Miss Tourism Queen International 2005

Miss Tourism Queen International 2005 was the second annual EDition of the Miss Tourism Queen International beauty pageant. Like the year before, it was held in Hangzhou, China. On the final night, July 2, 2005, outgoing titleholder (and original Miss Tourism Queen International) India's Zabina Abdul Rashid Khan crowned Nikoletta Ralli of Greece as the new Miss Tourism Queen International. A total of 72 contestants competed.

Results

Winner and Runners-Up

Miss Tourism Queen International 2005: Greece - Nikoletta Ralli

• 1st Runner-Up: China - Sun Jia
• 2nd Runner-Up: Estonia - Laura Korgemäe
• 3rd Runner-Up: Poland - Rozalia Mancewicz
• 4th Runner-Up: Zambia - Mofya Chisenga

Semi-Finalists

In alphabetical order

• Argentina - Maria García
• Canada - Diana Milton
• Czech Republic - Gabriela Konkova
• Mexico - Claudia Collado
• Philippines - Sheila Aguilar Alonso
• Singapore - Mindy Ng Geok Boey
• Venezuela - Diana Wood

Special Awards

The following awards were given out during the pageant.

Miss Bikini

• Winner: Colombia - María Durán
• 1st Runner Up: Poland - Rozalia Mancewicz
• 2nd Runner Up: Mexico - Claudia Collado
• 3rd Runner Up: Thailand - Nittakan Sathorn
• 4th Runner Up: Estonia - Laura Korgemäe

Best in Evening Gown

• Winner: Turkey - Simge Neyran Topaloglu

Best National Costume

• Winner: Puerto Rico - Joelly Ortega

Miss Photogenic

• Winner: Panama - Ana Ibáñez

Miss Elegant

• Winner: Uruguay - Marlene Politi Larete

Miss Charm

• Winner: Estonia - Laura Korgemäe
• 1st Runner Up: Zambia - Mofya Chisenga
• 2nd Runner Up: Vietnam - Ngo Thi Thanh Ngan

Best Smile

• Winner: Philippines - Sheila Aguilar Alonso
• 1st Runner Up: Slovak Republic - Olivia Laniova
• 2nd Runner Up: New Zealand - Camille Barlow

'''Best in Qipao

• Winner: Malaysia - Loh Siew Leng

Miss Disco

• Winner: Czech Republic - Gabriela Konkova

Miss Friendship

• Winner: Canada - Diana Milton

Miss Personality

• Winner: United States - Vida Samadzai

Best of the America's

• Winner: United States - Vida Samadzai

Press Favorite

• Winner: Australia - Carly Hanson

Miss Charity

• Winner: China - Sun Jia

Miss Talent

• Winner: Pakistan - Naomi Zaman

Delegates

• Albania - Lemandjola Marku
• Algeria - Sarah Iguer
• Argentina - Maria Evangelina García
• Australia - Carly Hanson
• Austria - Karin Elisabeth Schwab
• Bolivia - Natalia Millet Núñez
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sejla Poljo
• Botswana - Tapiwa Veronicah Chilume
• Brazil - Elisa Salgado
• Bulgaria - Ralica Peykovska
• Cambodia - Long Makara
• Canada - Diana Milton
• China - Sun Jia
• Colombia - Maria Cecilia Durán Ojeda
• Croatia - Irena Kolundija
• Cyprus - Antigone Petrou
• Czech Republic - Gabriela Konkova
• Dominican Republic - Dallas Iluminada Leclerc Paulino
• England - Emma Gardner
• Estonia - Laura Korgemäe
• Ethiopia - Fetiya Mohammed Seid
• Finland - Izabella Helena Czerniwczan
• Germany - Mimoza Rrahmani
• Greece - Nikoletta Ralli
• Hong Kong - Candy Tan Li-Ping
• India - Neha Oberoi
• Indonesia - Vidoreen Joe
• Ireland - Lindsey Perry
• Italy - Daniela Todisco
• Jamaica - Leeandra Jade Carmel Anderson
• Japan - Noriko Ohno
• Kazakhstan - Nataliya Kim
• Korea - Young-jin Lee
• Kosovo - Anita Kosumi
• Kyrgyzstan - Amina Hasanova Yusurova
• Latvia - Kristine Freiberga

• Lebanon - Sandra El Sayegh
• Macedonia - Lindita Asani
• Malaysia - Loh Siew Leng
• Mexico - Claudia Callado Careaga
• Nepal - Cecilia Keshma Gurung
• New Zealand - Camille Barlow
• Norway - Elin Furnes Solheim
• Pakistan - Naomi Zaman
• Panama - Ana Isabel Ibáñez Carles
• Paraguay - Maria de los Angeles Martínez Cano
• Peru - María Fiorella Castellanos García
• Philippines - Sheila Margrethe Aguilar Alonso
• Poland - Rozalia Mancewicz
• Portugal - Diana Ferreira dos Santos
• Puerto Rico - Joelly Maria Ortega Rivera
• Russia - Yuliya Borisova Koudriachova
• Samoa - Elizabeth Fasilafai Faranai
• Scotland - Rebecca Hotton
• Serbia and Montenegro - Jelena Draginja Peijic
• Singapore - Mindy Ng Geok Boey
• Slovak Republic - Olivia Laniova
• South Africa - Dorette van Zyl
• Spain - Margarita Barroso Dominguez
• Sri Lanka - Harshini Perera
• Sweden - Zena Bairu
• Chinese Taipei - Hong Ming Hui
• Thailand - Nittakan Sathorn
• Tonga - Andrea Patricia Kennett
• Turkey - Simge Neyran Topaloglu
• Ukraine - Olena Savchenko
• United States - Vida Samadzai
• Uruguay - Marlene Politi Larete
• Venezuela - Diana Carolina Wood Pérez
• Vietnam - Ngo Thi Thanh Ngan
• Wales - Jodie Whileman
• Zambia - Mofya Nickoleta Chisenga

Trivia

• Vida Samadzai (United States) controversially represented Afghanistan at Miss Earth 2003. She stirred things up there by wearing a bikini for the swimsuit portion.
• Laura Korgemäe (Estonia) and María Castellanos (Peru) both competed at Miss World 2005. Neither one placed.
• Naomi Zaman (Pakistan) competed at Miss Earth 2005, where she went unplaced.
• Noriko Ohno (Japan) also competed at Miss Earth 2006, where she failed to place.
• The following countries debuted at Miss Tourism Queen International in 2005: Bulgaria, Cambodia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Chinese Taipei, Tonga, Turkey, Uruguay and Zambia.
• Countries that sent delegates in 2004 but did not in 2005 were: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Switzerland and Tunisia.