Photo Credit: Dave Choo
80 worthy queens vied for a single crown on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, and the 22nd edition of the Miss Earth pageant culminated last night at Okada Manila in the Philippines.
This year’s competition was hosted by Filipino-British television host James Deakin and co-hosted by former Miss Earth winners consisting of Miss Earth 2015 Angelia Ong, Miss Earth 2017 Karen Ibasco, and Miss Earth 2019 Nellys Pimentel.
Following a showdown of environmental speeches, gowns, glams, and game-changing questions, here’s how things turned out for this year’s hopefuls…
TOP 20
Belgium – Daphne Nivelles
Ethiopia – Hiwot Yirga
Brazil – Jéssica Pedroso
Australia – Sheridan Mortlock
Colombia – Andrea Aguilera
Namibia – Diana Andimba
Netherlands – Merel Hendriksen
Palestine – Nadeen Ayoub
Cuba – Sheyla Ravelo Perez
Nigeria – Esther Oluwatosin Ajayi
Ireland – Alannah Larkin
Korea – Mina Sue Choi
Slovenia – Lea Prstec
Zimbabwe – Sakhile Dube
Vietnam – Thạch Thu Thảo
Norway – Lilly Sødal
Puerto Rico – Paulina Aviles Feshold
Czech Republic – Anežka Heralecká
Philippines – Jenny Ramp
Portugal – Maria Rosado
TOP 12
Brazil – Jéssica Pedroso
Belgium – Daphne Nivelles
Zimbabwe – Sakhile Dube
Nigeria – Esther Oluwatosin Ajayi
Colombia – Andrea Aguilera
Australia – Sheridan Mortlock
Puerto Rico – Paulina Aviles Feshold
Palestine – Nadeen Ayoub
Cuba – Sheyla Ravelo Perez
Portugal – Maria Rosado
Netherlands – Merel Hendriksen
Korea – Mina Sue Choi
TOP 8
Palestine – Nadeen Ayoub
Australia – Sheridan Mortlock
Korea – Mina Sue Choi
Zimbabwe – Sakhile Dube
Colombia – Andrea Aguilera
Belgium – Daphne Nivelles
Puerto Rico – Paulina Aviles Feshold
Netherlands – Merel Hendriksen
OVERALL WINNERS
Miss Earth – Fire 2022 – Colombia – Andrea Aguilera
Miss Earth – Water 2022 – Palestine – Nadeen Ayoub
Miss Earth – Air 2022 – Australia – Sheridan Mortlock
Miss Earth 2022 – Korea – Mina Sue Choi
Congratulations to Australia’s very own Sheridan Mortlock, who was hailed as Miss Earth Air 2022 – This is a major pageant victory for Australia at an international level in the Miss Earth pageant since Nina Josie Robertson won the Miss Earth Air title back in 2017.
Photo Credit: Len Puzon
