Miss Universe 2005

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The Miss Universe 2005 Pageant was held in Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2005, to help the tsunami-struck nation win tourists back to the area. China and Chile also bid, but failed, to host the contest. Miss Universe Canada, Natalie Glebova was crowned Miss Universe 2005 by Miss Universe 2004, Jennifer Hawkins of Australia. The top fifteen was dominated by contestants from the Americas and Caribbean, whilst the top five consisted entirely of such women. The winner is a Canadian citizen, but she is Russian by birth, only moving to Canada at age 12.

1 Results
2 2005 contestants
3 Records/trivia
- 3.1 Delegates

[edit] Results

Image:Miss Universe 2005 Map.PNG

Miss Universe was awarded to Natalie Glebova of Canada.
The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up - Cynthia Olavarria (Puerto Rico)
- 2nd runner-up - Renata Sone (Dominican Republic)
- 3rd runner-up - Laura Elizondo (Mexico)
- 4th runner-up - Monica Spear (Venezuela)
The Top 10 (in alphabetical order) were Elena Ralph (Israel), Ieva Kokorevica (Latvia), Debora Sulca (Peru), Fiona Hefti (Switzerland) and Chelsea Cooley (USA).
The Top 15 (in alphabetical order) were Evagelia Aravani (Greece), Artika Sari Devi (Indonesia), Helene Traasavik (Norway), Claudia Henkel (South Africa) and Magdalene Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago).
Special Awards to:
- Photogenic: Gionna Cabrera (Philippines)
- Congeniality: Tricia Homer (US Virgin Islands)
- National Costume: Chananporn Rosjan (Thailand)

[edit] 2005 contestants

Image:Flag of Albania.svg Albania

Agnesa Vuthaj
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of Angola.svg Angola

Zenilde Laurinda Josias
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda

Shermain Sunja Jeremy
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba

Luisana Cicilia
Age: 21
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia

Michelle Guy
Age: 19
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas

Denia Nixon
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados

Nada Yearwood
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Image:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium

Debby de Waele
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Image:Flag of Belize.svg Belize

Andrea Elrington
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia

Andrea Abudinen Richter
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

Carina Beduschi
Age: 20
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Image:Flag of Bulgaria (bordered).svg Bulgaria

Galina Gancheva
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada

Natalie Glebova
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
MISS UNIVERSE 2005

Image:Flag of Chile (bordered).svg Chile

Renata Ruiz
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

Tao Si Yuan
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia

Adriana Tarud Durán
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg Costa Rica

Johanna Fernández
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia

Jelena Glišic
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Image:Flag of Curaçao.svg Curacao

Rychacviana Coffie
Age: 24
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus

Elena Hadjidemetriou
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Image:Flag of the Czech Republic (bordered).svg Czech Republic

Katerina Smejkalová
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark

Gitte Hanspal
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic

Renata Soñé
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
2nd Runner-up

Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador

Ximena Zamora
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt

Mariam George
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador

Irma Dimas
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia

Atetegeb Tesfaye Worku
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Finland

Hanna Ek
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Image:Flag of France.svg France

Cindy Fabre
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Image:Flag of Georgia (bordered).svg Georgia

Rusudan Bochoidze
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany

Asli Bayram
Age: 24
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece

Evagelia Aravani
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Top 15

Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala

Aida Karina Estrada
Age: 19
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Image:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana

Candisie Franklin
Age: 24
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary

Szandra Proksa
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Image:Flag of India.svg India

Amrita Thapar
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia

Artika Sari Devi
Age: 25
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Top 15

Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland

Mary Gormley
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Image:Flag of Israel (bordered).svg Israel

Yelena Ralph
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Top 10

Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy

Maria Teresa Francville
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica

Raquel Wright
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Japan

Yukari Kuzuya
Age: 21
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya

Rachel Marete
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Image:Flag of South Korea.svg Korea

So-young Kim
Age: 24
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Image:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia

Ieva Kokorevica
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Top 10

Image:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon

Nadine Njeim
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia

Angela Gan
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Image:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius

Magalie Antoo
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico

Laura Elizondo Erhard
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
3rd Runner-up

Image:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia

Adele Basson
Age: 24
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

Sharita Sopacua
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Image:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua

Daniela Regina Clerk
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria

Roseline Amusu
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway

Helene Tråsavik
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Top 15

Image:Flag of Panama (bordered).svg Panama

Rosa María Hernández
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay

Karina Buttner
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru

Débora Sulca
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Finalist

Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines

Gionna Cabrera
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Miss Photogenic
Thai Airways Royal Silk Award

Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Poland

Marta Kossakowska
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico

Cynthia Olavarria
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
1st Runner-up

Image:Flag of Russia (bordered).svg Russia

Natalia Nikolayeva
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Image:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg Serbia and Montenegro

Jelena Mandic
Age: 26
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Image:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore

Cheryl Tay
Age: 24
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia

Michaela Drencková
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia

Dalila Dragojevic
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa

Claudia Henkel
Age: 22
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Top 15

Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain

Verónica Hidalgo
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka

Rozanne Diasz
Age: 26
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland

Fiona Hefti
Age: 25
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Top 10

Image:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand

Chanunporn Rosjan
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Best National Costume

Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago

Magdalene Walcott
Age: 22
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Top 15

Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey

Dilek Aksoy
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Image:Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands

Wenika Ewing
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)
Thailand Ministry of Sports and Tourism Award

Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine

Juliya Chernyshova
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom

Brooke Johnston
Age: 26
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay

Viviana Arena
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA

Chelsea Cooley
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Top 10

Image:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg US Virgin Islands

Trisha Homer
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Miss Congeniality

Image:Flag of Venezuela 1930-2006.svg Venezuela

Mónica Spear
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
4th Runner-up

Image:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam

Pham Thu Hang
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Image:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia

Cynthia Kanema
Age: 24
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

[edit] Records/trivia

[edit] Delegates

There are three delegates who did not attend the pageant (whatever the/their reasons): Sharlita Millington (British Virgin Islands), Jana Kuvaitseva (Estonia) and Shivern Peters (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines).
The Misses Luisana Nikulay Cicilia (Aruba), Asli Bayram (Germany), Roseline Amusu (Nigeria) and Magdalene “Maggie” Walcott (Trinidad & Tobago) were not the original delegates of their country. They are the replacement for Maya Danielle Frigerio (Aruba, dethroned), Natalie Elvira Ackermann Montealegre (Germany), Akinnifesi Omowunmi (Nigeria) and Cheryl Anrakh (Trinidad & Tobago, dethroned) respectively.
The tallest among the delegates are Yukari Kuzuya (Japan) and Jelena Mandic (Serbia & Montenegro), both were standing 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m).
The shortest delegate was Wenika Ewing (Turks & Caicos Islands) standing only 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m).
The oldest delegate was Rozanne Diasz (Sri Lanka) who was 27 years old.
The countries that failed or didn't have delegates for their countries this Miss Universe 2005 but have delegates in the last year's Miss Universe 2004 are (excluding the delegates who did not attend the pageant stated first above): Austria, Cayman Islands, Estonia, Ghana, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sweden and Taiwan.
The following countries returned after some years of absence: United Kingdom (last participated in 2000 as Great Britain), US Virgin Islands (last participated in 2002), Sri Lanka (last participated in 1996), Indonesia (last participated in 1996), Zambia (last participated in 1999), Namibia (last participated in 2003), and Albania (last participated in 2003).
Latvia participated for the first time.

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