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Miss Earth Zimbabwe - Wikipedia

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Miss Earth Zimbabwe
Formation	2011
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Harare
Location	Zimbabwe
Membership	Miss Earth
Official language	English
National Director	Tinokunda Moyo
Website	Official website

The Miss Earth Zimbabwe is a beauty pageant promoting environmental protection and selects a national delegate for the international Miss Earth pageant,^[1] one of the four largest and most famous female international beauty pageants referred as the Big Four international beauty pageants.^[2]

History

The Miss Earth Zimbabwe pageant was established to empower young Zimbabwean women in promoting sustainable living, environmental protection, wildlife conservation, natural resource management, and to promote various tourist destinations in Zimbabwe.^[3]^[4]

The winners and candidates of Miss Earth Zimbabwe participate in environmental awareness program and education including visiting schools to encourage proper food management and educate children in finding solutions to food wastage.^[5]

The Miss Earth Zimbabwe pageant was first represented in the international Miss Earth pageant in 2007 by Miss Earth Zimbabwe 2007, Myome Omar.^[6]

In 2011, Thandi Muringa, Miss Earth Zimbabwe 2011 became the first representative from Zimbabwe to enter in the Top 8 finalists in the international Miss Earth 2011 competition, held at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on December 4, 2011.^[6]

Muringa became the national director of Miss Earth Zimbabwe's pageant in 2012.^[3] She is also the chairperson of the Miss Earth Zimbabwe Foundation- the environmental-arm of the pageant that promotes the green schools project which benefited and served thousands of children from various schools in partnership with the Zimbabwe Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate's Environmental Management Agency (EMA), Tetrad Tree Foundation among others.^[7]

In 2013, Miss Earth Zimbabwe, Samantha Dika won the national Women’s Philanthropic Award for her outstanding achievements in Green Awareness activities awarded by the Zimbabwe Philanthropy Institution.^[8]

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Color key

Declared as Winner
Ended as runner-up
Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists


Year	Miss Earth Zimbabwe	Hometown	Placement at Miss Earth	Special Awards
2024	Kimberly Tatenda Mayoyo	Masvingo	Unplaced
2023	Courtney Tadiwanashe Jongwe	Mutare	Top 20
2022	Sakhile Dube	Bulawayo	Top 8	Swimsuit Competition (Africa) Talent Competition (Water Group) Cocktail Dress (Water Group)
2021	Jemima Mandemwa	Bulawayo	Unplaced
2020	Tinokunda Moyo^[9]^[10]^[11]	Gweru	Unplaced
2019	Monalisa Chiredzero^[12]^[13]	Harare	Unplaced
Did not compete between 2017—2018
2016	Sharon Enkromelle Andrew^[14]^[15]	Harare	Unplaced	Talent (Group 2)
Did not compete in 2015
2014	Sandiswe Bhule^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]	Harare	Unplaced	Best Teacher, Miss Friendship (Group 1)^[2]
2013	Samantha Dika^[19]^[21]^[22]	Harare	Unplaced
2012	Dimitra Markou^[23]^[24]^[25]	Bulawayo	Unplaced
2011	Thandi Muringa^[26]^[27]	Harare	Top 8^[28]
Did not compete between 2008—2010
2007	Myome Omar^[6]	Harare	Unplaced

References

^ (13 April 2014). Miss Earth Preps Begin, Southern Eye
^ ^a ^b Herald, The. "Miss Earth on international mission". The Herald (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ ^a ^b Herald, The. "Stage set for Miss Earth Zim". The Herald (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ Chronicle, The. "Miss Earth 2014 contestants go green". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ Herald, The. "Miss Earth Zim wins award". The Herald. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Monalisa Chiredzero : Miss Terre Zimbabwe 2019 imprime ses marques". Vie De Star (in French). 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ Herald, The. "Miss Earth finalist embarks on campaigns". The Herald. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ Herald, The. "Miss Earth Zim wins award". The Herald (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 2020-12-20.
^ Herald, The. "Miss Earth contestant confident". The Herald (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ "Zimbabwe: Miss Earth Contestant Confident". allAfrica.com. 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
^ Staff Reporter (2020-10-30). "Twenty eight years, just like Sadio Mane, it's been quite an adventure". PaZimbabwe News. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
^ "Miss Earth 2019 pageant". Rappler. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ "MisOr presents Miss Earth 2019 candidates". Mindanao Gold Star Daily. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ "Monalisa Chiredzero crowned Miss Earth Zimbabwe 2019 - BeautyPageants". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ Herald, The. "Zim model ready for Miss Earth finals". The Herald (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ (6 November 2014). Miss Earth Leaves, Southern Eye
^ (21 November 2014). Bhule Shines in the Philippines, Southern Eye
^ (19 September 2014). Bhule's Dream Come True, Southern Eye
^ ^a ^b (12 September 2014). Miss Earth: Curtain Comes Down, Southern Eye
^ Herald, The. "Miss Earth Fire on cancer awareness". The Herald (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ Herald, The. "Magacha partners Miss Earth". The Herald (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ Herald, The. "Miss Earth in environmental campaign". The Herald (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ Herald, The. "Markou gears for Miss Earth finals". The Herald (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ "Markou eyes Miss Earth title". The Zimbabwean. 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ "Zimbabwe: Markou Gears for Miss Earth Finals". AllAfrica. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
^ Herald, The. "Muringa to represent Zim at Miss Earth contest". The Herald (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ Chronicle, The. "Miss Earth on international mission". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ "Miss Ecuador crowned Miss Earth 2011 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-12-21.

Miss Earth participating countries and territories

Active
(2001–present)

Africa	Angola Algeria Botswana Burundi Cape Verde Cameroon Ethiopia Eswatini Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Reunion Island Rwanda Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guadeloupe Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay US Virgin Islands Venezuela
Asia	Bangladesh Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Palestine Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Thailand United Arab Emirates Vietnam
Europe	Albania Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Crimea Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Wales
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand Samoa Northern Marianas

Inactive since 2023

Africa	Burkina Faso (2020) Chad (2004) Côte d'Ivoire (2020) DR Congo (2022) Egypt (2018) Gabon (2014) Republic of Congo (2007)
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda (2003) Aruba (2015) Bahamas (2018) Barbados (2002) Bonaire (2013) British Virgin Islands (2013) Cayman Islands (2010) Curaçao (2018) Guyana (2020) Martinique (2013) Nicaragua (2012) Saint Lucia (2014) Suriname (2016) Turks & Caicos (2009)
Asia	Afghanistan (2005) Bhutan (2008) Chinese Taipei (2017) Israel (2019) Macau (2016)
Europe	North Macedonia (2022) Cyprus (2018) Finland (2020) Georgia (2009) Gibraltar (2003) Hungary (2019) Lithuania (2013) Luxembourg (2011) Northern Ireland (2019) Turkey (2015)
Oceania	Cook Islands (2017) Guam (2019) New Caledonia (2015) Niue (2007) Tahiti (2014) Tokelau (2005) Papua New Guinea (2019) Tonga (2019)

Inactive non-existing countries and former territories
Serbia and Montenegro (2006) Tibet (2007) United Kingdom (2020) (competed as England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales) Zanzibar (2001)

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