Miss Earth 2002

Miss Earth 2002, the 2nd edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held at Folk Arts Theater in Pasay, Philippines on October 20, 2002.[1][2] In its second year, 53 delegates participated, exceeding the number of contestants in Miss International 2002, thereby becoming the world's third biggest international pageant in terms of number of contestants.[3][4]

Miss Earth 2002
DateOctober 20, 2002
Presenters
VenueFolk Arts Theater, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster
Entrants53
Placements10
Debuts
Withdrawals
WinnerDžejla Glavović
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (dethroned)
Winfred Adah Omwakwe
 Kenya (successor)
CongenialityCharlene Gaiviso
 Gibraltar
Best National CostumeJin-ah Lee
 South Korea
PhotogenicApril Ross Perez
 Philippines

Džejla Glavović of Bosnia & Herzegovina won the title that year, also receiving Miss Talent.[5][6] However, on May 28, 2003, the Miss Earth Foundation officially dethroned her "due to her failure to comply with the stipulations in her contract." Miss Air (First runner-up) from Kenya, Winfred Omwakwe, took over the position of Miss Earth 2002.[7][8] Omwakwe was formally crowned as the new Miss Earth 2002 on August 7, 2003 at the Carousel Gardens in Mandaluyong, Philippines.[9][10]

Results

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss Earth 2002
Miss Earth-Air
Miss Earth-Water
  •  Greece – Juliana Patricia Drossou (formerly Miss Fire)
Miss Earth-Fire
  •  Finland – Elina Hurve (became Miss Fire)
Top 10

Special awards
Awards Contestant
Miss Close-up
Miss Friendship
Miss Photogenic
Miss Sunsilk
Miss Talent
Best in National Costume
Miss Avon Color
Best in Evening Gown
Best in Swimsuit
Miss Pond's
Miss Creamsilk

Contestants
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Fifty-three contestants competed for the title.[11]

Country/Territory Contestant Age[lower-alpha 1] Hometown
 Albania Anjeza Maja 18 Tirana
 Argentina Mercedes Apuzzo 21 Buenos Aires
 Australia Ineke Leffers 21 Canberra
 Barbados Ramona Ramjit 24 Bridgetown
 Belgium Stéphanie Moreel 25 –
 Bolivia Susana Valeria Vaca 18 Litoral
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Džejla Glavović 19 Sarajevo
 Canada Melanie Bennett 18 Surrey
 Chile Nazhla Abad 25 Santiago
 China Zhang Mei 25 –
 Colombia Diana Patricia Botero 18 Antioquia
 Costa Rica María del Mar Ruiz 22 San José
 Czech Republic Apolena Tůmová 21 Prague
 Denmark Julie Kristen Villumsen 23 Copenhagen
 Dominican Republic Yilda Santana 23 Duvergé
 Egypt Ines Gohar 23 Cairo
 El Salvador Elisa Sandoval 22 San Salvador
 Estonia Merilin Malmet 19 Tallinn
 Finland Elina Hurve 21 Helsinki
 Germany Miriam Thiele 22 Berlin
 Ghana Beverly Asamoah Jecty 19 Accra
 Gibraltar Charlene Gaiviso 19 Gibraltar
 Great Britain Louise Glover 19 St Helens
 Greece Patricia Drossou 22 Athens
 Guatemala Florecita Cobián 19 Antigua Guatemala
 Honduras Leslie Paredes 22 Tegucigalpa
 Hungary Szilvia Toth 18 Pécs
 India Reshmi Ghosh 23 West Bengal
 Kenya Winfred Omwakwe 20 Nairobi
 Kosova Mirjeta Zeka 19 Pristina
 Lebanon Raghida Antoun Farah 21 Beirut
 Malaysia Pamela Ramachandran 20 Johor Bahru
 Mexico Libna Viruega 24 Mexico City
   Nepal Nira Gautam 18 Kathmandu
 Nicaragua Yahoska Maria Cerda 20 Carazo
 Nigeria Vanessa Ibiene Ekeke 24 –
 Norway Linn Olaisen[12] 20 Tromsø
 Panama Carolina Miranda 20 Bocas del Toro
 Paraguay Adriana Baum 24 Asunción
 Peru Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos 20 Arequipa
 Philippines April Ross Perez 21 Zamboanga City
 Poland Agnieszka Portka 24 Szczecin
 Puerto Rico Deidre Rodríguez 22 Santa Isabel
 Singapore Gayathri Unnijkrishan 23 Singapore
 South Korea Jin-ah Lee 20 Seoul
 Spain Cristina Carpintero 21 –
  Switzerland Jade Chang 24 –
 Tanzania Tausi Abdalla 22 Dar es Salaam
 Thailand Lalita Apaiwong 21 Bangkok
 Uganda Martha Semegura Nambajjwe 21 Kampala
 United States Casey Marie Burns 21 Long Beach
 Venezuela Dagmar Catalina Votterl 20 Lara
 Yugoslavia Slađana Božović 21 Kragujevac

Notes
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

Debuts

Withdrawals
During the contest
  •  Aruba – Jurraney Toppenberg walked out during the 2nd week.
  •  Brazil – Adriana Luci de Souza Reis returned home with a kidney infection.
  •  Croatia – Ivana Mucić
Before the contest

References
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  7. Lo, Ricardo F.; Vanzi, Sol Jose (August 11, 2003). "Kenyan is Miss Earth". Philippine Headline News Online/Philippine Star. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
  8. Cowing, Emma (May 13, 2008). "Green Godesses [sic]". The Scotsman, Scotland. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
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  10. Lo, Ricardo F. (December 10, 2008). "A Gallery of Black Beauty Queens". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
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  12. Endresen, Rindahl (22 February 2006). "Modeller føler silikonpress". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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