Miss Earth 2004

VenueUniversity of the Philippines Theater, Quezon City, PhilippinesBroadcasterEntrants61Placements16DebutsWithdrawalsReturnsWinnerPriscilla Meirelles
BrazilCongenialityStephanie Brownell, United StatesBest National CostumeGabriela Zavala, HondurasPhotogenicPriscilla Meirelles, Brazil

Miss Earth 2004, the fourth edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held 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.

The 21-year-old medical student from Brazil, Priscilla Meirelles, who stands 5’ 8" and has a 35"-24"-35" figure, won the title, and with her win, Brazil became the first country to win all of the Big Four international beauty pageants.

Miss Martinique Murielle Celimene was crowned Miss Air. Miss Water and Miss Fire were won by Miss Tahiti Kahaya Lusazh and Miss Paraguay Yanina Gonzalez, respectively.

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.^{[citation needed]}

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Earth 2004	Brazil – Priscilla Meirelles
Miss Earth – Air 2004	Martinique – Murielle Celimene
Miss Earth – Water 2004	Tahiti – Kahaya Lusazh (Stephanie Lesage)
Miss Earth – Fire 2004	Paraguay – Yanina González
Top 8	Australia – Shenevelle Dickson  Honduras – Gabriela Zavala  Philippines – Tamera Szijarto  Thailand – Radchadawan Khampeng
Top 16	Egypt – Arwa Gouda  India – Jyoti Brahmin  Israel – Keren Somekh  Nicaragua – Marifely Argüello  Norway – Brigitte Korsvik  Peru – Liesel Holler  Poland – Karolina Gorazda  Trinidad and Tobago – Leah Mari Guevara

Special awards

Major awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	United States – Stephanie Brownell
Miss Photogenic	Brazil – Priscilla Meirelles
Miss Talent	Canada – Tanya Beatriz Munizaga
Best in National Costume	Honduras – Gabriela Zavala
Best in Evening Gown	Tahiti – Kahaya Lusazh (Stephanie Lesage)
Best in Swimsuit	Paraguay – Yanina González

Minor/Sponsor awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Close-up Smile	Brazil – Priscilla Meirelles
Miss Creamsilk	Philippines – Tamera Szijarto
Miss Discovery Spa	Brazil – Priscilla Meirelles
Miss Earth Fort Ilocandia	Thailand – Ratchadawan Nahprasert
Miss Ponds Beautiful Skin	Australia – Shenevelle Dickson
Miss Sunsilk	Martinique – Murielle Celimene
Gandang Ricky Reyes Award	Thailand – Ratchadawan Nahprasert
Texters' Choice Award	Philippines – Tamera Szijarto

Judges

No.	Judge	Background
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]

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
•  Ukraine – Tatiana Rodina
•  Venezuela – Enid Solsiret Herrera Ramírez

Withdrawals

References

External links