Miss Sierra Leone USA Talks Miss Earth 2013 - The Queens of Africa

Hello world!!!

Hope you and yours are doing well. I'm doing awesome, thanks to the Almighty. In this post, I'll be talking about the 13th edition of the Miss Earth pageant. Miss Earth 2013 will be held on December 7, 2013 at the Versailles Palace in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. Miss Earth 2012 Tereza Fajksová from Czech Republic will crown her successor at the end of the event. This edition of the Miss Earth pageant is aligned with "The International Year of Water Cooperation." Miss Earth is part of the Big Four international pageants: Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Universe.

Reigning Miss Earth 2012 Tereza Fajksova from Czech Republic

FACT: Miss Earth Pageant: Beauties for a Cause is an annual international pageant promoting environmental awareness. The reigning titleholders dedicate their year to promote specific projects and often address issues concerning the environment and other global issues through school tours, tree planting activities, street campaigns, coastal clean ups, speaking engagements, shopping mall tours, media guesting, environmental fair, storytelling programs, eco-fashion shows, and other environmental activities.

Left-Right:
2012 Miss Earth winners
Camila Brant from Brazil (Miss Earth Fire), Tereza Faksova from Czech Republic (Miss Earth), Stephany Stephanowitz from Philippines (Miss Earth Air), and Osmariel Villalobos from Venezuela (Miss Earth Water)

FACT: The winner of the pageant is bestowed the title Miss Earth; her runners-up are also given titles named after the other classical elements: Miss Earth - Air (first runner-up), Miss Earth - Water (second runner-up), and Miss Earth - Fire (third runner-up).

Miss Earth 2002 Winfred Adah Omwakwe from Kenya

FACT: Winfred Adah Omwakwe is the first Black representative and first from the African region to hold the Miss Earth title; she formally succeeded Džejla Glavović of Bosnia & Herzegovina (dethroned) as Miss Earth 2002.

Miss Earth 2002 Winfred Adah Omakwe from Kenya

Representing the Republic of Sierra Leone for the second time on the Miss Earth stage is Mariatu M. Dukuray. Theresa Turay was the first woman to represent Sierra Leone at Miss Earth in 2007. Born of Sierra Leonean ancestry on June 16th, 1991 in Damascus, Syria, Mariatu spent half of her childhood and most of her primary school years in Tripoli, Libya. Our Miss Earth Sierra Leone, Queen Mariatu,  is currently doing an online Information Technology program at Amity University of India. Queen Mariatu Dukuray competed as Miss Freetown before winning the Miss Earth Sierra Leone 2013 title.

Crowning Moment: Miss Earth Sierra Leone 2013 Mariatu Dukuray

Miss Earth Sierra Leone 2013 Mariatu Dukuray

Visit Mariatu Dukuray's profile page on the Miss Earth website, and if you have a Facebook account you can VOTE Miss Earth Sierra Leone for the Miss Earth Photogenic contest here.

Miss Earth Sierra Leone 2013 Mariatu Dukuray

Below is a list of the Queens that will be representing the continent at this year's Miss Earth pageant. Good luck to our African Queens. Make Mama Africa proud, ladies!

COTE D'IVOIRE (Ivory Coast)
Miss Earth Gabon 2013

Miss Earth Cote D'Ivoire Bintou Traore

GABON

Miss Earth Gabon 2013

Miss Earth Gabon Filiane Mayombo Koundi

GHANA

Miss Earth Ghana 2013

Miss Earth Ghana Amabel Esina Klutse

MADAGASCAR
Miss Earth Madagascar 2013

Miss Earth Madagascar Erwinah Maton

MAURITIUS

Miss Earth Mauritius 2013 Virginie Dorza

Miss Earth Mauritius Virginie Dorza

NIGERIA

Miss Earth Nigeria 2013

Miss Earth Nigeria Marie Miller

SOUTH AFRICA
Miss Earth South Africa 2013

Miss Earth South Africa Ashanti Mbanga

SOUTH SUDAN

Miss Earth South Sudan 2013

Miss Earth South Sudan Gloria Karsis

TANZANIA

Miss Earth Tanzania 2013

Miss Earth Tanzania Clara Noor

ZAMBIA

Miss Earth Zambia 2013

Miss Earth Zambia Winnie-Fredah Kabwe

ZIMBABWE

Miss Earth Zimbabwe 2013

Miss Earth Zimbabwe Samantha Dika

All the best to the Queens of Africa, and also my home country girl, Miss Earth USA 2013 Nicole Velez.

UPDATE: Miss Earth Fire 2013 is Miss Korea Catharina Choi, Miss Earth Water 2013 is Miss Thailand Punika Kulsoontornrut, and Miss Earth Air 2013 is Miss Austria Katia Wagner. Miss Earth 2013-2014 is Alyz Henrich from Venezuela. 

Ruby B. Johnson,

Your Miss Sierra Leone USA.

Like my Facebook Page

Follow me on Twitter @MissSaloneUSA

Follow me on Instagram @MissSierraLeoneUSA

Sources:

Miss Earth