Miss Asia Pacific 2005

Miss Asia Pacific 2005
Date	March 15, 2005
Entrants	53
Placements	5
Winner	Leonora Jiménez Monge  Costa Rica

Miss Asia Pacific International 2005, the 36th Miss Asia Pacific International was held on the city of Guangzhou, China with the participation of 53 countries from all over the world.

Results

Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Asia Pacific 2005	Costa Rica - Leonora Jiménez Monge (dethroned)
1st Runner-up	Russia - Yevgeniya Lapova (successor)
2nd Runner-up	China - Zhang Li-Yu
3rd Runner-up	Peru - Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos Cano
4th Runner-up	Philippines - Jedah Hernandez

Special Awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	Afghanistan - Vida Samadzai
Miss Photogenic	China - Zhang Li-Yu
Best National Costume	Costa Rica - Leonora Jiménez Monge
Best in Swimsuit	Costa Rica - Leonora Jiménez Monge
Best Evening Gown	Philippines - Jedah Hernandez

Contestants

• 53 contestants participated in this pageant.

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Afghanistan	Vida Samadzai	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Kabul
Albania	Vilma Masha	21	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Tirana
Argentina	Laura Romero	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Buenos Aires
Australia	Laura Francis Weston	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Sydney
Bahamas	Leslia Miller	26	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Nassau
Bolivia	Gloria Mariana Limpias	18	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Sucre
Brazil	Natalia Souza Araujo	20	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Sao Paulo
Bulgaria	Katya Petrova	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Sofia
Canada	April Angeline Simone Mullings	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Toronto
Chile	Adriana Margot Barrientos Castro	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Santiago
China	Zhang Li-Yu	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Guangzhou
Chinese Taipei	Weng Hui Chun	26	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Taipei
Colombia	Vivian Venessa Gomez	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Bogotá
Costa Rica	Leonora Jimenez Monge	22	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	San José
Denmark	Masja Juel	25	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Copenhagen
El Salvador	Nessie Anaya	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	San Salvador
England	Nessie Desiree Anaya Portal	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	London
Ethiopia	Amleset Muchie	20	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Addis Ababa
Greece	Anna Dantsenko	26	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Athens
Haiti	Channa Cius	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Lesly Gabriela Molina Kristoffp	17	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Tegucigalpa
Hungary	Diana Maloveczky	20	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Budapest
India	Simran Chandhok	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Mumbai
Iran	Jaleh Benshian	26	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Tehran
Jamaica	Daisi Pollard	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Kingston
Korea	Choi Younga	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Seoul
Lebanon	Rita Lahoud	22	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Beirut
Malaysia	Wong Hui Yin	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Kuala Lumpur
Nepal	Sarah Gurung	21	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	Kathmandu
New Caledonia	Aurore Tissot	22	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Nouméa
New Zealand	Kylie Anderson	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Auckland
Nigeria	Awa Dicko	23	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Abuja
Panama	Giselle Bissot	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Panama City
Paraguay	Paloma Maria Navarro Weyer	19	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Asunción
Peru	Claudia Oriz de Zevallos	23	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Lima
Philippines	Jedah Hernandez	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Manila
Poland	Urszula Rozniecka	24	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Warsaw
Russia	Eugeniya Lapoua	22	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Moscow
Scotland	Megan Elizabeth Johnson	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Edinburgh
Singapore	Colleen Francisca Pereira	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Singapore
Slovak Republic	Olivia Laniova	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Bratislava
South Africa	Jenilee Peters	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Cape Town
Sri Lanka	Kapuruge Tehani Renata Perera	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Colombo
Sweden	Florina Weisz	19	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Stockholm
Tahiti	Anne Maite Morou	21	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Papeete
Thailand	Suthida Deesri	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Bangkok
Turkey	Buket Koroglu	23	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Ankara
USA	Raquel Beezley	18	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	New York
Uruguay	Jimena Rivas Fernandez	18	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Montevideo
Venezuela	Marilyn Ferreira	18	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Caracas
Vietnam	Ngô Mai Trang	20	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Ho Chi Minh City
Wales	Laura Livesey	23	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Swansea

Controversy

During the Miss Asia Pacific 2005 pageants final dress rehearsal, Miss Jamaica, Daisi Pollard was escorted off the stage at the MAPI pageant rehearsal after protesting irregularities. Apparently, the delegates had been told that the rehearsal would just be a "run through" and so many of them declined to wear makeup. However, when they hit the stage, they realized that the rehearsal was being taped for television, and judges were present at the rehearsal. Many of the delegates felt uncomfortable about the situation because they were not at their best, but instead of protesting they complained backstage. However, Miss Jamaica decided to take matters into her own hands and she interrupted the taping by walking across the stage to the microphone and loudly protesting. She was immediately escorted off stage. The judges were eventually removed from the rehearsal.

There were several developments at MAPI that left the delegates unhappy. The decision to cut from 52 to 5 finalists did not go down well. Many of the delegates wept when they heard the news. There was also confusion over whether evening gown or costume would be judged toward the final score. The Chinese were saying costume would be judged but the Filipinos were saying evening gown would be judged. The delegates never went on stage individually in their evening gowns but only in groups of eight and then it was announced who won the award. MAPI had agreed to pay the airline costs and accommodations for the delegates but MAPI failed to purchase tickets for certain delegates due to MAPI not properly informing its national directors of a visa deadline.

External links

• Miss Asia Pacific Official Website