Miss Earth 2005
Miss Earth 2005 | |
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Miss Earth 2005 | |
Date | 23 October 2005 |
Presenters | Ariel Ureta, Amanda Griffin |
Venue | UP Theater, Quezon City, Philippines |
Broadcaster | ABS-CBN, The Filipino Channel, Star World |
Entrants | 80 |
Placements | 16 |
Debuts | Bahamas, Cambodia, Haiti, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jamaica, Macau, Mauritius, Mongolia, Niue Island, Pakistan, Romania, Samoa, Slovakia, St. Lucia, Tokelau, Turks & Caicos, Zambia |
Withdrawals | Albania, Bulgaria, Chad, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay |
Returns | Afghanistan, Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Panama, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine, Venezuela |
Winner |
Alexandra Braun Venezuela |
Congeniality |
Katherine McClure Canada |
Best National Costume |
Yoo Hye-mi Korea |
Photogenic |
Nataly Chilet Chile |
Miss Earth 2005, the 5th edition of Miss Earth pageant, took place on 23 October 2005 in Quezon City, Philippines. A total of 80 candidates from around the globe took part in the event.
At the conclusion of the pageant, Alexandra Braun of Venezuela was crowned Miss Earth 2005 by outgoing titleholder, Miss Earth 2004, Priscilla Meirelles of Brazil. Like Brazil, Venezuela made history by becoming the second country to win all the Big Four international beauty pageants.[1][2]
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss Earth 2005 |
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Miss Earth – Air 2005 |
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Miss Earth – Water 2005 |
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Miss Earth – Fire 2005 |
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Finalists |
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Semi-finalists |
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Special awards
Awards | Contestant |
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Miss Friendship | Canada – Katherine McClure |
Miss Photogenic | Chile- Nataly Chilet |
Miss Talent | Ukraine – Yevgeniya Rudenko |
Best National Costume | Korea – Yoo Hye-mi |
Best in Long Gown | Puerto Rico – Vanessa De Roide |
Best in Swimsuit | Venezuela – Alexandra Braun |
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, represented Venezuela.[3]
Judges
No. | Judge | Background |
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1 | Leo Valdez | International Performing Artist |
2 | Baroness Eva de Koenigswarter | Fashion Designer |
3 | Raquel Argondonia | Environmentalist, TV producer and TV host |
4 | James Hogan | President and CEO of Gulf Air |
5 | Catharina Svensson | Miss Earth 2001 from Denmark |
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 |
Contestants
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 & Herzegovina – Sanja Susnja
- Brazil – Isabella Chaves
- Cambodia – Mealea Pich
- Cameroon – Wonja Ngeah Ginette Martine
- Canada – Katherine McClure
- Chile – Nataly Chilet
- China – Noelle 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 Uhan
- Germany – Rebecca Kunikowski
- Ghana – Faustina Adjao Akoto
- Haiti – Channa Cius
- Honduras – Ruth María Arita
- Hong Kong – Aisha 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 – Rebecca 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 Island – 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 – Ângela Maria Fonseca Spínola
- Puerto Rico – Vanessa De Roide
- Romania – Adina Dimitru
- Russia – Tatyana Yamova
- St. Lucia – Hanna Gabrielle Fitz
- Samoa – Josephine Meisake
- Serbia & Montenegro – Jovana Marjanovic
- Singapore – Sim Pei Yee
- Slovakia – Diana Ondrejickova
- South Africa – Jacqueline Postma
- Sweden – Therese Denitton
- Tahiti – Vaimiti Herlaud
- Taipei/Chinese Taipei – Carolyn Lin Yi-Fan
- Tanzania – Rehema Sudi
- Thailand – Kanokwan Sesthaphongvanich
- Tokelau – Landy Tyrell
- Turks & Caicos – Trina Adams
- Ukraine – Yevgeniya Rudenko
- USA – Amanda Kimmel
- United Kingdom – Emma Corten
- Venezuela – Alexandra Braun
- Vietnam – Michelle Đào Thị Thanh Hoài
- Zambia – Cynthia Kanema
Notes
Debuts
- Bahamas
- Cambodia
- Haiti
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Jamaica
- Macau
- Mauritius
- Mongolia
- Niue Island
- Pakistan
- Romania
- Samoa
- Slovakia
- St. Lucia
- Tokelau
- Turks & Caicos
- Zambia
- United Kingdom is technically new, as it was designated in the previous years as "Great Britain".
Returns
Withdrawals
- Albania
- Bulgaria
- Chad
- Costa Rica
- Ethiopia
- Guatemala
- Switzerland
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Uruguay
Crossovers
Numerous contestants appeared in other pageants. These include:
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Other notes
- Cynthia Kanema of Zambia became the first woman to represent her country in all of the Big Four Pageants – Miss World 2003, Miss International 2004, and Miss Universe 2005 before coming to this pageant. She did not place in any of them.[3][5]
- 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.
References
- ↑ West, Donald (18 December 2007). "Miss Earth History". Pageantopolis. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ↑ "Brazilian Medical Student Wins Miss Earth 2004". The Seoul Times. 24 October 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
- 1 2 "Missosology: Miss Earth 2005". Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
- ↑ Soul, John (23 October 2005). "Miss Earth 2005". Woman of the Earth News. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
- ↑ Pageant Almanac "Pageant Almanac: Miss Earth" Check
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