As announced at a press conference
in Khao Yai last July, Thailand is proud to accept the honor to host
the Miss Earth 2011 Contest. Please note that the date and location
of the contest have been changed to
Saturday,
December 3, 2011 at Impact Arena
Muang Thong Thani
in Bangkok.
The theme of this year’s Miss Earth
Contest will be
“Smile for Earth, for All”.
Coinciding with the International Year of the Forests, this year’s
staging of the Miss Earth pageant will be a grand showcase of
Thailand’s rich culture
,
tourist attractions
,
and, more importantly, its efforts to save and
protect the environment
.
The delegates will arrive on November
20, 2011, and on November 22, 2011, a press conference with all the
Miss Earth 2011 contestants will be held. The following day, November
23, the contestants will join together to offer their best wishes on
the occasion of His Majesty the King’s 84th birthday, and
will commemorate this special day through performances and pageantry.
On November 26, 2011, the contestants
will separate into three groups to perform birthday tributes to His
Majesty and raise environmental awareness in the three provinces of
Chiang Mai
,
Udon Thani
,
and
Phang Nga. This year, the pageant will
draw the attention of people all over the world to His Majesty’s abilities
and accomplishments. Notably, His Majesty is the only royal in the world
to have received the International Merit Award, an award for environmental
preservation, in recognition of his theory about “Ya Faek“(vetiver
grass).
Finally, Miss Earth 2011, the 11th Annual
Miss
Earth
Pageant, is scheduled
to be held on
December 3, 2011.
Miss
Earth 2010
.
Nicole Faria
of
India
will crown her successor at the end of the
event. After the official winner of Miss Earth is declared, the contest
finalists will offer their combined best wishes on the occasion of His
Majesty the King’s 84th birthday on December 5, 2011, in
Bangkok.
Representing The Bahamas will be Miss Earth Bahamas, Kerel Pinder of Grand Bahama Island.
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