Miss Universe 2005, the 54th Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 pageant, was held at the Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2005.

At the conclusion of the final telecast, Miss Universe Canada

Miss Universe Canada

-External links:*...

, Natalie Glebova

Natalie Glebova

Natalie Glebova is a Russian Canadian beauty queen, the 2005 Miss Universe title holder.-Personal life:Glebova was born in Tuapse, Russia. She studied classical piano and graduated from a professional musical school at age of 12. She also has won various regional rhythmic gymnastics championships...

 was crowned Miss Universe 2005 by outgoing titleholder Jennifer Hawkins

Jennifer Hawkins

Jennifer Hawkins is an Australian beauty queen, model and television presenter best known as Miss Universe 2004 and the face of Australian department store Myer.-Early life:...

 of Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. She was the second Canadian to win the title, following Karen Dianne Baldwin

Karen Dianne Baldwin

Karen Dianne Baldwin, is the first Canadian winner of Miss Universe.-Early life:Before becoming Miss Universe, she attended London Central Secondary School in London, Ontario.-Miss Universe:...

 who was Miss Universe 1982.

The top fifteen was dominated by contestants from the Americas and Caribbean, whilst the top five consisted entirely of women from these regions.

Host City

Thailand publicized its bid to host the pageant 10 July, 2004, during a visit by Jennifer Hawkins

Jennifer Hawkins

Jennifer Hawkins is an Australian beauty queen, model and television presenter best known as Miss Universe 2004 and the face of Australian department store Myer.-Early life:...

, Miss Universe 2004, to the country. At the time, Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

, China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 and Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 were also being considered to host the event.. One month later, it was announced that Bangkok, Thailand had been informally selected to host the competition, at a cost of US$6.5 million. The cost was to be funded by the Thai government in an attempt to boost tourism. In October the proposal faced difficulties when the Thai government were slow to provide the promised funds, which discouraged prospective sponsors., leading Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra

Thaksin Shinawatra

Thaksin Shinawatra is a Thai businessman and politician, who was Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006, when he was overthrown in a military coup....

 to become personally involved to make sure that plans were not derailed. The organization awarded official hosting rights to the Matching Entertainment company in December 2004, after an unsuccessful attempt by a different company, Showcase Thailand 2005.

In February 2005, after the Thai government confirmed plans to back the pageant, the Deputy Prime Minister refuted claims that the event would be held in Khao Lak

Khao Lak

Khao Lak ) is a seaside resort located in the Takua Pa district in the Phang Nga province, Thailand and popular as a departure point for liveaboard scuba diving trips to the Similan Islands....

, a resort town devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, but confirmed that Southern Thailand would host events prior to the final competition.

2005 was the second time the pageant was held in Bangkok. The city also hosted the Miss Universe 1992

Miss Universe 1992

Miss Universe 1992, the 41st Miss Universe pageant, was held at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand on May 8, 1992. 78 international beauties competed for the Miss Universe crown....

 competition, won by Michelle McLean

Michelle McLean

Michelle McLean was crowned Miss Universe in 1992. She was19 years old when she represented Namibia and became the first and only woman from Namibia to win the crown.-Miss World:...

 of Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 2005	Canada - Natalie Glebova Natalie Glebova Natalie Glebova is a Russian Canadian beauty queen, the 2005 Miss Universe title holder.-Personal life:Glebova was born in Tuapse, Russia. She studied classical piano and graduated from a professional musical school at age of 12. She also has won various regional rhythmic gymnastics championships...
1st runner-up	Puerto Rico - Cynthia Olavarria Cynthia Olavarría Cynthia Enid Olavarría Rivera is a Puerto Rican actress, television host, fashion model, and former Miss Puerto Rico who competed in the Miss Universe 2005 beauty pageant.-Early years:...
2nd runner-up	Dominican Republic - Renata Soñé Renata Soñé Renata de Jesús Soñé Savery is a former Dominican American beauty queen who competed in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant, finishing second runner-up after winning Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2005...
3rd runner-up	Mexico - Laura Elizondo Laura Elizondo Laura Elizondo represented her country in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant, held in Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2005.-Beauty pageants:...
4th runner-up	Venezuela - Mónica Spear Monica Spear Mónica Spear Mootz is a former beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 2004 and an actress.-Biography:...
Top 10	Israel - Elena Ralph Elena Ralph Elena Ralph is a beauty queen who has represented Israel in the Miss Universe pageant.Ralph won the Miss Israel 2005 title and went on to represent Israel in the Miss Universe 2005 beauty pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand. She made the top ten in the internationally televised pageant, which was...  Latvia - Ieva Kokoreviča Ieva Kokorevica Ieva Kokoreviča, born 1985 in Riga, Latvia, is a former beauty pageant contestant. She won the Miss Latvia Universe 2005 title on April 7, 2005 and became the first ever Latvian delegate to Miss Universe, with the exception of Evija Stalbovska, who represented Soviet Union in 1990 and Marite Ozers...  Peru - Débora Sulca Debora Sulca Débora Susan Sulca Cravero is a Peruvian model and beauty queen who has competed at the Miss Universe pageant....  Switzerland - Fiona Hefti  United States - Chelsea Cooley Chelsea Cooley Chelsea Cooley is a beauty queen from Charlotte, North Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and who has held the Miss USA 2005 title....
Top 15	Greece - Evangelia Aravani  Indonesia - Artika Sari Devi Artika Sari Devi Artika Sari Devi was born in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka-Belitung Islands, at September 29, 1979. She became Puteri Indonesia 2004 when she was 25 years old, represented Kepulauan Bangka Belitung, and crowned on August 6, 2004, in the Jakarta Convention Center.-Miss Universe 2005:She represented...  Norway - Helene Traasavik  South Africa - Claudia Henkel Claudia Henkel Claudia Henkel is a South African beauty queen, who held the title Miss South Africa 2004. pageant in Thailand and placed in the top fifteen.-External links:*http://www.claudiahenkel.co.za... ' - Magdalene Walcott

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	- Chananporn Rosjan Chananporn Rosjan Chananporn Rosjan , nicknamed Nod is a pilot, model, and Miss Thailand Universe 2005 titleholder.-Biography:Rosjan was educated primarily at Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok, Thailand.... - Kateřina Smejkalová - Laura Elizondo Laura Elizondo Laura Elizondo represented her country in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant, held in Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2005.-Beauty pageants:...
Miss Congeniality	' - Tricia Homer
Miss Photogenic	Philippines - Gionna Cabrera

Telecast judges

• Carson Kressley
  Carson Kressley
  Carson Lee Kressley was the fashion expert on the American television program Queer Eye, where he was one of the show's "Fab Five" members. He is also the motivational host of the TV show How to Look Good Naked.-Biography:...
  
   – Queer Eye for the Straight Guy fashion expert.
• Cassie Lewis – U.S. Model.
• Bryan Dattilo
  Bryan Dattilo
  Bryan Ronald Dattilo is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Lucas Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of our Lives, a role he played from 1993–2001, and from 2002-2010. He still recurs on Days....
  
   – Days of Our Lives
  Days of our Lives
  Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
  
   actor.
• Jean-Georges Vongerichten
  Jean-Georges Vongerichten
  Jean-Georges Vongerichten is a French chef. He was born in Alsace, France, in 1956 and now resides in the United States of America. Vongerichten commands restaurants in culinary capitals Las Vegas, London, Paris and Shanghai, as well as New York's Jean Georges restaurant...
  
   – French chef.
• Oleksandra Nikolayenko
  Oleksandra Nikolayenko
  Oleksandra Nikolayenko-Ruffin is a Ukrainian model and actress.-Education:She studied at the Odessa National Law Academy, and worked for Savrox Models Agency in Odessa. She takes an active part in charitable projects...
  
   – Miss Ukraine 2004
  Miss Ukraine
  Miss Ukraine is a national beauty contest in Ukraine and was first held in 1991 in the National Palace "Ukraina"....
  
  .
• Porntip Nakhirunkanok
  Porntip Nakhirunkanok
  Porntip Bui Nakhirunkanok aka Porntip Bui Simon is a Thai beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 1988. She became the second woman from Thailand to win the Miss Universe crown, the first being Apasra Hongsakula in 1965.-Biography:Nakhirunkanok was born in Chacheonsao, Thailand...
  
   – Miss Universe 1988
  Miss Universe 1988
  Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe Pageant was held at Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan on May 24, 1988. Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand was crowned the title of Miss Universe 1988. 66 contestants competed in the pageant...
  
  .
• Mario Cimarro
  Mario Cimarro
  Mario Antonio Cimarro Paz is a Cuban actor.-Biography:Cimarro was born in Havana, Cuba to Antonio Luis Cimarro and Maria Caridad Paz. He has one sister, Maria Antonia Cimarro Paz...
  
   – Cuban actor.
• Anne Martin – from Cover Girl and Max Factor marketing.
• Kevin S. Bright – Executive producer of Friends
  Friends
  Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
  
  .
• Heidi Albertsen – Danish model, winner of Elite Model Look
  Elite Model Look
  Elite Model Look is a yearly fashion modeling event held by Elite Model Management, an international model management group. It is the premiere and most prestigious modeling contest used to discover and launch fashion models in the international fashion marketplace...
  
  .
• Khun Pi Rom Pakdi – Thai citizen.
• Louis Licari – Celebrity hairstylist.

Contestants

• - Agnesa Vuthaj
• - Zenilde Josias
• ' - Shermain Jeremy
  Shermain Jeremy
  Shermain Sunja Jeremy is an Antiguan singer and beauty pageant contestant, winner of the Miss Antigua and Barbuda Carnival Queen Show competition in 2002, and Jaycee's Caribbean queen show that year.- Biography :...
  
  
• - Luisana Cicilia
• - Michelle Guy
• - Denia Nixon
• - Nada Yearwood
• - Debby De Waele
• - Andrea Elrington
• - Andrea Abudinen
• - Carina Beduschi
  Carina Beduschi
  Carina Schlichting Beduschi is a beauty pageant contestant who has represented Brazil at the Miss Universe pageant...
  
  
• - Galina Gancheva
• - Natalie Glebova
  Natalie Glebova
  Natalie Glebova is a Russian Canadian beauty queen, the 2005 Miss Universe title holder.-Personal life:Glebova was born in Tuapse, Russia. She studied classical piano and graduated from a professional musical school at age of 12. She also has won various regional rhythmic gymnastics championships...
  
  
• - Renata Ruiz
  Renata Ruiz
  Renata Ruiz Pérez is a Chilean model, . She was the winner of the contest Elite Model Look Chile 2001. In September of the same year she took part in the international contest , where she competed with more than 60 delegates of 40 countries. The winner was the Dutch Rianne Ten Haken and Ruiz was...
  
  
• - Tao Siyuan
• - Adriana Tarud
• - Johanna Fernández
• - Jelena Glišić
• - Rychacviana Coffie
• - Elena Hadjidemetriou
• - Kateřina Smejkalová
• - Gitte Hanspal
  Gitte Hanspal
  Gitte Hanspal is a Danish/Indian model who won the Miss Scandinavia 2005 contest.-Early life:She was born in Roskilde to a Danish mother and an Indian father in 1982. She has one brother and one sister. Gitte Hanspal is married to a Denmark based Indian and has a son.She completed her Masters...
  
  
• - Renata Soñé
  Renata Soñé
  Renata de Jesús Soñé Savery is a former Dominican American beauty queen who competed in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant, finishing second runner-up after winning Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2005...
  
  
• - Ximena Zamora
• - Meriam George
  Meriam George
  Meriam George is an Egyptian beauty pageant titleholder. At the age of eighteen, she was the official Pantene Miss Egypt 2005 winner. She represented Egypt in Miss Universe 2005, Miss Intercontinental 2005 and Miss Earth 2006...
  
  
• - Irma Dimas
• - Atetegeb Tesfaye
• - Hanna Ek
• - Cindy Fabre
  Cindy Fabre
  Cindy Fabre is a beauty queen from France who has competed at the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants....
  
  
• - Rusudan Bochoidze
• - Aslı Bayram
  Asli Bayram
  Aslı Bayram is a German actress and model of Turkish descent, who is best known for being Miss Germany in 2005.-Biography:...
  
  
• - Evangelia Aravani
• - Aida Karina Estrada
• - Candisie Franklin
• - Szandra Proksa
• - Amrita Thapar
  Amrita Thapar
  Amrita Thapar from Pune won the Miss India crown in the year 2005, she went on to represent India at the Miss Universe pageant. She is a fashion designer, a stylist, a painter, a fashion writer and orator. She has been the spokesperson of Berlin and Maurtius tourism. She is also an active founding...
  
  
• - Artika Sari Devi
  Artika Sari Devi
  Artika Sari Devi was born in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka-Belitung Islands, at September 29, 1979. She became Puteri Indonesia 2004 when she was 25 years old, represented Kepulauan Bangka Belitung, and crowned on August 6, 2004, in the Jakarta Convention Center.-Miss Universe 2005:She represented...
  
  
• - Mary Gormley
  Mary Gormley
  Mary Gormley is a model from Claudy, Northern Ireland.In 2004, Gormley competed in Miss Northern Ireland and placed third. Due to Gormley's dual citizenship , she was able to win the Irish national title of "Miss Universe Ireland." She competed as Miss Ireland in Miss Universe 2005, an...
  
  
• - Elena Ralph
  Elena Ralph
  Elena Ralph is a beauty queen who has represented Israel in the Miss Universe pageant.Ralph won the Miss Israel 2005 title and went on to represent Israel in the Miss Universe 2005 beauty pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand. She made the top ten in the internationally televised pageant, which was...
  
  
• - Maria Teresa Francville
• - Raquel Wright

• - Yukari Kuzuya
  Yukari Kuzuya
  is a professional model from Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan. She was notable for winning the title of Miss Universe Japan 2005 in Tokyo, and her following participation in the Miss Universe pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand....
  
  
• - Rachel Marete
• ' - Kim So-young
• - Ieva Kokoreviča
  Ieva Kokorevica
  Ieva Kokoreviča, born 1985 in Riga, Latvia, is a former beauty pageant contestant. She won the Miss Latvia Universe 2005 title on April 7, 2005 and became the first ever Latvian delegate to Miss Universe, with the exception of Evija Stalbovska, who represented Soviet Union in 1990 and Marite Ozers...
  
  
• - Nadine Njeim
• - Angela Gan
• - Magalie Antoo
• - Laura Elizondo
  Laura Elizondo
  Laura Elizondo represented her country in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant, held in Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2005.-Beauty pageants:...
  
  
• - Adele Basson
• - Sharita Sopacua
• - Daniela Clerk
• - Roseline Amusu
• - Helene Tråsavik
• - Rosa María Hernández
  Rosa María Hernández
  Rosa María Hernández Cedeño is a pageant titleholder, was born in Los Santos, Panamá on July 29, 1983. She was the official representative of Panamá in the 54th Miss Universe 2005 pageant, was held at the Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2005....
  
  
• - Karina Buttner
  Karina Buttner
  Karina Rebeca Buttner Naumann is a beauty queen who won the Miss Paraguay contest in 2005, so qualifying for that year's Miss Universe contest in Thailand.-References:...
  
  
• - Débora Sulca
  Debora Sulca
  Débora Susan Sulca Cravero is a Peruvian model and beauty queen who has competed at the Miss Universe pageant....
  
  
• - Gionna Cabrera
• - Marta Kossakowska
• - Cynthia Olavarría
  Cynthia Olavarría
  Cynthia Enid Olavarría Rivera is a Puerto Rican actress, television host, fashion model, and former Miss Puerto Rico who competed in the Miss Universe 2005 beauty pageant.-Early years:...
  
  
• - Natalia Nikolayeva
• ' - Jelena Mandić
• - Cheryl Tay
• ' - Michaela Drencková
• - Dalila Dragojevič
• - Claudia Henkel
  Claudia Henkel
  Claudia Henkel is a South African beauty queen, who held the title Miss South Africa 2004. pageant in Thailand and placed in the top fifteen.-External links:*http://www.claudiahenkel.co.za...
  
  
• - Verónica Hidalgo
• - Rozanne Diasz
  Rozanne Diasz
  Rozanne Diasz is a Sri Lankan model and former Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Universe 2005. Rozanne is a leading face in modeling industry in Sri Lanka. She has been featured on the cover of many magazines and also appeared in many fashion campaigns during her career.Diasz has been hosting the Derana...
  
  
• - Fiona Hefti
• - Chananporn Rosjan
  Chananporn Rosjan
  Chananporn Rosjan , nicknamed Nod is a pilot, model, and Miss Thailand Universe 2005 titleholder.-Biography:Rosjan was educated primarily at Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok, Thailand....
  
  
• ' - Magdalene Walcott
• - Dilek Aksoy
• ' - Weniecka Ewing
• - Juliya Chernyshova
• - Brooke Johnston
• - Viviana Arena
•  United States - Chelsea Cooley
  Chelsea Cooley
  Chelsea Cooley is a beauty queen from Charlotte, North Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and who has held the Miss USA 2005 title....
  
  
• ' - Tricia Homer
•  Venezuela - Mónica Spear
  Monica Spear
  Mónica Spear Mootz is a former beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 2004 and an actress.-Biography:...
  
  
• - Phạm Thu Hằng
• - Cynthia Kanema

Returning countries and territories

• Last competed in 2003
  Miss Universe 2003
  Miss Universe 2003, the 52nd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Figali Convention Center, Panama City, Panama on June 3, 2003. 71 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown...
  
  :
• Last competed in 2002
  Miss Universe 2002
  Miss Universe 2002, the 51st edition of the Miss Universe pageant, was held in Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico on May 29, 2002. There were 75 delegates from around the world who competed for the title Miss Universe 2002. Oxana Fedorova of Russia was crowned Miss Universe 2002 by...
  
  :
  •  United States Virgin Islands
• Last competed in 2000
  Miss Universe 2000
  Miss Universe 2000, the 49th Miss Universe pageant was held at Eleftheria Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000. 79 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown. At the conclusion of the final night, Lara Dutta of India was crowned as the new Miss Universe 2000 by Miss Universe...
  
  :
  • (as Great Britain)

• Last competed in 1999
  Miss Universe 1999
  Miss Universe 1999 was held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned as Miss Universe 1999 by Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago. A record number of 84 contestants competed in the pageant...
  
  :
• Last competed in 1996
  Miss Universe 1996
  Miss Universe 1996, the 45th Miss Universe pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in the Aladdin Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on May 17, 1996. Alicia Machado of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1996 by Miss Universe 1995 Chelsi Smith of USA. 79 contestants...
  
  :

Did not compete

• : Sharlita Millington

• : Jana Kuvaitseva

Replacements

• '

Cheryl Ankrah was originally crowned Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe

Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe

The Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe beauty pageant has been held annually since 1963 a year after its independence from the United Kingdom. The contest is meant to select a suitable delegate from both islands to compete in the Miss Universe pageant....

 but was dethroned after she was accused of not fulfilling her duties and becoming overweight. Although Ankrah initially got an injunction to prevent another pageant being held, a Judge overturned that and a second Miss Trinidad and Tobago pageant was held. The winner of the second pageant, who represented Trinidad & Tobago at Miss Universe, was Magdalene Walcott.

Crossovers

Miss World 2005

Miss World 2005

Miss World 2005, the 55th Miss World pageant was held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, People's Republic of China on December 10, 2005. Nine former Miss World titleholders and chairwoman of Miss World Organization Julia Morley judged the pageant. Miss World 2004 María Julia Mantilla of Peru...

• : Cindy Fabre
  Cindy Fabre
  Cindy Fabre is a beauty queen from France who has competed at the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants....
  
  
• : Helene Tråsavik

Miss World 2003

Miss World 2003

Miss World 2003, the 53rd Miss World pageant was held at Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, People's Republic of China on 6 December 2003. The pageant was presented by Phil Keoghan, Amanda Byram and Angela Chow. The contestants also visited Beijing, the national capital of People's Republic of China,...

• ': Magdalene Walcott (Top 20)
• : Cynthia Kanema

Miss International 2004

Miss International 2004

Miss International 2004, the 44th Miss International pageant was held at Workers Indoor Arena, Beijing, China on October 16 2004. 58 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown...

• : Cynthia Kanema

Miss Intercontinental 2002

Miss Intercontinental Pageant

Miss Intercontinental is an annual international beauty contest run by the World Beauty Organization that is located in "Panama City, Panama". The contest was founded in 1973, in Aruba. The current Miss Intercontinental is Jessica Hartman, from United States...

• : Rychacviana Coffie (Winner)

Elite Model Look International 2001

Elite Model Look

Elite Model Look is a yearly fashion modeling event held by Elite Model Management, an international model management group. It is the premiere and most prestigious modeling contest used to discover and launch fashion models in the international fashion marketplace...

• : Renata Ruiz
  Renata Ruiz
  Renata Ruiz Pérez is a Chilean model, . She was the winner of the contest Elite Model Look Chile 2001. In September of the same year she took part in the international contest , where she competed with more than 60 delegates of 40 countries. The winner was the Dutch Rianne Ten Haken and Ruiz was...
  
   (1st runner-up)

Miss Earth 2005

Miss Earth 2005

Miss Earth 2005, the 5th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place on October 23, 2005 in Quezon City, Philippines. A total of 80 candidates from around the globe took part in the event....

• : Irma Dimas (Top 16)
• : Cynthia Kanema

Miss Earth 2003

Miss Earth 2003

Miss Earth 2003, the 3rd edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 9, 2003 at the UP Theater, in Quezon City, Philippines. Fifty-seven delegates from all over the globe participated in the event. The pageant was broadcast live via ABS-CBN in the Philippines and to many countries...

• : Brooke Johnston (represented Canada)

Miss Scandinavia 2005

Miss Scandinavia

Miss Scandinavia was a beauty pageant for Nordic females. The contest was merged with the Miss Baltic Sea pageant for the years 2007 and 2008 and after that the merged pageant was also discontinued.It was sponsored by MTV3.- Titleholders :...

• : Gitte Hanspal
  Gitte Hanspal
  Gitte Hanspal is a Danish/Indian model who won the Miss Scandinavia 2005 contest.-Early life:She was born in Roskilde to a Danish mother and an Indian father in 1982. She has one brother and one sister. Gitte Hanspal is married to a Denmark based Indian and has a son.She completed her Masters...
  
   (Winner)

Historical significance

• Puerto Rico, Mexico, Switzerland, USA, Norway, and Trinidad & Tobago also placed in the Top 15 at last year's pageant.
• As well as having debuted in this year's edition, Latvia also placed in the semi-finals (and finals) for the first time. Latvia ultimately placed 7th overall.
• Indonesia was also called out to the semi-finals for the first time, the only Asian country who made it to the Top 15.
• Mexico received its highest finish since Lupita Jones
  Lupita Jones
  María Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay became the first Mexican woman to win the title of Miss Universe in 1991.-Miss Universe 1991:...
  
   won the title in 1991.
• Israel last placed in 2001. South Africa last placed in 2003. Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Canada, Peru, and Greece last placed in 2003.
• Venezuela placed in the semi-finals after its failure to place in 2004 (the last time Venezuela failed to place was in 1982).
• For the first time in the history of the pageant, Sweden did not send a representative to the Miss Universe pageant.

International broadcasting

These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on NBC and Telemundo) that showed the 2005 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:

• : RTV21
  RTV21
  RTV21 is a radio and TV broadcaster operating in Kosovo since 1998. The radio broadcasting started in 1998, while TV broadcasting began in 1999 after Serbian forces withdrew from Kosovo. RTV21 is the most popular channel in Kosovo. RTv21 has also other two channels 21+ and 21 Popullore...
  
  
• : Seven Network
  Seven Network
  The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
  
  
• : TW1
  TW1 (Austria)
  TW1 was an Austrian digital television channel, broadcasting programmes about news, culture, leisure, travel and weather. It was owned by the Austrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk...
  
  
• : América 2
• : ZNS-TV
  ZNS-TV
  ZNS is a national radio and TV broadcaster operated by the state-owned Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas....
  
  
• : VSB-TV
  VSB-TV
  VSB-TV is the NBC television affiliate for Hamilton, Bermuda. The station broadcasts on channel 11. In addition to carrying the full NBC network East Coast feed, VSB locally produces a half-hour nightly newscast at 7 p.m., preceding the NBC Nightly News...
  
  
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
  
• : Unitel
  Unitel Bolivia
  UNITEL is a Bolivian television network headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. It was founded in 1987. It is owned by businessman Osvaldo Monasterio Nieme. The station is well known for its political bias towards Bolivia's right-wing opposition parties....
  
  
• : Rede Bandeirantes
  Rede Bandeirantes
  Rede Bandeirantes , officially nicknamed Band or Band Network, is a television network from Brazil, based in São Paulo. Part of the Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação , it aired for the first time in 1967...
  
   and TNT
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
• : BNT 1
• : CBC Television
  CBC Television
  CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
  
  
• : TNT Latin America
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
• : CCTV-1
  CCTV-1
  CCTV-1 is the primary channel of the Chinese television network, CCTV in the People's Republic of China. It has a mixture of all kinds of TV programs, and is available to both cable and terrestrial television viewers.-External links:*...
  
  
• : RCN TV
  RCN TV
  RCN Televisión , is a Colombian private television network. It started as a production company in 1967...
  
   and TNT
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
• : Teletica
  Teletica
  Teletica, formerly known as Televisora de Costa Rica S.A., is a Costa Rican television company, founded in 1958; it was the first television company in Costa Rica. It operates Teletica Canal 7 and Teletica Canal 33. It has mostly imported programming and it also handles a high production and...
  
  
• : Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
  Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
  The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ) or CyBC is Cyprus's public broadcasting service, transmitting island-wide on four radio and two television channels. CyBC is a non-profit organization that utilises its entire income for the promotion of its main mission, which is the objective provision of...
  
  
• : Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : Telemundo
  Telemundo
  Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
  
  , Color Vision
  Colorvision
  Color Visión is a television network based in the Dominican Republic. It is one of the largest television channels in that country. Color Visión is channel 9 in the Dominican Republic's television dial.-History:...
  
   and TNT
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
• : Ecuavisa
  Ecuavisa
  Ecuavisa is one of the major television networks in the Republic of Ecuador.Since the start of their transmissions, on March 1st of 1967, the channel is one of the major networks and biggest of Ecuador, It broadcasts on channel 8 in Quito and on channel 2 in Guayaquil...
  
   and TNT
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
• : MBC3
  MBC 3
  MBC 3 is a free-to-air children channel that hosts by Dania al-Shafii and Hassan al-Mula and belongs to the Middle East Broadcasting Center . It was launched on 8 December 2004...
  
  
• : TCS
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Viasat Baltics
  Viasat
  Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...
  
  
• : MTV3
  MTV3
  MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station owned by Bonnier. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Finnish Broadcasting Company’s YLE1 took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV , due to the channel getting its revenue from running commercials...
  
  , Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : Paris Première
  Paris Première
  Paris Première is a French TV channel, available on cable, satellite and the digital terrestrial service, Télévision Numérique Terrestre. It was launched on December 15, 1986 and is now wholly owned by M6.-External links:*...
  
  
• : 1TV
  1TV
  1TV is a Georgian television channel owned and operated by Georgian Public Broadcasting, launched in 1956....
  
  
• : Das Vierte 
• : ANT1
  ANT1
  Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a television network airing in Greece and Cyprus. The alternate spelling is play on words in Greek; ena is the Greek number 1, thus ANT1 is pronounced the same as Antenna . It launched on 31 December 1989, the same year as rival Mega Channel, and is owned by...
  
  
• : Canal 11
  Canal 11 (Honduras)
  Canal 11 is a television station in Honduras.-External links:**...
  
  
• : TVB Pearl
  TVB Pearl
  TVB Pearl is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...
  
  
• : m1
  M1 (TV channel)
  m1 is a Hungarian television channel own and operated by Magyar Televízió. It is also transmitted in high definition.It was 24 hours in 2000 along with m2...
  
  
• : Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : DD National
  DD National
  DD National or DD1 is Doordarshan's flagship channel and the most widely available terrestrial television channel in India.-The Early Years:...
  
  
• : Indosiar
  Indosiar
  Indosiar is a publicly owned national television station in Indonesia, and has been operating from West Jakarta since 1994. It was listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange in 2004. Citibank Singapore has an 8.5 percent shareholding...
  
   
• : RTE One
  RTÉ One
  RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...
  
  
• : Arutz 2
  Channel 2 (Israel)
  Channel 2 is an Israeli commercial television channel.- History :In 1990, after 13 years of deliberations, the Knesset passed a law that paved the way for the establishment of commercial television in Israel. The goal was to enhance pluralism and create competition. Channel 2 began broadcasting on...
  
  

• : Stream
  Stream
  A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
  
  
• : Ination TV
• : NHK
  NHK
  NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
  
  
• : KBS1
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Viasat Baltics
  Viasat
  Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...
  
  
• : LBC
  LBC
  LBC Radio operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. LBC was Britain's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. It began broadcasting on 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio...
  
   and MBC3
  MBC 3
  MBC 3 is a free-to-air children channel that hosts by Dania al-Shafii and Hassan al-Mula and belongs to the Middle East Broadcasting Center . It was launched on 8 December 2004...
  
  
• : TV1
• ': TVM
  TVM (Malta)
  Television Malta is the national television station of Malta. TVM is operated by Public Broadcasting Services Ltd . PBS Ltd is state owned....
  
  
• : Televisa
  Televisa
  Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
  
  
•  Myanmar: TV Myanmar
  TV Myanmar
  Television broadcasting in Burma began in 1979 as a test trial in Yangon. Regular television service was first formally launched in 1981.Most television channels in the country are broadcast from Yangon. TV Myanmar and Myawaddy TV are the two main channels, providing Burmese language programming in...
  
  
• : NBC
  Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
  The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster of Namibia.It was established in 1990, replacing the South West African Broadcasting Corporation.-History:...
  
  
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
  
• : Televicentro
  Televicentro (Canal 2)
  Televicentro is a nationwide terrestrial television channel from Nicaragua owned by Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A.- History :Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A. was founded in December 1965 by Octavio Sacasa Sarria, first broadcast in March, 1966. It was the second television channel in Nicaragua,...
  
  
• : TV2
• : Telemetro and TNT
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
• : ATV
  ATV (Peruvian Network)
  ATV or Andina de Radiodifusión y Television shortly known as ATV, is a Peruvian television network founded in 1969, after unsuccessful attempt on early 1970s and after the political turmoil in Peru the station was closed...
  
   and TNT
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
• : RPN 9
  Radio Philippines Network
  Radio Philippines Network, Inc. is a broadcast television network in the Philippines co-owned by the Government Communications Group, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Far East Managers and Investors Inc., and private sectors. This station studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol...
  
  
• : TVP2
• : RTP1
• : WAPA-TV
  WAPA-TV
  WAPA-TV is an independent television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 27, virtual channel 4. The station is owned by InterMedia Partners and is branded as WAPA Television....
  
   and Telemundo
  Telemundo
  Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
  
  
• : TVR1
• : C1R 
• : MediaCorp TV Channel 5
  MediaCorp TV Channel 5
  MediaCorp Channel 5 or Channel 5 is a 24-hour free-to-air English and Malay language television channel based in Singapore....
  
  
• : TVE1
• : RTS
  Radio Television of Serbia
  Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
  
  
• : Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : SF 1
  SF 1
  SF 1 is a Swiss television channel run under the public SRG SSR idée suisse broadcasting group. It is the first of the three national German language channels in Switzerland ....
  
  
• ': CTS
  Chinese Television System
  Chinese Television System is a broadcast television station in Republic of China .-History:Founded on October 31, 1971, CTS started off as a joint venture between the ROC's Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Education. At the time of its establishment, CTS was the only VHF-supported...
  
  
• (host country): Channel 7 (Thailand) 
• : CCN TV6
  CCN TV6
  The Caribbean Communications Network Television 6 ' is the largest private television broadcaster in Trinidad and Tobago. The station operates an analog composite NTSC 525 television system, broadcasting on channels 6 and 18 in the island of Trinidad, channel 5 on the Flow Cable System and channel...
  
  
• : NTV
• : MBC3
  MBC 3
  MBC 3 is a free-to-air children channel that hosts by Dania al-Shafii and Hassan al-Mula and belongs to the Middle East Broadcasting Center . It was launched on 8 December 2004...
  
  
• : BBC One
  BBC One
  BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
  
  
• : UT1
• : NBC
  NBC
  The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
  
   and Telemundo
  Telemundo
  Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
  
  
•  Venezuela: Venevisión
  Venevisión
  Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...
  
   and TNT
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
• : VTV1 

Note: In Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

, TNT took the Miss Universe television rights for basic cable. However, this contract didn't affect the rights acquired for the traditional free-to-air networks, such as Brazil's Band

Rede Bandeirantes

Rede Bandeirantes , officially nicknamed Band or Band Network, is a television network from Brazil, based in São Paulo. Part of the Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação , it aired for the first time in 1967...

, Colombia's Caracol TV

Caracol TV

Caracol Televisión is a Colombian private national television network, owned by Julio Mario Santo Domingo.- History :Caracol Televisión started in 1954 when Organización de Radiodifusora Caracol offered to afford national television costs, then state-run, through commercial spots...

, Mexico's Televisa

Televisa

Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

 or Venezuela's Venevisión

Venevisión

Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...

.

External links

• Miss Universe official website
• Miss Universe 2005's result