Miss Asia Pacific International
Miss Asia Pacific International is a beauty pageant headquartered in Manila, Philippines.[1] It is the oldest such pageant in Asia and it is currently headed by Jacqueline Tan-Sainz.[2]
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Formation | 1965 (first edition) 1968 (original) 2016 (current iteration) |
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Extinction | 2005 (original) |
Type | Beauty Pageant |
Headquarters | ![]() |
Official language | English |
President | Jacqueline Tan-Sainz |
Website | Official website |
History
Miss Asia Pacific International was founded in 1968 as Miss Asia Quest and was first open to contestants from Asia and Oceania and served as a regional pageant for delegates within the Asia Pacific region. The title was changed to Miss Asia Pacific Quest in 1985 when contestants from countries in the Americas that border the Pacific Ocean were allowed to participate and compete. In 2005, the current title of Miss Asia Pacific International was chosen and contestants from all over the world were allowed to participate in the competition.
In 2005, winner Leonora Jimenez Monge from Costa Rica was dethroned after participating in the rival Miss World contest and runner-up Yevgeniya Lapova (Russia) was given the title instead.[2] The pageant was then suspended after the conclusion of the 2005 edition.[3]
In 2016, the pageant was revived and the winner of Miss Asia Pacific International 2016 was Tessa le Conge of the Netherlands.
The current title holder is Chaiyenne Huisman from Spain. She was crowned on the 9th of October 2019.
Titleholders
Pageant not held in these years: 1990, 1991, 2004 and 2006 to 2015 [4]
Year | Represented | Titleholder | National Pageant | Host Country | Date | Entrants |
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1965 | ![]() |
Angela Filmer[5] | Miss Malaysia | ![]() |
n/a | n/a |
1968 | ![]() |
Macy Shih | Miss Taiwan | ![]() |
12.08.68 | 14 |
1969 | ![]() |
Won-kyoung Seo | Miss Korea | 07.25.69 | 14 | |
1970 | ![]() |
Zeenat Aman | Miss India | 08.22.70 | 15 | |
1971 | ![]() |
Flora Baza | Miss Guam | 06.26.71 | 14 | |
1972 | ![]() |
Janet Coutts | Miss Australia | 07.15.72 | 15 | |
1973 | ![]() |
Tara Anne Fonseca | Femina Miss India | ![]() |
05.31.73 | 14 |
1974 | ![]() |
Susie Currie | Miss Australia | 05.24.74 | 16 | |
1975 | ![]() |
Eva Regina Arni | Miss Papua New Guinea | 05.24.75 | 18 | |
1976 | ![]() |
Jacqueline Stuart | Miss Singapore | 06.03.76 | 17 | |
1977 | ![]() |
Linda Emran Abiprajadi[6] | (Handpicked) | 06.11.77 | 17 | |
1978 | ![]() |
Siriporn Savanglum | Miss Audace | 10.18.78 | 15 | |
1979 | ![]() |
Ayla Altas | Miss Turkey | 06.27.79 | 15 | |
1980 | ![]() |
Lorraine Gaye McGrady | Miss Australia | 05.21.80 | 16 | |
1981 | ![]() |
Bernadine Rose Ramanayake | Miss Sri Lanka | ![]() |
05.21.81 | 16 |
1982 | ![]() |
Maria del Carmen Ines Zaragoza | Mutya ng Pilipinas | 07.30.82 | 14 | |
1983 | ![]() |
Gloria Dimayacyac | Mutya ng Pilipinas | ![]() |
07.08.83 | 14 |
1984 | ![]() |
Melek Gurkan | Miss Turkey | ![]() |
11.10.84 | 19 |
1985 | ![]() |
Nurit Mizrachi | Miss Israel | ![]() |
11.26.85 | 31 |
1986 | ![]() |
Helen Mary Crawford | Miss New Zealand | 09.30.86 | 32 | |
1987 | ![]() |
Cilinia Prada | Miss Panama | 09.30.87 | 30 | |
1988 | ![]() |
Preeyanuch Panpradub | Miss Thailand | 09.24.88 | 32 | |
1989 | ![]() |
Lorna Legaspi | Mutya ng Pilipinas | 09.24.89 | 31 | |
1992 | ![]() |
Tali Ben-Harush | Miss Israel | ![]() |
12.05.92 | 24 |
1993 | ![]() |
Michelle Aldana | Mutya ng Pilipinas | ![]() |
10.16.93 | 23 |
1994 | ![]() |
Jessica Vanessa Tapia | Miss Peru | ![]() |
11.05.94 | 26 |
1995 | ![]() |
Mi-jung Yoon | Miss Korea | ![]() |
11.11.95 | 27 |
1996 | ![]() |
Gabriela Aguilar | Miss Costa Rica | ![]() |
12.07.96 | 27 |
1997 | ![]() |
Worarat Suwannarat | Miss Thailand | ![]() |
12.06.97 | 25 |
1998 | ![]() |
Kisha Alvarado | Miss Costa Rica | ![]() |
12.05.98 | 25 |
1999 | ![]() |
Juliana Andrea Arango | Miss Colombia | ![]() |
12.11.99 | 25 |
2000 | ![]() |
Diya Mirza Handrich | Femina Miss India | 12.02.00 | 23 | |
2001 | ![]() |
Luciana Luisa Farfán | Miss Perú | ![]() |
11.10.01 | 19 |
2002 | ![]() |
So-yoon Kim | Miss Korea | ![]() |
11.30.02 | 25 |
2003 | ![]() |
Tatyana Nikitina | Miss Russia | ![]() |
10.26.03 | 25 |
2005 | ![]() |
Leonora Jiménez (dethroned) | Miss Costa Rica | ![]() |
04.09.05 | 51 |
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Yevgeniya Lapova[2] (assumed) | Miss Russia | ||||
2016 | ![]() |
Tessa Helena le Conge[7] | Miss Netherlands | ![]() |
11.23.16 | 40 |
2017 | ![]() |
Francielly Ouriques | Miss Brasil Empresarial | ![]() |
11.29.17 | 42 |
2018 | ![]() |
Sharifa Areef Mohammad Omar Akeel | Mutya ng Pilipinas | ![]() |
10.04.18 | 51 |
2019 | ![]() |
Chaiyenne Huisman | Miss Asia Pacific International-Spain | 10.09.19 | 54 | |
Countries/Territory by winning number
Nation | Titles | Year(s) |
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5 | 1982, 1983, 1989, 1993, 2018 |
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3 | 1969, 1995, 2002 |
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1970, 1973, 2000 | |
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1978, 1988, 1997 | |
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1996, 1998, 2005A | |
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1972, 1974, 1980 | |
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2 | 1994, 2001 |
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1979, 1984 | |
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2003, 2005B | |
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1985, 1992 | |
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1 | 2019 |
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2017 | |
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2016 | |
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1999 | |
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1987 | |
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1986 | |
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1981 | |
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1977 | |
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1976 | |
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1975 | |
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1971 | |
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1968 | |
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1965 |
Notes
A Dethroned
B Assumed
See also
References
- Adina, Armin (13 November 2017). "Over 40 contestants join 2017 Miss Asia Pacific International". INQUIRER.net (Online). Copyright 1997-2016 INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- "Yevgeniya Lapova: the last winner of Miss Asia Pacific International". India Times. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- "Laura blazes China beauty trail". BBC News. 13 February 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- West, Donald. "Miss Earth". Pageantopolis. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- "1965 Miss Asia". Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- "Inilah 5 Ratu Kecantikan Dunia dari Indonesia". iPageants. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- "Netherlands wins Miss Asia Pacific Int'l 2016; PH finishes 3rd | ABS-CBN News". ABS-CBN News. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.