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Miss Teen Earth
International beauty pageant
International beauty pageant
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Miss Teen Earth |
| image | Maria Laura Silva crowned as Miss Teen Earth 2021.jpg |
| caption | Maria Laura Mariano da Silva of Brazil crowned as Miss Teen Earth 2021 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. |
| formation | |
| type | Beauty pageant |
| headquarters | Ecuador |
| location | Guayaquil |
| language | English |
| leader_title | CEO Founder |
| leader_name | Rodrigo Moreira |
| num_staff | 25 |
| website |
Miss Teen Earth is an annual international beauty pageant based in Ecuador.
The current Miss Teen Earth is Gabriela Pinheiro of Brazil who was crowned on November 30, 2025 in Chiclayo, Peru. Her title marked the first back-to-back victory in Miss Teen Earth history.
History
The pageant started in Ecuador in the year 2012 and was continued in the coming year as well.
The Miss Teen Earth contest is an event that promotes the main tourist destinations in Ecuador.
The contest is the first teen pageant that promotes programs in favor of the environment and visits to children with cancer.
The Miss Teen Earth contest was held in the Central American country of Panama from 2014 to 2016.
During these years the competition was supported by the Mayor of Panama, who gave an important recognition to the pageant, for promoting environmentally beneficial activities, which included a reforestation program at the Parque Municipal Summit, a zoo and tropical botanical garden, refuge of different exotic plants and animals considered endangered.
Environmental Contribution
The Miss Teen Earth pageant has been directly linked to government entities, which is why it has managed large contributions as educational tours and reforestation campaigns, with the support of the Municipality of Panama City and the Ministry of Environment of Panama.
Competition
The competition consists of introduction round, national costume, swimsuit, question answer round and evening gown.
Winners
| Year | Titleholder | Represented | Age | Host country | Venue | Date | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Gabriela Pinheiro | Brazil | 15 | Chiclayo, Peru | Hotel Casa Andina | November 30, 2025 | ||||||||
| 2024 | title=19-year-old Piauiense wins international competition: Dream come true | publisher=Meio | url=https://www.meionews.com/colunas/andre-moura/piauiense-vence-concuros-internacional-sonho-realizado-369105 | language=portuguese | date=November 25, 2024}} | Brazil | 19 | Lima, Peru | Triax Television | November 24, 2024 | ||||
| 2023 | title=Newly crowned Miss Teen Earth SA 2023 to focus on environmental issues | publisher=IOL South Africa | url=https://www.iol.co.za/sunday-tribune/lifestyle/newly-crowned-miss-teen-earth-sa-2023-to-focus-on-environmental-issues-557c080e-5753-4da1-a7d1-ae376bc34c5d | date=November 2, 2023 | quote=The teenage beauty believes that the beauty pageant and empowerment initiative, which was created to empower young women to actively make a sustainable difference in the fight against the destruction of the plant, is the perfect platform to do this.}} | South Africa | 16 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Concha Acústica, Parque Samanes | November 14, 2023 | ||||
| 2022 | Yarely Vázquez | Mexico | 19 | Hotel Oro Verde | October 19, 2022 | |||||||||
| 2021 | María Laura Mariano da Silva | Brazil | 18 | Concha Acústica, Parque Samanes | October 23, 2021 | |||||||||
| 20201 | title=Evelyn Cartagena is THE NEW MISS TEEN EARTH 2020 | publisher=Vito TV | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvLcuB-d5cI | date=September 21, 2020}} | Ecuador | 19 | Milagro, Ecuador | Salón de la Ciudad, GAD Milagro | September 19, 2020 | |||||
| 2019 | title=Young woman from the interior of São Paulo wins international beauty pageant with ecological project | publisher=Globo | url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/bauru-marilia/noticia/2019/09/08/jovem-do-interior-paulista-ganha-concurso-internacional-de-miss-com-projeto-ecologico.ghtml | language=portuguese | date=September 8, 2019}} | Brazil | 19 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Centro Empresarial Las Cámaras | September 1, 2019 | ||||
| title=Arisbe Cueto, became the first Miss Teen Earth from Mexico | publisher=Miss Teen Earth Organization | url=http://missteenearth.org/ | date=December 20, 2019}} | Mexico | 16 | |||||||||
| 2018 | title=Shanty Kanhai su look impecabel a causa impacto | language=papiamento | newspaper=Focus Magazine Aruba | url=https://focus.aw/index.php/2018/09/01/shanty-kanhai-su-look-impecab-el-a-causa-impacto/ | date=September 1, 2018}} | Aruba | 19 | Milagro, Ecuador | Parque Central de Milagro | September 1, 2018 | ||||
| 2017 | title=Kiah Pastor is the new Miss Teen Belize | publisher=The San Pedro Sun | url=https://www.sanpedrosun.com/pageants-beauty/2017/05/30/kiah-pastor-new-miss-teen-belize/ | date=May 30, 2017}} | Brazil | 16 | September 3, 2017 | |||||||
| 2016 | title=Sarah Levandowski of Texas to Represent the USA at Miss Teen Earth International | publisher=Miss Earth United States Organization | url=https://www.missearthunitedstates.com/teeninternationalpageant | date=August 4, 2016}} | United States | 16 | Panama City, Panama | Continental Hotel & Casino | October 1, 2016 | |||||
| 2015 | title=¿Quién es Daniela Cepeda? | trans-title=Who is Daniela Cepeda | language=Spanish | newspaper=Diario Metro Ecuador | url=https://www.metroecuador.com.ec/ec/entretenimiento/2017/04/23/daniela-cepeda-nueva-miss-ecuador-2.html | date=April 23, 2017}} | Ecuador | 19 | October 17, 2015 | |||||
| 2014 | title=Panamá será sede de Miss Teen Earth 2014 | trans-title=Panama will be host country of the 2014 Miss Teen Earth pageant | language=Spanish | publisher=PeruBeauties.org | url=https://missteen.perubeauties.org/2014/08/panama-sera-sede-de-miss-teen-earth-2014.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224095814/http://missteen.perubeauties.org/2014/08/panama-sera-sede-de-miss-teen-earth-2014.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=December 24, 2014 | date=August 15, 2014}} | Venezuela | 13 | Hotel El Panamá | October 25, 2014 | |
| 2013 | title=Puerto Rico rumbo a la final de Miss Teen Earth | trans-title=Puerto Rico road to Miss Teen Earth in Ecuador | language=Spanish | newspaper=Metro Puerto Rico | url=https://www.metro.pr/pr/entretener/2013/09/01/puerto-rico-rumbo-final-miss-teen-earth.html | date=September 1, 2013}} | United States | 15 | Milagro, Ecuador | Coliseo Edmundo Valdez | September 1, 2013 | |||
| 2012 | María del Cisne Rivera Álvarez | Ecuador | 16 | title=Ecuador sede de Miss Teen Earth 2012 | trans-title=Ecuador hosts Miss Teen Earth 2012 | language=Spanish | newspaper=Diario La Primera | url=http://www.periodicolaprimera.com/2012/08/ecuador-sede-de-miss-teen-earth-2012.html | date=August 30, 2012}} | Auditorio Espol Las Peñas | September 16, 2012 |
1Judging of the competition took place outside of the normal pageant environment due to the global restrictions on public events and international travel imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The winner was crowned in a live-streamed event.
Countries/territories by number of title wins
| Country | Titles | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5 | 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024, 2025 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 2012, 2015, 2020 |
| Mexico | 2 | 2019, 2022 |
| South Africa | 1 | 2023 |
| Netherlands | 2018 | |
| Brazil | 2017 | |
| United States | 2016 | |
| Venezuela | 2014 | |
| United States | 2013 |
List of elemental queens
| Year | Air | Water | Fire |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sofía Peñafiel | ||
| Ecuador | Bryana Hampson | ||
| United Kingdom | Daniela Yáñez | ||
| Mexico | |||
| 2024 | Sharica Bondesio | ||
| South Africa | Johanne Zambrano | ||
| Ecuador | Ariana Toledo | ||
| Mexico | |||
| 2023 | Ana Santana | ||
| Brazil | Danna Soto | ||
| Ecuador | Jasmin Vasquez | ||
| Mexico | |||
| 2022 | Sadie Proulx | ||
| Canada | Keilani Eybrechts | ||
| Curaçao | Tyla Taylor | ||
| South Africa | |||
| 2021 | Gugulethu Mayisela | ||
| South Africa | Paola Delgado | ||
| Paraguay | Ángeles Rivera | ||
| Peru | |||
| 2019 | Sabrina Alarcón | ||
| Paraguay | Francine Gamboa | ||
| Philippines | Betty Hoyos | ||
| Colombia | |||
| 2018 | Joseane Bonissoni | ||
| Brazil | Zahira Pérez | ||
| Puerto Rico | Bhavna Jain | ||
| India | |||
| 2017 | Leticia Lezcano | ||
| Paraguay | Carla Navarro | ||
| Mexico | Yenny Sanoja | ||
| Venezuela | |||
| 2016 | Allison Roberts | ||
| Mexico | Sayra León | ||
| Ecuador | Patricia Barreto | ||
| Paraguay | |||
| 2015 | Mariannette Torres | ||
| Puerto Rico | Grace Jiménez | ||
| Panama | Ana Ramírez | ||
| Mexico | |||
| 2014 | Mónica Carrillo | ||
| Mexico | Gabriela Nepomuceno | ||
| Brazil | Débora Zamora | ||
| Ecuador | |||
| 2013 | Megan Trenidad | ||
| Curaçao | Iris Carvallo | ||
| Ecuador | Laura Ornano | ||
| Panama | |||
| 2012 | Jhairie Aguilar | ||
| United States | Mónica Serrano | ||
| Puerto Rico | Dahiana Villalona | ||
| Dominican Republic |
Major beauty pageants
Miss Teen Earth titleholder in the world's major beauty contests as Miss Universe.
| width:10%;" | Year | width:16%;" | Miss Universe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | María Daniela Cepeda Matamoros | ||
| Miss Universe Ecuador 2017 | |||
| Ecuador |
References
References
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