Miss Earth 2011

{{short description|11th Miss Earth pageant}}

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{{Infobox beauty pageant

| image = University of the Philippines (UP Campus) - University Theater (Diliman, Quezon City; 2015-01-22).jpg

| image size = 280px

| caption = University of the Philippines Theater, the venue for Miss Earth 2011

| congeniality = Sanober Hussain
Pakistan

| photogenic = Cherry Liu
Taiwan

| best national costume = Tomoko Maeda
Japan

| date = December 3, 2011

| acts = Christian Bautista

| venue = UP Theater, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

| presenters = {{Hlist|Jason Godfrey|Sonia Couling}}

| entrants = 84{{cite web|url=http://www.missearth.tv/delegates.php |title=The Miss Earth Pageant |publisher=Missearth.tv}}

| placements = 16

| broadcaster = {{Hlist|ABS-CBN|Studio 23|The Filipino Channel|Star World|Channel V}}

| debuts = {{Hlist|Aruba|Austria|Sri Lanka}}

| withdraws = {{Hlist|Cameroon|Cayman Islands|Costa Rica|Egypt|French Polynesia|Guyana|Jamaica|Kenya|Malta|Mauritius|Mongolia|Nicaragua|Poland|Samoa|Serbia|South Sudan|Tonga}}

| returns = {{Hlist|Belize|El Salvador|Estonia|Honduras|Hungary|Israel|Pakistan|Paraguay|Portugal|Spain|Sweden|Trinidad and Tobago|United States Virgin Islands|Zimbabwe}}

| winner = Olga Álava
Ecuador

| before = 2010

| next = 2012

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Miss Earth 2011, the 11th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held on December 3, 2011 at the University of the Philippines Theater, inside the campus of the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City, Philippines.{{cite news|work=ABS-CBN News|title=Ms. Earth moves from Bangkok to Manila|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/11/03/11/ms-earth-moves-bangkok-manila|access-date=3 November 2011|publisher=ABS-CBN Corporation|date=3 November 2011}} Nicole Faria of India crowned her successor Olga Álava of Ecuador at the end of the event.{{cite news|last=Jarloc|first=Glaiza|title=Ecuador wins Miss Earth 2011|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/entertainment/2011/12/05/ecuador-wins-miss-earth-2011-194158|access-date=5 February 2012|newspaper=Sun Star Manila|date=5 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207014044/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/entertainment/2011/12/05/ecuador-wins-miss-earth-2011-194158|archive-date=7 February 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Mittra|first=Anwesha|title=Miss Ecuador crowned Miss Earth 2011|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-03/miss-india/30472081_1_miss-earth-fire-miss-earth-water-miss-earth-air|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201151906/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-03/miss-india/30472081_1_miss-earth-fire-miss-earth-water-miss-earth-air|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2014|access-date=5 February 2012|newspaper=The Times of India|date=3 December 2011}} The show was aired live by Channel V at 8:00 pm, while Star World broadcast on Sunday, 4 December at 6:00 pm, ABS-CBN and Studio 23 broadcast on the same day at 10:30 pm. There was also a delayed telecast of the show on The Filipino Channel and on the television stations of other participating countries.{{cite news|title=Miss Earth moves to Manila|url=http://www.tempo.com.ph/2011/ms-earth-moves-to-manila/#.TsMYimZ5Gpg|access-date=16 November 2011|newspaper=Tempo|date=5 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121212035/http://www.tempo.com.ph/2011/ms-earth-moves-to-manila/#.TsMYimZ5Gpg|archive-date=21 November 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

The pageant was originally scheduled to be held at the Impact, Muang Thong Thani in Bangkok, Thailand,{{cite news|last=CK Connection Co., Ltd.|first=News|title=Miss Earth 2011 in Thailand now set for December 3rd|url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/international/Miss_Earth_2011_in_Thailand_now_set_for_December_3rd17900.shtml|access-date=22 September 2011|newspaper=Tha bahamas Weekly|date=20 September 2011}}{{cite news|last=Requintina|first=Robert R.|title=2010 Miss Earth winners here|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/328381/2010-miss-earth-winners-here|access-date=27 July 2011|work=Manila Bulletin|date=27 July 2011}} however the pageant organizers decided to move the pageant back to the Philippines due to the 2011 Thailand floods.{{cite news|last=Requintina|first=Robert|title=Philippines will host Miss Earth|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/339940/philippines-will-host-miss-earth|access-date=4 November 2011|work=Manila Bulletin|date=3 November 2011}}{{cite web | url=http://www.missearth.tv/news.php#2011manila| title=Miss Earth 2011 moved to Manila due to mass flooding in Thailand| access-date=30 October 2011}}

The three "elemental titles", which have equal ranking, were awarded to Miss Brazil Driely Bennettone as Miss Earth-Air 2011, Miss Philippines Athena Imperial as Miss Earth-Water 2011 title, and Caroline Medina of Venezuela as Miss Earth-Fire 2011.{{cite news|last=Adina|first=Armin|title=Another UP grad lands beauty title, this time as Ms. Earth Water|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/23219/another-up-grad-lands-beauty-title-this-time-as-ms-earth-water|access-date=5 February 2012|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=4 December 2011}}{{cite news|last=Pagulong|first=Charmie Joy|title=Ecuador beauty named Miss Earth|url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=755233&publicationSubCategoryId=68|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131053338/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=755233&publicationSubCategoryId=68|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2013|access-date=5 February 2012|work=The Philippine Star|date=5 December 2011}}{{cite news|last=Sieczkowski|first=Cavan|title=Miss Earth 2011 Crowned, Miss Ecuador Wins the Title|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/260869/20111204/miss-earth-2011-crowned-ecuador-wins-title.htm|access-date=5 February 2012|newspaper=International Business Times|date=4 December 2011}}