Miss Earth 2006

Miss Earth 2006
Miss Earth 2006 and her court (Fire, Earth, Air and Water)
Date	26 November 2006
Presenters	Ariel Ureta, Priscilla Meirelles, Ginger Conejero
Entertainment	Christian Bautista
Venue	National Museum, Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster	ABS-CBN, The Filipino Channel, Star World
Entrants	82
Debuts	Botswana, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, England, Georgia, Guadeloupe, Ireland, Liberia, Lithuania, Tibet, Wales
Withdrawals	Afghanistan, Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Jamaica, Latvia, Macau, Mauritius, Mongolia, Niue, Portugal, Tokelau, United Kingdom, Zambia
Returns	Albania, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Spain, Switzerland
Winner	Hil Hernández  Chile
Congeniality	Maria Lucia Leo  Italy
Best National Costume	Mililani Vienna Tofa  Samoa
Photogenic	Riza Santos  Canada

Miss Earth 2006, the sixth edition of Miss Earth pageant, took place on 26 November 2006 at the grounds of the National Museum in Manila, Philippines. The pageant was won by Hil Hernández of Chile and crowned by outgoing titleholder, Miss Earth 2005, Alexandra Braun.

The event was originally intended to be held in Santiago, Chile on 15 November, but the Chilean organizers did not meet requirements. In the end, pageant owners Carousel Productions decided to hold the pageant in the Philippines, where all previous Miss Earth pageants had been held, despite having less than two months to prepare for the event.

More than 100 contestants were expected to compete, but only 82 eventually participated. Nevertheless, it was still the highest turn-out for the event.

On 24 November, a number of delegates participated in the Philippine version of Deal or No Deal, acting as suitcase models during the game. This followed an episode of the US game show, where 26 Miss USA 2006 contestant acted as suitcase models.

Final Question in Miss Earth 2006: "What effort must the country's government exert to stop global warming?"

Answer of Miss Earth 2006: "We have to educate the people on global warming. We should help them to control pollution, create global consciousness. Bigger industries are involved here. You run the economy, now it is your turn to take care of Mother Earth". – Hil Hernández, represented Chile.

The following is the list of the board of judges in this year's Miss Earth:

The delegates were divided into three groups which simultaneously competed in the swimsuit preliminary competition in three different locations: Trace Aquatic Sports Complex in Los Baños, Laguna, Golden Sunset Resort in Calatagan, Batangas and in Coron, Palawan. The competition was held on 12 November 2006.