Miss Earth 2010
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Miss Earth 2010, the 10th edition of Miss Earth
Miss Earth
Miss Earth is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. Miss Earth is also one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world....

 beauty pageant, was held at Vinpearl Land, Nha Trang
Nha Trang
Nha Trang is a coastal city and capital of Khanh Hoa province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the North by Ninh Hoà district, on the East by the South China Sea, on the South by Cam Ranh town and on the West by Diên Khánh district...

, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

 on December 4, 2010.

Eighty-four contestants from various countries and territories competed for the Miss Earth 2010 title. At the conclusion of the competition, outgoing titleholder Miss Earth 2009
Miss Earth 2009
Miss Earth 2009, the 9th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held at the Boracay Ecovillage Resort and Convention Center, in the Island of Boracay, Malay, Philippines last November 22, 2009....

, Larissa Ramos
Larissa Ramos
Larissa Ribeiro Ramos is a Brazilian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Terra Brasil 2009 and Miss Earth 2009, becoming the 2nd Brazilian to win the title.-Miss Terra Brasil 2009:...

 of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 crowned her successor Nicole Faria
Nicole Faria
Nicole Estelle Faria ) is an Indian model from Bangalore and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Femina Miss India Earth 2010 and Miss Earth 2010. Faria is the first woman from India to win Miss Earth.-Career:...

 of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. The event was broadcast live by STAR World
STAR World
STAR World is an Asian English language cable and satellite television network owned by Star TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation. The channel is the successor of STAR Plus, a subsidiary of News Corporation...

, VTV
Vietnam Television
Vietnam Television, or VTV, is the national television broadcaster for Vietnam. Like all media of Vietnam, its programming is directly controlled by the government.-History:...

, ABS CBN, Studio 23
Studio 23
Studio 23 is a Filipino television network owned by the ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWAC-TV, which is carried on UHF channel 23...

, The Filipino Channel
The Filipino Channel
The Filipino Channel is an international television station owned by the Philippine-based multimedia conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is currently available in Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and the United States. It has over two million subscribers in these...

, and other partner networks.

The Miss Earth winner serves as the spokesperson for the Miss Earth Foundation
Miss Earth Foundation
Miss Earth Foundation is a non-stock, non-profit organization, which serves as the environmental-social-humanitarian outreach arm of Miss Earth beauty pageant. It was established to institutionalize the environmental mission of Miss Earth...

, the United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme coordinates United Nations environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices. It was founded as a result of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in June 1972 and has its...

 (UNEP) and other environmental organizations.

The event was hosted by Oli Pettigrew
Oli Pettigrew
Oliver Pettigrew is a Hong Kong-born British actor, model, and television host, and now based in Singapore. He is best known for hosting Cybermax and Technomax on Animax and Sony Style on AXN....

, host of AXN
AXN
AXN is a Pay television, cable and satellite television channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on May 22, 1997. The network is now spread across several regions in the world, including Japan, Europe, other parts of Asia and Latin America...

's Sony Style program, along with Marie Digby
Marié Digby
Marié Christina Digby is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actress. She is known for her acoustic cover version of Rihanna's "Umbrella", which attracted attention on YouTube in 2007...

 and Jennifer Pham
Jennifer Pham
Jennifer Pham is a beauty pageant contestant. She was crowned Miss Vietnam USA runner-up 2004, Vietnamese American Top Model 2005, Miss Vietnam Southern California 2006 and Miss Asia USA 2006 She has been involved in numerous philanthropy works throughout the US and Asian countries.On July 25,...

 with Boyzone
Boyzone
Boyzone are an Irish boy band comprising Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating,Shane Lynch, and formerly Stephen Gately. Boyzone have 19 singles in the top 40 UK charts and 21 singles in the Ire charts. The group currently have 6 UK number one singles and 9 number one singles in Ireland with 12...

 lead singer Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...

 as the guest performer. Vietnamese diva Mỹ Linh performed her latest English single during the show.

Results

Placements

Final Results Contestant
Miss Earth 2010
  • - Nicole Faria
    Nicole Faria
    Nicole Estelle Faria ) is an Indian model from Bangalore and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Femina Miss India Earth 2010 and Miss Earth 2010. Faria is the first woman from India to win Miss Earth.-Career:...

Miss Air
  • - Jennifer Pazmiño
    Jennifer Pazmiño
    Jennifer Stephanie Pazmiño Saldaña is Miss Ecuador Earth 2010 and Miss Ecuador International 2008.- Miss Ecuador 2008 :Pazmiño, who at the age of 20, achieved the title of Miss Ecuador International on March 13, 2008 in the Miss Ecuador 2008 pageant held in Cemexpo, Quito...

     (relinquished title)
  • - Viktoria Shchukina (assumed title)
  • Miss Water
  • - Watsaporn Wattanakoon
    Watsaporn Wattanakoon
    Watsaporn Wattanakoon , nicknamed Eiam is a Thai beauty queen who was crowned Miss Thailand Earth 2010 and Miss Earth Water 2010.-Pageantry:...

  • Miss Fire
  • - Yeidy Bosques
  • Finalists
  • - Marina Kishira
  • - Nondyebo Dzingwa
  • - Mariángela Bonanni
    Mariángela Bonanni
    Mariángela Haydée Manuela Bonanni Randazzo is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder from San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela, who represented Táchira in the Miss Venezuela 2009 pageant, on September 24, 2009, and won the title of 1st runner up and Best Catwalk...

  • Semi-finalists
  • - Carmen Justová
  • - Ilenia Arnolfo
  • - Desiree van den Berg
  • - Viktoria Shchukina assumed Miss Earth Air
  • - Valentina Zhytnyk
  •  United States - Danielle Bounds
    Danielle Bounds
    Danielle Bounds holds the title of Miss Earth United States 2010 and placed in the Top 14 at the Miss Earth 2010 pageant.-Miss Earth United States:...

  • - Lưu Thị Diễm Hương
    Luu Thi Diem Huong
    Lưu Thị Diễm Hương is a beauty pageant winner and student. Diễm Hương was born 1990 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is the reigning Miss Vietnam World 2010...


  • Note: Unlike other pageants, there was no "runner-up" in Miss Earth 2010. Instead the titles of Miss Air, Miss Water, and Miss Fire are bestowed on the next three contestants with highest scores after the Miss Earth winner. In this case, the titles went to Miss Ecuador, Jennifer Pazmiño, Miss Thailand, Watsaporn Wattanakoon and Miss Puerto Rico, Yeidy Bosques, respectively.



    Note: The Carousel Productions has confirmed that Victoria Schukina is the new Miss Eath Air 2010 after Jennifer Pazmino (The original Miss Eath Air 2010 of Ecuador) has relinquished her crown due to marriage to his fiancee in February

    Special awards

    Special Award Country Contestant
    Best in Swimsuit Lưu Thị Diễm Hương
    Luu Thi Diem Huong
    Lưu Thị Diễm Hương is a beauty pageant winner and student. Diễm Hương was born 1990 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is the reigning Miss Vietnam World 2010...

    Best in Long Gown Jennifer Pazmiño
    Jennifer Pazmiño
    Jennifer Stephanie Pazmiño Saldaña is Miss Ecuador Earth 2010 and Miss Ecuador International 2008.- Miss Ecuador 2008 :Pazmiño, who at the age of 20, achieved the title of Miss Ecuador International on March 13, 2008 in the Miss Ecuador 2008 pageant held in Cemexpo, Quito...

    Best in National Costume Marina Kishira
    Miss Talent Nicole Faria
    Nicole Faria
    Nicole Estelle Faria ) is an Indian model from Bangalore and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Femina Miss India Earth 2010 and Miss Earth 2010. Faria is the first woman from India to win Miss Earth.-Career:...

    Miss Photogenic Watsaporn Wattanakoon
    Watsaporn Wattanakoon
    Watsaporn Wattanakoon , nicknamed Eiam is a Thai beauty queen who was crowned Miss Thailand Earth 2010 and Miss Earth Water 2010.-Pageantry:...

    Miss Friendship Sue Ellen Castañeda
    Miss Aodai Tijana Rakic
    Miss Vietnam Airlines Lưu Thị Diễm Hương
    Luu Thi Diem Huong
    Lưu Thị Diễm Hương is a beauty pageant winner and student. Diễm Hương was born 1990 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is the reigning Miss Vietnam World 2010...

    Miss Diamond Place Nicole Faria
    Nicole Faria
    Nicole Estelle Faria ) is an Indian model from Bangalore and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Femina Miss India Earth 2010 and Miss Earth 2010. Faria is the first woman from India to win Miss Earth.-Career:...

    Miss Earth Sea-Links City Resort Marina Kishira
    Miss Saigon Elegance Tijana Rakic
    Miss PNJ Jennifer Pazmiño
    Jennifer Pazmiño
    Jennifer Stephanie Pazmiño Saldaña is Miss Ecuador Earth 2010 and Miss Ecuador International 2008.- Miss Ecuador 2008 :Pazmiño, who at the age of 20, achieved the title of Miss Ecuador International on March 13, 2008 in the Miss Ecuador 2008 pageant held in Cemexpo, Quito...

    Miss CanDeluxe Lưu Thị Diễm Hương
    Luu Thi Diem Huong
    Lưu Thị Diễm Hương is a beauty pageant winner and student. Diễm Hương was born 1990 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is the reigning Miss Vietnam World 2010...


         Major Awards
         Minor/Sponsor Awards


    Talent Competition

    The talent competition took place in Ho Chi Minh City
    Ho Chi Minh City
    Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...

     on November 9, 2010. Nicole Faria, from India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    , won the Miss Earth Talent 2010 after beating 17 other finalists. Miss India performed a graceful belly dance that combined Oriental and Middle Eastern style. The event raised VND100 million, which was donated to the HCM City Red Cross, to support flood victims in the central region.
    Result Contestant
    Winner
    •  India - Nicole Faria
      Nicole Faria
      Nicole Estelle Faria ) is an Indian model from Bangalore and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Femina Miss India Earth 2010 and Miss Earth 2010. Faria is the first woman from India to win Miss Earth.-Career:...

    Top 5
  •  Crimea - Anastasiya Sienina
    Anastasiya Sienina
    Anastasiya Sienina is a Ukrainian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Crimea 2010. Sienina placed second runner-up at the Miss Ukraine 2010 pageant...

  • - Marina Kishira
  • - Maricelle Rani Wong
  • - Lưu Thị Diễm Hương
    Luu Thi Diem Huong
    Lưu Thị Diễm Hương is a beauty pageant winner and student. Diễm Hương was born 1990 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is the reigning Miss Vietnam World 2010...

  • Top 18
  • ' - Ema Golijanin
  • - Onalenna Gaopalelwe
  • - Luisa de Almeida Lopes
  • - Sandra Marie Lees
    Sandra Marie Lees
    Sandra Marie Lees is a British model and winner of several regional and national beauty pageants. She has represented the UK at the Miss International and Miss Tourism contests...

  • - Naiomie Jean Santos
  • - Sue Ellen Castañeda
  • - Soyini Fraser
  • - Alesha Gallen
  • - Ilenia Arnolfo
  • - Kai Ayanna McDonald
  • - Nondyebo Dzingwa
  • - Watsaporn Wattanakoon
    Watsaporn Wattanakoon
    Watsaporn Wattanakoon , nicknamed Eiam is a Thai beauty queen who was crowned Miss Thailand Earth 2010 and Miss Earth Water 2010.-Pageantry:...

  • - Glena Lavemai

  • NOTE: At that night, Miss Vietnam won a sponsor award which is Miss Vietnam Airlines while Miss India won Miss Diamond Place.

    Best in National Costume

    The National Costume competition took place in Sea-Links Resort, Phan Thiet
    Phan Thiết
    Phan Thiết town is the capital of Binh Thuan province, in southeastern Vietnam. Phan Thiet is a municipality in central, south central sector, however, the development plan to 2025, it would be municipality Southeast Vietnam. The population of Phan Thiết city in 2005 is roughly 350,000 and is...

     (city) on November 13, 2010. Marina Kishira, from Japan, won the Best in National Costume at Miss Earth 2010 after beating other contestants.
    Result Contestant
    Winner
    •  Japan - Marina Kishira
    Top 5
  •  Brazil - Luisa de Almeida Lopes
  •  Ecuador - Jennifer Pazmiño
    Jennifer Pazmiño
    Jennifer Stephanie Pazmiño Saldaña is Miss Ecuador Earth 2010 and Miss Ecuador International 2008.- Miss Ecuador 2008 :Pazmiño, who at the age of 20, achieved the title of Miss Ecuador International on March 13, 2008 in the Miss Ecuador 2008 pageant held in Cemexpo, Quito...

  •  Mexico - Claudia Lopez Mollinedo
  •  South Africa - Nondyebo Dzingwa

  • NOTE: At that night, Miss Japan also won a sponsor award which is Miss Earth Sea-Links City Resort.

    Miss Aodai

    The Miss Aodai was held on November 17, 2010 in Nha Trang
    Nha Trang
    Nha Trang is a coastal city and capital of Khanh Hoa province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the North by Ninh Hoà district, on the East by the South China Sea, on the South by Cam Ranh town and on the West by Diên Khánh district...

    , Khanh Hoa
    Khánh Hòa
    Khánh Hòa may refer to a number of places in Vietnam:*Khanh Hoa Province*Khánh Hòa, An Giang - a commune of An Giang Province...

    .
    Result Contestant
    Winner
    •  Serbia - Tijana Rakic
      Tijana Rakic
      Tijana Rakić is a beauty queen from Serbia. On Miss Serbia pageant Tijana enter in top 5 and got a chance to represent her country in the Miss Earth 2010 pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam.-Miss Earth 2010:...

    Top 5
  • ' - Liu Hsing-Jung
  • ' - Lee Gui-joo
  •  Nicaragua - Junieth Rosales
  •  Philippines - Kris Psyche Resus


  • NOTE: At that night, Miss Serbia also won a sponsor award which is Miss Saigon Elegance.

    Best in Long Gown

    The Best in Long Gown was held on November 17, 2010 in Nha Trang
    Nha Trang
    Nha Trang is a coastal city and capital of Khanh Hoa province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the North by Ninh Hoà district, on the East by the South China Sea, on the South by Cam Ranh town and on the West by Diên Khánh district...

    , Khanh Hoa
    Khánh Hòa
    Khánh Hòa may refer to a number of places in Vietnam:*Khanh Hoa Province*Khánh Hòa, An Giang - a commune of An Giang Province...

    .
    Result Contestant
    Winner
    •  Ecuador - Jennifer Pazmiño
      Jennifer Pazmiño
      Jennifer Stephanie Pazmiño Saldaña is Miss Ecuador Earth 2010 and Miss Ecuador International 2008.- Miss Ecuador 2008 :Pazmiño, who at the age of 20, achieved the title of Miss Ecuador International on March 13, 2008 in the Miss Ecuador 2008 pageant held in Cemexpo, Quito...

    Top 5
  •  Brazil - Luisa de Almeida Lopes
  •  Czech Republic - Carmen Justová
  •  Thailand - Watsaporn Wattanakoon
    Watsaporn Wattanakoon
    Watsaporn Wattanakoon , nicknamed Eiam is a Thai beauty queen who was crowned Miss Thailand Earth 2010 and Miss Earth Water 2010.-Pageantry:...

  •  Venezuela - Mariangela Bonanni
    Mariángela Bonanni
    Mariángela Haydée Manuela Bonanni Randazzo is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder from San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela, who represented Táchira in the Miss Venezuela 2009 pageant, on September 24, 2009, and won the title of 1st runner up and Best Catwalk...


  • NOTE: At that night, Miss Ecuador also won a sponsor award which is Miss PNJ.

    Best in Swimsuit

    The Best in Swimsuit was held on November 20, 2010 in Phu Yen. At the show, Miss Earth’s organizing board offered Phu Yen Province People’s Committee VND500 million (US$25,000) to support flood victims. Miss Vietnam Luu Thi Diem Huong
    Luu Thi Diem Huong
    Lưu Thị Diễm Hương is a beauty pageant winner and student. Diễm Hương was born 1990 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is the reigning Miss Vietnam World 2010...

     won the Best in Swimsuit.
    Result Contestant
    Winner
    •  Vietnam - Lưu Thị Diễm Hương
      Luu Thi Diem Huong
      Lưu Thị Diễm Hương is a beauty pageant winner and student. Diễm Hương was born 1990 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is the reigning Miss Vietnam World 2010...

    Top 5
  •  Czech Republic - Carmen Justová
  •  Ecuador - Jennifer Pazmiño
    Jennifer Pazmiño
    Jennifer Stephanie Pazmiño Saldaña is Miss Ecuador Earth 2010 and Miss Ecuador International 2008.- Miss Ecuador 2008 :Pazmiño, who at the age of 20, achieved the title of Miss Ecuador International on March 13, 2008 in the Miss Ecuador 2008 pageant held in Cemexpo, Quito...

  •  Norway - Iman Kerigo
  •  Venezuela - Mariangela Bonanni
    Mariángela Bonanni
    Mariángela Haydée Manuela Bonanni Randazzo is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder from San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela, who represented Táchira in the Miss Venezuela 2009 pageant, on September 24, 2009, and won the title of 1st runner up and Best Catwalk...



  • NOTE: At that night, Miss Vietnam won a sponsor award which is Miss CanDeluxe.

    Judges

    • Ella Bella - Miss Earth Organizer
    • Nenad Bratic - Architecture
    • Marie J.Y.E. Collart - Hollywood Actress
    • Rachel Grant
      Rachel Grant
      Rachel Louise Grant de Longueuil, more commonly known as Rachel Grant, is an actress and model. Besides her acting career, she is a martial arts instructor, specializing in the Filipino martial arts Kali...

       - Hollywood Actress
    • Karla Paula Henry
      Karla Paula Henry
      Karla Paula Ginteroy Henry is a Filipino-Canadian beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Earth 2008, becoming the first Philippine representative and the first in the Asian region to win that title....

       - Miss Earth 2008
      Miss Earth 2008
      Miss Earth 2008, the 8th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 9, 2008 at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. Eighty-five delegates arrived from October 19, 2008 in the Philippines...

    • Michael Jeffrey Rosenthal - Fashion Photographer
    • Eddy Tan - President of STAR World
      STAR World
      STAR World is an Asian English language cable and satellite television network owned by Star TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation. The channel is the successor of STAR Plus, a subsidiary of News Corporation...

    • Phạm Châu Sanh - Head of the Culture, External Relations and UNESCO under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam
    • Hoàng Đại Thanh - Editor-in-chief of Thời Trang Trẻ Magazine
    • Nguyễn Quỳnh Như - Fashion Designer

    Music

    • Mash-up of Only Girl (In The World)
      Only Girl (In the World)
      "Only Girl " is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna from her fifth studio album, Loud . The song was released as the album's lead single on September 10, 2010 through Def Jam. It was written by Crystal Johnson, Norwegian production duo Stargate and Sandy Vee, and produced by Stargate and Vee...

      by Rihanna
      Rihanna
      Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...

       and Some Chords
      4x4=12
      4×4=12 is the fifth album by Canadian electronic artist deadmau5 . It was released worldwide on December 6, 2010 through Virgin Records. The album was released in the United States on December 7, 2010 through Ultra Records...

      by Deadmau5
      Deadmau5
      Joel Thomas Zimmerman , better known by his stage name deadmau5 , is a Canadian progressive, electro, and house producer based in Toronto...

       - background music used for the Opening.
    • Trống cơm - Mặt trời mới - Live performance
    • Lời mẹ hát (English version) - Mỹ Linh - Live performance
    • The Way You Make Me Feel
      The Way You Make Me Feel
      "The Way You Make Me Feel" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. Released by Epic Records in November 1987, it was the third single from Jackson's seventh studio album Bad. Written and composed by Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones , the song is credited as being a pop and R&B...

      by Ronan Keating
      Ronan Keating
      Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...

       - Live performance
    • When You Say Nothing At All
      When You Say Nothing at All
      "When You Say Nothing at All" is the debut solo single by Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating. The song was recorded in 1999 for the soundtrack of the film Notting Hill. It also appeared on Keating's debut solo album, Ronan. The song was released on July 26, 1999 in the United Kingdom. It peaked...

      by Ronan Keating
      Ronan Keating
      Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...

       - Live performance

    Contestants

    Country Contestant Age Height Hometown
    Kelly Louise Maguire  24 Sydney
    Sydney
    Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

    Aquelle Plakaris 24 Nassau
    Nassau, Bahamas
    Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...

    Melissa Vingerhoed 18 Etterbeek
    Etterbeek
    Etterbeek is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It neighbours the municipalities of the City of Brussels, Ixelles, Auderghem, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Schaerbeek....

    Yovana O'Brien
    Yovana O'Brien
    Peggy Yovana O'Brien is Miss Bolivia Earth 2010 and Miss Bicentenario.-References:...

     
    19 Santa Cruz
    Santa Cruz de la Sierra
    Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country...

    ' Ema Golijanin 18 Sarajevo
    Sarajevo
    Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

    Onalenna Gaopalelwe 20 Serowe
    Serowe
    Serowe was famed as Botswana's largest village after Molepolole. Serowe has a rich history in Botswana'; it being the capital for the Bamangwato people in the early part of the 20th century and for being the birth place of many of Botswana's Presidents...

    Luisa de Almeida Lopes 20 Porto de Galinhas
    Porto de Galinhas
    Porto de Galinhas is a beach in the municipality of Ipojuca, Pernambuco, Brazil. Porto de Galinhas is a major tourist destination. The beach is famous for its bright-water beaches and the natural pools.It is part of the municipality of Ipojuca, and located south of the state capital, Recife.It has...

    Estelle Essame 26 Yaounde
    Yaoundé
    -Transportation:Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport is a major civilian hub, while nearby Yaoundé Airport is used by the military. Railway lines run west to the port city of Douala and north to N'Gaoundéré. Many bus companies operate from the city; particularly in the Nsam and Mvan neighborhoods...

    Summer Anne Ross 26 Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

    Samantha Widmer 23 George Town
    George Town, Cayman Islands
    George Town, Grand Cayman, is the capital of the Cayman Islands, in the British West Indies. The city has a population of 35,600 and is the largest city on Grand Cayman....

    Pamela Soprani
    Pamela Soprani
    Pamela Soprani, is a model and a beauty pageant contestant from Santiago de Chile. She was selected as Miss Earth Chile 2010 on July 17, 2010 by . She represented her country in Miss Earth 2010 on December 4 in Nha Trang, Vietnam.- External links :*...

    23 Santiago
    Zhao Shenqianhui 19
    Liu Hsing-Jung 25 Taipei
    Taipei
    Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

    Diana Marin 22 Cali
    Calì
    Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...

    Allyson Alfaro 20 San José
    San José, Costa Rica
    San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...

     Crimea Anastasiya Sienina
    Anastasiya Sienina
    Anastasiya Sienina is a Ukrainian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Crimea 2010. Sienina placed second runner-up at the Miss Ukraine 2010 pageant...

    19 Simferopol
    Simferopol
    -Russian Empire and Civil War:The city was renamed Simferopol in 1784 after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate to the Russian Empire by Catherine II of Russia. The name Simferopol is derived from the Greek, Συμφερόπολις , translated as "the city of usefulness." In 1802, Simferopol became the...

    Norayla Francisco 25 Willemstad
    Willemstad
    Willemstad can refer to:*Willemstad, the capital of Curaçao*Willemstad , a town in Moerdijk, the Netherlands*Willemstad , a hamlet near Marum, the Netherlands*Willemstad , a hamlet in the Netherlands...

    Carmen Justová 19 Sokolov
    Sokolov (Sokolov District)
    Sokolov , Falknov nad Ohří until 1948 is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic, located to the north-east of Cheb. It has about 28,000 inhabitants....

    Sandra Vester 25 Copenhagen
    Copenhagen
    Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

    Wisleidy Osorio 21 Samana
    Jennifer Pazmiño
    Jennifer Pazmiño
    Jennifer Stephanie Pazmiño Saldaña is Miss Ecuador Earth 2010 and Miss Ecuador International 2008.- Miss Ecuador 2008 :Pazmiño, who at the age of 20, achieved the title of Miss Ecuador International on March 13, 2008 in the Miss Ecuador 2008 pageant held in Cemexpo, Quito...

     
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    Sandra Marie Lees
    Sandra Marie Lees
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    Les Abymes
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    Beirut
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    Macau
    Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...

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    Antananarivo
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    Kota Kinabalu
    Kota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount...

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    Valletta
    Valletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta, and the historical city has a population of 6,098. The name "Valletta" is traditionally reserved for the historic walled citadel that serves as Malta's...

     Martinique Christine Garçon 22 Le Vauclin
    Le Vauclin
    Le Vauclin is a town and commune in the French overseas department of Martinique.-External links:*...

    Anne-Lise Ramooloo 21 Port Louis
    Port Louis
    -Economy:The economy is dominated by its port, which handles Mauritius' international trade. The port was founded by the French who preferred Port Louis as the City is shielded by the Port Louis/Moka mountain range. It is the largest container handling facility in the Indian Ocean and can...

    Claudia Lopez Mollinedo 18 Teapa
    Bayaarkhuu Gantogoo 24 Ömnögovi
    Ömnögovi Province
    Ömnögovi is an aimag of Mongolia, located in the south of the country, in the Gobi Desert. Ömnögovi is Mongolia's largest aimag. The capital is Dalanzadgad....

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    Sahana Bajracharya
    Sahana Bajracharya is a Nepalese beauty queen, TV anchor, model & media personality. She was crowned as Miss Nepal 2010 1st Runner Up & Miss Nepal Earth 2010. She was also the host of Mega Model Season 2 the spin-off of America's Next Top Model.-Biography:...

     
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    Desiree van den Berg 23 Santpoort
    Lisa Davids 20 North Shore
    Junieth Raquel Rosales 21 Managua
    Managua
    Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name. It is the largest city in Nicaragua in terms of population and geographic size. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán or Lake Managua, the city was declared the national capital in...

    Inara Isaiah 18 Bayelsa
    Judith Keys 18 Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

    Iman Kerigo 18 Kløfta
    Kløfta
    Kløfta is a village located in Ullensaker, Akershus, Norway. It has a population of approximately 6,000 inhabitats.Literally translated, the name means 'the cleft' in English. It probably refers to a junction of three roads heading for Oslo, Trondheim and Kongsvinger. At Kløfta, the road RV2...

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    Nicole Morrell
    Nicolle Morrell, is a Panamanian model and a pageant titleholder from Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá who was represented the Distrito Central state in the Bellezas Panamá 2010 pageant, on August 2, 2010, and won the title of Miss Panamá Earth 2010....

     
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    Panama City
    Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

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    Silvana Vásquez
    Silvana Vásquez, is a model and a pageant titleholder who won the title Miss Earth Peru 2010 in the Miss International Peru 2010 pageant on April 24, 2010. Miss International Peru selects representatives for Miss Earth and Miss International pageants. Vásquez will represent Peru in the Miss Earth...

     
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    Lima
    Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

    Kris Psyche Resus 22 Infanta
    Infanta, Quezon
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    Beata Polakowska 24 Ostrów Mazowiecka
    Ostrów Mazowiecka
    Ostrów Mazowiecka is a town in northeastern Poland with 23,486 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Ostroleka Voivodeship . It is the capital of Ostrów Mazowiecka County....

    Yeidy Bosques  22 Mayagüez
    Andreea Capsuc 19 Bucharest
    Bucharest
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    Viktoria Shchukina 22 Moscow
    Moscow
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    Faaselega Oloapu 25 Sydney
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    Tijana Rakic
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    Kruševac
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    Maricelle Rani Wong 20 Singapore
    Singapore
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    ' Tímea Szaboová 20 Bratislava
    Bratislava
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    Ines Draganovič 19 Ljubljana
    Ljubljana
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    Nondyebo Dzingwa 24 Roodepoort
    ' Atong de Mach 22 Juba
    Juba, Sudan
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    Liza Andrea Küster 24 Bern
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    Dodoma
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    Watsaporn Wattanakoon
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    Chiang Rai Province
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    Glena Lavemai 19 Sydney
    Sydney
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    Valentina Zhytnyk 18 Kharkiv
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     United States Danielle Bounds
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    Lưu Thị Diễm Hương
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    Returning countries and territories

    • Last competed in 2005
      Miss Earth 2005
      Miss Earth 2005, the 5th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place on October 23, 2005 in Quezon City, Philippines. A total of 80 candidates from around the globe took part in the event....

      :

    • Last competed in 2006
      Miss Earth 2006
      Miss Earth 2006, the 6th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place on November 26, 2006 in the grounds of the National Museum in Manila, Philippines. The pageant was won by Hil Hernández of Chile....

      :

    • Last competed in 2007
      Miss Earth 2007
      Miss Earth 2007, the seventh Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 11, 2007 at the UP Theater in Quezon City, Philippines. The delegates also visited Nha Trang, Vietnam. 88 delegates competed for the title, making 2007 the largest edition of delegates for Miss Earth. The pageant was...

      :

    • Last competed in 2008
      Miss Earth 2008
      Miss Earth 2008, the 8th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 9, 2008 at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. Eighty-five delegates arrived from October 19, 2008 in the Philippines...

      :


    Withdrawals

    • - No national pageant held.
    • - Original Miss Earth contestant Jennifer Kalo ended up competing at Miss World 2010
      Miss World 2010
      Miss World 2010, the 60th Miss World pageant was held on October 30, 2010, in Sanya, People's Republic of China; after Vietnam backed out of the hosting contract. Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar crowned her successor Alexandria Mills of the United States as Miss World 2010.-Vietnam backed out:On June...

       due to Agnes Dobo injury.
    • - Lack of funding and sponsorship.
    • ' - No national pageant held; lack of funding and sponsorship.

    Did not compete

    • - Kinley Yangden
    • - Sarai Calderón
    • - Taliko Shubitidze
    • - Dilrufa Mohamed
    • - Pierra Akewro

    Replacements

    • : Jessica Van Moorleghem was replaced by Melissa Vingerhoed due to personal reasons
    • : Aline Bruch was replaced by Luisa de Almeida Lopes.
    • : Ding Wenyuan was replaced by Zhao Shenqianhui.
    • : Alejandra Alvarez was replaced by Allyson Alfaro.
    • : Christelle Demaison was replaced by Fanny Vauzanges due to family emergency
    • : Anna Julia Hagen was replaced by Reingard Hagemann because of her studies.
    • : Liza Elly Purnamasari was replaced by Jessica Aurelia Tji.
    • : Andreea Dorobantiu was replaced by Andreea Capsuc.
    • : Okelsandra Nikitina was replaced by Valentina Zhytnyk.

    Historical significance

    • India wins its first Miss Earth title.
    • Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Ukraine and Vietnam placed for the first time.
    • Venezuela placed for the sixth consecutive year.
    • Thailand placed for the fourth consecutive year and highest placement so far.
    • Countries that were also in the semi finals last year were: India, South Africa, Thailand and Venezuela.
    • Ecuador and Puerto Rico last placed in 2005
      Miss Earth 2005
      Miss Earth 2005, the 5th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place on October 23, 2005 in Quezon City, Philippines. A total of 80 candidates from around the globe took part in the event....

      .
    • Czech Republic, Russia and USA last placed in 2008
      Miss Earth 2008
      Miss Earth 2008, the 8th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 9, 2008 at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. Eighty-five delegates arrived from October 19, 2008 in the Philippines...

      .
    • Russia is the new Miss Earth- Air 2010 due to the marriage of Ecuador.
    • Philippines missed the cut for the second time like in 2007
      Miss Earth 2007
      Miss Earth 2007, the seventh Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 11, 2007 at the UP Theater in Quezon City, Philippines. The delegates also visited Nha Trang, Vietnam. 88 delegates competed for the title, making 2007 the largest edition of delegates for Miss Earth. The pageant was...

      .

    Crossovers

    Contestants who previously competed at other international beauty pageants or are expected to:
    Miss Universe 2010
    Miss Universe 2010
    Miss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010. It was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales...

    • : Desiree van den Berg

    Miss World 2010
    Miss World 2010
    Miss World 2010, the 60th Miss World pageant was held on October 30, 2010, in Sanya, People's Republic of China; after Vietnam backed out of the hosting contract. Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar crowned her successor Alexandria Mills of the United States as Miss World 2010.-Vietnam backed out:On June...

    • : Desiree van den Berg (Top 25)

    Miss International 2009
    Miss International 2009
    Miss International 2009, the 49th Miss International pageant, was held at the Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China on November 28, 2009. The pageant was originally scheduled to be held at The Venetian Macao in Macau on November 7, 2009, but the host committee backed out. 66...

    • : Kelly Louise Maguire

    Miss International 2008
    Miss International 2008
    Miss International 2008, the 48th Miss International pageant was held at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macau on November 8, 2008. 63 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the 48 years of the pageant, surpassing the previous of 61 during last...

    • : Jennifer Pazmiño
      Jennifer Pazmiño
      Jennifer Stephanie Pazmiño Saldaña is Miss Ecuador Earth 2010 and Miss Ecuador International 2008.- Miss Ecuador 2008 :Pazmiño, who at the age of 20, achieved the title of Miss Ecuador International on March 13, 2008 in the Miss Ecuador 2008 pageant held in Cemexpo, Quito...

       (Top 12)


    Miss Asia Pacific World 2011
    Miss Asia Pacific World 2011
    Miss Asia Pacific World 2011, was held in Daegu, Busan, Seoul, South Korea. The winner of this pageant is Florima Treiber of France.-Placements:-Special Awards:-Judges:*Miyako Miyazaki - Miss Universe Japan 2003...


    Miss Teenager Universe 2010
    • : Yovana O'Brien
    • : Junieth Rosales (Miss Friendship)

    Miss Intercontinental 2011
    • : Luisa de Almeida Lopes


    Schedules

    Miss Earth 2010 was held in Vietnam. The announcement was made in a ceremony at the Legend Saigon Hotel
    Ho Chi Minh City Hall
    Ho Chi Minh City Hall or Hôtel de Ville de Saigon was built in 1902-1908 in a French colonial style for the then city of Saigon. It was renamed after 1975 as Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee...

     in Ho Chi Minh City
    Ho Chi Minh City
    Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...

    , Vietnam on January 28, 2010.

    The delegates from various countries arrived in Vietnam on November 4, 2010 and participated in a range of activities covering HCM City, Phan Thiet
    Phan Thiết
    Phan Thiết town is the capital of Binh Thuan province, in southeastern Vietnam. Phan Thiet is a municipality in central, south central sector, however, the development plan to 2025, it would be municipality Southeast Vietnam. The population of Phan Thiết city in 2005 is roughly 350,000 and is...

    , Hoi An
    Hoi An
    Hội An , or rarely Faifo, is a city of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is located in Quang Nam province and is home to approximately 120,000 inhabitants...

     and Nha Trang
    Nha Trang
    Nha Trang is a coastal city and capital of Khanh Hoa province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the North by Ninh Hoà district, on the East by the South China Sea, on the South by Cam Ranh town and on the West by Diên Khánh district...

    . The delegates attended a press conference and various environmental activities
    Environmental volunteering
    Environmental volunteers conduct a range of activities including environmental monitoring ; ecological restoration such as revegetation and weed removal, and educating others about the natural environment...

     in HCM City from November 4–13. The delegates travelled to Phan Thiet and joined environmental activities and a festival to advertise Vietnam’s sports from November 15–17. In the ancient town of Hoi An, they competed in Miss Ao Dai
    Áo dài
    The áo dài is a Vietnamese national costume, now most commonly for women. In its current form, it is a tight-fitting silk tunic worn over pantaloons. The word is pronounced ow zai in the North and ow yai in the South of the country. Áo is derived from a Middle Chinese word meaning "padded coat"...

    , attended the Earth Hour
    Earth Hour
    Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change...

     and the Lantern Festival
    Lantern Festival
    The Lantern Festival ; is a festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar year in the Chinese calendar, the last day...

    , to call for fuel saving and natural resource protection
    Conservation biology
    Conservation biology is the scientific study of the nature and status of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction...

     from November 17–19. The delegates went back to Nha Trang for charity works, cycling, street cleaning, and met with the local residents to talk about environmental protection
    Environmental protection
    Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the environment, on individual, organizational or governmental level, for the benefit of the natural environment and humans. Due to the pressures of population and our technology the biophysical environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently...

     and participated in various environmental activities, and in preparation for the finale night.
    • In Ho Chi Minh City: (November 7–11)
      • Nov. 7: 28 The delegates officially started the activities in Vietnam as the first medication dispensing charity, and also visited Saigon river, and then the Aodai fashion fitting.
      • Nov. 8: Meet and Greet with the organizers, the delegates also visited the Da Phuoc Waste treatment - Binh Chanh and Trung Nguyen coffee.
      • Nov. 9: Miss Talent Competition
      • Nov. 10: Press Presentation - the delegates attended the first official press conference at the White Palace (City) and participated in charity, gifts auction to raise funds for charity.
      • Nov. 11: At 6pm, Gala Dinner which was broadcast live on VTV3 and HTV7 (Ho Chi Minh City Television).
    • In Central Vietnam : (November 12 - December 4)
      • Nov. 12: Provincial tour at Phan Thiet (Binh Thuan) The delegates engaged in environmental protection; attended the Golf Business Review; evening welcome party for the candidates.
      • Nov. 13: National Costume Competition - At 9am, 84 contestants rehearsed for the national costumes competition and competed on the same day at 6.30pm, and then the delegates listened to the public address through the Image Beauty, Beauty and auction Friendly items.
      • Nov. 17: Miss Aodai and Best in Evening Gown were held in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa.
      • Nov. 20: Best in Swimsuit was held in Phu Yen.
      • Dec. 4: Final night - At 8pm (GMT +7), Miss Earth 2010 final night was held in Vinpearl, Nha Trang. Broadcast live on VTV1 and VTV4, ABS-CBN, The Filipino Channel (Philippines), STAR World.

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