Miss Earth 2001

Miss Earth 2001
Catharina Svensson, Miss Earth 2001
Date	28 October 2001
Presenters	Jaime Garchitorena, Asha Gill, Emma Suwanalat
Venue	University of the Philippines Theater, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster	RPN Channel 9, The Filipino Channel, Star World
Entrants	42
Placements	10
Debuts	Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Venezuela, Zanzibar
Winner	Catharina Svensson  Denmark
Congeniality	Misuzu Hirayama  Japan
Best National Costume	Shamita Singha  India
Photogenic	Daniela Stucan  Argentina
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Miss Earth 2001 the first edition of Miss Earth pageant, organized by Carousel Productions. The pageant coronation night was held on 28 October 2001 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Philippines. There were 42 delegates who competed in the pageant that focuses on environmental issues. Catharina Svensson of Denmark, a professional equestrienne, fashion model, and third year law student, was crowned as the pageant's first winner.

Miss Earth was formally launched in a press conference on April 3, 2001 along with the search of Miss Philippines to represent Philippines in the international competition. Likewise, the pageant tied up with the Philippine government agencies such as the Philippine Department of Tourism (DoT), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), and at least two international environmental groups such as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the American Global Release to further its environmental advocacy.

Final Question in Miss Earth 2001: "Technology makes life very convenient but it is also being blamed for certain environmental problems. How do you propose to find a balance between technology and Earth preservation?"

Answer of Miss Earth 2001: "Well, of course technology does make a lot of problems for us in the environment. But we can do something to make it better. For example in Denmark, we do a lot of farming and we use a lot of technology to make it easier for us. But that also means that we use a lot of chemicals that spread and go down to a ground water and makes the ground water worse. So what we can do and what we are doing at the moment is to try to make a regulations on what chemicals are allowed to be used and also thereby make controls of it so we can use those chemicals less." - Catharina Svensson, represented Denmark.