Miss International 2005

Miss International 2005 was the 45th Miss International pageant, held at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on September 26, 2005.

Miss International 2005
Precious Lara Quigaman of the Philippines, Miss International 2005
Date	September 26, 2005
Presenters	Masumi Okada
Venue	Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	52
Placements	12
Debuts	Kazakhstan Tanzania
Withdrawals	Angola Chile Costa Rica Egypt Hawaii Hungary Iceland Latvia Lebanon Mexico Northern Marianas Romania Russia Senegal Tunisia Zambia
Returns	Chinese Taipei Honduras Macau Nepal New Zealand Nicaragua Paraguay Sweden
Winner	Lara Quigaman Philippines
Congeniality	Queenie Chu Hong Kong
Best National Costume	Margareth Wilson Tanzania
Photogenic	Yang Li China

Jeymmy Vargas of Colombia crowned Lara Quigaman of the Philippines as her successor at the end of the event. She became the fourth Filipino to win the pageant.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 2005	Philippines – Precious Lara Quigaman
1st Runner-Up	Dominican Republic – Yadira Geara
2nd Runner-Up	Finland – Susanna Laine
Top 12	Brazil – Ariane Colombo Colombia – Diana Arbeláez France – Cynthia Tevere Japan – Naomi Ishizaka Peru – Vanessa López Vera Serbia and Montenegro – Sanja Miljanic Turkey – Sebnem Asade Ukraine – Mariya Zhukova Venezuela – Andrea Gómez

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	Hong Kong - Wai Man Queenie Chu
Miss Photogenic	China - Yang Li
Best National Costume	Tanzania - Margareth Wilson Chacha

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
• 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
• South Korea – Lee Kyoung-eun
• Macau – Zheng Ma
• Malaysia – Winnie Chan Wai Ling
• Mongolia – Gantogoo Bayaarkhuu
• Nepal – Nisha Adhikary
• New Caledonia – Lesley Delrieu
• New Zealand – Ellie Bloomfield
• Nicaragua – Daniela Regina Clerk
• Norway – Karoline Nakken
• Panama – Lucía Matamoros
• Paraguay – Liz Concepción Santacruz Amarilla
• Peru – Vanessa López Vera Tudela
• Philippines – Precious Lara San Agustin Quigaman
• Poland – Monika Szeroka
• Puerto Rico – Dinorah Collazo
• Serbia & Montenegro – Sanja Miljanic
• Singapore – Catherine Tan
• Slovak Republic – Lucia Debnarova
• Spain – Maria del Pilar Domínquez
• Sweden – Cecilia Zatterlöf Harbo Kristensen
• Chinese Taipei – Li Yen Chin
• Tanzania – Margareth Wilson Kiguha Chacha
• Thailand – Sukanya Pimmol
• Turkey – Şebnem Azade
• Ukraine – Mariya Zhukova
• United Kingdom – Amy Guy
• USA – Anna Ward
• Venezuela – Andrea Gómez

Notes

Debuts

• Kazakhstan
• Tanzania

Returns

• Last competed in 1997:
  • Macau
• Last competed in 1998:
  • Paraguay
• Last competed in 2000:
  • Honduras
  • Nepal
  • Chinese Taipei
• Last competed in 2002:
  • Nicaragua
  • Sweden
• Last competed in 2003:
  • New Zealand

Withdrawals

• Angola
• Chile
• Costa Rica
• Egypt
• Hawaii
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Mexico
• Northern Marianas
• Romania
• Russia
• Senegal
• Tunisia
• Zambia

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss International 2005