Miss Earth 2013 was the 13th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the Versailles Palace in Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines, on December 7, 2013.

Miss Earth 2013
DateDecember 7, 2013
Presenters
EntertainmentDavid Pomeranz
ThemeThe International Year of Water Cooperation
VenueVersailles Palace, Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster
Entrants88
Placements16
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerAlyz Henrich
Venezuela
CongenialityNita Sofiani
Indonesia
PhotogenicSobhita Dhulipala[1]
India
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Tereza Fajksová of the Czech Republic crowned Alyz Henrich of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event. Henrich made history as she put Venezuela in the map of pageantry as the only country to win all the Big Four beauty pageants at least twice.

88 contestants competed for this year's pageant, marking the highest turnout of any Miss Earth edition to date as of 2024. Miss Earth 2008, Karla Henry, was present in the pageant to express the gratitude that the different countries had done to help the Philippines after the devastation that Typhoon Haiyan had caused.

Results

  Miss Earth
  Miss Earth – Air
  Miss Earth – Water
  Miss Earth – Fire
  Top 8
  Top 20

Placements

Placement Contestant[2]
Miss Earth 2013
Miss Earth – Air 2013
Miss Earth – Water 2013
Miss Earth – Fire 2013
Top 8
Top 16

Note: The Carousel Productions has confirmed that Punika Kulsoontornrut, Miss Earth Water 2013 was dethroned due to joining Miss International 2014 thus violating her contract as a titleholder.[citation needed]

Judges

No. Judge Background
1 Con Apostolopoulos Vice President, Sales and Partnerships at Fox International Channels
2 Alexandra Rocha Owner of Pinkerton Ice Cream, and the host of Solar News Channel's food and travel show, Something to Chew On
3 Joseph King Owner at M&S Investments, Chairperson at North Asia Resources Group, Partner at Richland Capital and former Vice President at Blackstone Capital Partners Asia
4 Iza Calzado Filipino actress, TV Host and model
5 Dibas Khaniya International IT Award 2012 winner, Founder President of Friends Initiative
6 Jasper Tiu Vice-President For Sales And Marketing Of Peerless Lion Corporation, Maker Of Hana Shampoo
7 Jake Letts Team captain of Philippines national rugby union team
8 Sarah Meier Filipino-Swiss model, TV Host and former MTV Philippines VJ
9 Allen Roxas President of State Properties Corporation that owns the Versailles Palace, Chairperson of Chiang Kai Shek College
10 Lorraine Schuck Former beauty queen, Executive Vice President of Carousel Productions

Background music

Contestants

88 delegates were selected to compete:

Country/Terr. Contestant Age Height Hometown Group
  Albania Afroviti Goge 23 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in) Tirana 2
  Australia Renera Thompson[3] 26 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Sydney 2
  Austria Katia Wagner[4] 25 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Vienna 1
  Bahamas Vandia Sands[5] 25 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Nassau 2
  Belgium Kristina de Munter[6] 26 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Brussels 2
  Belize Amber Rivero[7] 21 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Belize City 2
  Bolivia María Renée Carmona[citation needed] 18 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Cochabamba 3
  Bonaire Jeanine Ottenhof[citation needed] 19 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in) Huizen 1
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Vera Krneta 19 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Sarajevo 1
  Brazil Priscilla Martins[citation needed] 23 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in) Araújos 3
  British Virgin Islands Kimberly Herbert[8] 18 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Roadtown 3
  Canada Sofiya Chorniy[citation needed] 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Montreal 1
  Chile Natalia Lermanda[9] 22 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in) Santiago 1
  China Lisa Xiang[10] 24 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Jiangsu 2
  Chinese Taipei Lyu Ying Li[11] 19 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in) Taipei 1
  Colombia Diana Ortegón[12] 21 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Girardot 1
  Costa Rica Mariela Aparicio[citation needed] 25 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) San José 2
  Côte d’Ivoire Bintou Traoré[13] 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Korhogo 2
  Crimea Mariya Makater[14] 18 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in) Simferopol 1
  Curaçao Archangela Garcia[citation needed] 24 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in) Willemstad 1
  Czech Republic Monika Leová 22 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Choceň 2
  Denmark Josefine Mikuta Poulsen[citation needed] 21 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in) Nørrebro 1
  Dominican Republic Maria Eugenia de los Santos[15] 18 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) San Juan de la Maguana 3
  Ecuador Ana María Weir[citation needed] 25 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in) Guayaquil 1
  England Chloe Othen[16] 23 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) London 1
  France Sophie Garenaux[17] 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Harnes 2
  Gabon Filiane Mayombo Koundi[18] 19 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in) Ogooué-Lolo 3
  Germany Caroline Noeding 22 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in) Hanover 3
  Ghana Amabel Klutse[citation needed] 21 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Accra 1
  Guadeloupe Marie Vaitilingon[citation needed] 19 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Le Moule 2
  Guam Katarina Martinez[19] 22 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Barrigada 2
  Guatemala Jimena Mansilla Wever 23 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Guatemala City 3
  Haiti Carolina Rinchère[citation needed] 24 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Port-au-Prince 3
  Hungary Dalma Huszarovics[11] 24 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Budapest 3
  India Sobhita Dhulipala 21 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Guntur 2
  Indonesia Nita Sofiani[20] 21 1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in) Bandung 1
  Israel Maria Abboud[11] 18 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Jerusalem 1
  Italy Debora Bon[21] 21 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Venice 3
  Japan Yu Horikawa[citation needed] 24 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Tokyo 1
  Kazakhstan Kumis Bazarbayeva[11] 25 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Almaty 2
  South Korea Catharina Choi 23 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) São Paulo 2
  Kosovo Donika Emini[22] 19 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Pristina 2
  Lebanon Rita Houkayem 22 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Beirut 2
  Lithuania Monika Sereckyte 23 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Vilnius 1
  Macau Ashely Qian 22 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Macau 3
  Madagascar Erwinah Mathon[citation needed] 24 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Antananarivo 1
  Malaysia Josephine Tan 23 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Pahang 3
  Martinique Rani Charles 20 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in) Fort-de-France 2
  Mauritius Virginie Dorza[23] 20 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Port Louis 3
  Mexico Cristal Silva[citation needed] 21 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in) Ciudad Victoria 3
  Mongolia Bayartsatsral Baljinnyam 25 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Ulan Bator 1
  Nepal Rojisha Shahi Thakuri[24] 20 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Dhapakhel 2
  Netherlands Wendy-Kristy Hoogerbrugge[25] 26 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in) Rotterdam 3
  Nigeria Marie Miller[26] 25 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Lagos 1
  Northern Ireland Amira Graham[11] 19 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Belfast 2
  Norway Caroline Sparboe[citation needed] 23 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Oslo 3
  Panama Johanna Batista[citation needed] 21 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Panama City 2
  Paraguay Leticia Cáceres[27] 23 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in) Itá 3
  Philippines Angelee delos Reyes[28] 26 1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in) Olongapo 1
  Poland Aleksandra Szczęsna 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Warsaw 1
  Portugal Solange Duarte 23 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Ovar 3
  Réunion Island Christelle Abrantes 19 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Saint-Pierre 1
  Romania Ioana Mihalache[11] 23 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Constanța 3
  Russia Olesya Boslovyak[11] 24 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Moscow 3
  Scotland Kiera Kingsman[11] 21 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Glasgow 2
  Serbia Anđelka Tomašević[29] 20 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Zubin Potok 2
  Sierra Leone Mariatu Dukuray[11] 22 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Freetown 3
  Singapore Vanessa Hee 25 1.66 m (5 ft 5 12 in) Singapore 1
  Slovak Republic Lucia Slaninkova[citation needed] 22 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in) Považská Bystrica 1
  Slovenia Nina Kos[citation needed] 21 1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in) Ljubljana 3
  South Africa Ashanti Mbanga 24 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in) Johannesburg 1
  South Sudan Gloria Karsis Raymon 18 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in) Malakal 3
  Spain Cristina Martínez[citation needed] 22 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in) Valencia 2
  Sri Lanka Solange Kristina Gunawijeya[citation needed] 22 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in) Nugegoda 3
  Sweden Denice Andrée[30] 25 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Stockholm 2
  Switzerland Djoa Strassburg 20 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Zurich 1
  Tahiti Maeva Simonin[citation needed] 21 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in) Punaauia 3
  Tanzania Clara Noor[31] 18 1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in) Mwanza 2
  Thailand Punika Kulsoontornrut[11] 21 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in) Prachuap Khiri Khan 3
  Trinidad and Tobago Ariana Rampersad 21 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Couva 1
  Turkey Ezgi Avci 21 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in) Istanbul 2
  Ukraine Anastasia Sukh[11] 18 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in) Kyiv 3
  United States Nicolle Velez 22 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) New York City 3
  US Virgin Islands Vanessa Donastorg[32] 24 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Saint Thomas 2
  Venezuela Alyz Henrich 22 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in) Punto Fijo 2
  Wales Angharad James[11] 23 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in) Cardiff 3
  Zambia Winnie-Fredah Kabwe[citation needed] 23 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in) Lusaka 3
  Zimbabwe Samantha Dika[11] 25 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in) Harare 2

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Designations

  •   Belgium – Kristina de Munter was appointed to represent Belgium, she was previously Miss International Belgium 2011.
  •   Colombia – Diana Ortegon was appointed as "Miss Tierra Colombia 2013" after a casting call took place.[citation needed]
  •   Romania – Ioana Mihalache was appointed to represent Romania, she was previously Miss Universe Romania 2012 1st runner-up.
  •   US Virgin Islands – Vanessa Donastorg was appointed to represent US Virgin Islands.

Replacements

  •   AlbaniaNatalia Stamuli is replaced by Afroviti Goge because Stamuli did not reach the minimum age requirement.
  •   Curaçao – Silvienne Winklaar, who was elected Miss Earth Curaçao 2013 is replaced by Archangela Garcia who was previously Miss Curaçao 2013 contestant.
  •   Guatemala – Cristina Girón is replaced by Jimena Mansilla Wever.
  •   South Korea – Hyo-hee Kim is replaced by Catharina Choi who was previously one of the 2nd runner-up of Miss Korea 2013.
  •   Paraguay – Karen Duarte is replaced by Leticia Caceres.
  •   Russia – Elina Kireeva is replaced by Olesya Boslovyak.
  •   Ukraine – Natalia Varchenko is replaced by Anastasia Sukh.

Withdrawals

During the contest
  •   New ZealandNela Zisser was able to participate during the preliminary activities in Manila but she decided to withdraw before the coronation night due to food poisoning.
Before the contest
  •   Algeria – Rym Amari withdrew for undisclosed reasons.
  •   ArubaFrancis Massiel Sousa withdrew for undisclosed reasons.
  •   Equatorial Guinea – Restituta Mifumu Nguema withdrew for undisclosed reasons.
  •   Latvia – Ieva Lase withdrew for undisclosed reasons.
  •   Pakistan – Shanzay Hayat withdrew due to lack of sponsorship for the pageant. She competed the following year.
  •   Peru – Brunella Fossa withdrew due to financial issues.
  •   Puerto Rico – Velmary Paola Cabassa Vélez did not compete.
  •   Tonga – Diamond Langi withdrew after she was Crowned Miss Face of Beauty International 2013.
  •   Tunisia – Maha Sayi withdrew for undisclosed reasons.

Give up

International broadcasters

Location Broadcaster
Asia-Pacific STAR World Asia
  Philippines STAR World Philippines, ABS-CBN, The Filipino Channel1
  Venezuela Venevision
  Japan TV Asahi1

1Delayed Telecast on 8 December 2013 (10:00 AM Philippine Standard Time)

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