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Miss Earth 2023 was the 23rd Miss Earth pageant held at Vạn Phúc City in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on 22 December 2023.
Miss Earth 2023 | |
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Date | 8 December 2023 |
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Theme | ME Loves TREE |
Venue | Thunder Dome, Pak Kret, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand |
Entrants | 91 |
Placements | 20 |
Debuts | Equatorial Guinea |
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Winner | Drita Ziri (Albania) |
Best National Costume | Đỗ Thị Lan Anh (Vietnam) |
Drita Ziri of Albania won and was crowned by Mina Sue Choi of South Korea. It is the first time Albania has won the pageant, and its first crown in the Big Four international beauty pageants. At 18, Ziri became the youngest winner of Miss Earth. Crowned in the same event are Yllana Aduana of the Philippines as Miss Earth-Air, Đỗ Thị Lan Anh of Vietnam as Miss Earth-Water, and Cora Bliault of Thailand as Miss Earth-Fire.
Contestants from ninety-one countries and territories participated, marking the highest turnout of any Miss Earth edition to date, which was hosted by Jeannie Mai for the first time, along with Miss Earth 2017 Karen Ibasco. Barbadian singer Shontelle, and Vietnamese singers Jaykii, MONO [vi], and Sara Luu also performed.[citation needed]
The competition also featured the debut of the Long Beach Pearl crown, which is made of gold and eighty-seven pearls and gemstones.[1][2]