Miss Earth 2004
Miss Earth 2004 was the 4th edition of the Miss Earth pageant. It took place on October 24, 2004 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Dania Prince of Honduras crowned her successor Priscilla Meirelles of Brazil at the end of the event.
Miss Earth 2004 | |
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![]() Miss Earth 2004 | |
Date | October 24, 2004 |
Presenters |
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Venue | UP Theater, Quezon City, Philippines |
Broadcaster | |
Entrants | 61 |
Placements | 16 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Priscilla Meirelles![]() |
Congeniality | Stephanie Brownell ![]() |
Best National Costume | Gabriela Zavala ![]() |
Photogenic | Priscilla Meirelles ![]() |
The 21-year-old medical student from Brazil, Priscilla Meirelles, who stands 5’ 8" and has a 35"-24"-35" figure, won the coveted title, and with her win, Brazil became the first country to capture all of the four major international pageants, namely Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth.
Miss Martinique Murielle Celimene was crowned Miss Air, the pageant’s equivalent to first runner-up. Miss Water and Miss Fire (second and third runners-up, respectively) — were won by Miss Tahiti Kahaya Lusazh (English name: Stephanie Lesage) and Miss Paraguay Yanina Gonzalez.
The winners were chosen by the 11-person board of judges who included last year’s Miss Earth’s Beauty for a Cause awardee, Vida Samadzai, Noel Lorenzana of Unilever Philippines, Stefan Voogel of InterContinental Manila, Kit Ti LIan of Avon Color, Lorraine Timbol of Media Arts Systems and Services Co., Regina Paz Lopez of ABS-CBN Foundation, Chin Chin Gutierrez, actress and staunch advocate of environmental concerns, international singer-actor Leo Valdez, Deborah Landey of the United Nations Development Programme, Freddie Garcia of ABS-CBN, and Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar Purisima.
Results

Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss Earth 2004 | |
Miss Air (1st Runner-up) |
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Miss Water (2nd Runner-up) |
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Miss Fire (3rd Runner-up) | |
Top 8 |
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Top 16 |
Special awards
Awards | Contestant |
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Miss Friendship |
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Miss Photogenic | |
Best Hair |
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Best in Talent |
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Miss Ponds |
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Miss Creamsilk | |
Best in National Costume | |
Best in Long Gown |
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Best in Swimsuit | |
Miss Avon | |
Miss Close-up Smile | |
Miss Leonardo | |
Texter's Choice Award |
Order of announcements
Top 16
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Top 8
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Top 4
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Judges
No. | Judge | Background |
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1 | Vida Samadzai | Miss Earth Afghanistan 2003 |
2 | Noel Lorenzana | Unilever Philippines |
3 | Stefan Voogel | Intercontinental Manila |
4 | Kit Ti Lian | Avon Color |
5 | Lorraine Timbol | Journalist Media Arts Systems and Services Co. |
6 | Regina Paz Lopez | ABS-CBN Foundation |
7 | Chin Chin Gutierrez | Actress and environmentalist |
8 | Leo Valdez | International singer-actor |
9 | Deborah Landey | United Nations Development Programme |
10 | Freddie Garcia | ABS-CBN |
11 | Cesar Purisima | Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry |
Contestants
List of countries and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2004:[1]
Albania - Vilma Masha
Argentina - Daniela Puig
Australia - Shenevelle Dickson
Belgium - Ruchika Sharma
Bolivia - Muriel Cruz
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ana Suton
Brazil - Priscilla Meirelles de Almeida
Bulgaria - Kristiana Dimitrova
Canada - Tanya Beatriz Munizaga
Chad - Myriam Commelin
Chile - Erika Niklitschek Schmidt
China - Nicole Liu Xu (刘旭)
Colombia - Maria Fernanda Navia
Costa Rica - Karlota Calderon Brenes
Denmark - Thea Frojkear
Dominican Republic - Nileny Dippton Estevez
Ecuador - Maria Luisa Barrios Landivar
Egypt - Arwa Gouda
El Salvador - Silvia Gabriela Mejia Cordova
Estonia - Jana Gruft
Ethiopia - Ferehiyewot Abebe Merkuriya
Finland - Iida Laatu
France - Audrey Nogues
Ghana - Maame Afua Akyeampong
Great Britain - Hannah McCuaig
Guatemala - Mirza Odette Garcia
Honduras - Gabriela Zavala Irias
India - Jyoti Brahmin
Israel - Keren Somekh
Kenya - Susan Kaittany
Korea - Hye-jin Cho
Lebanon - Lana Khattab
Macedonia - Natalija Grubovik
Malaysia - Eloise Law
Martinique - Murielle Celimene
Mexico - Valentina Cervera Avila
Nepal - Anita Gurung
Netherlands - Saadia Himi
New Zealand - Rachael Tucker
Nicaragua - Marifely Argüello César
Nigeria - Ufuoma Stacey Ejenobor
Norway - Brigitte Korsvik
Paraguay - Yanina Alicia González Jorgge
Peru - Liesel Holler Sotomayor
Philippines - Tamera Marie Lagac Szijarto
Poland - Karolina Gorazda
Portugal - Frederica Santos
Puerto Rico - Shanira Blanco
Serbia and Montenegro - Katarina Hadzipavlovic
Singapore - Nicole Sze Chin Nee
South Africa - Sally Leung
Sweden - Sara Jilena Lundemo
Switzerland - Simone Röthlisberger
Tahiti - Kahaya Luzasch (Stephanie Lesage)
Taiwan - Angel Wu
Tanzania - Sophia Byanaku
Thailand - Radchadawan Khampeng
Trinidad and Tobago - Leah Mari Guevara
Ukraine - Tatiana Rodina
Uruguay - Katherine Gonzalves Pedrozo
USA - Stephanie Brownell
Vietnam - Bùi Thúy Hạnh
Notes
Miss Earth 2004, Priscilla Meirelles also won the title "Miss Cyberpress Earth 2004" awarded by the website Globalbeauties.com after topping a survey participated in by webmasters in 19 pageant-related web portals.[2]
Withdrawals
References
- Soul, John (2004-10-24). "Miss Earth 2004". Woman of the Earth News. Archived from the original on 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- WTA World
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