Miss Earth 2005

Miss Earth 2005
Miss Earth 2005
Date	October 23, 2005
Presenters	Ariel Ureta and Amanda Griffin
Venue	UP Theater, Quezon City, Philippines
Broadcaster	ABS-CBN, The Filipino Channel, Star World
Entrants	80
Placements	16
Debuts	Bahamas, Cambodia, Haiti, Hongkong, Indonesia, Jamaica, Macau, Mauritius, Mongolia, Niue Island, Pakistan, Romania, Samoa, Slovak Republic, Saint Lucia, Tokelau, Turks and Caicos and Zambia
Withdraws	Albania, Bulgaria, Chad, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay.
Winner	Alexandra Braun Waldeck  Venezuela

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss Earth 2005, the 5th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place on October 23, 2005 in Quezon City, Philippines. A total of 80 candidates from around the globe took part in the event.

Alexandra Braun Waldeck of Venezuela was crowned by Miss Earth 2004 Priscilla Meirelles as the new Miss Earth.^[1][2]

Results

Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Earth 2005	Venezuela - Alexandra Braun
Miss Air (1st Runner-up)	Dominican Republic - Amell Santana
Miss Water (2nd Runner-up)	Poland - Katarzyna Borowicz
Miss Fire (3rd Runner-up)	Serbia and Montenegro - Jovana Marjanovic
Finalists	Chile - Nataly Chilet  Paraguay - Tania María Vargas  Puerto Rico - Vanessa De Roide  USA - Amanda Kimmel
Semi-finalists	Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sanja Susnja  Czech Republic - Zuzana Štěpanovská  Ecuador - Cristina Eugenia Reyes  El Salvador - Irma Marina Dimas Pineda  Korea - Yoo Hye-Mi  Philippines - Genebelle Francisco Raagas  Russia - Tatyana Yamova  Tanzania - Rehema Sudi

• Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Honduras, India, Israel, Martinique, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Tahiti, Thailand, and Trinidad & Tobago made to the semi-finals last year but not this year.

• Paraguay, Philippines, and Poland made to the semi-finals last year and also this year.

Special awards

Special Award	Contestant
Miss Photogenic	Chile- Nataly Chilet
Best National Costume	Korea - Yoo Hye-Mi
Miss Friendship	Canada - Katherine McClure
Miss Talent	Ukraine - Yevgeniya Rudenko
Best in Swimsuit	Venezuela - Alexandra Braun Waldeck
Best in Long Gown	Puerto Rico - Vanessa De Roide

Winning answer

Final Question in Miss Earth 2005: "If you are to save only one of the two elements of Mother Nature, water or air, which would you choose and why?"

Miss Earth 2005 Winning Answer: "The four elements are important but air is the most significant because it gives us life and it’s what we breathe." - Alexandra Braun Waldeck, represented Venezuela^[3]

Hosts

• Ariel Ureta
• Amanda Griffin

Judges

No.	Judge	Background
1	Leo Valdez	International Performing Artist
2	Baroness Eva de Koenigswarter	Fashion Designer
3	Raquel Argondonia	Environmentalist and Radio host
4	James Hogan	President and CEO Gulf Air
5	Catharina Svensson	Miss Earth 2001
6	Noel Lorenzana	Managing Director for Home and Personal Care at Unilever
7	Vivienne Tan	Educator and Social Entrepreneur
8	Tessa Prieto-Valdes	Fashion Maverick
9	Eugene Tameses	Marketing Director of Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila
10	Rosemarie Arenas	Socialite and Environmentalist

Delegates

List of countries and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2005:^[4]

Afghanistan - Sitara Bahrami  Argentina - Eliana Ocolotobiche  Australia - Anne-Maree Bowdler  Bahamas - Nadia Cash  Belgium - Isabel van Rompaey  Bolivia - Vanessa Patricia Morón Jarzun  Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sanja Susnja  Brazil - Isabella Chaves  Cambodia - Mealea Pich  Cameroon - Wonja Ngeah Ginette Martine  Canada - Katherine McClure  Chile - Nataly Chilet  China - Li Yi-Jia  Colombia - Lia Patricia Correal Lopera  Czech Republic - Zuzana Štěpanovská  Denmark - Heidi Zadeh  Dominican Republic - Amell Santana  Ecuador - Cristina Eugenia Reyes Hidalgo  Egypt - Elham Wagdi  El Salvador - Irma Marina Dimas Pineda  Estonia - Anastassija Balak  Finland - Rita Aaltolahti  France - Alexandra Uha  Germany - Rebecca Kunikowski  Ghana - Faustina Adjao Akoto  Haiti - Channa Cius  Honduras - Ruth María Arita  Hong Kong - Gu Reu  India - Niharika Singh  Indonesia - Jenny Graciella Jevinzky Sutjiono  Israel - Avivit Meirson  Jamaica - Daisi Pollard  Japan - Emi Suzuki  Kenya - Stella Malis  Korea - Yoo Hye-Mi  Latvia - Nora Reinholde  Lebanon - Chantal Karam  Macau - Qian Qiong  Macedonia - Jana Stojanovska  Malaysia - Jamie Pang Hui Ting

Martinique - Elle Narayanan  Mauritius - Loshanee Moodaley  Mexico - Lorena Jaime Hochstrasser  Mongolia - Sarnai Amar  Nepal - Shavona Shrestha  Netherlands - Dagmar Saija  New Zealand - Tiffany Pickford  Nicaragua - Sandra Maritza Ríos Hernández  Nigeria - Ethel Okosuns  Niue - Ngiar Pearson  Norway - Vibeke Hansen  Pakistan - Naomi Zaman  Panama - Rosemary Isabel Suárez Machazek  Paraguay - Tania María Domaniczky Vargas  Peru - Sara María Paredes Valdivia  Philippines - Genebelle Francisco Raagas  Poland - Katarzyna Weronika Borowicz  Portugal - Angela Maria Fonseca Spinola  Puerto Rico - Vanessa De Roide  Romania - Adina Dimitru  Russia - Tatyana Yamova  Saint Lucia - Hanna Gabrielle Fitz  Samoa - Jospehine Meisake  Serbia and Montenegro - Jovana Marjanovic  Singapore - Sim Pei Yee  Slovakia - Diana Ondrejickova  South Africa - Jacqueline Postma  Sweden - Therese Denitton  Tahiti - Vaimiti Herlaud  Chinese Taipei - Lin Yi-Fan  Tanzania - Rehema Sudi  Thailand - Kanokwan Sesthaphongvanich  Tokelau - Landy Tyrell  Turks and Caicos Islands - Trina Adams  Ukraine - Yevgeniya Rudenko  USA - Amanda Kimmel  United Kingdom - Emma Corten  Venezuela - Alexandra Braun Waldeck  Vietnam - Dao Thanh Hoai Thi  Zambia - Cynthia Kanema

Countries that sent delegates the year before, but failed to do so this year: Albania, Bulgaria, Chad, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago and Uruguay. First time participants include Bahamas, Cambodia, Haiti, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jamaica, Macau, Mauritius, Mongolia, Niue Island, Pakistan, Romania, Samoa, Slovak Republic, Saint Lucia, Tokelau, Turks and Caicos & Zambia. United Kingdom is technically new, as it was designated in the previous years as "Great Britain".

Contestant notes

Numerous contestants appeared in other pageants. These include:

• Katarzyna Weronika Borowicz (Poland) was 3rd Runner-up in Miss World 2004 and in Miss Europe 2006. Aside from Borowicz, Cristina Eugenia Reyes Hidalgo (Ecuador) and Tania Maria Domanickzy Vargas (Paraguay) were also contestants in Miss World 2004. During the same year, the latter was proclaimed as "Miss Sudamericana."
• Bolivia's Vanessa Patricia Morón Jarzun was in Miss International 2004, while Egypt's Elham Wagdi was in the Miss International 2006 and would compete in Miss Universe 2009. Angela Maria Fonseca Spinola (Portugal) was in Miss World 2005. El Salvador's Irma Marina Dimas Pineda was previously in Miss Universe 2005.

• Miss Earth USA, Amanda Kimmel is also Miss Montana USA 2005, however, she was unplaced in Miss USA 2005. By making it to the top 8 in the Miss Earth pageant, she is so far the highest placing American delegate. Amanda was runner up in the American TV show Survivor in its 15th and 16th season.

• Cynthia Kanema of (Zambia) became the first woman to represent her country in all of the Big Four Pageants - Miss World in 2003, Miss International in 2004, and Miss Universe in 2005, before coming to this pageant. She did not place in any of them.^[3][5]

External links

• Miss Earth official website
• Miss Earth Foundation
• Miss Earth Foundation Kids' I Love My Planet

References

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2. ^ News, Online (2005-10-24). "Brazilian Medical Student Wins Miss Earth 2004". The Seoul Times. http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=1163. Retrieved 2009-05-18. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Missosology: Miss Earth 2005". http://www.missosology.org/missearth2005/missearth05news.html. Retrieved 2008-01-22. 
4. ^ Soul, John (2005-10-23). "Miss Earth 2005". Woman of the Earth News. http://womanoftheearth.tv/essentials/2005.html. Retrieved 2009-12-27. 
5. ^ Pageant Almanac "Pageant Almanac: Miss Earth". http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-earth/ Pageant Almanac. Retrieved 2008-01-22.