title: Miss International 2005
text: # Miss International 2005
  
  Miss International 2005, the 45th Miss International pageant, was held on September 26, 2005 at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan. 52 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Jeymmy Vargas of Colombia crowned her successor Lara Quigaman of the Philippines as the new Miss International. She became the fourth Filipino to win the pageant.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Placements
  
  | Placement | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss International 2005 | Philippines – Precious Lara Quigaman |
  | 1st Runner-up | Dominican Republic – Yadira Geara |
  | 2nd Runner-up | Finland – Susanna Laine |
  | Top 12 | Brazil – Ariane Colombo  Colombia – Diana Arbeláez  France – Cynthia Tevere  Japan – Naomi Ishizaka  Peru – Vanessa López Vera  Serbia and Montenegro – Sanja Miljanic  Turkey – Sebnem Asade  Ukraine – Mariya Zhukova  Venezuela – Andrea Gómez |
  
  ## Contestants
  
  * Aruba – Gita van Bochove
  * Australia – Natalie Gillard
  * Bahamas – Brianna Clarke
  * Bolivia – Gretel María Stehli Parada
  * Brazil – Ariane Colombo
  * Canada – Micaela Smith
  * China – Yang Li
  * Colombia – Diana Patricia Arbeláez González
  * Cyprus – Charis Dimitriou
  * Czech Republic – Petra Machackova
  * Dominican Republic – Yadira Geara Cury
  * Ecuador – Bianca María Salame Avilés
  * El Salvador – Ana Saidia Palma Rebollo
  * Ethiopia – Dina Fekadu Mosissa
  * Finland – Susanna Laine
  * France – Cynthia Tevere
  * Germany – Annika Pinter
  * Greece – Panagiota Perimeni
  * Honduras – Ingrid Lopez
  * Hong Kong – Queenie Chu
  * India – Vaishali Desai
  * Israel – Moran Gerbi
  * Japan – Naomi Ishizaka
  * Kazakhstan – Antontseva Segeevna
  * South Korea – Lee Kyoung-eun
  * Macau – Zheng Ma
  * Malaysia – Winnie Chan Wai Ling
  * Mongolia – Gantogoo Bayaarkhuu
  * Nepal – Nisha Adhikary
  * New Caledonia – Lesley Delrieu
  * New Zealand – Ellie Bloomfield
  * Nicaragua – Daniela Regina Clerk
  * Norway – Karoline Nakken
  * Panama – Lucía Matamoros
  * Paraguay – Liz Concepción Santacruz Amarilla
  * Peru – Vanessa López Vera Tudela
  * Philippines – Precious Lara San Agustin Quigaman
  * Poland – Monika Szeroka
  * Puerto Rico – Dinorah Collazo
  * Serbia & Montenegro – Sanja Miljanic
  * Singapore – Catherine Tan
  * Slovak Republic – Lucia Debnarova
  * Spain – Maria del Pilar Domínquez
  * Sweden – Cecilia Zatterlöf Harbo Kristensen
  * Chinese Taipei – Li Yen Chin
  * Tanzania – Margareth Wilson Kiguha Chacha
  * Thailand – Sukanya Pimmol
  * Turkey – Şebnem Azade
  * Ukraine – Mariya Zhukova
  * United Kingdom – Amy Guy
  * USA – Anna Ward
  * Venezuela – Andrea Gómez
  