in the final competition of the eighth edition of the international beauty pageant miss earth, svobodová was announced as one of sixteen semi-finalists who moved forward to compete for the title.<ref name="jamaicans-news/events/missearth-103008-12~print.shtml"></ref> she ended as one of the top 16 semifinalists of miss earth. the miss earth pageant was held on november 9, 2008 at the clark expo amphitheater in angeles city, pampanga, philippines. eighty-five delegates arrived from october 19, 2008 in the philippines. the pageant was broadcast live via abs-cbn in the philippines and to many countries worldwide via star world, the filipino channel and other partner networks.<ref name="globalnation.inquirer-news/breakingnews/view/20081110-171362/rp-bet-crowned-ms-earth-2008"></ref>