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]

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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

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

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