 Titleholders prior to 2007 were chosen by the organizers in a private selection process.Mexico was first represented in Miss Earth 2002 by Libna Viruega Roldán from Distrito Federal, who was the first titleholder of Miss Earth Mexico.In 2008, Abigail Elizalde Romo, Miss Earth Mexico 2008, advanced in the semifinal and final round for the first time for Mexico at the Miss Earth pageant and eventually won the Miss Water ("2nd Runner-up"), one of the elemental crowns, in the Miss Earth 2008.