Miss Asia Pacific International

The Miss Asia Pacific International is the first and oldest beauty pageant in Asia. It began as a regional pageant in 1968, known as the Miss Asia Quest. Participating countries came from Asia and Oceania.

In 1985, the pageant changed its name to the Miss Asia Pacific Quest, to encompass countries not just in the Asian and Oceania region, but those of North, Central and South America with borders touching the Pacific Ocean.

The pageant took its present form in 2005, when the name was changed to Miss Asia Pacific International, to include countries all over the world.

The 37th Miss Asia Pacific International beauty contest was not held in 2008. Due to the lack of sponsors, participants, and popularity, Miss Asia Pacific International will most likely to be postponed to an unknown date and year. It is very likely, the pageant will not be held for another 5 to 10 years or longer.

The organizers of Miss Asia Pacific International clarified that they are not connected with the newly formed beauty pageant that is going to be held in Korea ((Miss Asia Pacific World).^[1]

Titleholders

The Philippine Cycling Association held a Miss Asia pageant in 1965. Angela Filmer of Malaysia won the event, which took place in Manila, Philippines. However, this is not officially recognized as an edition of the Miss Asia Pacific International. Philippines is the powerhouse of the pageant with four titles including back to back in 1982-83. Philippines missed the semi-finals for only six times.

Miss Asia Pacific International

Not held in 1990, 1991, 2004, 2006, 2007.

Year	Country	Miss Asia Pacific	National title	Location
1968	Taiwan	Macy Shih	Miss Taiwan	Quezon City, Philippines
1969	Korea	Won-kyoung Seo	Miss Korea	Quezon City, Philippines
1970	India	Zeenat Aman	Femina Miss India	Quezon City, Philippines
1971	Guam	Flora Baza	Miss Guam	Quezon City, Philippines
1972	Australia	Janet Coutts	Miss Australia	Quezon City, Philippines
1973	India	Tara Anne Fonseca	Femina Miss India	Manila, Philippines
1974	Australia	Susie Currie	Miss Australia	Manila, Philippines
1975	Papua New Guinea	Eva Regina Arni	Miss Papua New Guinea	Manila, Philippines
1976	Singapore	Jacqueline Stuart	Miss Singapore	Manila, Philippines
1977	Indonesia	Linda Emran	Miss Indonesia	Manila, Philippines
1978	Thailand	Siriporn Savanglum	Miss Thailand	Manila, Philippines
1979	Turkey	Ayla Altas	Miss Turkey	Manila, Philippines
1980	Australia	Lorraine Gaye McGrady	Miss Australia	Manila, Philippines
1981	Sri Lanka	Bernadine Rosemarie Ramanayake	Miss Sri Lanka	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1982	Philippines	Maria del Carmen Ines Zaragoza	Mutya ng Pilipinas	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1983	Philippines	Gloria Aranas Dimayacyac	Mutya ng Pilipinas	Manila, Philippines
1984	Turkey	Melek Gurkan	Miss Turkey	Christchurch, New Zealand
1985	Israel	Nurit Mizrachi	Miss Israel	Hong Kong
1986	New Zealand	Helen Crawford	Miss New Zealand	Hong Kong
1987	Panama	Cilinia Prada Acosta	Señorita Panamá	Hong Kong
1988	Thailand	Preeyanuch Panpradub	Miss Thailand	Hong Kong
1989	Philippines	Lorna Villanueva Legaspi	Mutya ng Pilipinas	Hong Kong
1992	Israel	Tali Ben-Harush	Miss Israel	Manila, Philippines
1993	Philippines	Michelle Zulueta Aldana	Mutya ng Pilipinas	Manila, Philippines
1994	Peru	Jessica Vanessa Tapia Guiulfo	Miss Perú	Cebu City, Philippines
1995	Korea	Mi-jung Yoon	Miss Korea	Baguio City, Philippines
1996	Costa Rica	Gabriela Aguilar Chavarría	Miss Costa Rica	Subic, Philippines
1997	Thailand	Worarat Suwannarat	Miss Thailand	Davao City, Philippines
1998	Costa Rica	Kisha Alvarado Murillo	Miss Costa Rica	Clark Field, Philippines
1999	Colombia	Juliana Andrea Arango Londoño	Miss Colombia	Quezon City, Philippines
2000	India	Diya Mirza Handrich	Femina Miss India	Quezon City, Philippines
2001	Peru	Luciana Luisa Farfán Vargas	Miss Perú	Makati City, Philippines
2002	Korea	So-yoon Kim	Miss Korea	Manila, Philippines
2003	Russia	Tatyana Nikitina	Miss Russia	Quezon City, Philippines
2005	Costa Rica	Leonora Jiménez(Dethroned)	Miss Costa Rica	Guangzhou, China
	Russia	Yevgeniya Lapova	Miss Russia

Results

Year	Winner	1st Runner-up	2nd Runner-up	3rd Runner-up	4th Runner-up
1968	Taiwan Macy Shih	Australia Cassandra Stiles	Japan Atsumi Ikeno	Philippines Jane Mozo de Goya	Thailand Valisra Trungvachirachi
1969	South Korea Won-kyoung Seo	Taiwan Shirley Sha	Malaysia Sandra Jacqueline Van Geyzel	Australia Julie Ann Hodge	New Zealand Frances Margaret Carrick
1970	India Zeenat Aman	Philippines Alice Tiongson Crisostomo	Hawaii Yvonne Haunani Young	Australia Carolyn Dartnell	New Zealand Geraldine Welford
1971	Guam Flora Baza	Philippines Carolyn Gomara Masibay	South Korea Hong Jung Ja	Israel Gayah Tehetchik	Australia Sandra Van Loon
1972	Australia Janet Coutts	Philippines Yvette Marie Alfon	Israel Dorit Bar	New Zealand Vivienne Hamilton	Thailand Srungya Krachangsuk
1973	India Tara Anne Fonseca	Israel Nehama Fass	Indonesia Lely Herawati Soendoro	South Korea Chung Kum Ok	Australia Deborah Seccounbe
1974	Australia Sue Currie	Hong Kong Ethel Lau Wai Tak	Philippines Paripola Penson	Indonesia Liza Sindoro	Singapore Debra Josephine De Souza
1975	Papua New Guinea Eva Arni	Tahiti Bernadette Paille	Australia Jane Reilly	Samoa Darlene Schwenkey	Malaysia Linda Kaur
1976	Singapore Jacqueline Stuart	Tahiti Maea Atger	India Anna Adrianne Bredemeyer	Philippines Anna Luisa Delgado	Australia Michelle Ann Glass
1977	Indonesia Linda Emrane	India Marianne De Souza	Singapore Helen Ng	Israel Yifat Netzer	Philippines Rio Diaz
1978	Thailand Siriporn Savanglam	Philippines Epifania Lagman	Israel Hannah Ekerling	Australia Julie Ann Croft	Japan Hisako Tanaka
1979	Turkey Ayla Altas	India Maureen Mary Lestourgeon	Philippines Lorraine Espiridon Schuck	Singapore Lajiah P. R. Sharma	Australia Tracy Christopherson
1980	Australia Lorraine McGrady	Philippines Rose Maria de Vera	Singapore Annie Chen Chiau Chuin	New Zealand Cara Pollock	Turkey Mina Coldas
1981	Sri Lanka Rosy Senanayake	Guam Kimberly Ann Carey	Hawaii Corrine Gail Carvalho	South Korea Kang Hae Suk	Malaysia Beatrice Hawkins
1982	Philippines Maria del Carmen Ines Zaragoza	New Zealand Rosa Maria Misa	Thailand Tippawan Aukkraphun	Sri Lanka Sharon de Jong	South Korea Mi Il Kim
1983	Philippines Gloria Aranas Dimayacyac	Israel Dorit Kadosh	Turkey Nazan Satchi	New Zealand Joanna Johns	Thailand Siriwan Wangwilai
1984	Turkey Melek Gurkan	New Zealand Gayle Ann Jones	Singapore Elsie Oh Swee Ping	Israel Rinat Hadashi	United States Suzanne Hoffman
1985	Israel Nurit Mizrachi	South Korea Lin Ji Yeon	Peru Liliana Tapia Castillo	Hong Kong Eva Lai	Guatemala Perla Pereira Fruthwirth
1986	New Zealand Helen Crawford	Singapore Lim Suet Kwee	Thailand Sararat Roomruangwong	Hong Kong Nina Li Chi	Turkey Nilufer Apaydin
1987	Panama Cilinia Prada Acosta	Mexico Ana Corina Burgos del Rio	Australia Toni Jean Frances Peters	South Korea Choi Eun-hee	Israel Niril Elyovich
1988	Thailand Preeyanuch Panpradub	Mexico Elsy Guadelupe Aceves Gurrola	Israel Revital Mor	Northern Cyprus Fatma Anil	South Korea Mi Rim Kim
1989	Philippines Lorna Villanueva Legaspi	Tahiti Myriam Tuheiava	Israel Galit Farber	Canada Gloria Petrovic	Thailand Anne Seekaew
1992	Israel Tali Ben-Harush	Thailand Chutima Nirunsitirat	Philippines Mutya Laxa	New Zealand Ingrid Matie Mole	Australia Kissarne Watson
1993	Philippines Michelle Zulueta Aldana	India Namrata Shirodkar	Chile Monica Reyes	Mexico Maria Teresa Aragon	Malaysia Lavianna Tan Poh Ling
1994	Peru Jessica Vanessa Tapia Guiulfo	Mexico Karla Contreras Estrada	Turkey Ozlem Mete	Israel Nathalie Cohen	Taiwan Vaihere Lehartel
1995	South Korea Mi-Jung Yoon	India Ruchitra Malhotra	Taiwan Hsiao-Ping Chen	Peru Rocio del Pilar Abed	Malaysia Previtha Thiyagarajah
1996	Costa Rica Gabriela Aguilar Chavarria	Philippines Marilyn Maristela	Tahiti Mirna Sommers	Peru Mariel Ocampo	Panama Kenia Melais
1997	Thailand Worarat Suwannarat	India Divya Chauhan	Tahiti Nancy Veronica Peoma Agnieray	Australia Kerry Anita Lucas	Chile Gabriela dela Luz de Heeckeren Lagos
1998	Costa Rica Kisha Alvarado Murillo	Panama Lourdes Lewis	Fiji Priya Nair	Australia Klara Lisy	Tahiti Metua Heimoana
1999	Colombia Juliana Andrea Arango Londoño	Russia Anna Tatarintseva	Australia Amy Trott	Taiwan Wan Wang-Fei	New Zealand [Leanne Sorby
2000	India Diya Mirza	Panama Marianela Salazar Guillen	Australia Winter Noel Washington	El Salvador Alexandra Maria Rivas	Thailand Kanueng-nit In-orng
2001	Peru Luciana Luisa Farfán Vargas	Mexico Lisette Villanueva Jiménez	Thailand Wanvisa Kham-daeng-yai	Colombia Karol Inés de la Torre Pinilla	Philippines Darlene Carbungco
2002	South Korea So-Yoon Kim	Russia Ksenia Volkova	India Tina Chhatwal	Philippines Miriam San Jose Chui	Fiji Aishwarya Sukhdeo
2003	Russia Tatyana Nikitina	India Shonal Rawat	Costa Rica Andrea Ovares López	Peru Tracy Freundt	Malaysia Samantha Wong Wye Yeng
2005	Costa Rica Leonora Jiménez	Russia Evgeniya Lapova	China Zhang Li Yu	Peru Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos	Philippines Jedah Hernandez

By country tally

Main article: Full Country Rankings for Miss Asia Pacific International

Rank	Country/Territory	Miss Asia Pacific International	1st runner-up	2nd runner-up	3rd runner-up	4th runner-up	Semifinalists	Total
1	Philippines	4	6	4	3	3	9	29
2	India	3	6	2	0	0	3	14
3	Australia	3	1	3	5	5	6	23
4	Thailand	3	1	3	0	5	4	16
5	South Korea	3	1	0	3	2	3	12
6	Costa Rica	3	0	1	0	0	5	9
7	Russia	2	3	0	0	0	0	5
8	Israel	2	2	4	4	1	4	17
9	Turkey	2	0	2	0	2	7	13
10	Peru	2	0	1	4	0	4	11

Number of winners for each country

Country	Titles	Winning years
Philippines	4	1982, 1983, 1989, 1993
India	3	1970, 1973, 2000
Costa Rica	3	1996, 1998, 2005
South Korea	3	1969, 1995, 2002
Thailand	3	1978, 1988, 1997
Australia	3	1972, 1974, 1980
Peru	2	1994, 2001
Israel	2	1985, 1992
Turkey	2	1979, 1984
Russia	2	2003, 2005
Colombia	1	1999
Panama	1	1987
New Zealand	1	1986
Sri Lanka	1	1981
Indonesia	1	1977
Singapore	1	1976
Papua New Guinea	1	1975
Guam	1	1971
Taiwan	1	1968

Trivia

• Taiwan and Guam were the first countries to win the title, Asia and Oceania regions respectively under the name Miss Asia Quest.
• Panama is the first Latin country and first from Americas to win the title also first to win under the name of Miss Asia Pacific Quest.
• Philippines is the only country who won the title back to back in 1982 and 1983 edition and the country that made most in semifinalists with 29 placement.

References

1. ^ http://www.philstar.com/funfare/Article.aspx?articleId=679847&publicationSubCategoryId=70

External links

• Miss Asia Pacific International - Official Website
• Pageantopolis - Miss Asia Quest / Miss Asia Pacific Quest / Miss Asia Pacific International