By winning Miss Romania-Earth, Popa earned the right to represent
Romania at
Miss Earth 2008. In the final competition of the eighth edition of the international beauty pageant Miss Earth. She ended as one of the top 16 semi-finalists. The Miss Earth pageant was held on November 9, 2008 at the
Clark Expo Amphitheater in
Angeles, Pampanga,
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