Miss International 2005

Miss International 2005
Date	September 26 2005
Presenters	Masumi Okada
Venue	Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	52
Placements	12
Winner	Precious Quigaman  Philippines
Congeniality	Queenie Chu  Hong Kong
Photogenic	Yang Li  China

Miss International 2005, the 45th Miss International pageant was held in Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan on September 26 2005. 52 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Jeymmy Vargas of Colombia crowned her successor Precious Quigaman of the Philippines as the new Miss International. She became the fourth Filipino to win the pageant.

Results

Placements

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Final Results	Contestant
Miss International 2005	Philippines - Precious Lara Quigaman
1st Runner-up	Dominican Republic - Yadira Geara Cury
2nd Runner-up	Finland - Susanna Laine
Semi-finalists	Brazil - Ariane Colombo  Colombia - Diana Arbeláez  France - Cynthia Tevere  Japan - Naomi Ishizaka  Peru - Vanessa López Vera  Serbia & Montenegro - Sanja Miljanic  Turkey - Sebnem Asade  Ukraine - Mariya Zhukova  Venezuela - Andrea Gómez

Special Awards

• Miss Friendship: Queenie Chu (Hong Kong)
• Miss Photogenic: Yang Li (China)
• Best National Costume: Margareth Wilson (Tanzania)

Contestants

Aruba - Gita van Bochove  Australia - Natalie Gillard  Bahamas - Brianna Clarke  Bolivia - Gretel María Stehli Parada  Brazil - Ariane Colombo  Canada - Micaela Smith  China - Yang Li (杨丽)  Colombia - Diana Patricia Arbeláez González  Cyprus - Charis Dimitriou  Czech Republic - Petra Machackova  Dominican Republic- Yadira Geara Cury  Ecuador - Bianca María Salame Avilés  El Salvador - Ana Saidia Palma Rebollo  Ethiopia - Dina Fekadu Mosissa  Finland - Susanna Laine  France - Cynthia Tevere  Germany - Annika Pinter  Greece - Panagiota Perimeni  Honduras - Ingrid Lopez  Hong Kong - Queenie Chu  India - Vaishali Desai  Israel - Moran Gerbi  Japan - Naomi Ishizaka  Kazakhstan - Antontseva Segeevna  Korea - Lee Kyoung-eun  Macau - Zheng Ma

Malaysia - Winnie Chan Wai Ling  Mongolia - Gantogoo Bayarkhuu  Nepal - Nisha Adhikary  New Caledonia - Lesley Delrieu  New Zealand - Ellie Bloomfield  Nicaragua - Daniela Regina Clerk  Norway - Karoline Nakken  Panama - Lucia Graciela Matamoros Samudio  Paraguay - Liz Concepción Santacruz Amarilla  Peru - Vanessa López Vera Tudela  Philippines - Precious Lara Quigaman  Poland - Monika Szeroka  Puerto Rico - Dinorah Collazo  Serbia & Montenegro - Sanja Miljanic  Singapore - Catherine Tan  Slovakia - Lucia Debnarova  Spain - Maria del Pilar Domínquez  Sweden - Cecilia Harbo Kristensen  Chinese Taipei - Li Yen Chin (李妍瑾)  Tanzania - Margareth Wilson Kiguha Chacha  Thailand - Sukanya Pimmol  Turkey - Şebnem Azade  Ukraine - Mariya Zhukova  United Kingdom - Amy Guy  USA - Anna Ward  Venezuela - Andrea Gómez

National pageant notes

Debuts countries and territories

• Kazakhstan, Macau and Tanzania competed at Miss International for the first time.

Returning countries and territories

• Paraguay last competed in 1998.
• Honduras, Nepal and Taiwan last competed in 2000.
• Nicaragua and Sweden last competed in 2002.
• New Zealand last competed in 2003.

Withdraws countries and territories

Angola  Chile  Costa Rica  Egypt  Hawaii  Hungary  Iceland  Latvia

Lebanon  Mexico  Northern Marianas  Romania  Russia  Senegal  Tunisia  Zambia

Contestant Notes

• Bahamas, Hong Kong and United Kingdom competed at Miss World 2004 in Sanya, People's Republic of China. United Kingdom participated as Wales and finished as a semifinalist after winning the fast track event, Miss World Sports.
• Ethiopia was a semifinalist at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant held in Los Angeles, USA.
• Nicaragua participated at Miss Universe 2005 held in Bangkok, Thailand, but failed to placed.
• Norway and Sweden competed together at the Miss Europe 2006 pageant where both were semifinalists. Sweden went on to compete in Miss Earth 2006 in Manila, Philippines, but failed to place.
• At that time, the Philippines won the Miss International title for the fourth time, making it the most successful Asian country and second most successful after Venezuela who won its fifth title the following year.

External links

• Pageantopolis
• Miss International Official Homepage
• Miss International Coverage