Miss Earth was formally launched on April 3, 2001. It was organized by Carousel Productions, an organization based in the Philippines.
Miss Earth 2008
Miss Earth 2007 Jessica Nicole Trisko, 24, of Canada will crown her successor at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Philippines on November 9, 2008. It is the eighth edition of the international beauty pageant focused on environmental issues.
Trisko was crowned at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on November 11, 2007. Her runners-up were Miss Air 2007 Pooja Chitgopekar of India, Miss Water 2007 Silvana Santaella Arellano of Venezuela and Miss Fire 2007 Angela Gomez Duran of Spain.
There are 85 women competing for the Miss Earth 2008 crown. Here are the candidates:
| COUNTRY / TERRITORY | CONTESTANT | AGE |
| Albania | Rudina Suti | 23 |
| Argentina | Camila Solórzano Ayusa | 18 |
| Australia | Rachael Margot Smith | 23 |
| Bahamas | Garnell Storr | 25 |
| Belgium | Debby Gommeren | 20 |
| Bhutan | Tsokye Tsomo Karchung | 24 |
| Bolivia | Carolina Urquiola | 23 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Alisa Zlatarević | 20 |
| Botswana | Nametso Ngwako | 19 |
| Brazil | Tatiane Alves | 24 |
| Canada | Denise Garrido | 21 |
| China | Zhou Yingkun | 22 |
| Chinese Taipei | Tsai Yin-Yin | 22 |
| Colombia | Mariana Rodríguez | 20 |
| Costa Rica | Wendy Cordero | 20 |
| Cuba | Jessica Silva | 18 |
| Czech Republic | Hana Svobodová | 19 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Olga Yumba | 21 |
| Dominican Republic | Diana González Flores | 18 |
| Ecuador | Andrea Carolina León | 20 |
| El Salvador | Teresita Gómez | 23 |
| England | Caroline Duffy | 21 |
| Ethiopia | Kidan Tesfahun | 24 |
| Finland | Minna Nikkilä | 21 |
| France | Charlotte Lagauzere | 24 |
| Georgia | Sopiko Svimonishvili | 20 |
| Germany | Dayana Schult | 18 |
| Ghana | Sara Adoley Addo | 24 |
| Greece | Gregoria Antoniou | 19 |
| Guadeloupe | Jennifer Desbouiges | 22 |
| Guam | Jennifer Neves | 26 |
| Honduras | Kenia Andrade | 22 |
| Hungary | Krisztina Polgár | 21 |
| India | Tanvi Vyas | 22 |
| Indonesia | Hedhy Kurniati | 22 |
| Israel | Lin Mor | 18 |
| Italy | Caterina Pasquale | 24 |
| Jamaica | Simone Burke | 21 |
| Japan | Akemi Fukumura | 26 |
| Korea | Seol-hee Seo | 19 |
| Kosovo | Yllka Berisha | 20 |
| Latvia | Anita Baltruna | 25 |
| Lebanon | Pamela Saadé | 25 |
| Liberia | Marit Woods | 21 |
| Lithuania | Ingrida Kazlauskaite | 24 |
| Luxembourg | Nadia Neves Pereira | 22 |
| Macau | Qian Wei-Na | 22 |
| Malaysia | Audrey Ng | 23 |
| Malta | Maria Galea | 18 |
| Martinique | Frédérique Violene Grainville | 18 |
| Mexico | Abigail Elizalde Romo | 23 |
| Netherlands | Melanie de Laat | 22 |
| New Zealand | Rachel Crofts | 20 |
| Nicaragua | Thelma Rodríguez | 19 |
| Nigeria | Uko Ezinne | 22 |
| Northern Ireland | Gemma Walker | 23 |
| Pakistan | Nosheen Idrees | 22 |
| Panama | Shassia Ubillus Falcón | 25 |
| Peru | Giuliana Zevallos | 20 |
| Philippines | Karla Paula Ginteroy Henry | 22 |
| Poland | Karolina Filipkowska | 20 |
| Republic of the Congo | Katissia Kouta | 23 |
| Romania | Ruxandra Popa | 21 |
| Russia | Anna Mezentseva | 23 |
| Rwanda | Cynthia Akazuba | 18 |
| Scotland | Courtney St. John | 22 |
| Serbia | Bojana Traljic | 18 |
| Singapore | Ivy Leow Kian Peng | 25 |
| Slovak Republic | Martina Tóthová | 20 |
| Slovenia | Sara Frančeškin | 18 |
| South Africa | Matapa Maila | 23 |
| South Sudan | Nok Nora Duany | 18 |
| Spain | Adriana Reverón Moreno | 23 |
| Suriname | Priscilla Yhap | 22 |
| Sweden | Fanny Blomé | 18 |
| Switzerland | Nasanin Nuri | 21 |
| Tahiti | Vahinetua Flaccadori | 19 |
| Tanzania | Miriam Odemba | 25 |
| Thailand | Piyaporn Deejing | 19 |
| Turkey | Demet Karadeniz | 25 |
| Turks & Caicos | Sessily Pratt | 18 |
| Uganda | Daisy Nabagereka | 22 |
| United States | Jana Murrell | 26 |
| Venezuela | María Daniela Torrealba Pacheco | 19 |
| Wales | Jamie Lee Williams | 22 |

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