Pokhara
Netherlands	Saadia Himi	20	Nijmegen
New Zealand	Rachael Tucker^[5]		Palmerston North
Nicaragua	Marifely Argüello^[6]	22	Managua
Nigeria	Ufuoma Stacey Ejenobor	23	Benin City
Norway	Brigitte Korsvik		Oslo
Paraguay	Yanina González^[7]	24	Asunción
Peru	Liesel Holler^[8]	24	Cerro de Pasco
Philippines	Tamera Szijarto	21	Manila
Poland	Karolina Gorazda^[9]	24	Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
Portugal	Frederica Santos		Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Shanira Blanco	23	San Juan
Serbia and Montenegro	Katarina Hadži Pavlović		Belgrade
Singapore	Nicole Sze Chin Nee		Singapore
South Africa	Sally Leung
South Korea	Hye-jin Cho
Sweden	Sara Jilena Lundemo
Switzerland	Simone Röthlisberger
Tahiti	Stephanie Lesage
Taiwan	Angel Wu
Tanzania	Sophia Byanaku
Thailand	Radchadawan Khampeng		Phitsanulok
Trinidad and Tobago	Leah Mari Guevara
United States	Stephanie Brownell
Uruguay	Katherine Gonzalves
Vietnam	Bùi Thúy Hạnh