Miss Earth 2016

Miss Earth 2016
Miss Earth 2016
	Katherine Espín
Date	October 29, 2016
Presenters	Marc Saw Nelson; Rovilson Fernandez;
Entertainment	4th Impact;
Theme	Empowered to make a Change
Venue	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster	Star World; The Filipino Channel; ABS-CBN; Rappler; SKTV1;
Entrants	83
Placements	16
Debuts	Iraq; Kyrgyzstan; Palestine;
Withdrawals	Armenia; Aruba; Costa Rica; Crimea; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Egypt; El Salvador; Fiji; France; Germany; Honduras; Ireland; Kosovo; New Caledonia; Norway; Scotland; Spain; Trinidad and Tobago; Turkey;
Returns	Cook Islands; Haiti; Macau; Moldova; Namibia; Nigeria; Pakistan; Serbia; Sierra Leone; Taiwan; Vietnam; Zambia; Zimbabwe;
Winner	Katherine Espín; Ecuador
Congeniality	Candisha Rolle; Bahamas
Photogenic	Nguyễn Thị Lệ Nam Em; Vietnam

Miss Earth 2016, the 16th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, with the theme "Empowered to make a Change", was held on October 29, 2016, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. 83 contestants from all over the world competed for the title. Angelia Ong of the Philippines crowned her successor Katherine Espín of Ecuador at the end of the event becoming the second Ecuadorian woman to win the title of Miss Earth and the first since Olga Álava in 2011.

This year's edition also features the newly polished and modified crown created by Florida-based jeweler, Ramona Haar. The crown's original design from the 2009 edition of the pageant to enhance the crown's general appearance and to have an intimate fit to the head of the winner. The confirmation was announced by Miss Earth Organization through their official Facebook account on 30 June 2016.