Miss Earth México is an annual beauty pageant in Mexico. The winner of Miss Earth Mexico obtains the right to represent the country in the Miss Earth pageant, the third most important beauty festival in the world, where the goal is to promote environmental protection.[1]
History
Miss Earth México, based in Mérida, Yucatán, is organized by the national director Paul Marsell.[2] The pageant was established in order to elect Mexico's representative in the annual Miss Earth pageant and to promote environmental awareness and protection.
Miss Earth Mexico was founded in 2002, but the first national contest was not held until 2007. Titleholders prior to 2007 were chosen by the organizers in a private selection process.
Mexico was first represented in Miss Earth 2002 by Libna Viruega Roldán from Distrito Federal, who was the first titleholder of Miss Earth Mexico.
In 2008, Abigail Elizalde Romo, Miss Earth Mexico 2008,[3][4] advanced in the semifinal and final round for the first time for Mexico at the Miss Earth pageant and eventually won the Miss Water (2nd Runner-up), one of the elemental crowns, in the Miss Earth 2008.[5][6]
Titleholders
Below are the names of the annual titleholders of Miss Earth Mexico, listed in ascending order and according to the year in which they participated in Miss Earth. The states they represented during their national crowning or designation and their final placements and special awards acquired in the aforementioned global beauty competition are also displayed.
Best National Costume (North & Central America) Best in Swimsuit (Water group) Resorts Wear (Water group) Best Eco-Media Award Miss Photogenic Miss Earth JACMI Miss Psalmstre New Placenta
Best in Swimsuit (Group 1) Best in Long Gown (Group 1) Best National Costume (The Americas) Best in Resorts Wear (Group 1) Miss Earth Yoshinoya Miss Irosin Best in Production Number Miss Glutamax Miss Isa
Perla Beltrán won second place (Miss Earth México Air 2007) in Miss Earth México 2007. Later, she competed in Nuestra Belleza Sinaloa where she won second place; she was later designated to compete in Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2008 where she won Nuestra Belleza Mexico Mundo and the right to represent Mexico in Miss World 2009,[20][21] where she won the second place (Miss World first runner up) in the pageant[22] and the title of Miss World Americas and Miss World Top Model.[23]
Jessica García Formenti son third place (Miss Earth México Water 2009) in Miss Earth México 2009. Later, she competed in Nuestra Belleza Baja California Sur where she won first place; she was to compete in Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2011 where ended up forming within the semifinalists. She was designated by the Nuestra Belleza México Organization as Nuestra Belleza Internacional México 2012. She competed in Miss International 2012 in Japan where she was a semifinalist in the Top 15.[24]