Miss Earth: Running Top 15 of the 2010s

Description: Olympic ranking of countries/territories that placed in the 2010 to present editions of Miss Earth! 
 
Notes:
a. Placements of a country or territory from 2010 to present are listed or disclosed.
b. Special awards and mere participation bear no weight. Only wins and placements count.
c. For purposes of tie breaking, recent wins are given greater significance.

 
15th JAPAN
 
Placements:
ME 2010 Top 7 - Marina Kishira (featured photo)
ME 2012 Top 16 - Megumi Noda
ME 2011 Top 16 - Tomoko Maeda
 
About Marina Kishira:
She is the first and so far the highest placing delegate from Japan in Miss Earth in this decade and since the pageant's inception in 2001. During her stint, she was awarded with Best in National Costume and Miss Earth Sea-Links City Resort (sponsor award). She also placed as among the Top 5 in the talent competition.

 
 
14th USA
 
Placements:
ME 2012 Top 8 - Siria Bojorquez (featured photo)
ME 2013 Top 16 - Nicole Velez
ME 2010 Top 14 - Danielle Bounds
 
About Siria Bojorquez:
Her placement is USA's best since Amanda Kimmel's Top 8 finish in Miss Earth 2005. Hopes were high that she could be her country's first winner. However, she failed to advance in the Top 4. In the pre-pageant activities, she gathered 3 silver and 1 bronze medals with her excellent showing in the trivia challenge, press presentation, etc.

13th SOUTH AFRICA

Placements:
ME 2012 Top 8 - Tamerin Jardine (featured photo)
ME 2010 Top 7 - Nondyebo Dzingwa
ME 2013 Top 16 - Ashanti Mbanga

About Tamerin Jardine:
Her achievement is her nation's and the African continent's best in the pageant in the 2010s. She was not new to pageantry as she previously joined in the national search for South Africa's representative to Miss Universe and Miss World but failed to win. She was known to be a great speaker and was among the fans' favorites.

12th MEXICO

Placements:
ME 2013 Top 8 - Kristal Silva (featured photo)
ME 2011 Top 8 - Casandra Becerra
ME 2012 Top 16 - Paola Aguilar Concha

About Kristal Silva:
Also a pageant veteran; she tried her luck to represent Mexico in Miss Universe and Miss World but missed it. She later joined and won the national search for Miss Earth. She did not earn a medal prior to the finale yet she managed to make it in the final list. Nevertheless, she won minor awards like Miss Golden Sunset and Miss Careline.

11th PUERTO RICO

Placement:
ME Fire 2010 - Yeidy Bosques

About Yeidy Bosques:
She first competed in the 2006 and 2010 editions of Miss Puerto Rico Universe where she placed as semifinalist and 3rd Runner-up, respectively. Later, she competed in the first ever Miss Earth Puerto Rico pageant. She won the competition and went to represent Puerto Rico in Miss Earth 2010 held in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

10th KOREA

Placements:
ME Fire 2013 - Catharina Choi (featured photo)
ME 2012 Top 16 - Sara Kim

About Catharina Choi:
She was appointed to represent Korea in Miss Earth, replacing the national winner. She was the 2nd Runner-up of Miss Korea 2013. Same with Miss Austria who is Miss Air, her Miss Fire win is her country's best finish and the first elemental title since its participation in the pageant. Korea also placed for the second consecutive year.

9th THAILAND

Placements:
ME Water 2013 - Punika Kulsoontornrut (featured photo)
ME Water 2010 - Watsaporn Wattanakoon
ME 2011 Top 16 - Niratcha Tungtisanont

About Punika Kulsoontornrut:
She is the second Miss Water from Thailand; replicating the victory of Watsaporn in the 2010 edition of the pageant held in Vietnam. Hers and Watsaporn's victories are Thailand's greatest finish in Miss Earth. She only had few days to prepare after she won her national title yet she performed well in the international arena.

8th AUSTRIA

Placement:
ME Air 2013 - Katia Wagner

About Katia Wagner:
Austria, together with Mauritius, Serbia (as an independent nation) and Turkey placed for the first time in Miss Earth. Her Miss Air finish is Austria's only and best placement in the pageant. She won a gold medal in the preliminaries as the Most Child Friendly among the delegates in her group during a school visit.

7th RUSSIA

Placements:
ME Air 2010 ascended - Viktoria Shchukina (featured photo)
ME 2012 Top 8 - Natalia Pereverzeva

About Viktoria Shchukina:
The Carousel Productions has confirmed that she was the new Miss Earth Air 2010 after Jennifer Pazmino of Ecuador, the original winner, has relinquished her crown due to marriage to her fiancee. She was among the Top 14 but did not advance to the Top 7 finalists. This is the highest placement of Russia in Miss Earth.

6th BRAZIL

Placements:
ME Air 2011 - Drielly Bennettone (featured photo)
ME Fire 2012 - Camila Brant

About Drielly Bennettone:
Her win reminded the pageantry world that Brazil is a powerhouse country in Miss Earth. She is the third Miss Air from Brazil and her country's best achievement since it grabbed its second Miss Earth crown in 2009 through Larissa Ramos. Brazil is leading the Miss Earth rankings and is followed by Venezuela.

5th PHILIPPINES

Placements:
ME Air 2012 - Stephany Stefanowitz (featured photo)
ME Water 2011 - Athena Imperial
ME 2013 Top 8 - Angelee delos Reyes

About Stephany Stefanowitz:
She is a model, fashion designer, host, singer, and beauty queen. She replicated the feat of Sandra Seifert, Miss Air 2009. As the birthplace of Miss Earth, Philippines is undeniably a powerhouse of the pageant. Filipina Karla Henry holds the record of being the first Asian Miss Earth when she won the title in 2008.

4th INDIA

Placement:
Miss Earth 2010 - Nicole Faria

About Nicole Faria:
She is a model from Bangalore who is the first woman from India to win Miss Earth. She won Miss Talent, the first special award of the pageant. She performed a graceful belly dance in an event that raised VND100 million, which was donated to the HCM City Red Cross, to support flood victims in the central region of Vietnam.

3rd CZECH REPUBLIC

Placements:
Miss Earth 2012 - Tereza Fajksová (featured photo)
ME 2010 Top 14 - Carmen Justová

About Tereza Fajksová:
She is a Czech model and international beauty pageant titleholder. She is the first delegate from the Czech Republic to win the Miss Earth title and the second to bring home a Big 4 crown after Taťána Kuchařová's win as Miss World 2006. She beat 79 other international delegates in the competition held in the Philippines.

2nd VENEZUELA

Placements:
Miss Earth 2013 - Alyz Henrich (featured photo)
ME Water 2012 - Osmariel Villalobos
ME Fire 2011 - Caroline Medina
ME 2010 Top 7 - Mariángela Bonanni

About Alyz Henrich:
She is a Venezuelan Fashion Model, Environmentalist, Humanitarian Advocate and Beauty Pageant Titleholder. Her win gave Venezuela its 22nd Big 4 crown, shortly after the country won Miss Universe 2013. She was the recipient of numerous awards prior to the final night both from sponsors and the organization of the pageant.

1st ECUADOR

Placements:
Miss Earth 2011 - Olga Álava (featured photo)
ME Air 2010 dethroned - Jennifer Pazmiño

About Olga Álava:
She presented an environmental project to protect mangroves in Ecuador and has also become a spokesperson for the protection of the natural reserve of Yasuní. In 2011, the delegates of Latin America accounted for three of the Top 4. Her win was a double victory of Ecuador, which won Miss International a month before.