Nadine Roberts

Nadine Roberts (born August 20, 1994) is a controversial Australian beauty pageant titleholder who despite placing third runner up was crowned as Miss Earth Australia 2014 after the initial winner was dethroned, amidst a corruption scandal.

Nadine Roberts
Born (1994-08-20) August 20, 1994
TitleMiss Grand Fiji 2017
Miss Earth Australia 2014
Miss Earth Australia-Fire 2014
Miss Earth Australia-Air 2013
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorLight Brown
Eye colorBlue
Major
competition(s)
Miss Earth 2014
Miss Earth Australia 2014
Miss Grand International 2017

Nadine Roberts initially placed fourth and received the title of Miss Earth Australia – Fire, at the Miss Earth Australia 2014 pageant. Two weeks later, the original winner Dayana was dethroned by then director Roselyn Singh. Roselyn then gave the title of Miss Earth Australia 2014 to Nadine who was placed third runner up, this created a media furore amidst a major corruption scandal as to why the first and second runner up contestants had not been considered to be crowned as Dayana's replacement.[1][2]

Pageantry

Miss Earth 2014

Nadine competed against 84 other candidates in the Miss Earth 2014 pageant held on 29 November 2014 at the UP Theatre in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Nadine was unplaced.

Miss Earth Australia 2014

Miss Earth Australia 2014 edition was held at Sydney Town hall on September 14. Nadine once again joined the Miss Earth pageant for Australia for the second time, this time Nadine placed fourth (third runner up) and received the title Miss Earth Australia - Fire 2014, the pageant was won by Dayana who held the title of Miss Earth Australia 2014.[3] Dayana's elemental court, was made up for first runner up (Miss Earth Australia - Air), second runner up (Miss Earth Australia - Water) Chelsea Lewis and third runner up (Miss Earth Australia - Fire) whose title Nadine held.[4]

Two weeks after the national finals, the then director of Miss Earth Australia Roselyn Singh dethroned Dayana.[2] The national 2014 Miss Earth Australia organisation became embroiled in controversy and corruption rumours as Dayana's dethronement was surrounded by unfairness & ambiguity, along with the fact Nadine who initially placed third runner up, was replaced as the new Miss Earth Australia 2014 with disregard to using the first and second runner up title holders as replacement.[2]

Miss Earth Australia 2013

Nadine joined the 2013 edition of Miss Earth Australia. She placed as the third runner up and won the title of Miss Earth Australia - Air or the equivalent of third runner up. The edition won by Renera Thompson.[5] Renera competed in Miss Earth 2013 but went unplaced.[6]

References

  1. Torin, Chen (13 October 2014). "Miss Earth Australia winner Dayanna Grageda has her crown stripped and replaced by Nadine Roberts". Retrieved 17 October 2015 via Southern Courier.
  2. Chen, Torin (13 October 2014). "Miss Earth Australia winner Dayanna Grageda has her crown stripped and replaced by Nadine Roberts". Retrieved 14 June 2016 via The Daily Telegraph.
  3. "MISS EARTH AUSTRALIA 2014, DAYANNA GRAGEDA". Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  4. Dayanna Grageda wins Miss Earth Australia 2014
  5. ""Congratulations Muliagatele Renera Thompson, Miss Earth Australia"". Archived from the original on 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  6. Hernández, Ana María (2013). "¡Alyz Henrich, Miss Tierra 2013! (in Spanish)". El Universal. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Dayanna Grageda
(Dethroned)
Miss Earth Australia
2014
Succeeded by
Dayanna Grageda
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