Miss Earth 2022

The Swimsuit competition was held in Zamboanga City on November 16 and the grand coronation night on November 29, 2022, which were announced during the virtual competitions.[6]

Contestants from 85 countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Fourteen of these delegates were appointees to their national titles after being a runner-up of their national pageant or being selected through a casting process, while four were selected to replace the original dethroned winner.

Eunike Suwandi, Putri Bumi Indonesia 2021, was originally scheduled to represent Indonesia in the competition.[7] However, Putri Bumi Indonesia lost the franchise to the Mahakarya Duta Pesona Indonesia Organization, who is now in charge of selecting a representative to Miss Earth. Karina Basrewan was appointed to represent Miss Earth through a closed-door selection process.[8] Brielle Simmons, the second runner-up of Miss Earth USA 2022, was appointed to represent the United States after Natalia Salmon, lost the title for unknown reasons.[9][10] Elizabeth Gasiba, Miss Earth Venezuela 2022, was replaced by Oriana Pablos, third runner-up of Miss Venezuela 2019, due to academic reasons.[11] Chileshe Wakumelo, Miss Earth Zambia 2022, has already competed in some preliminary activities but withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. She was replaced by the first runner-up of Miss Earth Zambia 2019, Joyce Mwansa.

The 2022 edition will see the debuts of Burundi, Cabo Verde, and Senegal, and the returns of Albania, Croatia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iraq, Kosovo, Malta, Mongolia, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, South Korea, South Sudan, Wales, and Zambia. Hong Kong last competed in 2011, Albania in 2013, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kosovo, and Scotland in 2015, Iraq, Namibia, and Palestine in 2016, Ethiopia and Wales in 2017, Haiti, South Korea, Malta, Slovakia, and South Sudan in 2019, and the others in 2020.[12]

Miss Earth's virtual pre-pageant activities premiered on Miss Earth's official YouTube channel on 25 October 2022 with the Meet the delegates series. Six competitions took place: Fauna outfit competition, Intelligence preliminary judging, National costume competition, Beauty of Face, Fitness & Form, and the Eco Video presentations.[18]

Delegates were divided into four regions; Asia & Oceania, Europe, Africa and the Americas for Intelligence preliminary judging between November 1 and 4, 2022. For the first time, the Fauna outfit competition was held, which displayed the delegates' creative outfits of the fauna they represent.[19][20] The grand showcase of the delegates' culture and traditions in the National Costume competition premiered on 6 November 2022.[21] Other preliminary rounds include Miss Earth 2022 Beauty of Face competition[22] and the Miss Earth 2022 Fitness & Form.[23] The Miss Earth 2022 Eco Video presentation divided the delegates via the continental group between November 11 and 14.[24][25][26][27]

86 delegates were introduced during the Miss Earth 2022 press presentation, held at Okada Manila on November 14, 2022.[28]

Event		Continental Group				Ref.
		Africa	Americas	Asia & Oceania	Europe
Darling of the Press		Esther Ajayi  Nigeria	Andrea Aguilera  Colombia	Sheridan Mortlock  Australia	Merel Hendriksen  Netherlands	[29]

The swimsuit competition was held at the Azzura Beach Resort in Zamboanga City on November 16, 2022. The competition was won by Esther Ajayi of Nigeria, Andrea Aguilera of Colombia, Mina Sue Choi of South Korea, and Liliya Levaya of Belarus.[30][31]

Event		Continental Group				Ref.
		Africa	Americas	Asia & Oceania	Europe
Swimsuit Competition	Gold	Esther Ajayi  Nigeria	Andrea Aguilera  Colombia	Mina Sue Choi  South Korea	Liliya Levaya  Belarus	[32]
	Silver	Sakhile Dube  Zimbabwe	Sheyla Ravelo  Cuba	Sheridan Mortlock  Australia	Ekaterina Velmakina  Russia
	Bronze	Abuana Nkumu  Democratic Republic of the Congo	Daniela Riquelme  Chile	Jenny Ramp  Philippines	Alannah Larkin  Ireland

The Beach Wear Competition was held in various places in the Philippines from November 18 to 19, 2022. The competition was won by Mina Sue Choi of South Korea, Daniela Riquelme of Chile, Andrea Aguilera of Colombia, and Jessica Pedroso of Brazil.[33][34]

Event		Elemental Group				Ref.
		Air	Eco	Fire	Water
Beach Wear Competition	Gold	Mina Sue Choi  South Korea	Daniela Riquelme  Chile	Andrea Aguilera  Colombia	Jessica Pedroso  Brazil	[35][36][37]
	Silver	Julia Baryga  Poland	Maria Rosado  Portugal	Sheyla Ravelo  Cuba	Merel Hendriksen  Netherlands
	Bronze	Oriana Pablos  Venezuela	Chawanphat Kongnim  Thailand	Sheridan Mortlock  Australia	Brielle Simmons  United States

During the contest

•  Northern Marianas – Katherine Maria Johnson was announced at finals but she did not attend the competition.