Nellys Pimentel was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States. On May 5, 2019, she was crowned Miss Earth Puerto Rico 2019 at the Teatro Ambassador in San Juan.
On October 26, 2019, Pimentel represented Puerto Rico at Miss Earth 20219 and competed against 84 other candidates at the Okada Manila in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. She won the title.
Miss Earth 2020 contestants
On November 29, 2020, Pimentel will crown her successor through a virtual coronation night due to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It is the 20th edition of the international beauty pageant based in the Philippines.
Miss Earth 2020 started on September 21, 2020. This marks the first time Bangladesh, Burkina Faso and Syria are represented in the competition.
This is the first time Miss Earth is held virtually. All of the 19 previous editions were held in the Philippines except for the 10th and 15th editions, which were held in Vietnam and Austria, respectively.
A total of 84 women are competing for the Miss Earth 2020 crown. Here are the candidates:
- Estrella Danieri, 21, Argentina
- Yeranuhi Melikyan, 28, Armenia
- Brittany Dickson, 25, Australia
- Nadine Anna Pfaffeneder, 19, Austria
- Meghna Alam, 25, Bangladesh
- Mariia Reznyuk, 27, Belarus
- Kimbery Bosman, 22, Belgium
- Valentina Pérez Medina, 23, Bolivia
- Thaís Bergamini, 27, Brazil
- Amira Naïmah Bassané, 20, Burkina Faso
- Sothnisay Heng, 24, Cambodia
- Danielle Chegue Wabo, 27, Cameroon
- Gloren Guelos, 25, Canada
- Macarena Quinteros, 22, Chile
- Jie Ding, 25, China
- Natalia Romero, 26, Colombia
- Kelly Avila, 22, Costa Rica
- Aya Kadjo, 24, Cote d’Ivoire
- Stefanie Topic, 24, Croatia
- Michala Rubinstein, 27, Denmark
- María Altagracia Villalona, 24, Dominican Republic
- Gabriela Monsalve, 24, Ecuador
- Anette Müürsepp, 19, Estonia
- Emilia Lepomäki, 22, Finland
- Lea Llorens, 26, France
- Annabella Fleck, 23, Germany
- Emma Djentuh, 26, Ghana
- Maria Fotou, 23, Greece
- Leïla Rose-Rosette, 25, Guadeloupe
- Gabriela Castillo, 23, Guatemala
- Cintiana Harry, 28, Guyana
- Mary Cruz Cardona, 20, Honduras
- Dagbjört Rúriksdóttir, 26, Iceland
- Tanvi Nitin Kharote, 22, India
- Safira Rumimper, 22, Indonesia
- Eileen Mary O’Donnell, 27, Ireland
- Giulia Ragazzini, 25, Italy
- Catherine Harris, 23, Jamaica
- Anna Tode, 20, Japan
- Fridah Kariuki, 23, Kenya
- Dayana Soulayman, 18, Lebanon
- Robell Hovers, 19, Liberia
- Nelvina Bakshya, 24, Mauritius
- Graciela Ballesteros, 26, Mexico
- Elvira Jain, 28, Moldova
- Britta Battogtokh Buyantogtokh, 28, Mongolia
- Amara Shune Lei, 24, Myanmar
- Tessa Ie Conge, 26, Netherlands
- Suzy Ann Nielsen, 18, New Zealand
- Gwenivere Chioma Ifeanyieze, 22, Nigeria
- Maria Lael Terlaje, 19, Northern Mariana Islands
- Nora Emilie Nakken, 22, Norway
- Areej Chaudhary, 25, Pakistan
- Anayansi de García, 20, Panama
- Natalhia Escobar, 24, Paraguay
- Kelly Davila, 26, Peru
- Roxanne Allison Baeyens, 23, Philippines
- Sabina Półtawska, 21, Poland
- Ivanna Rohashko, 24, Portugal
- Krystal Badillo, 25, Puerto Rico
- Cloë Bienvenu, 21, Reunion
- Tatiana Usatii, 28, Romania
- Yuliana Deryagina, 22, Russia
- Sandra Milenković, 20, Serbia
- Nadia Adia Mansaray, 24, Sierra Leone
- Christina Cai, 21, Singapore
- Adrijana Ojsteršek, 24, Slovenia
- Lungo Katete, 23, South Africa
- Marta Lorenzo, 24, Spain
- Romane Alvies, 20, Sri Lanka
- Gabriella Lomm Mann, 25, Sweden
- Tiya Alkerdi, 23, Syria
- Teeyapar Sretsirisuvarna, 28, Thailand
- Priscillah Mbabazi, 22, Uganda
- Ella Baker-Roberts, 24, United Kingdom
- Lindsey Marie Coffey, 28, United States
- Isabella Bennett, 25, United States Virgin Islands
- Lorena Sosa, 23, Uruguay
- Stephany Zreik, 24, Venezuela
- Thái Thị Hoa, 26, Vietnam
- Muka Hamoonga, 23, Zambia
- Tinokunda Moyo, 24, Zimbabwe
