Miss Earth 2005

Miss Earth 2005, the 5th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held on October 23, 2005, in Quezon City, Philippines. A total of 80 candidates from around the globe took part in the event.

At the conclusion of the pageant, Alexandra Braun of Venezuela was crowned Miss Earth 2005 by outgoing titleholder, Miss Earth 2004, Priscilla Meirelles of Brazil. Like Brazil, Venezuela made history by becoming the second country to win all the Big Four international beauty pageants.

Contestants


80 contestants participated in Miss Earth 2005:


 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan – Sitara Bahrami
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina – Eliana Ocolotobiche
 * 🇦🇺 Australia – Anne-Maree Bowdler
 * 🇧🇸 Bahamas – Nadia Cash
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium – Isabel van Rompaey
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia – Vanessa Patricia Morón Jarzun
 * 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sanja Susnja
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil – Isabella Chaves
 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia – Mealea Pich
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon – Wonja Ngeah Ginette Martine
 * 🇨🇦 Canada – Katherine McClure
 * 🇨🇱 Chile – Nataly Chilet
 * 🇨🇳 China – Noelle Li Yi-Jia
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia – Lia Patricia Correal Lopera
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic – Zuzana Štěpanovská
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark – Heidi Zadeh
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic – Amell Santana
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador – Cristina Eugenia Reyes Hidalgo
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt – Elham Wagdi
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador – Irma Marina Dimas Pineda
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia – Anastassija Balak
 * 🇫🇮 Finland – Rita Aaltolahti
 * 🇫🇷 France – Alexandra Uhan
 * 🇩🇪 Germany – Rebecca Kunikowski
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana – Faustina Adjao Akoto
 * 🇭🇹 Haiti – Channa Cius
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras – Ruth María Arita
 * 🇭🇰 Hong Kong – Aisha Gu Reu
 * 🇮🇳 India – Niharika Singh
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia – Jenny Graciella Jevinzky Sutjiono
 * 🇮🇱 Israel – Avivit Meirson
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica – Daisi Pollard
 * 🇯🇵 Japan – Emi Suzuki
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya – Stella Malis
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea – Hye-mi Yoo
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia – Nora Reinholde
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon – Chantal Karam
 * Macau – Rebecca Qian Qiong
 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia – Jana Stojanovska
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia – Jamie Pang Hui Ting
 * 🇲🇶 Martinique – Elle Narayanan
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius – Loshanee Moodaley
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico – Lorena Jaime Hochstrasser
 * 🇲🇳 Mongolia – Sarnai Amar
 * 🇳🇵 Nepal – Shavona Shrestha
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands – Dagmar Saija
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand – Tiffany Pickford
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua – Sandra Maritza Ríos Hernández
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria – Ethel Okosuns
 * 🇳🇺 Niue – Ngiar Pearson
 * 🇳🇴 Norway – Vibeke Hansen
 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan – Naomi Zaman
 * 🇵🇦 Panama – Rosemary Isabel Suárez Machazek
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay – Tania María Domaniczky Vargas
 * 🇵🇪 Peru – Sara María Paredes Valdivia
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines – Genebelle Francisco Raagas
 * 🇵🇱 Poland – Katarzyna Weronika Borowicz
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal – Ângela Maria Fonseca Spínola
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico – Vanessa De Roide
 * 🇷🇴 Romania – Adina Dimitru
 * 🇷🇺 Russia – Tatyana Yamova
 * 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia – Hanna Gabrielle Fitz
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa – Josephine Meisake
 * Serbia and Montenegro – Jovana Marjanovic
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore – Sim Pei Yee
 * Slovak Republic – Diana Ondrejickova
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – Jacqueline Postma
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden – Therese Denitton
 * Tahiti – Vaimiti Herlaud
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan – Carolyn Lin Yi-Fan
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania – Rehema Sudi
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand – Kanokwan Sesthaphongvanich
 * 🇹🇰 Tokelau – Landy Tyrell
 * Turks and Caicos – Trina Adams
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine – Yevgeniya Rudenko
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Emma Corten
 * 🇺🇸 United States – Amanda Kimmel
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – Alexandra Braun
 * Vietnam – Đào Thanh Hoài
 * 🇿🇲 Zambia – Cynthia Kanema

Debuts

 * 🇧🇸 Bahamas
 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon
 * 🇭🇹 Haiti
 * 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica
 *  Macau
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius
 * 🇲🇳 Mongolia
 * 🇳🇺 Niue
 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan
 * 🇷🇴 Romania
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa
 *  Slovak Republic
 * 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia
 * 🇹🇰 Tokelau
 *  Turks & Caicos
 * 🇿🇲 Zambia

Replacements

 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom is technically new, as it was designated in the previous years as "Great Britain".

Returns

 * Last competed in 2001:
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia
 * 🇷🇺 Russia
 * Last competed in 2003:
 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
 * 🇩🇪 Germany
 * 🇯🇵 Japan
 * 🇵🇦 Panama
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela

Withdrawals

 * 🇦🇱 Albania
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
 * 🇹🇩 Chad
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay