Miss Asia Pacific Titleholders
Miss Asia Pacific is an international contest open to all nations in Asia as well as those whose borders touch the Pacific Ocean. It has grown in recent years and has featured upwards of 30 contestants. It's held annually in the Philippines, and past venues have included Hong Kong, Malaysia, and New Zealand.
1965: Angela Filmer—Malaysia
2. Ester de Silva—Ceylon
3. Resurreccion Vianzon—Philippines
1966: NO PAGEANT
1967: NO PAGEANT
1968: Macy Shih—Taiwan
2. Cassandra Stiles—Australia
3. Atsumi Ikeno—Japan
4. Jane Mozo de Goya—Philippines
5. Valisra Trungvachirachi—Thailand
1969: Wong Yung Suh—Korea
2. Shirley Sha—Taiwan
3. Sandra Jacqueline Van Geyzel—Malaysia
4. Julie Ann Hodge—Australia
5. Frances Margaret Carrick—New Zealand
1970: Zeenat Aman—India
2. Alice Tiongson Crisostomo—Philippines
3. Yvonne Haunani Young—Hawaii
4. Carolyn Dartnell—Australia
5. Geraldine Welford—New Zealand
1971: Flora Baza—Guam
2. Carolyn Gomara Masibay—Philippines
3. Hong Jung Ja—Korea
4. Gayah Tehetchik—Israel
5. Sandra Van Loon—Australia
1972: Janet Coutts—Australia
2. Yvette Marie Alfon—Philippines
3. Dorit Bar—Israel
4. Vivienne Hamilton—New Zealand
5. Srungya Krachangsuk—Thailand
1973: Tara Anne Fonseca—India
2. Nehama Fass—Israel
3. Lely Herawati Soendoro—Indonesia
4. Chung Kum Ok—Korea
5. Deborah Seccounbe—Australia
1974: Sue Currie—Australia
2. Ethel Lau Wai Tak—Hong Kong
3. Paripola "Polly" Penson—Philippines
4. Liza Sindoro—Indonesia
5. Debra Josephine De Souza—Singapore
1975: Eva Arni—Papua New Guinea
2. Bernadette Paille—Tahiti
3. Jane Reilly—Australia
4. Darlene Schwenkey—Samoa
5. Linda Kaur—Malaysia
1976: Jacqueline Stuart—Singapore
2. Maea Atger—Tahiti
3. Anna Adrianne Bredemeyer—India
4. Anna Luisa Delgado—Philippines
5. Michelle Ann Glass—Australia
1977: Linda Emran—Indonesia
2. Marianne De Souza—India
3. Helen Ng—Singapore
4. Yifat Netzer—Israel
5. Maria Rosario Asillera Diaz—Philippines
1978: Siriporn Savanglam—Thailand
2. Epifania Lagman—Philippines
3. Hannah Ekerling—Israel
4. Julie Ann Croft—Australia
5. Hisako Tanaka—Japan
1979: Ayla Altas—Turkey
2. Maureen Mary Lestourgeon—India
3. Lorraine Espiridon Schuck—Philippines
4. Lajiah P. R. Sharma—Singapore
5. Tracy Christopherson—Australia
1980: Lorraine McGrady—Australia
2. Rose Maria de Vera—Philippines
3. Annie Chen Chiau Chuin—Singapore
4. Cara Pollock—New Zealand
5. Mina Coldas—Turkey
1981: Bernadine Rose Fernando Ramanayake—Sri Lanka
2. Kimberly Ann Carey—Guam
3. Corrine Gail Carvalho—Hawaii
4. Kang Hae Suk—Korea
5. Beatrice Hawkins—Malaysia
1982: Maria del Carmen Ines Zaragoza—Philippines
2. Rosa Maria Misa—New Zealand
3. Tippawan Aukkraphun—Thailand
4. Sharon de Jong—Sri Lanka
5. Mi Il Kim—Korea
1983: Gloria Dimayacyac—Philippines
2. Dorit Kadosh—Israel
3. Nazan Satchi—Turkey
4. Joanna Johns—New Zealand
5. Siriwan Wangwilai—Thailand
1984: Melek Gurkan—Turkey
2. Gayle Ann Jones—New Zealand
3. Elsie Oh Swee Ping—Singapore
4. Rinat Hadashi—Israel
5. Suzanne Hoffman—North America (USA)
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Amanda William—Australia
Lorena Portillo—Guatemala
Margaret Ma—Hong Kong
Betty Ann Brohier—Malaysia
Aurora Claudia Mandanas—Philippines
1985: Nurit Mizrahi—Israel
2. Lin Ji Yeon—Korea
3. Liliana Tapia Castillo—Peru
4. Eva Lai—Hong Kong
5. Perla Lissette Pereira Fruthwirth—Guatemala
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Stephanie Eleanor Andrews—Australia
Robibel Chacon Pereira—Costa Rica
Cecilia Pozo Caminer—Ecuador
Seema Malhotra—India
Lina Santos Otamandi—Mexico
Millicent Baustista—Philippines
Jacqueline Pereira—Sri Lanka
1986: Helen Crawford—New Zealand
2. Lim Suet Kwee—Singapore
3. Sararat Roomruangwong—Thailand
4. Nina Li Chi—Hong Kong
5. Nilufer Apaydin—Turkey
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Christine Lucinda Bacat—Australia
Judith de los Angeles Martinez—Colombia
Lorna Sawtell—Cook Islands
Aurora Velasquez Arino—Costa Rica
Teresa McKeague—Hawaii
Ester Sarid—Israel
Eung Jung Suk—Korea
Lyda Urrutia—Panama
Maria Rossana Matute Micola—Peru
Glena Marie Valmonte Slaton—Philippines
Manasena Seneviratne Disana—Sri Lanka
1987: Cilinia Prada—Panama
2. Ana Corina Burgos del Rio—Mexico
3. Toni Jean Frances Peters—Australia
4. Choi Eun Hee—Korea
5. Niril Elyovich—Israel
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Valerie Kettle—Canada
Mona Angelina Vives Franco—Colombia
Virna Passely Machuca—El Salvador
Dorothy Yau Yuet Ching—Hong Kong
Melissa Martin—New Zealand
Maria Laura Buatamante Ibarra—Peru
Gina Abalos Vinluan—Philippines
Joanna Gan—Singapore
Maltem Doganey—Turkey
Diane Martin—USA
1988: Preeyanuch Panpradub—Thailand
2. Elsy Guadelupe Aceves Gurrola—Mexico
3. Revital Mor—Israel
4. Fatma Anil—Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
5. Mi Rim Kim—Korea
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Carolina Vergora Balmaceda—Chile
Patricia Bueno Troncoso—Colombia
Erika Maria Paoli Gonzales—Costa Rica
Maria Alicia Sevilla Munoz—Ecuador
Loh Pui—Hong Kong
Leanne Browne—New Zealand
Jenia Mayela Nenzen—Panama
Natalie Wong—Singapore
Tharanga Dilrukshi Abeysinghe—Sri Lanka
Oyku Ozma—Turkey
Donna Rampy—USA
1989: Lorna Legaspi—Philippines
2. Myriam Tuheiava—Tahiti
3. Galit Faber—Israel
4. Gloria Petrovic—Canada
5. Anne Seekaew—Thailand
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Fiona Alison Valentine—Australia
Maria Eugenia Molina Astrudillo—Ecuador
Ewong Yung Hung—Hong Kong
Cheung Pao—Macau
Gladys America Lopez Ibarra—Mexico
Melanie Steward—New Zealand
Mary Anne Mendis—Singapore
1990: NO PAGEANT (due to major earthquake)
1991: NO PAGEANT (due to eruption of Mount Pinatubo)
1992: Tali Ben Harush—Israel
2. Chutima Nirunsitirat—Thailand
3. Mutya Laxa—Philippines
4. Ingrid Matie Mole—New Zealand
5. Kissarne Watson—Australia
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Helena Zupan—Canada
Juliana Oroguela—Colombia
Cheryl Payne—Guam
Sophia Barrero—Mexico
Nushara Fernando—Sri Lanka
Tania Noble—Tahiti
Karin Elizabeth Meyer—USA
1993: Michelle Aldana—Philippines
2. Namrata Shirodkar—India
3. Monica Reyes—Chile
4. Maria Teresa Aragon—Mexico
5. Lavianna Tan Poh Ling—Malaysia
SEMI-FINALISTS:
April Telek—Canada
Katarina Rodriguez Carranza—Costa Rica
Kathy Mendez—El Salvador
Keren Levy—Israel
Heikapua Moke—Tahiti
Ayca Oztin—Turkey
1994: Jessica Vanessa Guiulfo Tapia—Peru
2. Karla Contreras Estrada—Mexico
3. Ozlem Mete—Turkey
4. Nathalie Cohen—Israel
5. Vaihere Lehartel—Tahiti
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Caroline Byrne—Australia
Susanne Rothfos—Canada
Shweta Menon—India
Mi Ho Chang—Korea
Ingunn Mendez—Panama
Angelica Jasmine Reyes—Philippines
Prathana Chairot Knapp—Thailand
1995: Mi-Jung Yoon—Korea
2. Ruchitra Malhotra—India
3. Hsiao-Ping Chen—Taiwan
4. Rocio del Pilar Abed—Peru
5. Previtha Thiyagarajah—Malaysia
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Nathalie Stanyon—Australia
Anat Bibi—Israel
Jessica Aranda—Panama
Maricel Morales—Philippines
Namtip Wirakhachon—Thailand
Neshan Mulazim—Turkey
Jennifer Byford—USA
1996: Gabriela Aguilar—Costa Rica
2. Marilyn Maristela—Philippines
3. Mirna Sommers—Tahiti
4. Mariel Ocampo—Peru
5. Kenia Melais—Panama
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Leonor Bohorquez Perez—Colombia
Mini Menon—India
Mari Kubo—Japan
Ji-Hee Lee—Korea
Jutarat Phanjaithan—Thailand
1997: Varalat Suwanalat—Thailand
2. Divya Chauhan—India
3. Nancy Veronica Peoma Agnieray—Tahiti
4. Kerry Anita Lucas—Australia
5. Gabriela Maria de la Luz de Heeckeren Lagos—Chile
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Andrea Joan Verhoel—Canada
Iovanna Cox Alvarado—Costa Rica
Rachael Jean Davie Martin—New Zealand
Sheryll Moraga—Philippines
Jilian Guzman—USA
1998: Kisha Alvarado—Costa Rica
2. Lourdes Lewis—Panama
3. Priya Nair—Fiji
4. Klara Lisy—Australia
5. Metua Heimoana—Tahiti
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Erika Sierra—Colombia
Zoya Sakr—Lebanon
Anna Trubohovich—New Zealand
Viviana Rivas Plata—Peru
Arzu Albayrak—Turkey
1999: Juliana Andrea Arongo Londono—Colombia
2. Anna Tatarintseva—Russia
3. Amy Trott—Australia
4. Wan Wang-Fei—Taiwan
5. Leanne Catherine Sorby—New Zealand
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Gali Raz—Israel
Nancy Karaquezian—Lebanon
Nora Hilda Camacho Gonzales—Mexico
Ritchie Ocampo—Philippines
Narueol Jinakew—Thailand
2000: Diya Mirza Handrich—India
2. Marianela Salazar Guillen—Panama
3. Winter Noel Washington—Australia
4. Alexandra Maria Rivas—El Salvador
5. Kanueng-nit In-orng—Thailand
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Mercedes Leggett—Canada
Ana María Wolf Mira—Colombia
Cynthia Saliba—Lebanon
Natalia Delgado—Peru
Ayson Dogrul—Turkey
2001: Luciana Luisa Farfán Vargas—Peru
2. Lisette Villanueva Jiménez—Mexico
3. Wanvisa Kham-daeng-yai—Thailand
4. Karol Inés de la Torre Pinilla—Colombia
5. Darlene Carbungco—Philippines
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Sandra Glower—El Salvador
Jihye Kim—Korea
Chantal Mehanna—Lebanon
Amanda Carter—New Zealand
Adriana Roquer—Panama
2002: So-yoon Kim—Korea
2. Ksenia Volokova—Russia
3. Tina Chhatwal—India
4. Miriam San Jose Chui—Philippines
5. Aishwarya Sukhdeo—Fiji
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Flavia Albore Logan—Colombia
Elsy Liliana Recinos Palma—Guatemala
Alexandra Sakamoto—New Caledonia
Karina Goods—Panama
Ozge Ulusoy—Turkey
2003: Tatiana Nikitina—Russia
2. Shonal Rawat—India
3. Andrea Ovares López—Costa Rica
4. Tracy Freundt—Peru
5. Samantha Wong Wye Yeng—Malaysia
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Susana Montes—Colombia
Prerana Shah—Nepal
Ana Lorena Forgnone Guerrero—Panama
Jamie Liz "Sunshine" Castillo—Philippines
Celeste Valdes Lim—Singapore
2004: NO CONTEST
2005: Leonora Jiménez Monge—Costa Rica
2. Evgeniya Lapoua—Russia
3. Zhang Li Yu—China
4. Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos—Peru
5. Jedah Hernandez—Philippines
Information courtesy of Anuar bin Othman. With thanks to Donald West, Darryl Enabore, Martin Tordesillas, and the team at Mabuhay Beauties. With files from JPP.
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