Ximena Huala, from Santiago, was crowned Miss Earth Chile 2023 at the finale of the national competition held on 8th October 2023 at the Centro Cultural Espacio Matta in La Granja. Ximena will prepare to represent her country at Miss Earth 2023.

Ximena is 22 years of age who gave a stellar performance at the competition. She is currently a 4th year student of Computer Engineering at the University of Santiago. Ximena has Mapuche and also asian origin, as one of her grandparents is half Chinese and half Filipino. Not new to the pageantry, Ximena Huala was also Miss International Chile 2019 and represented her country at Miss International 2019 but could not place in the Top 20. However, her experience will come handy as she will now prepare to take on the Miss Earth stage.

The newly crowned Miss Earth Chile 2023 Ximena Huala’s elemental court included –

Miss Earth Chile-Air 2023 – Krishna Sandoval from Temuco

Miss Earth Chile-Water 2023 – Camila Santander from Huechuraba

Miss Earth Chile-Fire 2023 – Vaihere Domingo from Concón

Miss Earth Chile-Ecotourism 2023 – Carolina Canibilo from La Calera

Also at the finale, Fer Constanza from Valparaíso and Maria Daniela from Ñuñoa where adjudged as the first and second runners-up respectively.

Miss Earth 2023, the 23rd edition of Miss Earth, is scheduled to be held in 2023 in Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam where Miss Earth 2022 Mina Sue Choi of South Korea will crown her successor at the end of the event finale.