Miss World 2005

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Miss World 2005
Mw2005.jpg
Miss World 2005 Titlecard
Date10 December 2005
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueCrown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
BroadcasterInternational:
Official broadcaster:
Entrants102
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerUnnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir[1]
 Iceland
← 2004
2006 →

Miss World 2005, the 55th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 10 December 2005 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. María Julia Mantilla of Peru crowned her successor Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir of Iceland.[1] 102 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. All contestants competed in three "fast track" events, Beach Beauty, Miss Talent, and Beauty With a Purpose contests. The winner of each competition immediately became one of the fifteen pageant semi-finalists.

Results[edit]

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2005[1][2]

Placements[edit]

Final results Contestant
Miss World 2005
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
Top 6
Top 15

Continental Queens of Beauty[edit]

Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia Pacific
Caribbean
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
  •  Italy – Sofia Bruscoli

Judges[edit]

Contestants[edit]

Asia Pacific[edit]

  • Australia – Dennae Brunow
  • China – Ting Ting Zhao
  • Chinese Taipei – Su-Jung Hsu
  • Hong Kong – Tracy Ip
  • India – Sindhura Gadde
  • Indonesia – Lindi Cistia
  • Japan – Erina Shinohara
  • South Korea – Oh Eun-young
  • Malaysia – Emmeline Ng
  • Mongolia – Khongorzul Ganbat
  • Nepal – Sugarika Kshatriya-Chhetri
  • New Zealand – Kay Anderson
  • Philippines – Carlene Aguilar[2]
  • Singapore – Shenise Wong Yan Yi
  • Sri Lanka – Nadeeka Perera
  • Thailand – Sirinda Jensen
  • Vietnam – Vũ Hương Giang

Northern Europe[edit]

Southern Europe[edit]

  • Albania – Suada Sherifi
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sanja Tunjić
  • Bulgaria – Rositsa Ivanova
  • Croatia – Maja Cvjetković
  • Cyprus – Orthodoxia Moutsouri
  • France – Cindy Fabre
  • Georgia – Salome Khelashvili
  • Gibraltar – Melanie Chipolina
  • Greece – Katerina Stikoudi
  • Hungary – Semmi-Kis Tünde
  • Israel – Keren Shacham
  • Italy – Sofia Bruscoli
  • Lebanon – Lamitta Frangieh
  • Macedonia – Milena Stanivuković
  • Malta – Ferdine Fava
  • Republic of Moldova – Irina Dolovova
  • Portugal – Ângela Maria Fonseca Spínola
  • Romania – Raluca Voina
  • Serbia and Montenegro – Dina Džanković
  • Slovakia – Ivica Sláviková
  • Slovenia – Sanja Grohar
  • Spain – Mireia Verdú
  • Turkey – Hande Subaşı

Caribbean[edit]

  • American Virgin Islands – Kmisha Counts
  • Aruba – Sarah Juddan
  • Bahamas – Ordain Moss
  • Barbados – Marielle Onyeche
  • Dominican Republic – Elisa Abreu
  • Guadeloupe – Merita Melyna
  • Jamaica – Terri-Karelle Griffith
  • Martinique – Moana Robinel
  • Puerto Rico – Ingrid Marie Rivera
  • St. Lucia – Joy Matty
  • Trinidad and Tobago – Jenna Marie Andre

Americas[edit]

  • Argentina – Emilia Iannetta
  • Bolivia – Viviana Méndez
  • Brazil – Patricia Reginato
  • Canada – Ramona Amiri
  • Colombia – Erika Querubín
  • Costa Rica – Leonora Jiménez
  • Ecuador – Marelisa Márquez
  • El Salvador – Alejandra Cárcamo
  • Guatemala – María Inés Gálvez Close
  • Guyana – Jasmine Herzog
  • Mexico – Dafne Molina
  • Nicaragua – Johanna Madrigal
  • Panama – Anna Vaprio
  • Peru – Fiorella Castellano
  • United States – Lissette Diaz
  • Uruguay – Daniela Tambasco
  • Venezuela – Susan Carrizo

Africa[edit]

  • Botswana – Tshegofatso Robi
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo – Nelly Dembo
  • Ethiopia – Seble Mekonnen
  • Ghana – Inna Mariam Patty
  • Kenya – Cecilia Mwangi
  • Liberia – Snorti Forh
  • Malawi – Rachel Landson
  • Mauritius – Meenakshi Shivani
  • Namibia – Leefa Shiikwa
  • Nigeria – Omowunmi Akinnifesi
  • South Africa – Dhiveja Sundrum
  • Swaziland – Zinhle Magongo
  • Tanzania – Nancy Sumari
  • Uganda – Juliet Ankakwatsa
  • Zambia – Precious Kabungo Mumbi

Returns[edit]

  • Last competed in 1983:
    •  Indonesia
  • Last competed in 1985:
    •  Congo DR (as  Zaire)
  • Last competed in 1999:
    •  Liberia
  • Last competed in 2001:
    •  Malawi
  • Last competed in 2003:
    •  American Virgin Islands
    •  Guatemala
    •  Swaziland
    •  Uruguay

Withdraws[edit]

  • Angola – Claudia Mariza Manuel Santana
  • Finland – Saana Johanna Anttila – She withdrew at the last minute after a few days competing for unknown reasons.[3]

No Shows

  • Algeria – Nesrine Melbani
  • Andorra – Lourdes Fernández
  • Kazakhstan – Miss Kazakhstan 2005, Dina Nuraliyeva did not compete for unknown reasons. However she participated in Miss Universe 2006 and Miss World 2009 where she became Top 16.
  • Macau – Cheong Wai Nei
  • Paraguay – Emilce Rossana Gómez Cabral
  • Tahiti – Rhea Bessette
  • Togo – Edwige Grace Madzé Badakou – Due to lack of Sponsorship and visa problems. She won Miss World Cup 2006[4] later.
  • Turks and Caicos – Kelly Eastwood
  • Zimbabwe – Lorraine Maphala – Due lack of Sponsorship and visa problems. However she participated a year later at Miss World 2006.

Following countries were never confirmed their participation

  • Antigua and Barbuda – No contest
  • Austria – Isabella Stangl
  • Belarus – No contest due to the fact that the Miss Belarus contest is a bi-annual pageant.
  • Belize – No contest
  • Cayman Islands – No contest
  • Chile – No contest
  • Curacao – Rychacviana Coffie
  • Egypt – Meriam George
  • Honduras – Lissa Sáenz – Due to Sponsorship problems.
  • Lithuania – No contest

Replacements[edit]

  • Cyprus – Nicole Temené
  • Germany – Antonia Schmitz
  • South Africa – Miss South Africa 2005 & Top 15 at Miss Universe 2005, Claudia Henkel was unable to participate because she had to crown her successor 2 days after the Miss World 2005 contest.[5]
  • Thailand – Miss World Thailand 2005, Angela (Aschara) McKay resigned her title just 10 days after winning because she wanted to pursue her studies and modeling work in New York City.[6] Her first runner up, Sirinda (Cindy) Jensen took over the Miss Thailand World 2005 title.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "The Manila Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b "The Manila Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. ^ http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/contestant-of-55th-miss-world-saana-johanna-anttila-of-news-photo/56151911#contestant-of-55th-miss-world-saana-johanna-anttila-of-finland-a-of-picture-id56151911
  4. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/5040656.stm
  5. ^ http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/claudia-wont-get-chance-at-miss-world-title-252550
  6. ^ http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2005/09/21/headlines/data/headlines_18662862.html
  7. ^ http://naijanet.com/news/source/2005/sep/22/1002.html

External links[edit]

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