Miss Earth 2013

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
Date	December 7, 2013
Presenters	Oli Pettigrew Linda Black
Entertainment	David Pomeranz
Theme	The International Year of Water Cooperation
Venue	Versailles Palace, Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster	Star World ABS-CBN Velvet Venevisión The Filipino Channel Ustream Rappler
Entrants	88
Placements	16
Debuts	Bonaire British Virgin Islands Côte d'Ivoire
Withdrawals	Algeria Argentina Aruba Botswana Cook Islands El Salvador Fiji Finland Equatorial Guinea Honduras Kenya Latvia Malta Moldova New Zealand Nicaragua Pakistan Puerto Rico Tonga Tunisia Uruguay Vietnam
Returns	Albania Chile Curaçao France Gabon Ghana Haiti Hungary Israel Kazakhstan Lithuania Macau Madagascar Martinique Mauritius Nigeria Portugal Serbia Sierra Leone Tahiti Zambia
Winner	Alyz Henrich Venezuela
Congeniality	Nita Sofiani Indonesia
Photogenic	Sobhita Dhulipala[1] India
← 2012 2014 →

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 on 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 2025. Miss Earth 2008, Karla Henry, was present at the pageant to express the gratitude to the different countries for helping the Philippines after the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan.

Results

  Miss Earth

  Miss Earth – Air

  Miss Earth – Water

  Miss Earth – Fire

  Top 8

  Top 20

Placements

Placement	Contestant[2]
Miss Earth 2013	Venezuela – Alyz Henrich
Miss Earth – Air 2013	Austria – Katia Wagner
Miss Earth – Water 2013	Thailand – Punika Kulsoontornrut (Dethroned)
Miss Earth – Fire 2013	South Korea – Catharina Choi
Top 8	Mexico – Kristal Silva  Philippines – Angelee delos Reyes  Poland – Aleksandra Szczęsna  Serbia – Anđelka Tomašević
Top 16	Chile – Natalia Lermanda  China – Lisa Xiang  France – Sophie Garenaux  Mauritius – Virginie Darza  South Africa – Ashanti Mbanga  Spain – Cristina Martínez  Turkey – Ezgi Avci  United States – Nicolle Velez

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

• Opening: "Feel This Moment" by Christina Aguilera
• Swimsuit competition:
• Evening gown competition: "Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus

Contestants

88 delegates were selected to compete:

Country/Terr.	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Group
Albania	Afroviti Goge	23	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 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+1⁄2 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+1⁄2 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+1⁄2 in)	Santiago	1
China	Lisa Xiang[10]	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Jiangsu	2
Colombia	Diana Ortegón[11]	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[12]	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Korhogo	2
Crimea	Mariya Makater[13]	18	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Simferopol	1
Curaçao	Archangela Garcia[citation needed]	24	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 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+1⁄2 in)	Nørrebro	1
Dominican Republic	Maria Eugenia de los Santos[14]	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+1⁄2 in)	Guayaquil	1
England	Chloe Othen[15]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	London	1
France	Sophie Garenaux[16]	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Harnes	2
Gabon	Filiane Mayombo Koundi[17]	19	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Ogooué-Lolo	3
Germany	Caroline Noeding	22	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 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[18]	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[19]	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+1⁄2 in)	Bandung	1
Israel	Maria Abboud[19]	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[19]	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Almaty	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+1⁄2 in)	Fort-de-France	2
Mauritius	Virginie Dorza[23]	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Port Louis	3
Mexico	Kristal Silva[citation needed]	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 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+1⁄2 in)	Rotterdam	3
Nigeria	Marie Miller[26]	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Lagos	1
Northern Ireland	Amira Graham[19]	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+1⁄2 in)	Itá	3
Philippines	Angelee delos Reyes[28]	26	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 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	Christelle Abrantes	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Saint-Pierre	1
Romania	Ioana Mihalache[19]	23	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Constanța	3
Russia	Olesya Boslovyak[19]	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Moscow	3
Scotland	Kiera Kingsman[19]	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[19]	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Freetown	3
Singapore	Vanessa Hee	25	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Singapore	1
Slovak Republic	Lucia Slaninkova[citation needed]	22	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Považská Bystrica	1
Slovenia	Nina Kos[citation needed]	21	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Ljubljana	3
South Africa	Ashanti Mbanga	24	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Johannesburg	1
South Korea	Catharina Choi	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	São Paulo	2
South Sudan	Gloria Karsis Raymon	18	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Malakal	3
Spain	Cristina Martínez[citation needed]	22	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Valencia	2
Sri Lanka	Solange Kristina Gunawijeya[citation needed]	22	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 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+1⁄2 in)	Punaauia	3
Taiwan	Lyu Ying Li[19]	19	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Taipei	1
Tanzania	Clara Noor[31]	18	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Mwanza	2
Thailand	Punika Kulsoontornrut[19]	21	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 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+1⁄2 in)	Istanbul	2
Ukraine	Anastasia Sukh[19]	18	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Kyiv	3
United States	Nicolle Velez	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	New York City	3
United States 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+1⁄2 in)	Punto Fijo	2
Wales	Angharad James[19]	23	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Cardiff	3
Zambia	Winnie-Fredah Kabwe[citation needed]	23	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Lusaka	3
Zimbabwe	Samantha Dika[19]	25	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Harare	2

Notes

Debuts

• Bonaire
• British Virgin Islands
• Côte d’Ivoire

Returns

• Last competed in 2006:
  • Haiti
• Last competed in 2007:
  • Kazakhstan
  • Sierra Leone
  • Zambia
• Last competed in 2008:
  • Lithuania
• Last competed in 2009:
  • Albania
  • Gabon
• Last competed in 2010:
  • Mauritius
  • Serbia
  • Tahiti
• Last competed in 2011:
  • Chile
  • Curaçao
  • France
  • Ghana
  • Hungary
  • Madagascar
  • Martinique
  • Nigeria
  • Portugal

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.
• United States Virgin Islands – Vanessa Donastorg was appointed to represent United States Virgin Islands.

Replacements

• Albania – Natalia 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.
• Paraguay – Karen Duarte is replaced by Leticia Caceres.
• Russia – Elina Kireeva is replaced by Olesya Boslovyak.
• South Korea – Hyo-hee Kim is replaced by Catharina Choi who was previously one of the 2nd runner-up of Miss Korea 2013.
• Ukraine – Natalia Varchenko is replaced by Anastasia Sukh.

Withdrawals

During the contest

• New Zealand – Nela 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.
• Aruba – Francis 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

• Argentina
• Botswana
• Cook Islands
• El Salvador
• Fiji
• Finland
• Honduras
• Kenya
• Malta
• Moldova
• Nicaragua
• Uruguay
• Vietnam

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)