Miss Asia Pacific World 2011

Not to be confused with Miss Asia Pacific International.

Miss Asia Pacific World 2011
Date	October 15, 2011
Venue	Busan Yachting Center, South Korea
Broadcaster	Earthcam, Missosology.Org
Entrants	47
Placements	19
Winner	Jung Eun A  Korea (resigned) Florima Treiber  France (successor)

Miss Asia Pacific World 2011,^[1] was held in Daegu, Busan, Seoul, South Korea.^[2] The winner of this pageant is Florima Treiber of France.

Miss Asia Pacific World 2011 participating countries and territories and results.

Best Evening Gown Winner

Miss Asia Pacific World-2011 Florima Treiber with her court. First official photoshooting in Seoul on October 17

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Asia Pacific World 2011	Korea – Jung Eun A (resigned)
1st runner-up	France – Florima Treiber (successor)
2nd runner-up	Russia – Anna Botova
3rd runner-up	Indonesia – Alessandra Usman
4th runner-up	India – Tanvi Singla
5th runner-up	Ukraine – Diana Starkova
6th runner-up	Canada – Golnaz Harandi
Top 19	England – Laura Louise Keetley  Estonia – Diana Arno  Hungary – Ivett Venczlik  Korea – Park Sae Byul  Mongolia – Urantsetseg Ganbold  Nepal – Sahana Bajracharya  Netherlands – Angela van den Broek  Puerto Rico – Ingrid Fernández  Sweden – Anna Lundh  USA – Tingting Chen  Venezuela – Yunecsy Tuta Contreras  Vietnam – Trương Tùng Lan

Special Awards

Special Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Mongolia – Urantsetseg Ganbold[3]
Best Asia-Pacific Costume	Thailand – Marissada Chirasevinupraphand[4]
Best America Costume	Canada – Golnaz Harandi[5]
Best Talent	Brazil – Juliete Beraldo de Pieri[6]
Super Talent Award	Puerto Rico – Ingrid Fernández[7]
Miss Slim-Line Swimsuit Award	Russia – Anna Botova[8]
Miss Beauty Swimsuit Award	Puerto Rico – Ingrid Fernández[9]
Best Body	Brazil – Juliete Beraldo de Pieri[10]
Best Style Dress Award	Indonesia – Alessandra Usman[11]
Best Evening Gown	Ukraine – Diana Starkova[12]
Miss Asia Pacific World Star	Puerto Rico – Ingrid Fernández[13]
People's Choice Award	Tibet – Tenzin Yangkyi[14]

Judges

• Miyako Miyazaki - Miss Universe Japan 2003
• Sushmita Sen - Miss Universe 1994
• Shina Maco
• Cui Jin Shu
• Lee Won-yoo
• Sun Yi-jong
• Gim Gi-jae
• Gim Woo-sang
• Mo Keun-jeong
• Gu Yang-hoe
• Yi Yeong-ran
• Bak So-yun
• Cho-I
• Gi Mok-su
• Bak Yong-su
• Bae Myeong-ja

Contestants

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Argentina	Nadia Yanina Lozza	18	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	Buenos Aires
Australia	Kelly Louise Maguire	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Sydney
Brazil	Juliete Beraldo de Pieri	20	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	Primavera do Leste
Cameroon	Olga Essouma	25	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Yaoundé
Canada	Golnaz Harandi	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Vancouver
China	Bian Xue-Ying	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Shanghai
Denmark	Maria Sten Knudsen	21	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	Copenhagen
England	Laura Louise Keetley	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	London
Estonia	Diana Arno	26	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	Tallinn
Finland	Linnea Aaltonen	23	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)	Helsinki
France	Florima Treiber	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Colmar
Guam	Naiomie Jean Santos	19	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)	Tamuning
Hong Kong	Zhao Xue-Ying	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Hong Kong
Hungary	Ivett Venczlik	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Budapest
India	Tanvi Singla	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Bangalore
Indonesia	Alessandra Usman	22	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Gorontalo
Ireland	Susie Hayzel Culculoglu	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Dublin
Japan	Sonoko Chinen	21	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Okinawa
Kazakhstan	Diana Yamlikhanova	19	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	Almaty
Korea	Park Sae Byul	24	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Daegu
Korea	Jung Eun A	21	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	Seoul
Kyrgyzstan	Kseniia Barannikova	19	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Bishkek
Latvia	Anita Baltruna	27	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Jelgava
Malaysia	Suzanne Loh Lih Fan	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Kuala Lumpur
Mali	Linda Sanogo	21	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	Aarhus
Mexico	Alejandra Balderas Flores	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Villahermosa
Moldova	Irina Botnaru	23	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Lagos
Mongolia	Urantsetseg Ganbold	27	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)	Ömnögovi
Nepal	Sahana Bajracharya	22	1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Angela van den Broek	20	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	Amsterdam
Panama	Karen Jordan	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Panama City
Philippines	Michelle Martha Braun	21	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Aklan
Portugal	Ana Rodriguez Cunha	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Ingrid Fernández	26	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)	San Juan
Romania	Beatrix-Julia Hack	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Targu-Mures
Russia	Anna Botova	24	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Moscow
Scotland	Naomi Autumn Yong	21	1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)	Edinburgh
Singapore	Patricia Eng	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Singapore
Sweden	Anna Lundh	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Stockholm
Tahiti	Tetuaunurau Maitia	19	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Arue
Taiwan	Chen Li-Chia	26	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Taipei
Thailand	Marissada Chirasevinupraphand	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Bangkok
Tibet	Tenzin Yangkyi	19	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	Zurich
Ukraine	Diana Starkova	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Kiev
USA	Tingting Chen	26	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	McLean
Venezuela	Yunecsy Tuta Contreras	26	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Cabimas
Vietnam	Trương Tùng Lan	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Quang Ninh

National Pageant Notes

Did not compete

•  Algeria - Hanane Boukhalfa
•  Austria - Ivana Thaller
•  Bahamas - Shaquell Demeritte
•  Croatia - Lara Toplek
•  El Salvador - Cristina Grande
•  Ethiopia - Melkam Endale
•  Germany - Sabrina Reitz
•  Guatemala - Monica Contreras Ruiz
•  Guinea-Bissau - Emisa Gomes Mendes
•  Lithuania - Egle Standtaite
•  Macedonia - Ana Todoroska
•  Persia - Aylar Macky
•  Siberia - Olesya Schemirskaya
•  South Africa - Lillian Jonker
•  Spain - Laura Gonzalez

Replacements

•  Korea – MAPW Korea 2011 Winner: Jihyun Son - dispute with organizers for non-contract and prize payout, placement officially withdrawn by organizer ^{[15] [16]} note: articles in Korean
•  Korea – MAPW Korea 2011 1st Runner up: Daeun Oh - dispute with organizers for non-contract. same references as above
•  Mongolia - Bayaarkhuu Gantogoo
•  Scotland - Anastasia Mikhailides
•  Taiwan - Zhu Ri-Xing
•  Vietnam - Vũ Thị Hoàng My decided not to participate in this beauty pageant due to the reschedule. Thereafter, Vietnamese sponsor told that they would choose a suitable person to join this contest. Instead, she will competing at the Miss Universe 2011 in Sao Paolo, Brazil on September 12, 2011.^[17]

Withdrawals

•  Guyana,  Wales and  Costa Rica left the pageant on October 14 after accusing the pageant officials of faking results in the pageant and mistreatment during their stay in the pageant.^[18]

Crossovers

Miss Universe 2009  Estonia: Diana Arno Miss Universe 2008  Denmark: Maria Sten Knudsen Miss World 2007  Finland: Linnea Aaltonen Miss Earth 2010  Australia: Kelly Louise Maguire  Guam: Naiomie Jean Santos  Nepal: Sahana Bajracharya Miss Earth 2008  Latvia: Anita Baltruna Miss Earth 2006  Finland: Linnea Aaltonen Miss Earth 2003  Ukraine: Diana Starkova Miss International 2010  France: Florima Treiber Top 15 Miss International 2009  Australia: Kelly Louise Maguire Miss Supranational 2010  Mali: Linda Sanogo Miss Intercontinental 2010  Mali: Linda Sanogo  Mexico: Alejandra Balderas Flores Miss Intercontinental 2009  Latvia: Anita Baltruna Miss Intercontinental 2007  Australia: Kelly Louise Maguire  Ukraine: Diana Starkova[19][20] Top 16 (6th place)

Miss Tourism Queen International 2009  Australia: Kelly Louise Maguire Miss Tourism Queen International 2006  Ukraine: Diana Starkova[21] Best Europe Queen - 2nd runner-up Miss Tourism International 2010  Finland: Linnea Aaltonen Top 20 Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International 2010  Cameroon: Olga Essouma[22] Miss Tourism Intercontinental 2010  Australia: Kelly Louise Maguire 1st runner-up Miss Tourism Metropolitan International 2007  Latvia: Anita Baltruna[23] Miss Atlántico Internacional 2011  Mexico: Alejandra Balderas Flores Miss Globe International 2010  Russia: Anna Botova 1st runner-up Top Model of The World 2011  Brazil: Juliete Beraldo de Pieri[24] Top 15 International Model of the Year 2009  Australia: Kelly Louise Maguire[25] Supermodel of Asia Pacific 2011  Australia: Kelly Louise Maguire[26] Miss Tibet 2011  Tibet: Tenzin Yangkyi[27] Winner

Controversies

There are several controversies that have come to light following the withdrawal of three contestants who accused the organizers of far-reaching corruption.^[28] Regarding the initial international news, Mr Lawrence Choi, the pageant's chief organiser, said "some participants were not well prepared including Miss Wales. Such factors contributed to the negative outcome."^[29] Other issues involve the winner and runner-up for the Korean national portion of MAPW^[30][31][32] dropping out of the MAPW international portion due to non-contract and prize payout disputes with the organizers,^[33] regular models picked to be Korean representatives at the MAPW international portion^[34] and the main organizer currently having sent a contents-certified mail to the Daegu organizers asking for reimbursement of hotel fees the main organizers had to pay after contestants were held from leaving the Daegu hotel. (same reference as above, verified to reporter by main organizer).

References

1. ^ The largest independent beauty and talent showcase in Asia Pacific, Elite Asia Pacific Group, http://www.missasiapacific.tv/main/?skin=e_0101.htm, retrieved January 29, 2011 
2. ^ "Miss Asia Pacific World 2011 final will be held in Busan"
3. ^ "Mongolia won Best National Costume"
4. ^ "Thailand won Best Asia-Pacific Costume"
5. ^ "Canada won Best America Costume"
6. ^ "Brazil won Miss Talent"
7. ^ "Puerto Rico won Super Talent Award in Miss Asia Pacific World 2011 pageant"
8. ^ "Anna Botova wins Miss Slim-Line Swimsuit Award" at Miss Asia Pacific World 2011"
9. ^ "Ingrid Fernandez wins Miss Beauty Swimsuit Award"
10. ^ "Brazil won Best Talent and Best Body award in Miss Asia Pacific World 2011 pageant"
11. ^ "Indonesia wins Best Style Dress Awards in Miss Asia Pacific World 2011"
12. ^ "Diana Starkova receives "Best Evening Gown Award" in Miss Asia Pacific World 2011
13. ^ "Puerto Rico crowned as Miss Asia Pacific World Star"
14. ^ "Tenzin Yangkyi wins People's Choice Award at Korea pageant"
15. ^ http://www.mt.co.kr/view/mtview.php?type=1&no=2011102411398261781&outlink=1
16. ^ http://health.cbs.co.kr/new/news/news-view.asp?news_cd=1788404
17. ^ "Hoàng My will not participate in Miss Asia Pacific World 2011" (Vietnamese), Dân Trí, by: Hiền Hương, date: 2011-04-10.
18. ^ "Confessions Of A Beauty Queen - DAY 12/13 Warning to ALL Beauty Queen"
19. ^ Miss Ukraine placed 6th (Russian), Oksana Goncharuk,16.10.2007
20. ^ "Diana made the 6th place"
21. ^ "Diana received Best Europe Queen title"
22. ^ "Miss Tourism International - Cameroon represented"
23. ^ "Miss Tourism Metropolitan 2007 contestants"
24. ^ "Juliete placed 10th"
25. ^ "International Model of the Year - Kelly Louise Maguire's profile"
26. ^ "Supermodel of Asia Pacific 2011 delegates"
27. ^ "Tenzin Yangkyi is Miss Tibet 2011"
28. ^ "Scandal rocks Miss Asia Pacific World 2011", retrieved 20 October 2011.
29. ^ "Beauty show inquiry into Bristol teenager's sex claims". BBC News Bristol. BBC © 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-15385271. 
30. ^ http://www.missosology.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=67679&start=0
31. ^ http://www.kookhaknews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=19767
32. ^ http://bntnews.hankyung.com/apps/news?popup=0&nid=04&c1=04&c2=04&c3=00&nkey=201104242132583&mode=sub_view
33. ^ http://www.mt.co.kr/view/mtview.php?type=1&no=2011102519598262262&outlink=1
34. ^ http://www.mt.co.kr/view/mtview.php?type=1&no=2011102411398261781&outlink=1

External links

• Official Site