Miss Asia Pacific International 2005

Miss Asia Pacific International 2005, formerly titled Miss Asia Pacific Quest in 2003, the 36th Miss Asia Pacific International pageant, was held on 9 April 2005 at Guangzhou, China where 51 candidates competed for the title. Tatyana Nikita of Russia crowned her successor Leonora Jiménez of Costa Rica at the end of the contest.

Miss Asia Pacific International 2005
Date	9 April 2005
Venue	Guangzhou, China
Entrants	51
Placements	5
Debuts	Afghanistan Albania Argentina Bahamas Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Denmark England Ethiopia Greece Haiti Hungary Iran Jamaica Nigeria Paraguay Poland Scotland Slovak Republic South Africa Sweden Venezuela Wales
Returns	Honduras Sri Lanka Taiwan Turkey Vietnam
Winner	Yevgeniya Lapova Russia (Assumed) Leonora Jiménez Costa Rica (Resigned)
Congeniality	Vida Samadzai Afghanistan
Best National Costume	Leonora Jiménez Costa Rica
Photogenic	Zhang Li Ru China

Not long after winning the crown, Jiménez was resigned in order to compete at another rival pageant which is Miss World. The first runner-up Yevgeniya Lapova of Russia replaced her as the winner. The runners-up moved up one position which then makes Jedah Hernandez of the Philippines became third runner-up.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Asia Pacific International 2005	Costa Rica – Leonora Jiménez (Resigned)
1st Runner-Up	Russia – Yevgeniya Lapova (Assumed)
2nd Runner-up	China – Zhang Li Ru
3rd Runner-Up	Peru – Claudia de Zevallos
4th Runner-Up	Philippines – Jedah Hernandez

Special Awards

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

Order Of Announcements

Top 5

1. Costa Rica
2. Russia
3. China
4. Peru
5. Philippines

Candidates

• Afghanistan – Vida Samadzai
• Albania – Vilma Masha
• Argentina – Laura Constanza Romero
• Australia – Laura Frances Weston
• Bahamas – Leslia Miller
• Bolivia – Gloria Mariana Limpias
• Brazil – Natalia Souza Araujo
• Bulgaria – Katya Petrova
• Canada – April Angeline Simone Mullings
• Chile – Adriana Margot Barrientos
• China – Zhang Li Ru
• Colombia – Vivian Vanessa Gomez
• Costa Rica – Leonora Jiménez
• Denmark – Masja Juel
• El Salvador – Nessie Desiree Anaya
• England – Alison Brennan
• Ethiopia – Amleset Muchie
• Greece – Anna Dantchenko Karagiannopoulou
• Haiti – Channa Cius
• Honduras – Leslie Gabriela Molina
• Hungary – Diana Maloveczky
• India – Simran Chandhok
• Iran – Juel Daisi Pollard
• Jamaica – Juel Daisi Pollard
• Lebanon – Rita Lahoud
• Malaysia – Wong Hui-Yin
• Nepal – Sarah Gurung
• New Caledonia – Aurore Tissot
• New Zealand – Kylie Anderson
• Nigeria – Awa Dicko
• Panama – Giselle Marie Bissot
• Paraguay – Paloma Maria Navarro
• Peru – Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos Cano
• Philippines – Jedah Casabuela Hernandez
• Poland – Urszula Rozniecka
• Russia – Yevgeniya Lapova
• Scotland – Megan Elizabeth Johnson
• Singapore – Colleen Francisca Pereira
• Slovak Republic – Olivia Laniova
• South Africa – Jenilee Peters
• South Korea – Choi Young-ah
• Sri Lanka – Kapuruge Tehani Renata Perera
• Sweden – Florina Weisz
• Tahiti – Anne Maite Morou
• Taiwan – Weng Hui-Chun
• Thailand – Suthida Deesri
• Turkey – Buket Koroglu
• United States – Raquel Roxanne Beezley
• Venezuela – Marilyn Ferreira Pascual
• Vietnam – Ngo Thi Mai Trang
• Wales – Laura Jane Livesey

Notes

• No semi-finalists were selected during the final night but all the delegates had the chance to participate in both Swimsuit and Evening Gown competition.

External links

• Official website