Miss Earth 2020, the 20th anniversary of the Miss Earth pageant, the first virtual coronation of any major pageant in the world. The pageant was held on 29 November 2020 where Nellys Pimentel of Puerto Rico was succeeded by Lindsey Coffey of the United States at the end of the event. This marked the first time a delegate representing the United States won Miss Earth, becoming the fourth country to win all of the Big Four international beauty pageants at least once.

In the same event, other elemental winners were also crowned: Stephany Zreik of Venezuela won Miss Earth – Air, Roxie Baeyens of the Philippines as Miss Earth – Water, and Michala Rubinstein of Denmark as Miss Earth – Fire. Miss Australia Brittany Dickson, a brain cancer survivor received the Eco Angel Special Award, the equivalent of Beauty for a Cause award.

Delegates from 82 countries and territories participated in this year's competition.

The pageant was hosted by James Deakin and telecast on TV5 and FOXlife, with a virtual tour of the world in the opening number and featured the delegates in their eco-angel and respective national costumes.

The coronation show guest performers were international violinist Iskandar Widjaja and Latin American singer and TV host Patricia Zavala.

Background

The pageant started on 21 September 2020 and ran for a couple of months. On 12 October 2020, the organization held a "Getting to Know You" virtual meet and greet with each delegate hosted by former Miss Earth 2008 Karla Henry. The pageant preliminary was streamed online on virtual channel KTX on 24 November 2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused travel restrictions would have the contestants to travel to the Philippines and would be forced to subject on a 14-day quarantine period upon arrival in that country. It was announced on 14 August 2020, the Miss Earth Organization would have to crown their new titleholders on a virtual coronation night scheduled for 29 November 2020 for the first time in the organization's history, such occurrence a major beauty pageant held virtually from the participants' home countries for the first time since the inception of beauty pageants dated back to the 1920s.

The candidates were split into four continental groups: Asia & Oceania, Africa, Americas, and Europe and then competed in the following categories: Earth Talk, Talent, Evening Gown, Swimsuit, Sports Wear, National Costume, and Interview with Netizens. The preliminary judging categories are: Beauty of Face, Fitness, and Environmental Awareness.

Judges

• Patricia Zavala – Venezuelan singer and TV host
• Hassan Eltigani Malik – President of United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• Natalia Barulich – International DJ, model, and singer
• Iskandar Widjaja – Violinist
• Jewel Lobaton – Former Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1998 and CEO, Founder, & Owner of Jewel Beauty Strong
• Michael Ma – Restaurateur, Environmentalist, Founder, & CEO of Indochine Group
• Lorraine Schuck – Former Miss Asia Quest 1979 1st runner-up & Executive Vice President, Carousel Productions.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Earth 2020	United States – Lindsey Coffey
Miss Earth – Air 2020	Venezuela – Stephany Zreik
Miss Earth – Water 2020	Philippines – Roxanne Baeyens
Miss Earth – Fire 2020	Denmark – Michala Rubinstein
Top 8	Myanmar – Amara Shune Lei  Netherlands – Tessa Le Conge  Poland – Sabina Półtawska  Puerto Rico – Krystal Badillo
Top 20	Belarus – Mariia Reznyuk  Costa Rica – Kelly Ávila  Côte d'Ivoire – Aya Kadjo  Germany – Annabella Fleck  Japan – Anna Tode  Kenya – Fridah Kariuki  Nigeria – Gwenivere Chioma Ifeanyieze  Panama – Anayansi De Gracia  Portugal – Ivanna Rohashko  Singapore – Christina Cai  South Africa – Lungo Katete  Thailand – Teeyapar Sretsirisuvarna

Delegates

82 contestants from various countries and territories have been selected to participate in the Miss Earth 2020 pageant.

Country/Territory	Delegate	Age	Hometown	Continental Group	Reference
Argentina	Estrella Danieri	21	Formosa	Americas
Armenia	Yeranuhi Melikyan	28	Yerevan	Europe
Australia	Brittany Dickson	25	Sydney	Asia & Oceania
Austria	Nadine Anna Pfaffeneder	19	Vienna	Europe
Bangladesh	Meghna Alam	25	Dhaka	Asia & Oceania
Belarus	Mariia Reznyuk	27	Minsk	Europe
Belgium	Kimbery Bosman	22	Beveren	Europe
Bolivia	Valentina Pérez Medina	23	Sucre	Americas
Brazil	Thaís Bergamini	27	Manaus	Americas
Burkina Faso	Amira Naïmah Bassané	20	Ouagadougou	Africa
Cambodia	Sothnisay Heng	24	Phnom Penh	Asia & Oceania
Cameroon	Danielle Chegue Wabo	27	Douala	Africa
Canada	Gloren Guelos	25	Surrey	Americas
Chile	Macarena Quinteros	22	Punta Arenas	Americas
China	Jie Ding	25	Shandong	Asia & Oceania
Colombia	Natalia Romero	26	Tuluá	Americas
Costa Rica	Kelly Ávila	22	San José	Americas
Côte d'Ivoire	Aya Kadjo	24	Yamoussoukro	Africa
Croatia	Stefanie Topic	24	Zagreb	Europe
Denmark	Michala Rubinstein	27	Copenhagen	Europe
Dominican Republic	María Altagracia Villalona	24	Santo Domingo	Americas
Ecuador	Gabriela Monsalve	24	Manabí	Americas
Estonia	Anette Müürsepp	19	Tallinn	Europe
Finland	Emilia Lepomäki	22	Vantaa	Europe
France	Léa Llorens	26	Paris	Europe
Germany	Annabella Fleck	23	Munich	Europe
Ghana	Emma Djentuh	26	Accra	Africa
Greece	Maria Fotou	23	Arta	Europe
Guadeloupe	Leïla Rose-Rosette	25	Terre-de-Haut	Americas
Guatemala	Gabriella Castillo	23	Guatemala City	Americas
Guyana	Cintiana Harry	28	Berbice	Americas
Honduras	Mary Cruz Cardona	20	Tela	Americas
Iceland	Dagbjört Rúriksdóttir	26	Reykjavík	Europe
India	Tanvi Nitin Kharote	22	Pune	Asia & Oceania
Indonesia	Safira Rumimper	22	Manado	Asia & Oceania
Ireland	Eileen Mary O'Donnell	27	Dublin	Europe
Italy	Giulia Ragazzini	25	Rome	Europe
Jamaica	Catherine Harris	23	Kingston	Americas
Japan	Anna Tode	20	Saitama	Asia & Oceania
Kenya	Fridah Kariuki	23	Embu	Africa
Lebanon	Dayana Soulayman	18	Byblos	Asia & Oceania
Liberia	Robell Hovers	19	Gbarnga	Africa
Mauritius	Nelvina Bakshya	24	Pamplemousses	Africa
Mexico	Graciela Ballesteros	26	Monclova	Americas
Moldova	Elvira Jain	28	Chișinău	Europe
Mongolia	Britta Battogtokh	28	Ulaanbaatar	Asia & Oceania
Myanmar	Amara Shune Lei	24	Yangon	Asia & Oceania
Netherlands	Tessa le Conge	26	Arnhem	Europe
New Zealand	Suzy Ann Nielsen	18	Tauranga	Asia & Oceania
Nigeria	Gwenivere Chioma Ifeanyieze	22	Enugu	Africa
Northern Marianas	Maria Lael Terlaje	19	Saipan	Asia & Oceania
Norway	Nora Emilie Nakken	22	Oslo	Europe
Pakistan	Areej Chaudhary	25	Islamabad	Asia & Oceania
Panama	Anayansi De Gracia	20	Panama City	Americas
Paraguay	Natalhia Escobar	24	Alto Paraná	Americas
Peru	Kelly Dávila	26	Lima	Americas
Philippines	Roxie Baeyens	23	Baguio	Asia & Oceania
Poland	Sabina Półtawska	21	Szczecin	Europe
Portugal	Ivanna Rohashko	24	Lisbon	Europe
Puerto Rico	Krystal Badillo	25	Canóvanas	Americas
Réunion	Cloë Bienvenu	21	Saint-Denis	Africa
Romania	Tatiana Usatii	28	Bucharest	Europe
Russia	Yuliana Deryagina	22	Moscow	Europe
Serbia	Sandra Milenković	20	Belgrade	Europe
Sierra Leone	Nadia Adia Mansaray	24	Freetown	Africa
Singapore	Christina Cai	21	Singapore	Asia & Oceania
Slovenia	Adrijana Ojsteršek	24	Ljubljana	Europe
South Africa	Lungo Katete	23	Johannesburg	Africa
Spain	Marta Lorenzo	24	Lanzarote	Europe
Sri Lanka	Romane Alvies	20	Negombo	Asia & Oceania
Sweden	Gabriella Lomm Mann	25	Stockholm	Europe
Syria	Tiya Alkerdi	23	Aleppo	Asia & Oceania
Thailand	Thitaree Kasorn	24	Bangkok	Asia & Oceania
Uganda	Priscillah Mbabazi	22	Kampala	Africa
United Kingdom	Ella Baker-Roberts	24	Kent	Europe
United States	Lindsey Coffey	28	Centerville	Americas
Uruguay	Lorena Sosa	23	Treinta y Tres	Americas
US Virgin Islands	Isabella Bennett	25	Charlotte Amalie	Americas
Venezuela	Stephany Zreik	24	Valencia	Americas
Vietnam	Thái Thị Hoa	26	Gia Lai	Asia & Oceania
Zambia	Muka Hamoonga	23	Lusaka	Africa
Zimbabwe	Tinokunda Moyo	24	Gweru	Africa