Katherine Espin of Ecuador wins Miss Earth 2016

Katherine Espin of Ecuador has won the title of Miss Earth 2016.  She succeeds Angelia Ong of Philippines as Miss Earth title-holder.  Katherine has defeated 83 delegates to win the coveted title of Miss Earth.

The results were not a big surprise because Katherine Espin was always a favourite.  She was in TGPC’s Top 4 Picks for Miss Earth 2016.  It is to be noted that Miss Philippines Imelda Schweighart was kept out of Top 16 this year.  It is only 3rd year in the history of Miss Earth when Miss Philippines was not in Top 16.  This wasn’t a surprise because of the image Imelda had made for herself in recent weeks.

Here are the official final results.

Miss Earth 2016 – Ecuador
Miss Earth Air – Colombia
Miss Earth Water – Venezuela
Miss Earth Fire – Brazil

Here are the Top 8 Finalists list.

 Brazil – Bruna Zanardo
 Colombia – Michelle Gómez
 Ecuador – Katherine Elizabeth Espín
 Venezuela – Stephanie de Zorzi
 Russia – Aleksandra Cherepanová
 Sweden – Cloie Syquia Skarne
 USA – Corrin Stellakis
 Vietnam – Nguyễn Thị Lệ Nam Em

Here are the Top 16 Finalists list.

 Brazil – Bruna Zanardo
 Colombia – Michelle Gómez
 Ecuador – Katherine Elizabeth Espín
 Venezuela – Stephanie de Zorzi
 Russia – Aleksandra Cherepanová
 Sweden – Cloie Syquia Skarne
 USA – Corrin Stellakis
 Vietnam – Nguyễn Thị Lệ Nam Em
 Australia – Lyndl Kean
 England – Luissa Burton
 Italy – Denise Frigo
 Korea – Chae-Yeung Lee
 Macau SAR, China – Clover Zhu
 Mexico – Itzel Astudillo
 Northern Ireland – Julieann McStravick
 South Africa – Nozipho Magagula

Here are the special awards given during finals.

Best Eco-Beauty video: Moldova – Tatiana Ovcinicová
Miss Eco-Warrior: Wales – Charlotte Hitchman