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miss earth 2015
Miss Earth 2015, the 15th Miss Earth pageant, was held on 5 December 2015 at Marx Halle in Vienna, Austria. It was the first time the pageant was held in Europe and outside of Asia. It was also the first back to back victories in Miss Earth history: Angelia Ong of the Philippines crowned by Jamie Herrell of the Philippines.
| Miss Earth 2015 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 December 2015 |
| Presenters | Joey Mead-King, Oli Pettigrew, Katia Wagner |
| Entertainment | Eric Papilaya |
| Venue | Marx Halle, Vienna, Austria |
| Broadcaster | Puls 4, Star World, ABS-CBN, Venevisión, Rappler, ProSiebenSat.1 Media, Fox International Channels, FashionTV |
| Entrants | 86 |
| Placements | 16 |
| Debuts | Armenia, New Caledonia |
| Withdrawals | Botswana, Chinese Taipei, Curaçao, Gabon, Guyana, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Samoa, St. Lucia, Tahiti, Tanzania, Tonga, US Virgin Islands, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Returns | Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Congo DR, Costa Rica, Crimea, Cyprus, Fiji, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Ireland, Kosovo, Malta, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, Wales |
| Winner | Angelia Ong Philippines |
| Congeniality | Skye Celine Baker GuamJade Seyne  Réunion IslandTiara Hadi  Singapore |
| Photogenic | Bayartsetseg Altangerel Mongolia |
Miss Earth 2015, the 15th Miss Earth pageant, was held on 5 December 2015 at Marx Halle in Vienna, Austria. It was the first time the pageant was held in Europe and outside of Asia. It was also the first back to back victories in Miss Earth history: Angelia Ong of the Philippines crowned by Jamie Herrell of the Philippines.
At the end of the night, Australia got its highest placement to date through Dayanna Grageda's finish as Miss Earth-Air 2015 where she was crowned by Andrea Neu, Miss Earth-Air 2014 from USA; Brittany Payne of USA was crowned Miss Earth-Water 2015, and Thiessa Sickert of Brazil was crowned as Miss Earth-Fire 2015 and she was crowned by Anastasia Trusova, Miss Earth-Fire 2014 from Russia.
The theme of this year's pageant is the promotion of environmental awareness by focusing on the Climate Change campaign thru the 5R’s : Re-think, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle and Respect.