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 Miss Malaysia Universe 2005
23 year-old Angela Gan (right-photo) won the Miss Malaysia Universe title. This University of Leeds graduate in Childhood Studies will compete in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant on May 31. "I am confident, intelligent and I have a great personality and that is why I should win," were the words that clinched Angela the title.
Holding back tears, she said "This is very exciting and I feel really honoured to represent Malaysia." She won, among other prizes, RM5,000, a Swarovski crown, cosmetics and personal appearances or assignments worth RM30,000. The first runner-up title went to Chloe Chan from Taiping, Perak, while Chermaine Poo from Kuala Lumpur was the second runner-up. Special thanks to theStar.
No Show at Miss Universe?
Sweden might not send a delegate to the Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok this year. According to reports, the national director could not afford the franchise fee.
A reader of Missosology is willing to finance Vietnam's representative to Miss Universe. As of press time, Vietnam will not send their Miss Universe representative because of financial difficulties. We are calling the attention of the Vietnamese national directors to contact us.
Ponds Femina Miss India
Over 9,000 applied at the most prestigious pageant in India this year. Three stunning Indians won over the 20 candidates who all underwent tight judging processes. The 2005 Ponds Femina Miss India winners are Amrita Thappar (Universe), Sindhura Gadde (World) and Niharika Singh (Earth). Amrita Thappar is a fashion designer and an experienced model. She stands 5'7.5" tall. Armita is into taebo, kickboxing, mountaineering and rappelling.  She will fly to Thailand this May to compete in the Miss Universe pageant. Sindhura Gaddem, a former television presenter in New Zealand, was named Femina Miss India World 2005. Femina Miss India-Earth title went to Niharika Singh. She has done modeling assignments and acted in various music videos. She will try her luck in the Miss Earth 2005 pageant in Manila, Philippines this October. The rest of the Top 5 finalists were Priya Nayak and Priyanka Jha. Either of the two shall represent India at Miss International & Miss Asia Pacific pageants. The semi-final line-up consisted of Aparna Sharma, Jyoti Sardar, Shivani Sabikhi, Sonal Chauhan and Vaishali Desai.
 Miss Thailand Universe 2005
5'7" tall Chanunporn Rosjan will be playing as host delegate to the Miss Universe 2005 beauty pageant after winning the Miss Thailand Universe crown. The annual Miss Universe pageant will be hosted by Thailand this year. The People's choice Kanokwan Setthaphongwanich
placed as 1st runner-up and earned the right to represent her country in this year's edition of Miss Earth. The other runners-up are Phakamas Kaenjan (2nd runner-up), Nusara Sooknamai (3rd RU) and Pornthip Prasertsong (4th RU). Kaenjan will compete at Miss Asia Pacific International next year while Sooknamai will compete in China for the Miss International crown later this year.
 
Miss Bulgaria Universe
Rositsa Ivanova (left photo), 17, fulfilled her long-time dream of being crowned Miss Bulgaria. Forty-three young women from different parts of Bulgaria competed for the Miss Bulgaria Universe title. Ivanova earned the nod of a 17-member jury panel. She will represent her country in the Miss World 2005 pageant. Rositsa Ivanova, born in Sofia, is presently studying at the city's First Private English Language School and dreams of becoming a lawyer. Galina Gancheva (top-right photo), 18, was named Miss Bulgaria Universe 2005 while Ralitsa Bratovanova, 17, was crowned Miss Bulgaria Europe 2005. The former will compete in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant in Bangkok this May while the latter shall see action in the Miss Europe pageant that will take place in Paris next year.
Impact Arena
According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the Miss Universe 2005 pageant shall take place at the majestic, newly-built 12,000-seater - Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. It will serve as the official venue of the Miss Universe beauty pageant. The Presentation Show is set on May 27. The coronation night is scheduled on May 31.
Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria
18-year old Akinnifesi Omowunmi of Kwara was named Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2005. Mary Onajite, last year's winner who successfully represented Nigeria at the Miss World 2004 pageant by cracking in the semifinals, crowned Akinnifesi in an event that took place in Lagos. She will be the official rep of Nigeria at Miss Universe & Miss World pageants this year.
Miss Trinidad & Tobago Universe
Cheryl Anrah is now officially replaced as Magdalane Walcott was named Trinidad and Tobago's Miss Universe 2005 representative in a special mini pageant held in Port of Spain. Walcott also represented Trinidad in Miss World 2003 in Sanya, China where she placed as a semifinalist. She stands 5'9.5" tall.
Miss Ethiopia Universe 2005
Atetegeb Tesfaye was finally crowned Miss Ethiopia Universe. Last year, she participated in the same pageant where she placed second. Tesfaye is a computer science graduate of Hilcoe College and also attends journalism school in South Africa. She will compete for the Miss Universe title in Bangkok, Thailand this May.
Eesti Miss Estonia 2005
18-year-old Jana Kuvaitseva earned her right to represent her country in the
Miss Universe beauty pageant after winning the Miss Estonia Universe beauty
pageant. She stands 5'9" tall. Jana will fly to Bangkok, Thailand this May
along with other beauties representing their respective nations to compete for
the Miss Universe crown.
Bb. Pilipinas Universe 2005
Gionna Cabrera, a 22 year-old graduate of Marketing & Communications at University of Asia and the Pacific won the Binibining Pilipinas-Universe title and also went home  with three special awards- Miss Photogenic, Best in Swimsuit and Best in Evening Gown. She will fly to Bangkok, Thailand this May to compete for the Miss Universe crown. The Bb. Pilipinas World crown went to Carlene Aguilar, who was also the first Filipina to win the Miss Philippines crown in 2001 and landed in the semis of the Miss Earth pageant. She also represented Manila at Miss Chinese International 2003 where she placed third. Carlene will vie with over a hundred beauties for the Miss World 2005 title on the month of December later this year. Precious Lara Quigaman was crowned Bb Pilipinas International 2005. She will represent her country at the Miss International 2005 beauty pageant.
Trainings & More
This year's Miss Univese delegates are currently undertaking rigorous 
trainings. Along with their national directors, they are busy picking
wardrobes for the grand event this May. Ecuador's Ximena Zamora leaves for
Venezuela next week to undergo Miss Universe preparations. El Universo
reported that she might end up going to another pageant such as Miss World.
Rocio Vallejo, Miss Universe franchise-holder of Ecuador, will soon stage
another pageant under Canal Uno to select another Ecuadorian representative to the Miss Universe pageant.
Innovation: In an interview with E-Channel, Donald Trump revealed that this
year, it will not be celebrity judges that would select the Top 15
semifinalists. Experts involved in Miss Universe Org. shall determine the best
girls for the final night. (at the photo: Miss El Salvador Universe 2005)
Miss Bahamas Universe 2005
Denia Nixon, 19, won her ticket to Bangkok Thailand for the Miss Universe beauty pageant after winning the Miss Bahamas
Universe 2005 pageant. Top favorite Nadia Cash, who had great similaities to Miss Earth 2002 Winfred Omwakwe was adjuged 1st runner-up. Cash will compete in this year's Miss Earth beauty pageant in Manila, Philippines.
Miss Universe Paraguay 2005
The reigning Paraguayan queen Yanina Gonzalez crowned her successor, 5'11" tall Karina Buttner as the new Miss Universe Paraguay. Her virreina was Emilce Gómez while the 1st Princess is Rossana Beltrán. Sandra Solitude Echagüe was elected Miss Hawaiian Tropic. Buttner earned the nod of the judges after answering the final question, "If you have to erase a chapter of the universal history, which would you erase and why?
She sincerely replied, "If I had the opportunity to erase a chapter of the history, I would erase the horrifying facts of World War Two, where 60 million people died. Our aim should be building a world of love and peace among the nations." Karina also participated in Miss World 2003 and now she is bound to Thailand to represent her country once again.
Miss Ecuador 2005
Conflict of Interest? -- 20 year-old Ximena Zamora was crowned Miss Ecuador 2005.
At present, she is taking up Architecture at University of San Francisco in Quito. Despite her election as Miss Ecuador 2005, it is still unclear whether she'll fly to Bangkok, Thailand to compete at Miss Universe or not. Controversy hounded the event as the franchise holder of Ecuador to Miss Universe (Channel One) announced that they will still hold another pageant that would elect Ecuador's representative to Miss Universe. However, Ecuadorian Beauties Inc. & Gamavision, responsible for the recent pageant addressed that Zamora was a deserving winner and that she all had the rights fly to Thailand to represent her country. Let's hope that the conflict between the parties would be solved soon.
Miss Japan Universe 2005
6'0 tall Yukari Kuzuya
won the right to represent her country in Miss Universe after winning the Miss
Universe Japan title in Tokyo. She will fly to Thailand this coming may to
compete for the Miss Universe crown. After being selected from a field of 2,256
applicants for the annual contest, she had to beat the selected 14 finalists to
earn her ticket to Bangkok, Thailand.
Miss Sri Lanka Universe 2005
We will soon see a Sri Lankan delegate to Miss Universe after Rozanne Diasz won
the local beauty contest. 30 contestants competed in bathing suits, gowns and
cultural costumes in an event that took place in Water Edge, Battarmulla. Olivia
James & Chaturika Fernando finished 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up
respectively.
Miss Nicaragua Universe 2005
Beauty Queens run in the family - If last year's Miss Nicaragua-Universe
Marifely Arguello is a sister of a former Miss Nicaragua titleholder, the same
is true with Daniela Regina Clerk who was crowned Miss Nicaragua Universe 2005.
Daniela's sister, Linda Clerk, also won the national title in 1999. Her
runners-up were Johanna Madrigal (1st runner-up) and Rebecca Reinoso (2nd
runner-up).
Miss Czech Republic 2005
Katerina Smejkalova was crowned by the reigning Miss Universe herself Jennifer
Hawkins after earning the nod of the judges of Ceska Miss. Katerina will
represent Czech republic in the Miss Universe beauty pageant this coming May.
Zuzana Stepanovska finished second while Michaela Stoudkova ranked 3rd.
Miss Universe 2005 to be held in Bangkok, Thailand.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16 / PRNewswire/ -- Paula M. Shugart, President of the Miss
Universe Organization announced that Bangkok, Thailand will host the 2005 MISS
UNIVERSE(R) Competition.
"We felt during our first trip to Bangkok, last June, that we had found our home
for the next Miss Universe competition," said Shugart. "The officials we met
with in Thailand showed great enthusiasm at the prospect of hosting the three
week event. After the tragic tsunami of December 26th, all discussions were put
on hold out of respect for the country and the Thai people. In recent weeks the
Thai Government and the other entities involved returned to us, certain of their
desire to host the Pageant, its contestants and their families and friends. We
are honored and look forward to the privilege of helping Thailand as it begins
to rebuild its tourism industry. We have told Minister Kunplome that he has our
full support."
"We send our sincerest thanks to The Miss Universe Organization for all the
support and enthusiasm they have shown since this process began," said
Thailand's Minister of Sport and Tourism, Mr. Sontaya Kunplome. "We know that
bringing the Pageant to Thailand is one of the many steps in re-building our
economy and boosting our tourism. There is no better time, for our people and
our economy, for us to bring this worldwide event to our country." Of Thailand's
62 million residents, almost 10 million reside in Bangkok, known in Thai as the
"City of Angels."
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