Miss Earth 2005
| Miss Earth 2005 | |
|---|---|
 Miss Earth 2005, Alexandra Braun | |
| Date | 23 October 2005 |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | UP Theater, Quezon City, Philippines |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 80 |
| Placements | 16 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Alexandra Braun Venezuela |
| Congeniality | Katherine McClure  Canada |
| Best National Costume | Hye-mi Yoo Korea |
| Photogenic | Nataly Chilet  Chile |
Miss Earth 2005, the 5th edition of the 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 |
|---|---|
| Miss Earth 2005 | |
| Miss Air (1st Runner-up) | |
| Miss Water (2nd Runner-up) | |
| Miss Fire (3rd Runner-up) | |
| Top 8 |
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| Top 16 |
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Special awards
| Awards | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Friendship | Canada – Katherine McClure
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| Miss Photogenic | Chile – Nataly Chilet
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| Miss Talent |  Ukraine – Yevgeniya Rudenko
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| Miss Cyber Press Earth |  Poland – Katarzyna Borowicz
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| Best in National Costume | Korea – Hye-mi Yoo
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| Best in Long Gown |  Puerto Rico – Vanessa De Roide
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| Best in Swimsuit |  Venezuela – Alexandra Braun
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| Miss Pond's | Korea – Hye-mi Yoo
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| Venezuela – Alexandra Braun
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 Dominican Republic – Amell Santana
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| Puerto Rico – Vanessa De Roide
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| Poland – Katarzyna Borowicz
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Order of announcements
Top 16
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Top 8
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Top 4
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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?"
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, representing Venezuela[3]
Judges
| No. | Judge | Background |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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 – Hye-mi Yoo
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
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
Slovak Republic – Diana Ondrejickova
South Africa – Jacqueline Postma
Sweden – Therese Denitton
Tahiti – Vaimiti Herlaud
Taiwan – Carolyn Lin Yi-Fan
Tanzania – Rehema Sudi
Thailand – Kanokwan Sesthaphongvanich
Tokelau – Landy Tyrell
Turks & Caicos – Trina Adams- Ukraine – Yevgeniya Rudenko
United Kingdom – Emma Corten
United States – Amanda Kimmel- Venezuela – Alexandra Braun
Vietnam – Đào Thanh Hoài
Zambia – Cynthia Kanema
Notes
Debuts
Replacements
- United Kingdom is technically new, as it was designated in the previous years as "Great Britain".
Returns
Withdrawals
Other notes
- United States: 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. Kimmel was runner-up on the American TV show Survivor in its 15th and 16th seasons.
- Zambia: Cynthia Kanema 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]
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.
- ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
- ^ Pageant Almanac "Pageant Almanac: Miss Earth". Retrieved 22 January 2008.
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