Miss Earth 2004

Miss Earth 2004
Miss Earth 2004
	Priscilla Meirelles
Date	October 24, 2004
Presenters	Marc Nelson; Sarah Meir;
Venue	University of the Philippines Theater, Quezon City, Philippines
Broadcaster	ABS-CBN; The Filipino Channel; Star World;
Entrants	61
Placements	16
Debuts	Bulgaria; Chad; Macedonia; Martinique; Portugal; Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay;
Withdrawals	Afghanistan; Antigua and Barbuda; Cyprus; Germany; Gibraltar; Hungary; Japan; Kosova; Panama; Slovenia; Ukraine; Venezuela;
Returns	Albania; Egypt; El Salvador; Great Britain; Nepal; Netherlands; Paraguay; Taiwan; Tanzania;
Winner	Priscilla Meirelles; Brazil
Congeniality	Stephanie Brownell, United States
Best National Costume	Gabriela Zavala, Honduras
Photogenic	Priscilla Meirelles, Brazil
	← 2003 2005 →

Miss Earth 2004 was the fourth edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on October 24, 2004.

Dania Prince of Honduras crowned Priscilla Meirelles of Brazil as her successor at the end of the event, and with her win, Brazil became the first country to win all of the Big Four beauty pageants.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Earth 2004	Brazil – Priscilla Meirelles^[1]
Miss Earth – Air 2004	Martinique – Murielle Celimene^[1]
Miss Earth – Water 2004	Tahiti – Stephanie Lesage^[1]
Miss Earth – Fire 2004	Paraguay – Yanina González^[1]
Top 8	Australia – Shenevelle Dickson^[1] Honduras – Gabriela Zavala^[1] Philippines – Tamera Szijarto^[1] Thailand – Radchadawan Khampeng^[1]
Top 16	Egypt – Arwa Gouda^[1] India – Jyoti Brahmin^[1] Israel – Keren Somekh^[1] Nicaragua – Marifely Argüello^[1] Norway – Brigitte Korsvik^[1] Peru – Liesel Holler^[1] Poland – Karolina Gorazda^[1] Trinidad and Tobago – Leah Mari Guevara^[1]

Special awards

Major awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	United States – Stephanie Brownell^[1]
Miss Photogenic	Brazil – Priscilla Meirelles^[1]
Miss Talent	Canada – Tanya Beatriz Munizaga^[1]
Best in National Costume	Honduras – Gabriela Zavala^[1]^[2]
Best in Evening Gown	Tahiti – Stephanie Lesage^[1]
Best in Swimsuit	Paraguay – Yanina González^[1]

Minor/Sponsor awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Close-up Smile	Brazil – Priscilla Meirelles^[1]
Miss Creamsilk	Philippines – Tamera Szijarto^[1]
Miss Discovery Spa	Brazil – Priscilla Meirelles^[1]
Miss Earth Fort Ilocandia	Thailand – Ratchadawan Nahprasert^[1]
Miss Ponds Beautiful Skin	Australia – Shenevelle Dickson^[1]
Miss Sunsilk	Martinique – Murielle Celimene^[1]
Gandang Ricky Reyes Award	Thailand – Ratchadawan Nahprasert^[1]
Texters' Choice Award	Philippines – Tamera Szijarto^[1]

Contestants

Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age^[a]	Hometown
Albania	Vilma Masha^[3]	19	Tirana
Argentina	Daniela Puig	–	Buenos Aires
Australia	Shenevelle Dickson^[1]	21	Sydney
Belgium	Ruchika Sharma	–	Brussels
Bolivia	Muriel Cruz	18	Montero
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ana Suton^[4]	18	Sarajevo
Brazil	Priscilla Meirelles	21	Belém
Bulgaria	Kristiana Dimitrova	–	Sofia
Canada	Tanya Beatriz Munizaga	22	Montreal
Chad	Myriam Commelin	24	N'Djamena
Chile	Erika Niklitschek Schmidt
China	Nicole Liu Xu
Colombia	Maria Fernanda Navia
Costa Rica	Karlota Calderon
Denmark	Thea Frojkear
Dominican Republic	Nileny Dippton
Ecuador	Maria Luisa Barrios
Egypt	Arwa Gouda
El Salvador	Gabriela Mejía^[5]	19	San Salvador
Estonia	Jana Gruft
Ethiopia	Ferehyiwot Abebe^[6]	18	Bahir Dar
Finland	Iida Laatu
France	Audrey Nogues
Ghana	Maame Afua Akyeampong
Great Britain	Hannah McCuaig
Guatemala	Mirza Odette Garcia
Honduras	Gabriela Zavala	19	San Pedro Sula
India	Jyoti Brahmin
Israel	Keren Somekh
Kenya	Susan Kaittany
Lebanon	Lana Khattab
Macedonia	Natalija Grubovik
Malaysia	Eloise Law	20	Selangor
Martinique	Murielle Celimene	18	Fort-de-France
Mexico	Valentina Cervera	18	Yucatán
Nepal	Anita Gurung	18	Pokhara
Netherlands	Saadia Himi	20	Nijmegen
New Zealand	Rachael Tucker^[7]	–	Palmerston North
Nicaragua	Marifely Argüello^[8]	22	Managua
Nigeria	Ufuoma Stacey Ejenobor	23	Benin City
Norway	Brigitte Korsvik^[9]	20	Kristiansand
Paraguay	Yanina González^[10]	24	Asunción
Peru	Liesel Holler^[11]	24	Cerro de Pasco
Philippines	Tamera Szijarto	21	Manila
Poland	Karolina Gorazda^[12]	24	Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
Portugal	Frederica Santos	–	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Shanira Blanco	23	San Juan
Serbia and Montenegro	Katarina Pavlović	–	Belgrade
Singapore	Nicole Sze Chin Nee	–	Singapore
South Africa	Sally Leung	–	Gauteng
South Korea	Hye-jin Cho	19	Seoul
Sweden	Sara Lundemo	–	Stockholm
Switzerland	Simone Röthlisberger
Tahiti	Stephanie Lesage^[13]	20
Taiwan	Angel Wu
Tanzania	Sophia Byanaku
Thailand	Radchadawan Khampeng		Phitsanulok
Trinidad and Tobago	Leah Mari Guevara
United States	Stephanie Brownell
Uruguay	Katherine Gonzalves
Vietnam	Bùi Thúy Hạnh

Notes

^ Ages at the time of the pageant

Debuts

Bulgaria
Chad
Macedonia
Martinique
Portugal
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay

Returns

Last competed in 2001:
- Netherlands
- Taiwan
Last competed in 2002:
- Albania
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Great Britain
- Nepal
- Paraguay
- Tanzania

Did not compete

Panama – Ingrid Ivana González Caballero
Ukraine – Tatiana Rodina
Venezuela – Enid Solsiret Herrera Ramírez

Withdrawals

Afghanistan
Antigua and Barbuda
Cyprus
Germany
Gibraltar
Hungary
Japan
Kosova
Slovenia

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae "Brazilian Medical Student Wins Miss Earth 2004". The Seoul Times. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "Miss Earth 2004 beauty pageant". China Daily. 25 October 2004. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
^ "Miset që kanë përfaqësuar Shqipërinë në konkurset botërore të bukurisë". TV Klan (in Albanian). Retrieved 2024-06-25.
^ "Ana Suton – Stjuardesa, manekenka i ljubiteljica adrenalina" [Anna Sutton – Stewardess, model and adrenaline junkie]. Radio Sarajevo (in Croatian). 29 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
^ "Candidata de Sonsonate ganó título de Miss El Salvador". La Nación (in Spanish). 20 February 2004. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
^ "Ethiopia: Four Ethiopian Beauties to Take 'Center Stage' At Four International Pageants". Daily Monitor. 8 October 2006. Archived from the original on 11 October 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2023 – via AllAfrica.
^ "Miss Earth follows regional tradition". Stuff. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ Romero, Dora Luz (12 October 2016). "Ellas han sido las Miss Nicaragua de los últimos 16 años". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
^ Holmene, Guro (28 January 2005). "Se Miss Norway-finalistene" [See the Miss Norway finalists]. Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 October 2025.
^ "El consejo de Yanina González a Nadia Ferreira". La Nación (in Spanish). 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
^ "Sueños de reinas" [Dreams of queens]. Terra (in Spanish). 10 May 2004. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
^ Siwicki, Krzysztof (13 February 2023). "Miss Polonia, która stała za ladą w sklepie. Karolina Gorazda od 20 lat mieszka za granicą" [She became Miss Polonia and later sold cosmetics. He has lived abroad for over 20 years]. Plotek (in Polish). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "Miss Earth 2004". The Times of India. 25 October 2004. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 October 2025.

External links

[A-3] Ages at the time of the pageant

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae "Brazilian Medical Student Wins Miss Earth 2004". The Seoul Times. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

[2] "Miss Earth 2004 beauty pageant". China Daily. 25 October 2004. Retrieved 10 October 2025.

[4] "Miset që kanë përfaqësuar Shqipërinë në konkurset botërore të bukurisë". TV Klan (in Albanian). Retrieved 2024-06-25.

[5] "Ana Suton – Stjuardesa, manekenka i ljubiteljica adrenalina" [Anna Sutton – Stewardess, model and adrenaline junkie]. Radio Sarajevo (in Croatian). 29 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2025.

[6] "Candidata de Sonsonate ganó título de Miss El Salvador". La Nación (in Spanish). 20 February 2004. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

[7] "Ethiopia: Four Ethiopian Beauties to Take 'Center Stage' At Four International Pageants". Daily Monitor. 8 October 2006. Archived from the original on 11 October 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2023 – via AllAfrica.

[8] "Miss Earth follows regional tradition". Stuff. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

[9] Romero, Dora Luz (12 October 2016). "Ellas han sido las Miss Nicaragua de los últimos 16 años". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

[10] Holmene, Guro (28 January 2005). "Se Miss Norway-finalistene" [See the Miss Norway finalists]. Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 October 2025.

[11] "El consejo de Yanina González a Nadia Ferreira". La Nación (in Spanish). 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

[12] "Sueños de reinas" [Dreams of queens]. Terra (in Spanish). 10 May 2004. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.

[13] Siwicki, Krzysztof (13 February 2023). "Miss Polonia, która stała za ladą w sklepie. Karolina Gorazda od 20 lat mieszka za granicą" [She became Miss Polonia and later sold cosmetics. He has lived abroad for over 20 years]. Plotek (in Polish). Retrieved 25 June 2024.

[14] "Miss Earth 2004". The Times of India. 25 October 2004. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 October 2025.

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v t e Miss Earth 2004 national titleholders
Priscilla Meirelles Gabriela Zavala Saadia Himi Ufuoma Ejenobor Yanina González Tamera Szijarto Shanira Blanco
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