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Miss Earth 2006
Miss Earth 2006 was the sixth edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the grounds of the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila, Philippines, on 26 November 2006. At the end of the event, Alexandra Braun of Venezuela crowned Hil Hernández of Chile as Miss Earth 2006. It is the first victory of Chile at the pageant. Contestants from 82 countries and territories competed in this year's pageant, an increase from the 80 contestants in 2005. The pageant was hosted by Ariel Ureta, Miss Earth 2004 Priscilla Meirelles, and Miss Philippines-Air 2006 Ginger Conejero. Filipino singer and actor Christian Bautista performed at the pageant. Background Location and date On the pageant night, It was announced that the 2006 pageant would take place in Santiago, Chile on 15 November 2006, and would be the first Miss Earth pageant outside of the Philippines and as well in Asia. However, the Chilean organizers did not meet requirements as they could not confirm a venue for the pag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hil Hernández
Hil Yesenia Hernández Escobar (born 1 December 1984) is a Chilean people, Chilean journalist, model, environmentalist and beauty queen who won Miss Earth 2006 pageant becoming the first Chilean people, Chilean to win the coveted crown. Personal life Hernández was born in Castro, Chile on 1 December 1984. She spent her childhood years in the Chiloé Island, the second-largest island in South America. The youngest of three children, her father died when she was young. She was raised by her mother, Yorki Escobar. Hernández studied tourism and took up modelling, then advanced her studies in Journalism. She once spent a month working as a model in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. After that, she lived in Santiago, the capital of Chile. She enjoys outdoor recreations such as cycling, jogging, and volleyball to maintain her figure, but not fascinated with heavy machines in the gym. She admires Oprah Winfrey and Tyra Banks and intends to be a broadcast journalist or a talk show hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Earth 2004
Miss Earth 2004 was the fourth edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on October 24, 2004. Dania Prince of Honduras crowned Priscilla Meirelles of Brazil as her successor at the end of the event, and with her win, Brazil became the first country to win all of the Big Four beauty pageants. Results Placements Special awards Major awards Minor/Sponsor awards Contestants List of countries and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2004: Notes Debuts * * * * * * * Returns *Last competed in 2001: ** ** *Last competed in 2002: ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Did not compete * – Ingrid Ivana González Caballero * – Tatiana Rodina * – Enid Solsiret Herrera Ramírez Withdrawals * * * * * * * * * References External links * Miss Earth FoundationMiss Earth Foundation Kids' I Love My Planet {{Miss Earth 2004 2004 was designated as an Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifestyle (British TV Channel)
Lifestyle was a British daytime television channel aimed at women and families. It was broadcast on cable and from February 1989 on transponder 5 of the Astra satellite. The channel's logo originally consisted of 3D computer graphics forming a face before when it was relaunched in November 1987, which changes to an animated pastel butterfly and includes the signature flute tune within typifying its gentle pace and reflective colourful style. History 1985–1989: Early years Lifestyle was launched as a daytime service on 30 October 1985, initially on various cable networks such as Rediffusion Cablevision in parts of the United Kingdom and on Cablelink in parts of Ireland. Lifestyle's lineup mainly consisted of magazines, novelas and movies and the programming was linked by an in-vision continuity announcer, David Hamilton. By the late 1980s, the channel was showing a range of classic American comedies, crime dramas (such as ''Divorce Court'' and ''Remington Steele'') along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francys Sudnicka
Francys Sudnicka (born 9 December 1979 in Valencia, Venezuela) is a Polish-Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was born in the city of Valencia, Venezuela and lived in Poland until her adolescence. She then moved back to Venezuela to pursue pageantry, before returning for good to Poland. She is noted for being the second former contestant of the Miss Venezuela pageant (after Natascha Börger) to win the right to represent another country at the Miss Universe pageant. Early life Francys Mayela Sudnicka was born on 9 December 1979 in Valencia, Venezuela. Through her family's Polish ancestry, Sudnicka's parents were able to move to Poland with her when she was 2 years old. Sudnicka went to school in Poland and lived there until adolescence. Despite this, she never lost Venezuelan citizenship and was therefore able to represent Venezuela at beauty pageants. For this purpose, Sudnicka temporarily returned to Venezuela in 2002. Miss Venezuela 2003 In 2003, Sudnicka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefanie De Roux
Stefanie de Roux Martin (born 5 August 1982) is a Panamanian model, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the winner of the 2002 Señorita Panamá pageant, and she competed in the Miss Universe 2003 pageant held in Panama City, Panama, where she was a semifinalist (Top 15). Early life De Roux's life in show business started at the age of 15 when she entered a charity fashion show to help cancer research. Soon after, she was approached by an agency and began modeling. She graduated in Corporate Communications at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. Stefanie is the current director of a model school. Señorita Panamá 2002 De Roux is 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall, and competed in and won the national beauty pageant Señorita Panamá 2002. She represented the state of Panamá Centro. Miss Universe 2003 She represented Panama in the Miss Universe 2003 pageant held in Panama City, Panama where she was a semifinalist (Top 15) Miss Earth 2006 She also wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriam George
Meriam George (, ; born 30 May 1987 in Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian model and beauty pageant titleholder. Career At the age of eighteen, she was the official Pantene Miss Egypt 2005 winner. She represented Egypt in Miss Universe 2005, Miss Intercontinental 2005 and Miss Earth 2006. She was among the eight finalists in Miss Earth, a semifinalist in Miss Intercontinental, and did not place in Miss Universe. In October 2013, she traveled to Seoul, South Korea, to represent her country as "Miss Egypt" at the Miss Supertalent of the World 2013, where she placed as first runner-up, Egypt's best showing in the grand slam pageants since Antigone Costanda was Miss World in 1954. She is a Coptic Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo .... References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Puglia
Marianne Pasqualina Puglia Martinez (born 26 January 1985) is a Venezuelan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won Miss Earth - Fire title in 2006. Pageantry & Modelling At the age of 20, she won Miss Aragua 2005 title and participated in Miss Venezuela 2005 contest where she made up to the list of top 10. Next year she was nominated by Sambil Model Caracas as Miss Earth Venezuela 2006 and was sent to Miss Earth 2006 contest in Manila, Philippines. She was ranked as third runner up there and was crowned with Miss Earth - Fire 2006 title. She also received special award of Best in Swimsuit in the contest. In 2007, after completion of her obligations with Sambil Model Caracas, she moved to Italy to continue her career as a model. She became the testimonial of NWY (Never Without You), an Italian fashion brand. Debut on Television In 2008 she joined the Italian TV programme ''Lucignolo'' as one of two Lucy's Angels. Along with the other Lucy's Angel, Lisa Dalla V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Untalan
Catherine "Cathy" Yu Untalan is a Filipina TV anchor and beauty pageant titleholder. She won Miss Philippines-Earth 2006 and the international Miss Earth Water 2006. She is the executive director of the Miss Earth Foundation, the environmental-social-humanitarian outreach arm of Miss Earth beauty pageant. She is a TV anchor at People's Television Network in the Philippines. Background Untalan finished her high school education at St. Paul College of Parañaque. She graduated cum laude in psychology at the University of the Philippines Diliman and received her master's degree in Environment and Natural Resource Management from the University of the Philippines Open University. On August 18, 2006, she cohosted the awards night of Moonrise Film Festival, an annual film festival covering various environmental and cultural issues, sponsored by the Center for Environmental Awareness and Education, which was held at the Gateway Mall in Cubao, Quezon City. She was a courtside r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amruta Patki
Amruta Patki (16 August 1985) is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Femina Miss India 2006 subsequently winning the Femina Miss India Earth title and represented India at Miss Earth 2006 Miss Earth 2006 was the sixth edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the grounds of the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila, Philippines, on 26 November 2006. At the end of the event, Alexandra Braun of Venezuela crowned Hil Hern� ... pageant. There she finished as a 1st runners up, attaining the title of Miss Earth Air 2006. Currently, Patki works as a model, actor, anchor and grooming expert. She made her acting début in the 2010 Bollywood film ''Hide & Seek''. Her Marathi début film as a female lead Satya Savitri Satyavan released in July 2012. She was also nominated during the Radio Mirchi Music Awards 2012 as a début singer for Madalasa, the promotional song of her Marathi film. Patki is an adventure enthusiast and an amateur pilot. Amruta m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss USA 2006
Miss USA 2006 was the 55th Miss USA pageant, held at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2006. Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title, which was won by Tara Conner of Miss Kentucky USA, Kentucky. Conner was crowned by outgoing titleholder Chelsea Cooley of Miss North Carolina USA, North Carolina. This was the second consecutive year that the pageant was held in Baltimore, although the venue changed from the Hippodrome Theater to the larger 1st Mariner Arena. Delegates arrived in the city on 2 April 2006, and were involved in three weeks of events, appearances and preliminary competitions before the final competition. This included a trip to New York City to attend a book launch for ''The Miss Universe Guide to Beauty'' and make media appearances on ''Regis and Kathy'', ''The Early Show'' and ''Total Request Live''. The pageant hosts were Nancy O'Dell (who had hosted the pageant in 2004 and 2005) and Drew Lachey. For the first time ''Queer Eye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deal Or No Deal (American Game Show)
''Deal or No Deal'' is an American version of the international game show of Dutch origin of the same name. The show is hosted by Howie Mandel, and premiered on December 19, 2005, on NBC. The hour-long show typically aired at least twice a week during its run, and included special extended or theme episodes. A daily syndicated half-hour version of the show debuted on September 8, 2008, and continued for two seasons. The game is primarily unchanged from the international format: a contestant chooses one briefcase from a selection of 26. Each briefcase contains a cash value from $0.01 to $1,000,000. Over the course of the game, the contestant eliminates cases from the game, periodically being presented with a "deal" from The Banker to take a cash amount to quit the game. Should the contestant refuse every deal, they are given the chance to trade the case they chose at the outset for the only one left in play at the time; they then win the amount in the selected case. Special va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
