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
Miss Earth 2004
DateOctober 24, 2004
Presenters
VenueUP Theater, Quezon City, Philippines
Broadcaster
Entrants61
Placements16
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerPriscilla Meirelles
 Brazil
CongenialityStephanie Brownell
 USA
Best National CostumeGabriela Zavala
 Honduras
PhotogenicPriscilla Meirelles
 Brazil

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
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss Earth 2004
Miss Air (1st Runner-up)
Miss Water (2nd Runner-up)
  •  Tahiti – Kahaya Lusazh (Stephanie Lesage)
Miss Fire (3rd Runner-up)
Top 8
Top 16

Special awards
Awards Contestant
Miss Friendship
  •  USA – Stephanie Brownell
Miss Photogenic
Best Hair
Best in Talent
  •  Canada – Tanya Beatriz Munizaga
Miss Ponds
Miss Creamsilk
Best in National Costume
Best in Long Gown
  •  Tahiti – Kahaya Lusazh (Stephanie Lesage)
Best in Swimsuit
Miss Avon
Miss Close-up Smile
Miss Leonardo
Texter's Choice Award

Order of announcements

Judges
No.JudgeBackground
1Vida SamadzaiMiss Earth Afghanistan 2003
2Noel LorenzanaUnilever Philippines
3Stefan VoogelIntercontinental Manila
4Kit Ti LianAvon Color
5Lorraine TimbolJournalist Media Arts Systems and Services Co.
6Regina Paz LopezABS-CBN Foundation
7Chin Chin GutierrezActress and environmentalist
8Leo ValdezInternational singer-actor
9Deborah LandeyUnited Nations Development Programme
10Freddie GarciaABS-CBN
11Cesar PurisimaSecretary, Department of Trade and Industry

Contestants

List of countries and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2004:[1]

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]

Debuts

Returns

Did not compete
  •  Panama – Ingrid Ivana González Caballero
  •  Venezuela – Enid Solsiret Herrera Ramírez

Withdrawals

References
  1. 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.
  2. WTA World
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