UPDATED (June 23): It’s official!
Miss Earth Organization announced on Monday, June 22, that the 2015 Miss Earth Pageant will be held in Austria, confirming rumours that the Crystal Year of the competition will take place in Europe.
The finals is set for December 5 at the Marx Halle in Wien. The Miss Earth Austria organization headed by Sina Schmid takes over the entire planning and implementation of the event.
“We are delighted and honored that we have been awarded the contract by the (Miss Earth) organisation for hosting the pageant’s 15th anniversary event,” Schmid said in a statement.
Miss Earth and Carousel Productions president Ramon Monzon and executive vice president Lorraine Schuck went to Austria from June 16 to 18 to discuss the final details and seal the deal for the hosting of the pageant.
“I am happy that we will hold this event for our anniversary in one of the most beautiful countries in the world,” Schuck said in a statement.
Almost 100 delegates from around the globe are expected to compete in the pageant. They will be toured in Austria’s world-famous attractions and UNESCO natural and cultural sites, including the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna and Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg.
This year, the Big4 pageants will be held in the following locations: Tokyo (Miss International), Sanya (Miss World) while Bogota is rumored to be hosting the Miss Universe pageant.
Among the Big4 pageants, Miss Earth is relatively the earliest in holding its pageant outside its home city – in 2010 in Vietnam. Plans to hold the pageant in Chile and Thailand were shelved after the Chilean organizing committee failed to met the criteria in time and when Thailand was inundated with heavy floods. Missosology
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