Miss Earth 2005

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Miss Earth 2005 winner Alexandra Braun Waldeck (second from the right) of Venezuela, with her court.

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

Alexandra Braun Waldeck of Venezuela was crowned by Miss Earth 2004 Priscilla Meirelles as the new Miss Earth. With Alexandra's win, Venezuela became the second country to capture all of Big Four Pageants titles.

[edit] Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

• Miss Earth 2005: ALEXANDRA BRAUN WALDECK (Venezuela)
• Runners-up
  • Miss Earth-Air (1st RU): Amell Santana de Jesús (Dominican Republic)
  • Miss Earth-Water (2nd RU): Katarzyna Borowicz (Poland)
  • Miss Earth-Fire (3rd RU): Jovana Marjanovic (Serbia & Montenegro)
• Finalists
  • Nataly Chilet Bustamante (Chile)
  • Tania María Vargas (Paraguay)
  • Vanessa De Roide (Puerto Rico)
  • Amanda Kimmel (USA)
• Semi-finalists
  • Sanja Susnja (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
  • Zuzana Stepanovska (Czech Republic)
  • Cristina Eugenia Reyes (Ecuador)
  • Irma Marina Dimas Pineda (El Salvador)
  • Hye-Mi Yoo (Korea)
  • Genebelle Raagas(Philippines)
  • Tatyana Yamova (Russia)
  • Rehema Sudi (Tanzania)
• Special Awards
  • Miss Photogenic: Nataly Bustamante (Chile)
  • Best National Costume: Hye-Mi Yoo (Korea)
  • Miss Friendship: Katherine McClure(Canada)
  • Miss Talent: Yevgeniya Rudenko (Ukraine)
  • Best in Swimsuit: Alexandra Braun Waldeck (Venezuela)
  • Best in Long Gown: Vanessa De Roide (Puerto Rico)

[edit] 2005 Delegates

[edit] Trivia

• Countries that sent delegates the year before, but failed to do so this year: Albania, Bulgaria, Chad, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago and Uruguay.
• First time participants include Bahamas, Cambodia, Haiti, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jamaica, Macau, Mauritius, Mongolia, Niue Island, Pakistan, Romania, Samoa, Slovak Republic, Saint Lucia, Tokelau, Turks and Caicos & Zambia. United Kingdom is technically new, as it was designated in the previous years as "Great Britain".

[edit] Crossovers

• Katarzyna Weronika Borowicz of Poland, Tania María Domaniczky Vargas of Paraguay, & Cristina Eugenia Reyes Hidalgo of Ecuador were all contestants on Miss World 2004. Borowicz was the 3rd Runner-up in that pageant.
• Bolivia's Vanessa Patricia Morón Jarzun was in Miss International 2004, while Egypt's Elham Wagdi was in the 2006 edition.
• Angela Maria Fonseca Spinola of Portugal was in Miss World 2005.
• El Salvador's Irma Marina Dimas Pineda was previously in Miss Universe 2005.
• Cynthia Kanema of Zambia became the first woman to represent her country in all of the Big Four Pageants: Miss World in 2003, Miss International in 2004, and Miss Universe in 2005, before coming to this pageant. She did not place in any of them.

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