MISS UNITED STATES EARTH 2013 - Nicolle Velez

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Nicolle Velez, reigning Miss Earth Empire State, was crowned Miss Earth United States 2013 at the conclusion of the pageant held on September 1st, 2013 at the Ala Moana Hotel in Waikiki, Hawaii. She will represent the United States in the Miss Earth 2013 pageant.

Edita Jurisic, Miss Earth Pennsylvania 2013, was crowned US Earth Miss Air 2013.
Emily Miller, Miss Earth South Dakota 2013, was crowned US Earth Miss Ecotourism 2013.
Eli Reyes, Miss Earth Texas 2013, was crowned US Earth Miss Water 2013.
Lucie Poehere Wilson, Miss Earth Hawaii 2013, was crowned US Earth Miss Fire 2013.

National delegates compete in 5 equally weighted areas of competition. The judges will use a scoring method awarding each delegate a score from 0- 10. The highest and lowest scores will be discarded and remaining scores will be totaled. The delegate with the highest number of points will be crowned Miss Earth United States. In addition, the next 4 highest scoring delegates will be awarded elemental titles of US Miss Air, Water, Fire and Eco. Elemental winners are not considered runner-ups, rather each of them are on equal weighting.

At the same event, former Miss Colorado USA 2011 Blair Griffith was crowned Miss Grand International United States 2013 and will represent the country in the Miss Grand International 2013 pageant, scheduled for November in Thailand.

Elizabeth Warner of Missouri has been chosen to represent the United States at the Bride of the World 2013 pageant to be held later this year in Taiwan.

MISS SLOVENIA EARTH 2013 - Nina Kos

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Nina Kos was crowned Miss Earth Slovenia 2013 at the conclusion of the Miss Earth Slovenije 2013 pageant held on August 29th, 2013 at the Atlantis Water Park. She was crowned by the out-going queen Anjeza Barbatovci, Miss Earth Slovenia 2012. The 21-year-old beauty from Ljubljana is currently a student of the Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport. She will represent Slovenia in the upcoming Miss Earth 2013 pageant later this year.

At the same event, Patricia Peklar was crowned the title of Miss Earth Slovenia 2014. The law student will represent Slovenia in the upcoming Miss Earth 2014 pageant.

The first runner-up was Sara Savnik while second runner-up was Vesna Prebiračević. 

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MISS NETHERLANDS EARTH 2013 - Wendy Kristy

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Wendy Kristy from Rotterdam was crowned Miss Netherlands Earth 2013 in the pageant held recently. The 25-year-old model and television presenter will represent Netherlands in the upcoming Miss Earth 2013 pageant, scheduled for later this year.
 
The the pageant’s official twitter account, Wendy is describes as Real Estate Developer, TV host national television, Master Marketing and Ambassador of Humana.

Her full name is Wendy Kristy Hoogerbrugge. She studied real estate and brokerage at Rotterdam University and received her master’s degree in Business Administration in Marketing Management at Erasmus University.

She has been a fashion model since the age of fourteenth. Besides cat-walking for Paul Schulten, Mart Visser, Monique Collignon, Sheila de Vries and Stephan Badal, she was seen in Project Catwalk RTL 5 at the Amsterdam International Fashion Week. She has also worked as a model in Asia, Morocco and Paris and was depicted in such Beau Monde, LXRY, FHM, Veronica Magazine and Luxsure. She has been appearing in commercials for Philips, Samsung, Vodafone and NS. She also writes about fashion-related articles on the website of Fashion Television.

They presented the RTL 4 program Lifestyle Xperience Plus on Saturday, as well as the regular broadcast Lifestyle Xperience on Sunday. She currently presents on Sunday the SBS 6 program Nice Nice Life.

She is also an ambassador for her hometown Rotterdam and works for the development organization Humana.

In April 2012, Hoogerbrugge was named Catwalk Model of the Year. The same year she was crowned Miss South Holland 2012. She competed in the Miss Netherlands Earth 2013 pageant in August 2013 and won the title.

Miss Netherlands Earth is a national beauty pageant which selects the national Dutch representative for the Miss Earth beauty pageant. The pageant uses the theme: “Beauties for a Cause”, the same theme as the international Miss Earth pageant.

MISS SWEDEN UNIVERSE 2013 - Alexandra Friberg

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Alexandra Friberg from Stora Vika was crowned Miss Universe Sweden 2013 at the conclusion of the pageant held on August 30, 2013 at the Club Ambassadeur in Kungsgatan, Stockholm. The 18-year-old model will represent the country in the upcoming Miss Universe 2013 pageant, scheduled for November 10th, 2013 in Moscow, Russia.

Earlier this year, Friberg represented her country in Miss Beauty of The World in 2013 held in Kyrgyzstan and won the title.

At the same event, Eleonore Lilja was crowned Miss International Sweden 2013 and will represent Sweden in the upcoming Miss International 2013 in Japan. At the time of her crowning, Eleonore is the reigning Miss Bromma. She stands 1.78 m.

Denice Andrée was crowned Miss Earth Sweden 2013 and will represent Sweden in the upcoming Miss Earth 2013 pageant.
The 1st runner-up: Frida Fornander.
Miss Personality: Malin Ekholm
Miss Photogenic: Vanessa Ceder
The Top 8: Vanessa Ceder, Ellinor Johansson, Frida fornander, Izabell hahn, Eleonore Lilja, Alexandra Friberg, Pamela Olivera, Dorota Bartlewska.
Photo credit: Miss Universe Sweden.

MISS UKRAINE UNIVERSE 2013 - Olga Storozhenko

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Olga Storozhenko from Vinnitsa was crowned Miss Universe Ukraine 2013 by the outgoing queen Anastasia Chernova on September 4th, 2013 at Fairmont Grand Hotel in Kiev. The 21-year-old raven haired beauty will represent Ukraine in the upcoming Miss Universe 2013 pageant, scheduled for November 10th, 2013 in Moscow, Russia.

The newly crowned Miss Ukraine Universe 2013 Olga Storozhenko is a senior at the Vinnitsa State Pedagogical University. The elementary-school-teacher-to- be is interested in English, modeling.
The first runner-up was 23 -year-old Sofia Oleynik.
The second runner-up was 21 -year-old Olga Rubanova from Odessa.
The third runner-up was 25 -year-old Anastasia Bozhkova of Kerch.
The fourth runner-up was 26 -year-old Elena Ryasnova.

MISS GERMANY UNIVERSE 2013 - Anne-Julia Hagen

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Anne-Julia Hagen was crowned Miss Universe Germany 2013 at the conclusion of the final casting held on September 8th 2013 in Amersfoort/Netherlands. The beauty from Berlin is 23 years old and stands at 1.74 m. She will represent Germany in the upcoming Miss Universe 2013 pageant, scheduled for November 10th, 2013 in Moscow, Russia.

She was crowned Miss Germany 2010 at the Europa Park in Rust on February 13th, 2010. She entered the pageant as Miss Berlin 2010. At the time, she was the student of English and American Cultural Studies at the University of Potsdam. Anne is fluent in German and English and has a good command of French.



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MISS BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINIA EARTH 2013 - Vera Krneta

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Vera Krneta was crowned Miss Earth Bosnia & Herzegovina 2013 at the conclusion of the pageant held on September 9th, 2013 in Sarajevo. The beauty from Banja Luka is 19 years old and stands 5’8″. She will represent Bosnia & Herzegovina in the upcoming Miss Earth 2013 pageant, scheduled for December 7, 2013 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, Philippines.
 
Vera Krneta’s court includes Miss Air Jasna Ivetic, Miss Water Andela Gavrilovic and Miss Fire Marijana Kretic.

The 15 contestants competed for the title of Miss Earth Bosnia & Herzegovina 2013.

 
Photo courtesy of Miss Earth Bosnia & Herzegovina Organization.



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