People: Miss Earth 2012 Candidates update....

Eighty nine gorgeous, beautiful, intelligent ladies from all over the world compete for the crown of the second most recognized beauty competition in the world - the Miss Earth pageant.

Here are the official list of candidates in Miss Earth 2012 (in alphabetical order):

Albania - Dardana Niklekaj
Argentina - Tatiana Bischof
Australia - Jenna Seymour
Austria - Sandra Seidl
Bahamas - Brooke Sherman
Belgium - Madina Hamidi
Belize - Jessel Lauriano
Bolivia - Dayana Dorado
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Zerina Sirbegovic
Botswana - Lorraine Ditsebe
Brazil - Camila Brant
Canada - Valerie Remillard
China - Stephanie Rong
Chinese Taipei - Jen Ling Lu
Colombia - Cindy Kohn-Cybulkiewicz
Cook Islands - Teuira Napa
Costa Rica - Fabiana Granados
Crimea - Liudmyla Kuzmina
Czech Republic - Tereza Fajksová
Denmark - Belinda Jensen
Dominican Republic - Rocio Castellanos
Ecuador - Tatiana Torres
El Salvador - Yaritza Rivera
England - Zahida Begum
Fiji - Esther Foss
Finland - Kristiina Airi
Gabon - Aimée Pascaline Mougoula
Germany - Nel Linda Zublewitz
Ghana - Jennifer Yaa Kyekye
Guadeloupe - Sherina Vanderkoeelen
Guam - Sarah Filush
Guatemala - Stefany Miranda
Haiti - Chersonese Archage
Honduras - Odily Alvarenga
India - Prachi Mishra
Indonesia - Chelsy Liven
Italy - Giulia Capuani
Japan - Megumi Noda
Kenya - Fiona Konchellah
Korea - Sara Kim
Kosovo - Ajshe Babatinca
Lebanon - Eliane Khawand
Malaysia - Deviyah Daranee
Malta - Yasmin Falzon
Mexico - Lourdes Paola Aguilar
Moldova - Aliona Chitoroaga
Mongolia - Battsetseg Turbat
Nepal - Nagma Shrestha
Netherlands - Shauny Bult, 21
New Zealand - Gloria Ofa Blake
Nicaragua - Braxis Alvarez
Nigeria - Happiness Onu Ibagbi
Northern Ireland - Ciara Walker
Norway - Nina Fjalestad
Pakistan - Zanib Naveed
Panama - Ana Lorena Ibáñez
Paraguay - Alexandra Fretes
Peru - Miluska Huaroto Maradiegue
Philippines - Stephany Stefanowitz
Poland - Justyna Rajczyk
Puerto Rico - Darli Pacheco
Réunion Island - Aïsha Valy
Romania - Iulia Monica Dumitrescu
Russia - Natalia Pereverzeva
Scotland - Sara Pender
Sierra Leone - Adiatu Bangura
Singapore - Phoebe Tan
Slovak Republic - Martina Grešová
Slovenia - Anjeza Barbatovci
South Africa - Tamerin Jardine
South Sudan - Rachel Angeth
Spain - Nathalia Moreira
Sri Lanka - Chathurika Ariyawansha
Sweden - Camilla Hansson
Switzerland - Lea Sara Wittwer
Tanzania - Bahati Chando
Thailand - Waratthaya Wongchayaporn
Trinidad & Tobago - Amryl Nurse
Turkey - İlknur Melis Durası
Turks & Caicos - Carlisa Williams
Ukraine - Ievgeniia Prokopenko
Uruguay - Cynthia Kutscher
USA - Siria Bojorquez
US Virgin Islands - Carolyn Whitney Carter
Venezuela - Osmariel Villalobos
Vietnam - Đỗ Hoàng Anh
Wales - Zoë Kinsella
Zambia - Atieno Kabwe
Zimbabwe - Dimitra Markou

Miss Earth 2012 press presentation at F1 Hotel, Taguig

Meanwhile, here is the list of winners in the ongoing Miss Earth 2012 challenges as of November 7:

“I Love My Planet” School Tour:

Gold – Turkey
Silver – US Virgin Islands
Bronze – Netherlands

“Dolphins love Freedom” Mural Painting:

Gold – Turkey
Silver – Nepal
Bronze – Australia

Luneta Park “People’s Choice Award”:

Gold – South Africa
Silver – Nepal
Bronze – Denmark

Miss Earth Trivia:

Gold – South Africa
Silver – USA
Bronze – Philippines

“Darling of the Press” Award:

Gold – Philippines
Silver – Thailand
Bronze –USA

The Miss Earth 2012 coronation night will happen on November 24 (Saturday) at the Versailles Palace in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines with live telecast on Star World.

The coronation will be broadcast on Sunday night (November 25) at ABS-CBN and TFC channels worldwide.