Miss Universe 2005
Miss Universe 2005, the 54th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 31 May 2005[lower-alpha 1] at Impact Arena in Nonthaburi Province, Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand. Natalie Glebova of Canada was crowned by Jennifer Hawkins of Australia as her successor at the end of the event. This is the only second (and most recent) time that Canada has won Miss Universe. 81 contestants competed in this year.
Miss Universe 2005 | |
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![]() Natalie Glebova, Miss Universe 2005 | |
Date | 31 May 2005[lower-alpha 1] |
Presenters | |
Venue | IMPACT Arena, Nonthaburi Province, Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand |
Broadcaster | International: Official broadcaster: |
Entrants | 81 |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Natalie Glebova ![]() |
Congeniality | Tricia Homer ![]() |
Best National Costume | Chananporn Rosjan ![]() |
Photogenic | Gionna Cabrera ![]() |
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 2005 | |
1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up | |
3rd Runner-Up | |
4th Runner-Up | |
Top 10 | |
Top 15 |
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Special awards
Special Awards | Winners |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Best National Costume | Contestant |
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Winner | |
1st Runner-up |
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2nd Runner-up | |
Top 5 |
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Order of announcements
Top 15
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Top 10
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Top 5
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Contestants



Albania - Agnesa Vuthaj
Angola - Zenilde Josias
Antigua and Barbuda - Shermain Jeremy
Aruba - Luisana Cicilia
Australia - Michelle Guy
Bahamas - Denia Nixon
Barbados - Nada Yearwood
Belgium - Debby De Waele
Belize - Andrea Elrington
Bolivia - Andrea Abudinen
Brazil - Carina Beduschi
Bulgaria - Galina Gancheva
Canada - Natalie Glebova
Chile - Renata Ruiz
China - Tao Siyuan
Colombia - Adriana Tarud
Costa Rica - Johanna Fernández
Croatia - Jelena Glišić
Curaçao - Rychacviana Coffie
Cyprus - Elena Hadjidemetriou
Czech Republic - Kateřina Smejkalová
Denmark - Gitte Hanspal
Dominican Republic - Renata Soñé
Ecuador - Ximena Zamora
Egypt - Meriam George
El Salvador - Irma Dimas
Ethiopia - Atetegeb Tesfaye
Finland - Hanna Ek
France - Cindy Fabre
Georgia - Rusudan Bochoidze
Germany - Aslı Bayram
Greece - Evangelia Aravani
Guatemala - Aida Karina Estrada
Guyana - Candisie Franklin
Hungary - Szandra Proksa
India - Amrita Thapar
Indonesia - Artika Sari Devi
Ireland - Mary Gormley
Israel - Elena Ralph
Italy - Maria Teresa Francville
Jamaica - Raquel Wright
Japan - Yukari Kuzuya
Kenya - Rachel Marete
Korea - Kim So-young
Latvia - Ieva Kokoreviča
Lebanon - Nadine Njeim
Malaysia - Angela Gan
Mauritius - Magalie Antoo
Mexico - Laura Elizondo
Namibia - Adele Basson
Netherlands - Sharita Sopacua
Nicaragua - Daniela Clerk
Nigeria - Roseline Amusu
Norway - Helene Tråsavik
Panama - Rosa María Hernández
Paraguay - Karina Buttner
Peru - Débora Sulca
Philippines - Gionna Cabrera
Poland - Marta Kossakowska
Puerto Rico - Cynthia Olavarría
Russia - Natalia Nikolayeva
Serbia and Montenegro - Jelena Mandić
Singapore - Cheryl Tay
Slovak Republic - Michaela Drencková
Slovenia - Dalila Dragojevič
South Africa - Claudia Henkel
Spain - Verónica Hidalgo
Sri Lanka - Rozanne Diasz
Switzerland - Fiona Hefti
Thailand - Chananporn Rosjan
Trinidad and Tobago - Magdalene Walcott
Turkey - Dilek Aksoy
Turks and Caicos - Weniecka Ewing
United Kingdom - Brooke Johnston
Ukraine - Juliya Chernyshova
Uruguay - Viviana Arena
USA - Chelsea Cooley
US Virgin Islands - Tricia Homer
Venezuela - Mónica Spear †
Vietnam - Phạm Thu Hằng
Zambia - Cynthia Kanema
Judges
Final telecast
A panel of twelve judges evaluated contestants in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant.[1]
- Heidi Albertsen - Danish model, winner of Elite Model Look World Final
- Kevin S. Bright - Executive producer of Friends
- Mario Cimarro - Cuban actor
- Bryan Dattilo - Days of Our Lives actor
- Carson Kressley - Queer Eye for the Straight Guy fashion expert
- Cassie Lewis - U.S. Model
- Amelia Vega – Miss Universe 2003 from Dominican Republic
- Louis Licari - Celebrity hairstylist
- Anne Martin - from Cover Girl and Max Factor marketing
- Porntip Nakhirunkanok - Miss Universe 1988 from Thailand
- Oleksandra Nikolayenko - Miss Ukraine Universe 2004
- Chutinant Bhirombhakdi - Executive Vice Director, Director of Boon Rawd Brewery (Singha beer)
- Jean-Georges Vongerichten - French chef
Notes
Debuts
Returns
Replacements
Aruba
Germany
Nigeria
Trinidad and Tobago – Cheryl Ankrah was originally crowned Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2005 but was dethroned after she was accused of not fulfilling her duties and becoming overweight.[2] 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.[2] The winner of the second pageant, who represented Trinidad and Tobago at Miss Universe, was Magdalene Walcott.
Host city
Thailand publicized its bid to host the pageant 10 July 2004, during a visit by Jennifer Hawkins, Miss Universe 2004, to the country.[3] At the time, Chile, China, and Greece were also being considered to host the event.[3] 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.[4] The cost was to be funded by the Thai government in an attempt to boost tourism.[5] In October the proposal faced difficulties when the Thai government were slow to provide the promised funds, which discouraged prospective sponsors,[6] leading Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to become personally involved to make sure that plans were not derailed.[7] 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.[8]
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, a resort town devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, but confirmed that Southern Thailand would host events prior to the final competition.[9]
2005 was the second time the pageant was held in Bangkok.[10] The city also hosted the Miss Universe 1992 competition, won by Michelle McLean of Namibia.
Notes
- The event was held at 07:00 local time (UTC+07:00); for the Americas, this was 30 May in their local times.
References
- "The new Miss Universe - People - Entertainment". smh.com.au. May 31, 2005. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- Brown, Loren (2005-03-21). "Trinidad's local Miss Universe franchise can hold new pageant to select replacement, judge rules". Associated Press.
- "Thailand proposes to host next Miss Universe contest". Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies. 2004-07-10.
- "Thailand to host Miss Universe pageant in 2005". Agence France Presse. 2004-08-10.
- "Miss Universe pageant in Thailand to push tourism". Hindustan Times. 2004-08-11.
- Intarakomalyasut, Nondhanada (2004-10-23). "Thailand slow to fund Miss Universe 2005 event". Bangkok Post.
- "Miss Universe bid gets push from Thailand prime minister". Bangkok Post. 2004-11-06.
- "Matching Entertainment to host Miss Universe". fnWEB. 2004-12-14.
- "Govt denies plans to stage Miss Universe in tsunami resort". OANA. 2005-02-18.
- "TAT gears up for Miss Universe 2005". The Nation. 2004-08-18.