Miss Asia Pacific International 2005
| Miss Asia Pacific International 2005 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 April 2005 |
| Venue | Guangzhou, China |
| Entrants | 51 |
| Placements | 5 |
| Winner | Leonora Jiménez (Costa Rica) (Resigned) Yevgeniya Lapova (Assumed) Russia |
Miss Asia Pacific International 2005, formerly titled Miss Asia Pacific Quest in 2003, the 36th Miss Asia Pacific International pageant, was held on 9 April 2005 at Guangzhou, China where 51 candidates competed for the title.[1] Tatyana Nikita of Russia crowned her successor Leonora Jiménez of Costa Rica at the end of the contest.
Not long after winning the crown, Jiménez was resigned in order to compete at another rival pageant which is Miss World.[2] The first runner-up Yevgeniya Lapova of Russia replaced her as the winner.[3] The runners-up moved up one position which then makes Jedah Hernandez of the Philippines became third runner-up.
Results
Placements
| Placement[4] | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Asia Pacific International 2005 |
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| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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Contestants
Fifty-one contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
Vida Samadzai | 25 | Kabul |
 Albania |
Vilma Masha[5] | 21 | Tirana |
 Argentina |
Laura Romero | 23 | La Plata |
.svg.png){kind=small} Australia |
Laura Frances Weston | 22 | |
 Bahamas |
Leslia Miller | 26 | Nassau |
 Bolivia |
Gloria Mariana Limpias | 18 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
 Brazil |
Natalia Souza Araujo | 20 | |
 Bulgaria |
Katya Petrova | 20 | Sofia |
.svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
April Mullings | 24 | |
 Chile |
Adriana Barrientos | 24 | |
 China |
Zhang Liru[6] | 25 | Beijing |
 Colombia |
Vivian Vanessa Gomez | 22 | |
 Costa Rica |
Leonora Jiménez[7] | 22 | Santa Ana |
 Denmark |
Masja Juel | 25 | Copenhagen |
 El Salvador |
Nessie Anaya | 19 | La Libertad |
 England |
Allison Brennan | ||
 Ethiopia |
Amleset Muchie | ||
 French Polynesia |
Anne Maite Morou | ||
 Greece |
Anna Dantchenko Karagiannopoulou | ||
 Haiti |
Channa Cius | ||
.svg.png){kind=small} Honduras |
Lesly Gabriela Molina Kristoffp | ||
 Hungary |
Diana Maloveczky | ||
 India |
Simran Chandhok | ||
 Iran |
Jaleh Benshian | ||
 Lebanon |
Rita Lahoud | ||
 Malaysia |
Hui-Yin Wong | ||
 Nepal |
Sarah Gurung | ||
 New Caledonia |
Aurore Tissot | ||
 New Zealand |
Kylie Anderson | ||
 Nigeria |
Awa Dicko | ||
 Panama |
Giselle Marie Bissot Kieswetter | ||
 Paraguay |
Paloma Maria Navarro Weyer | ||
 Peru |
Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos | ||
 Philippines |
Jedah Hernandez[4] | ||
 Poland |
Urszula Rozniecka | ||
 Russia |
Eugeniya Lapova | ||
 Scotland |
Megan Elizabeth Johnson | ||
 Singapore |
Colleen Francisca Pereira | ||
 Slovakia |
Olivia Laniova | ||
 South Africa |
Jenilee Peters | ||
 South Korea |
Young-Ah Choi | ||
 Sri Lanka |
Kapuruge Tehani Renata Perera | ||
 Sweden |
Florina Weisz | ||
 Taiwan |
Weng Huichun | 26 | |
 Thailand |
Suthida Deesri | ||
 Turkey |
Buket Koroglu | ||
 Uruguay |
María Jimena Rivas Fernández | ||
 United States |
Raquel Beezly | ||
 Venezuela |
Marilyn Ferreira Pascual | ||
 Vietnam |
Mai Trang Ngo Thi | ||
 Wales |
Laura Jane Livesey |
References
- ↑ "36th Miss Asia Pacific International Pageant". 9 April 2005.
- ↑ "MISS ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL 2005". 9 April 2005.
- ↑ "MISS ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LIST OF PAST WINNERS". 9 April 2005.
- 1 2 "Jedah Hernandez: 4th runner-up sa Miss Asia Pacific International 2005". Philippine Star. 25 April 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
- ↑ "Miset që kanë përfaqësuar Shqipërinë në konkurset botërore të bukurisë" [Misses who have represented Albania in world beauty pageants]. TV Klan (in Albanian). 5 November 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
- ↑ "Miss Asia Pacific International contest". China Daily. 11 April 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
- ↑ Montoya Salas, Fabiola (8 May 2024). "Leonora Jiménez puso a la venta una de las cosas que más le costó obtener en su vida" [Leonora Jiménez put up for sale one of the things that was hardest for her to obtain in her life]. La Teja (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2026.