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Kateryna Kachashvili (Екатерина Качашвили) from Poltava is the winner of Queen of Ukraine 2015. Victoria Orel (Вiкторiя Орел) from Sumy is Queen of Ukraine - Earth 2015 (Miss Earth Ukraine 2015)

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Dibyata Vaidya was crowned Miss Earth Nepal 2015 at the finals of Miss Nepal 2015 pageant held on April 18' 2015. She will now represent Nepal at Miss Earth 2015 pageant.

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Česká Miss 2015 winners is Nikol Švantnerová (Miss Universe Czech Republic 2015), first runner-up is Andrea Kalousová (Miss World Czech Republic 2015), and second runner-up is Karolína Mališová (Miss Earth Czech Republic 2015)

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At the conclusion of the finals of Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky 2015 (Miss Universe Slovak Republic 2015 or Miss Universe Slovakia 2015) held on March 6' 2015, Anita Polgáriová was adjudged the first runner-up and was crowned Miss Earth Slovak Republic 2015. She will now represent Slovakia at Miss Earth 2015 pageant to be held in Philippines this year.

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Miss Universe Slovak Republic 2015 winners are Denisa Vyšnovská Miss Universe Slovakia 2015, Anita Polgáriová Miss Earth Slovakia 2015 & Dominika Zemanová Miss Intercontinental 2015. Also, a number of special & sponsor awards were awarded at the finals of the pageant held on March 6' 2015.

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Alexia Fenech has been crowned the winner of Miss Earth Malta 2015 at the conclusion of the national pageant held on February 28' 2015. She will now represent Malta at Miss Earth 2015 pageant to be held in Philippines. The other finalists who competed for Miss Earth Malta 2015 were Claire Buttigieg, Fabienne Bezzina, Katya Camilleri, Natalya Galdes, Nathalie Camilleri, Rachel Cassar, Roxy Reale, Shanelle Farrugia, and Tarniem Eskander.

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At the finals pageant night of Miss Earth 2014 held on November 29’ 2014 at the UP Theater in Manila, Philippines, the Top 8 gorgeous contestants of Miss Earth 2014 pageant had to go through the Question and Answer (Q&A) round. The contestants were asked questions related to women empowerment, nature, beauty pageants and their relevance etc. Lets have a look at the Questions and Answers of the Top 8 finalists. Country - Brazil; Finalist - Leticia Silva. Question: When can you say that a woman is truly empowered? Answer: A woman is empowered if she can do what she wants. It comes from the inside, from the heart. Country - Mongolia; Finalist - Tugsuu Idersaikhan. Question: In your opinion, what differentiates this beauty pageant from other international competitions? Answer: Miss Earth pageant is different because it is about people. It empowers people. It’s about the nature that’s why it’s different, that’s why it’s better. Country - Slovak Republic; Finalist - Daria Fabrici. Question: Have beauty pageants lost their relevance? Why or why not? Answer: In my opinion, all girls in this pageant are beautiful, but also they have something inside that is very important. And I think that that it’s not just about looking good, but doing good. Country - Venezuela; Finalist - Maira Alexandra Rodriguez. Question: What is the significance of beauty pageants in this time and age? Answer: This pageant is very important because it is an initiative to protect and save the earth. I have three messages to give - care for the world, care for the earth, more respect for the world and the earth, and to do it with love. Together, we can save the planet. Country - USA; Finalist - Andrea Neu. Question: You’ve been doing a lot of great things in the Philippines in the past month and I was wondering which one do you think should be the one that should be done first by all of us and why? Answer: That’s really a hard question because every single activity that Miss Earth Organization has us girls doing had just been amazing. My favorite has been the school tours that we’ve gone to. I personally love little kids, I tend to gravitate to them and just if we are able to put a smile on their face, that makes us happy and put a smiles to our faces too. So thank you so much Miss Earth Organization for that opportunity. Country - Philippines; Finalist - Jamie Herrell. Question: If you win tonight’s crown, what will you do to help reverse the effects of global warming? Answer: Global warming has been known for being a very long, overdue issue. That is why, if I am crowned tonight, I will use my title to inspire others, to help our environment, and we start with the kids…because the kids are the people of tomorrow. And if we teach them, they will also help the community. And that's what I will do if I am crowned Miss Earth tonight. Country - Russia; Finalist - Anastasia Trusova. Question: So how has this pageant changed the way you look at the environment after you’ve joined? Answer: After this pageant, I will promote ecotourism all over the world. I will promote environmental advocacy. I want to create my own organization which will conducted with different world organizations. We will care our nature, our environment and help our world. I want to create something for children because it’s our future. Country - Spain; Finalist - Zaira Bas. Question: What is the best gift that you can give to Mother Earth and why? Answer: I think what we should do is to start by ourselves, do step by step, don’t try to do the big things first. To see around ourselves and try to do it better.

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At the finals coronation of Miss Earth 2014 pageant held on November 29’ 2014 at the UP Theater in Manila, Philippines, the reigning Miss Earth Russia Anastasia Trusova has been crowned Miss Earth Fire 2014. She is 25 years of age years of age, 170cm tall, and has vital statistics of 84-58-89. Anastasia bagged the gold medal at the third group of Evening Gown Competition of Miss Earth 2014 pageant. At the same event Jamie Herrell was crowned Miss Earth 2014. Maira Alexandra Rodriguez from Venezuela and Andrea Neu from United States of America were crowned Miss Earth Water 2014 and Miss Earth Air 2014 respectively.

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At the finals coronation of Miss Earth 2014 pageant held on November 29’ 2014 at the UP Theater in Manila, Philippines, the reigning Miss Earth Venezuela Maira Alexandra Rodriguez has been crowned Miss Earth Water 2014. She is 22 years of age years of age, 176cm tall, and has vital statistics of 86-58-89. Maira has bagged the second highest number of medals, having won four silver medals and one bronze medal. Maira was awarded with the silver medals in Evening Gown competition, Cocktail Wear competition, National Costume competition and Darling of the Press, and bronze medal in Resort Wear competition. She was also rewarded with Miss Fashion Show Beach Wear, Miss Glutamax and Miss Pontefino titles during the sponsor awards. At the same event Jamie Herrell was crowned Miss Earth 2014. Anastasia Trusova from Russia and Andrea Neu from United States of America were crowned Miss Earth Fire 2014 and Miss Earth Air 2014 respectively.

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Miss Earth 2014 Top 8 finalists have been announced at the pageant finale held on November 29’ 2014 at the UP Theater in Manila, Philippines. The Top 8 finalists are: Brazil - Leticia Silva, Mongolia - Tugsuu Idersaikhan, Slovak Republic - Daria Fabrici, Venezuela - Maira Alexandra Rodriguez, United States of America - Andrea Neu, Philippines - Jamie Herrell, Russia - Anastasia Trusova, Spain - Zaira Bas. Stay tuned to Angelopedia as we bring you the winner of Miss Earth 2014. Watch live stream of Miss Earth 2014 here.

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At the finals coronation of Miss Earth 2014 pageant held on November 29’ 2014 at the UP Theater in Manila, Philippines, the reigning Miss Earth Philippines Jamie Herrell has been crowned Miss Earth 2014 by her predecessor Alyz Henrich, the Miss Earth 2013. Jamie is 20 years of age, 170cm tall, and has vital statistics of 81-64-71. Jamie has an inspiring beauty pageant history having competed in many beauty pageants. She got her first title of Festival Queen 2013 when she participated in Sinulog 2013 Grand Mardigras. She then participated in the Aliwan Festival. Aliwan Festival is a widely popular event which showcases different festivals in the country and the contestants compete with each other in terms of both beauty and cultural representation. Jamie was crowned Reyna ng Aliwan 2013 in the event. With two crowns on her head, this confident beauty than competed in Miss Resorts World 2013 where she could not win any awards or title. But this was not the end to her story; Jamie came up with bright colours of success when she won Miss Earth Philippines 2014 crown. At the same event she also won the Best in Swimsuit and Best in Cultural Attire special awards. The other elemental Winners at the pageant were – Miss Earth Fire 2014- Anastasia Trusova (Russia), Miss Earth Water 2014 - Maira Alexandra Rodriguez (Venezuela), Miss Earth Air 2014 - Andrea Neu (United States of America).

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Top 16 Finalists for Miss Earth 2014 announced. Miss Earth 2014 pageant finals coronation has set on fire on November 29’ 2014 at the UP Theater in Manila, Philippines. Top 16 finalists for Miss Earth 2014 have been announced. The Top 16 finalists are - Brazil - Leticia Silva, Colombia - Alejandra Villafane, Egypt - Nancy Magdy, South Korea - Sumin Shin, Mexico - Yareli Carrillo, Mongolia - Tugsuu Idersaikhan, Philippines - Jamie Herrell, Russia - Anastasia Trusova, Scotland - Romy McCahill, Slovak Republic - Daria Fabrici, Spain - Zaira Bas, Tahiti - Hereata Ellard, Thailand - Sasi Sintawee, United States of America - Andrea Neu, Venezuela - Maira Alexandra Rodriguez, Zambia - Cartier Zagorski. Stay tuned to Angelopedia as we bring you the latest updates of Miss Earth 2014. Watch Live stream of Miss Earth 2014 here.

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At the finals coronation of Miss Earth 2014 pageant held on November 29’ 2014 at the UP Theater in Manila, Philippines, the reigning Miss Earth USA Andrea Neu has been crowned Miss Earth Air 2014. She is 24 years of age years of age, 177cm tall, and has vital statistics of 86-66-97. Andrea has bagged one gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal. She was awarded with a gold medal in Resort Wear competition, the silver medals in Swimsuit Competition and Best Teacher Competition, and a bronze medal in Evening Gown competition. At the same event Jamie Herrell was crowned Miss Earth 2014. Anastasia Trusova from Russia and Maira Alexandra Rodriguez from Venezuela were crowned Miss Earth Fire 2014 and Miss Earth Water 2014 respectively.

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Finally, the moment the Miss Earth pageant fans have been waiting for has arrived. The crowning of the Miss Earth 2014 and other elemental winners is only a few hours away. Beauties from across the globe are all set to take the stage confident of winning the title for their country. It all began less than three weeks back with the press presentation held on November 10th with Jamie Herrell of Philippines winning the gold medal for 'Darling of the Press'. Thereafter, the contestants commenced probably the most memorable journeys of their lives as they participated in several tours, shows, seminars, and contests, and travelled to the most beautiful places in the Philippines. The lovely contestants had a hectic (yet fun-filled) schedule as they participated in school tours, mall tours, environmental seminars, fashion show, sports fest, eco-tours, make-up lessons, charity day and several other organized visits. And then there were competitions - cocktail wear, resort wear, swimsuit, evening gown, talent, best teacher - which were held in different locations, with the 85 contestants divided into three groups and for each contest three medal winners (gold, silver & bronze) were selected from each group. Let's have a look at the gold medal winners from each group for each contest Cocktail Wear - Paraguay, Philippines & Thailand. Resort Wear - Paraguay, Spain & USA. Swimwear - Colombia, Spain & Thailand. Evening Gown - Brazil, India & Russia. Talent Competition - Pakistan, Slovenia & US Virgin Islands. Best Teacher - Brazil, Nigeria & US Virgin Islands. Also, each group of the Miss Earth 2014 took a bit of time off from their rigid (but fun) rehearsals to cast their votes for the special title of Miss Friendship. England, Switzerland & Zimbabwe won gold medals in their respective groups. The event also saw the awarding of the ten Best Eco Videos by the Miss Earth Foundation, and the awarded videos were those of Austria, Bolivia, Botswana, Guatemala, India, Nepal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Sri Lanka & Thailand. Miss Photogenic title was also awarded basis online voting with France emerging as the winner. The girls got together again on November 25 for the National Costume presentation at Green Sun Hotel. This year, the presentation was divided into four groups - Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Europe, with Panama, South Africa, Indonesia and England winning the gold medal for Best National Costume in their respective groups. The finals of the 14th edition of Miss Earth 2014, will be held tomorrow at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Whom do you think will be crowned Miss Earth 2014?

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In 2013, the hosts for Miss Earth finals were the lovely couple Oli and Linda Pettigrew. And this year, the finals of Miss Earth 2014 on November 29th will be hosted by Justin Bratton and Joey Mead King. Joey Mead King is a television personality, fashion lifestyle host, runway coach and is the model mentor and co-judge on popular reality show, Asia's next top model. She has done numerous television commercials, ad campaigns & magazine covers in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia & Philippines. Joey was the first Filipina model to lead in a Head & Shoulders shampoo commercial, and a Lexus car commercial both aired in the United States and Canada. Her male co-host for the evening will be Justin Bratton. He is an established TV host, actor, model, and film-maker based in the Asia- Pacific Region, and is best known as the Presenter of the award-winning show titled “The Passport” where he travelled across Asia using only beer as his currency. And given his comic skills, he sure will be able to bring a smile on the faces of the beauties competing for the title on an otherwise nervous evening for them. Will Joey n Justin with their chemistry be able to create a memorable evening for the audience?

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Miss Diva 2014 first runner-up Alankrita Sahai will be India's representative at Miss Earth 2014 pageant, scheduled to be held in Manila, Philippines on November 29' 2014. Alankrita, 20 years of age, hails from the national capital of Delhi and loves to dance, read and travel. Miss Diva 2014 pageant was won by Noyonita Lodh, who will represent India at Miss Universe 2015 to be held on January 25' 2015 in Florida, USA. The second runner-up of the pageant was Asha Bhat, who may compete at Miss Supranational 2014 (not yet confirmed).

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Zaira Bas, Miss Madrid, has been crowned Miss Earth Spain 2014 (Miss España Tierra 2014) at the conclusion of the finals of the pageant held on October 18' 2014. She had earlier also won the award for Miss Silueta (Best Figure) during the preliminary events. Zaira, who stands tall at 175 cm, will now go on to represent Spain at Miss Earth 2014 pageant to be held in Manila, Philippines on November 29' 2014. Other elemental winners are - Miss Earth-Air Spain 2014 (Miss Aire 2014) - Selena Lugo from Canarias, Miss Earth-Water Spain 2014 (Miss Agua 2014) - Enertiz Pena from País Vasco and Miss Earth-Fire Spain 2014 (Miss Fuego 2014) - Tamara Moreno from Córdoba.

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Punika Kulsoontornrut of Thailand has been dethroned from her title of Miss Earth Water 2013, a title which she was awarded at Miss Earth 2013 pageant held last year in Philippines. She ceases with immediate effect to be the reigning Miss Earth Water after being dethroned by Philippines-based organizers of the pageant, Carousel Productions, Inc., for violating her contract as a titleholder. Her dethronement was on the ground of her joining another pageant, Miss International, during her one-year reign as Miss Earth Water 2013, which was in violation of her standing contract as Miss Earth Water 2013. As per the organizers, she was informed of the same and was asked to withdraw from Miss International pageant, which she failed to do by the deadline stipulated by the organizers resulting in her dethronement. Punika is expected to compete at Miss International 2014 pageant to be held on November 11' 2014 in Tokyo, Japan.

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At the splending finals night of Miss Universe Kosovo 2014 pageant held on October 9, 2014, Artnesa Krasniqi has been crowned Miss Universe Kosovo 2014 by her predecessor Mirjeta Shala, the Miss Universe Kosovo 2013. Artnesa, 21 years of age, is a professional model. She was earlier crowned Miss Tourism Albania in 2014, and in the year 2008, she was awarded the Ford Super Model of Kosova. Artnesa stands tall at 5’7.5” defeated twenty other contestants to clinch the coveted crown. She will now represent Kosovo at Miss Universe 2014 pageant to be held in Doral, USA on January 25' 2015. She is to make a comeback for Kosovo at Miss Universe after the country withdrew in 2013 as it did not have diplomatic relations with the host country Russia. Kaltrina Neziri finished as first runner-up and was crowned Miss Earth Kosovo 2014 by her predecessor Donika Emini, Miss Earth Kosovo 2013. She will now represent Kosovo at Miss Earth 2014 pageant to be held in Manila, Philippines on November 29' 2014.

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At the final pageant night of Miss Venezuela 2014 held on October 9’ 2014 at the Estudio 1 of Venevision in Caracas Venezuela, Maira Alexandra Rodríguez, the reigning Miss Amazonas was crowned as Miss Venezuela Earth 2014 by her predecessor Stephanie de Zorzi, Miss Venezuela Earth 2013. Maira, 22 years of age and stands tall at 5’10” will represent Venezuela at Miss Earth 2015. At the same event, Mariana Jiménez, the reigning Miss Guárico was crowned Miss Venezuela 2014. She will represent Venezuela at Miss Universe 2015. Edymar Martínez, the reigning Miss Anzoátegui was crowned as Miss Venezuela International 2014. She will represent Venezuela at Miss International 2015. Also, Lorena Santos finished as first runner-up and Erika Pinto as second runner-up at the conclusion of the event.

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