List of Miss Asia Pacific countries

The following list consists of countries and territories that have sent a delegate to the international Miss Asia Pacific pageant. 19 of the current delegations have won at least once in history, since the first EDition in 1968.

Current entrants

This list is only containing the countries and territories that have sent a delegate to the pageant at least once since 2005.

Country/Territory

Debut

Years Competed

National Title

Best Placement

Last Placed

Notes

2005

2005–present

Miss Afghanistan

-

-

Won Miss Friendship in 2005.

2005

2005–present

Miss Albania

-

-

2005

2005–present

Miss Argentina

-

-

1968

1968–2001,
2003–present

Miss Australia

Winner

  • Janet Coutts
    (1972)
  • Susie Currie
    (1974)
  • Lorraine Gaye McGrady
    (1980)

2000

  • Winter Noel Washington
    (2nd runner-up)

Won Miss Friendship in 1981 and 2000, Miss Photogenic in 1968, Best Evening Gown in 1983, and Best Swimsuit in 1989, 1992, and 1997.

2005

2005–present

Miss Bahamas

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Asia Pacific Bangladesh

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Belgium

-

-

2005

2005–present

Miss Bolivia

-

-

2005

2005–present

Miss Brazil

-

-

2005

2005–present

Miss Bulgaria

-

-

1984

1984–1985,
1987-1998,
2000,
2002–present

Miss Canada

3rd runner-up

  • Gloria Petrovic
    (1989)

2000

  • Mercedes Honoridez-Leggett
    (Top 10)

Won Miss Friendship in 1984 and Miss Photogenic in 1992.

1985

1985–1989,
1993,
1997-1998,
2003–present

Miss Chile

2nd runner-up

  • Mónica Reyes
    (1993)

1997

  • Gabriela Maria
    (4th runner-up)

Won Miss Photogenic in 1989.

2002

2002–present

Miss China

2nd runner-up

  • Zhang Li-yu
    (2005)

2005

  • Zhang Li-yu
    (2nd runner-up)

Won Miss Photogenic in 2005.

1968

1968–1969,
1971-1972,
1983,
1985-1988,
1992,
1994-1996,
1999-2000,
2005–present

Miss Taiwan

Winner

  • Macy Shih
    (1968)

1999

  • Wang Fei Wan
    (3rd runner-up)

Competed as Republic Of China until 1969, Taiwan from 1971–2000, and Chinese Taipei from 2005 to present.

1984

1984,
1986-1992,
1994-1996,
1998–present

Miss Colombia

Winner

  • Juliana Londoño
    (1999)

2003

  • Susana Montes
    (Top 10)

Won Best National Costume in 1995.

1985

1985–1993,
1996-1999,
2002–present

Miss Costa Rica

Winner

  • Gabriela Aguilar Chavarría
    (1996)
  • Kisha Alvarado Murillo
    (1998)
  • Leonora Jiménez Monge
    (2005)
    (dethroned/resigned)

2005

  • ''Leonora Jiménez Monge
    (Winner)
    (dethroned/resigned)

2011

2011–present

Miss Croatia

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Czech Republic

-

-

2005

2005–present

Miss Denmark

-

-

1985

1985–1989,
1993-2001,
2003–present

Miss El Salvador

3rd runner-up

  • Alexandra Maria Rivas Cruz
    (2000)

2001

  • Sandra Glower
    (Top 10)

Won Best National Costume in 1997.

2005

2005–present

Miss England

-

-

2005

2005–present

Miss Ethiopia

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss France

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Georgia

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Germany

-

-

2005

2005–present

Miss Greece

-

-

2005

2005–present

Miss Haiti

-

-

1985

1985–1987,
1989-1992,
1996-1998,
2000-2001,
2005–present

Miss Honduras

-

-

1968

1968–1969,
1972-1977,
1980-1982,
1984-1989,
1994-1996,
2002,
2011–present

Miss Hong Kong

1st runner-up

  • Ethel Lau Wai-Tak
    (1974)

1989

  • ''Ewong Yung-Hung
    (Top 12)

Won Miss Friendship in 1974, 1977, and 1986, Miss Photogenic in 1986, Best National Costume in 1982, 1986, and 1989, Best Evening Gown in 1987 and 1989.

2005

2005–present

Miss Hungary

-

-

1968

1968–1983,
1985–present

Femina Miss India

Winner

  • Zeenat Aman
    (1970)
  • Tara Anne Fonseca
    (1973)
  • Diya Mirza
    (2000)

2003

  • Shonal Rawat
    (1st runner-up)

Won Miss Friendship in 2003, Miss Photogenic in 1970, Best National Costume in 1978, and Best Evening Gown in 1993, 1995, and 1997.

1970

1970–1977,
1982,
2011–present

Puteri Indonesia

Winner

  • Linda Emran
    (1977)

1977

  • ''Linda Emran
    (Winner)

Won Miss Friendship in 1970, and Miss Photogenic in 1975.

2005

2005–present

Miss Iran

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Ireland

-

-

1968

1968–1974,
1976-1980,
1983-1996,
1999,
2011–present

Miss Israel

Winner

  • Nurit Mizrachi
    (1985)
  • Tali Ben-Harush
    (1992)

1999

  • Gali Raz
    (Top 10)

Won Miss Photogenic in 1983, and Best Swimsuit in 1985, 1986, and 1988.

2011

2011–present

Miss Italy

-

-

2005

2005–present

Miss Jamaica

-

-

1968

1968–1971,
1973-1975,
1978,
1980-1981,
1988,
1993-2001,
2011–present

Miss Japan

2nd runner-up

  • Atsumi Ikeno
    (1968)

1996

  • Mari Kubo
    (Top 10)

Won Miss Photogenic in 2001.

2011

2011–present

Miss Kazakhstan

-

-

1968

1968–1973,
1975-1982,
1984-1989,
1993–present

Miss Korea

Winner

  • Seo Won-kyoung
    (1969)
  • Kim So-yoon
    (2002)

2002

  • ''Kim So-yoon
    (Winner)

2011

2011–present

Miss Latvia

-

-

1970

1970, 1988,
1998–present

Miss Lebanon

Top 10

  • Zoya Sakr Élue
    (1998)
  • Nancy Karaguezian
    (1999)
  • Cynthia Saliba
    (2000)
  • Chantal Mehanna
    (2001)

2001

  • Chantal Mehanna
    (Top 10)

2011

2011–present

Miss Lithuania

-

-

1985

1985–1997,
2011–present

Miss Macau

Top 12

  • Cheung Pao
    (1989)

1989

  • Cheung Pao
    (Top 12)

2011

2011–present

Miss Macedonia

-

-

1969

1969–present

Miss Malaysia

2nd runner-up

  • Sandra Jacqueline Van Geyzel
    (1969)

2003

  • Samantha Wong Wye Yeng
    (4th runner-up)

Won Miss Photogenic in 1969, 1971, and 1979, Best National Costume in 1979 and 1980.

2011

2011–present

Miss Malta

-

-

1984

1984–1995,
1997-2003,
2011–present

Miss Mexico

1st runner-up

  • Ana Corina Burgos del Río
    (1987)
  • Elsy Gurrola
    (1988)
  • Karla Contreras Estrada
    (1994)
  • Lizzet Villanueva Jimenez
    (2001)

2001

  • Lizzet Villanueva Jimenez
    (1st runner-up)

Won Best National Costume in 1987, 1992, and 2001, Best Evening Gown in 1988 and 1994, Best in Swimsuit in 2001.

2011

2011–present

Miss Moldova

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Mongolia

-

-

1994

1994–2000,
2003–present

Miss Nepal

Top 10

  • Prerana Shah
    (2003)

2003

  • Prerana Shah
    (Top 10)

2011

2011–present

Miss Netherlands

-

-

1985

1985–1992,
1994-1995,
1999,
2002–present

Miss New Caledonia

Top 10

  • Alexandra Sakamoto
    (2002)

2002

  • Alexandra Sakamoto
    (Top 10)

Won Best Talent in 1994 and 1999

1968

1968–1993,
1995-2001,
2003–present

Miss New Zealand

Winner

  • Helen Crawford
    (1986)

2001

  • ''Amanda Carter
    (Top 10)

Won Miss Friendship in 1978 and 1996.

2005

2005–present

Miss Nigeria

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Norway

-

-

1985

1985–1989,
1994-2001,
2003–present

Señorita Panamá

Winner

  • Cilinia Prada Acosta
    (1987)

2003

  • Ana Lorena Forgnone
    (Top 10)

Won Miss Friendship in 1999, Miss Photogenic in 1988, Best National Costume in 1999, and Best in Swimsuit in 2000.

2005

2005–present

Miss Paraguay

-

-

1985

1985–1992,
1994–present

Miss Perú

Winner

  • Jessica Vanessa Guiulfo Tapia
    (1994)
  • Luciana Luisa Farfán Vargas
    (2001)

2005

  • Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos Cano
    (3rd runner-up)

Won Miss Photogenic in 2003, Best National Costume in 1998, Best Evening Gown in 2001, Best in Swimsuit in 1994.

1968

1968–present

Mutya ng Pilipinas

Winner

  • Maria Zaragoza
    (1982)
  • Gloria Aranas Dimayacyac
    (1983)
  • Lorna Villanueva Legaspi
    (1989)
  • Michelle Zulueta Aldana
    (1993)

2005

  • ''Jedah Hernandez
    (4th runner-up)

2005

2005–present

Miss Poland

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Portugal

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Romania

-

-

1994

1994,
1996-1997,
1999,
2001–present

Miss Russia

Winner

  • Tatyana Nikitina
    (2003)
  • Yevgeniya Lapova
    (2005)
    (replaced dethroned winner)

2005

  • Yevgeniya Lapova
    (Winner)
    (    replaced dethroned winner)''

Won Best National Costume in 1996, Best Evening Gown in 2003, and Best in Swimsuit in 1999, 2002, and 2003.

2005

2005–present

Miss Scotland

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Serbia

-

-

1968

1968–present

Miss Singapore

Winner

  • Jacqueline Stuart
    (1976)

2003

  • ''Celeste Valdes Lim
    (Top 10)

2005

2005–present

Miss Slovak Republic

-

-

2005

2005–present

Miss South Africa

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Spain

-

-

1968

1968–1994,
2000-2002,
2005–present

Miss Sri Lanka

Winner

  • Bernadine Ramanayake
    (1981)

1992

  • Nushara Fernando
    (Top 12)

Competed as Ceylon until 1972.

2005

2005–present

Miss Sweden

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Switzerland

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Syria

-

-

1975

1975–1976,
1985,
1989-1999,
2003–present

Miss Tahiti

1st runner-up

  • Bernadette Paille
    (1975)
  • Maea Atger
    (1976)
  • Myriam Tuheiava
    (1989)

1998

  • ''Metua Heimoana
    (4th runner-up)

1968

1968–1969,
1971–present

Miss Thailand

Winner

  • Siriporn Savanglum
    (1978)
  • Preeyanuch Panpradub
    (1988)
  • Worarat Suwannarat
    (1997)

2001

  • Wanvisa Kham-daeng-yai
    (2nd runner-up)

1974

1974,
2011–present

Miss Tonga

-

-

2011

2011–present

Miss Tunisia

-

-

1975

1975–1980,
1983-1989,
1993-1998,
2000, 2002,
2005–present

Miss Turkey

Winner

  • Ayla Altas
    (1979)
  • Melek Gurkan
    (1984)

2002

  • Ozge Ulusoy
    (Top 10)

2002

2002,
2011–present

Miss Turkmenistan

-

-

2001

2001, 2003,
2011–present

Miss Ukraine

-

-

2005

2005–present

Miss Uruguay

-

-

1984

1984–1993,
1995-1997,
2002–present

Miss USA

4th runner-up

  • Suzanne Hoffman
    (1984)

1997

  • Jillian Nicole Guzman
    (Top 10)

2011

2011–present

Miss Uzbekistan

-

-

2005

2005–present

Miss Venezuela

-

-

1974

1974,
2005–present

Miss Vietnam

-

-

Won Best National Costume in 1974.

2005

2005–present

Miss Wales

-

-

Inactive entrants

Non-existing countries and former territories

Country

Debut

Years Competed

Best Placement

Last Placed

Notes

1968

1968, 1970

-

-

Under US administration from 1945 until 1972, then became part of Japan.

Cyprus

Country

Debut

Years Competed

Best Placement

Last Placed

Notes

1987

1987–1988

3rd runner-up

  • Fatma Anil
    (1988)

1988

  • Fatma Anil
    (3rd runner-up)

Northern Cyprus independence from Cyprus on November 15, 1983, but was only recognised by Turkey.

USA

Country

Debut

Years Competed

Best Placement

Last Placed

Notes

1970

1970, 1972,
1974-1978,
1980-1986

2nd runner-up

  • Corrine Gail Carvalho
    (1981)

1986

  • Teresa McKeague
    (Top 16)

Won Miss Photogenic in 1981, and Best Evening Gown in 1986.

Others

The following list consists of countries and territories that have not sent a delegate to the pageant since 2005, but participated at least once in the past:

Country/Territory

Debut

Years Competed

Best Placement

Last Placed

Notes

1996

1996

-

-

1986

1986, 1989

Top 16

  • Lorna Sawtell
    (1986)

1986

  • Lorna Sawtell
    (Top 16)

1985

1985–1992,
1997-1998,
2002

Top 16/12

  • Cecilia Pozo Caminer
    (1985)
  • Maria Alicia Sevilla Muñoz
    (1988)
  • Maria Astudillo
    (1989)

1989

  • Maria Astudillo
    (Top 12)

1986

1986,
1988-1989,
1998, 2002

2nd runner-up

  • Priya Nair
    (1998)

2002

  • Aishwarya Sukhdeo
    (4th runner-up)

Won Miss Friendship in 1988 and 1989.

1968

1968–1995,
2002

Winner

  • Flora Baza
    (1971)

1992

  • Cheryl Debra Payne
    (Top 12)

Won Miss Friendship in 1968, 1969, 1973, 1983, 1985, and 1994.

1984

1984–1986,
1988-2000,
2002-2003

4th runner-up

  • Perla Fruthwirth
    (1985)

2002

  • Elsy Liliana Palma
    (Top 10)

1977

1977, 1979,
1981

-

-

1999

1999

-

-

1975

1975–1981,
1983-1993,
1995,
1999-2000

Winner

  • Eva Regina Arni
    (1975)

1975

  • ''Eva Regina Arni
    (Winner)

1975

1975

3rd runner-up

  • Darlene Schwenkey
    (1975)

1975

  • Darlene Schwenkey
    (3rd runner-up)

1981

1981–1982,
1985-1988

-

-

See also

  • Miss Asia Pacific International