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Miss Asia Pacific International
Formation4 December 1965; 58 years ago (1965-12-04)
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersManila
Location
Official language
English
President
Atty. Eva Psychee Patalinjug
General Manager
Kristine Caballero Aplal
WebsiteOfficial website
Formerly called
  • Miss Asia
  • Miss Asia Pacific
  • Miss Asia Pacific Quest

Miss Asia Pacific International is one of the oldest international beauty pageants, based in Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1965 as Miss Asia and later renamed Miss Asia Pacific in 1984, followed by Miss Asia Pacific Quest in 1985 when Latin American and Pacific countries were included. In 2005, it was renamed to its current title, Miss Asia Pacific International.

The current titleholder is Janelis Leyba of the United States, who was crowned Miss Asia Pacific International 2024 on 7 October 2024 at Newport Performing Arts Theater in Pasay, Philippines.[1] She is the first American to win the title, marking the comeback of the pageant.[2]

History

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The pageant was established in 1965 as the Miss Asia contest. The first titleholder was Angela Filmer from Malaysia.[3][4] She was crowned by incoming first lady Imelda Marcos on December 4, 1965. The initial edition of the contest included participants from 18 countries.[5]

The pageant's name was changed to Miss Asia Pacific in 1984 and Miss Asia Pacific Quest in 1985 when participants from the Americas and the Pacific region were included. In 2005, it was renamed Miss Asia Pacific International to allow participants from all countries. The pageant was not held in 1990 due to the Luzon earthquake, in 1991 due to the Mount Pinatubo eruption, in 2004, from 2006 to 2015, and from 2020 to 2023.[5]

In 2005, Leonora Jimenez Monge from Costa Rica was dethroned after participating in the Miss World contest. The title was then passed to the first runner-up, Yevgeniya Lapova from Russia.[6] The pageant was then suspended after the conclusion of the 2005 edition.[7] It resumed 12 years later in 2016, with Tessa le Conge from the Netherlands winning the title.[8]

The last titleholder before the hiatus was Chaiyenne Huisman from Spain, who was crowned on October 9, 2019.[9]

Due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, no competitions were held from 2020 to 2023. The pageant returned in October 2024, with Eva Patalinjug as the new President[10] and Kristine Caballero-Aplal as General Manager.[11][12][13]

Titleholders

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Year Edition Country/Territory Miss Asia Pacific International Location Entrants Ref.
1965 1st  Malaysia Angela Filmer Manila, Philippines 18
1968 2nd  Taiwan Macy Shih Quezon City, Philippines 12 [14]
1969 3rd  South Korea Seo Won-kyoung 13 [15]
1970 4th  India Zeenat Aman 15
1971 5th  Guam Flora Baza 15
1972 6th  Australia Janet Coutts 14
1973 7th  India Tara Anne Fonseca Manila, Philippines 14
1974 8th  Australia Susie Currie 16
1975 9th  Papua New Guinea Eva Regina Arni 18
1976 10th  Singapore Jacqueline Stuart 17 [16]
1977 11th  Indonesia Linda Emran 17 [17]
1978 12th  Thailand Siriporn Savanglum 15
1979 13th  Turkey Ayla Altas 15
1980 14th  Australia Lorraine Gaye McGrady 16
1981 15th  Sri Lanka Bernadine Rose Ramanayake Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16
1982 16th  Philippines Maria del Carmen Ines Zaragoza 14
1983 17th  Philippines Gloria Dimayacyac Manila, Philippines 14
1984 18th  Turkey Melek Gurkan Christchurch, New Zealand 19
1985 19th  Israel Nurit Mizrachi Wan Chai, British Hong Kong 31 [18]
1986 20th  New Zealand Helen Mary Crawford Hung Hom, British Hong Kong 32 [19]
1987 21st  Panama Cilinia Prada Wanchai, British Hong Kong 30
1988 22nd  Thailand Preeyanuch Panpradub Hung Hom, British Hong Kong 32 [20]
1989 23rd  Philippines Lorna Legaspi Tsim Sha Tsui, British Hong Kong 31 [21]
1992 24th  Israel Tali Ben-Harush Manila, Philippines 24
1993 25th  Philippines Michelle Aldana Pasay, Philippines 23
1994 26th  Peru Jessica Guiulfo Tapia Cebu, Philippines 26
1995 27th  South Korea Yoon Mi-jung Benguet, Philippines 27
1996 28th  Costa Rica Gabriela Aguilar Subic, Zambales, Philippines 27
1997 29th  Thailand Worarat Suwannarat Davao City, Philippines 25
1998 30th  Costa Rica Kisha Alvarado Pampanga, Philippines 25
1999 31st  Colombia Juliana Andrea Arango Quezon City, Philippines 25
2000 32nd  India Diya Mirza Handrich 23 [22]
2001 33rd  Peru Luciana Luisa Farfán Makati, Philippines 19
2002 34th  South Korea Kim So-yoon Manila, Philippines 25
2003 35th  Russia Tatyana Nikitina Pasay, Philippines 25
2005 36th  Costa Rica Leonora Jiménez (Dethroned) Guangzhou, China 51
 Russia Yevgeniya Lapova (Assumed)[6]
2016 37th  Netherlands Tessa Helena le Conge Palawan, Philippines 40 [23]
2017 38th  Brazil Francielly Ouriques Pasay, Philippines 42 [24]
2018 39th  Philippines Sharifa Akeel[25] 51 [25]
2019 40th  Spain Chaiyenne Huisman 54 [9]
2024 41st  United States Janelis Leyba 33 [1]

List of runner-ups

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Year Runner-ups
First Second Third Fourth
1965 Ester Cheryl da Silva
 Ceylon
Resurreccion Vianzon
 Philippines
Not awarded
1968 Cassandra Stiles
 Australia
Atsumi Ikeno
 Japan
Jane Mozo de Goya
 Philippines
Valisra Trungvachirachi
 Thailand
1969 Shirley Sha
 Taiwan
Sandra Jacqueline Van Geyzel
 Malaysia
Julie Ann Hodge
 Australia
Frances Margaret Carrick
 New Zealand
1970 Alice Tiongson Crisostomo
 Philippines
Yvonne Haunani Young
 Hawaii
Carolyn Dartnell
 Australia
Geraldine Welford
 New Zealand
1971 Carolyn Gomara Masibay
 Philippines
Hong Jung Ja
 South Korea
Gayah Tehetchik
 Israel
Sandra Van Loon
 Australia
1972 Yvette Marie Alfon
 Philippines
Dorit Bar
 Israel
Vivienne Hamilton
 New Zealand
Srungya Krachangsuk
 Thailand
1973 Nehama Fass
 Israel
Lely Herawati Soendoro
 Indonesia
Chung Kum Ok
 South Korea
Deborah Seccounbe
 Australia
1974 Ethel Lau Wai Tak
Hong Kong British Hong Kong
Paripola Penson
 Philippines
Liza Sindoro
 Indonesia
Debra Josephine De Souza
 Singapore
1975 Bernadette Paille
 Tahiti
Jane Reilly
 Australia
Darlene Schwenkey
 Samoa
Linda Kaur
 Malaysia
1976 Maea Atger
 Tahiti
Anna Adrianne Bredemeyer
 India
Anna Luisa Delgado
 Philippines
Michelle Ann Glass
 Australia
1977 Marianne De Souza
 India
Helen Ng
 Singapore
Yifat Netzer
 Israel
Rio Diaz
 Philippines
1978 Epifania Lagman
 Philippines
Hannah Ekerling
 Israel
Julie Ann Croft
 Australia
Hisako Tanaka
 Japan
1979 Maureen Mary Lestourgeon
 India
Lorraine Espiridon Schuck
 Philippines
Lajiah P. R. Sharma
 Singapore
Tracy Christopherson
 Australia
1980 Rose Maria de Vera
 Philippines
Annie Chen Chiau Chuin
 Singapore
Cara Pollock
 New Zealand
Mina Coldas
 Turkey
1981 Kimberly Ann Carey
 Guam
Corrine Gail Carvalho
 Hawaii
Kang Hae Suk
 South Korea
Beatrice Hawkins
 Malaysia
1982 Rosa Maria Misa
 New Zealand
Tippawan Aukkraphun
 Thailand
Sharon de Jong
 Sri Lanka
Mi Il Kim
 South Korea
1983 Dorit Kadosh
 Israel
Nazan Satchi
 Turkey
Joanna Johns
 New Zealand
Siriwan Wangwilai
 Thailand
1984 Gayle Ann Jones
 New Zealand
Elsie Oh Swee Ping
 Singapore
Rinat Hadashi
 Israel
Suzanne Hoffman
 United States
1985 Lin Ji Yeon
 South Korea
Liliana Tapia Castillo
 Peru
Eva Lai
Hong Kong British Hong Kong
Perla Pereira Fruthwirth
 Guatemala
1986 Lim Suet Kwee
 Singapore
Sararat Rumruangwong
 Thailand
Not awarded
1987 Ana Corina Burgos del Rio
 Mexico
Toni Jean Frances Peters
 Australia
Choi Eun-hee
 South Korea
Niril Elyovich
 Israel
1988 Elsy Guadelupe Aceves Gurrola
 Mexico
Revital Mor
 Israel
Fatma Anil
 Northern Cyprus
Mi Rim Kim
 South Korea
1989 Myriam Tuheiava
 Tahiti
Galit Farber
 Israel
Gloria Petrovic
 Canada
Anne Seekaew
 Thailand
1992 Chutima Nirunsitirat
 Thailand
Mutya Laxa
 Philippines
Ingrid Matie Mole
 New Zealand
Kissarne Watson
 Australia
1993 Namrata Shirodkar
 India
Monica Reyes
 Chile
Maria Teresa Aragon
 Mexico
Lavianna Tan Poh Ling
 Malaysia
1994 Karla Contreras Estrada
 Mexico
Ozlem Mete
 Turkey
Nathalie Cohen
 Israel
Vaihere Lehartel
 Taiwan
1995 Ruchitra Malhotra
 India
Hsiao-Ping Chen
 Taiwan
Rocio del Pilar Abed
 Peru
Previtha Thiyagarajah
 Malaysia
1996 Marilyn Maristela
 Philippines
Mirna Sommers
 Tahiti
Mariel Ocampo
 Peru
Kenia Melais
 Panama
1997 Divya Chauhan
 India
Nancy Veronica Peoma Agnieray
 Tahiti
Kerry Anita Lucas
 Australia
Gabriela dela Luz de Heeckeren Lagos
 Chile
1998 Lourdes Lewis
 Panama
Priya Nair
 Fiji
Klara Lisy
 Australia
Metua Heimoana
 Tahiti
1999 Anna Tatarintseva
 Russia
Amy Trott
 Australia
Wan Wang-Fei
 Taiwan
Leanne Catherine Sorby
 New Zealand
2000 Marianela Salazar Guillen
 Panama
Winter Noel Washington
 Australia
Alexandra Maria Rivas
 El Salvador
Kanueng-nit In-orng
 Thailand
2001 Lisette Villanueva Jiménez
 Mexico
Wanvisa Kham-daeng-yai
 Thailand
Karol Inés de la Torre Pinilla
 Colombia
Darlene Carbungco
 Philippines
2002 Ksenia Volkova
 Russia
Tina Chhatwal
 India
Miriam San Jose Chui
 Philippines
Aishwarya Sukhdeo
 Fiji
2003 Shonal Rawat
 India
Andrea Ovares López
 Costa Rica
Tracy Freundt
 Peru
Samantha Wong Wye Yeng
 Malaysia
2005 Evgeniya Lapova
 Russia
(Resigned)
Zhang Li Yu
 China
(Resigned)
Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos
 Peru
(Resigned)
Jedah Hernandez
 Philippines
(Resigned)
Zhang Li Yu
 China
(Assumed)
Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos
 Peru
(Assumed)
Jedah Hernandez
 Philippines
(Assumed)
Not awarded
2016 Shawanya Tanhomwong
 Thailand
Ganiel Akrisha Atun Krishnan
 Philippines
Felicia George
 Cook Islands
Kim So-yeon
 South Korea
2017 Acacia Walker
 New Zealand
Valeria Cardona
 Honduras
Morgan Doelwijt
 Netherlands
Ilene De Vera
 Philippines
2018 Gabriela Palma
 Brazil
Melania Gonzales
 Costa Rica
(Dethroned)
Misheelt Narmandakh
 Mongolia
(Resigned)
Mariani Nataly Chacón
 Venezuela
(Resigned)
Misheelt Narmandakh
 Mongolia
(Assumed)
Mariani Nataly Chacón
 Venezuela
(Assumed)
Raquel Van Gool
 Netherlands
(Assumed)
2019 Eoanna Constanza
 Dominican Republic
Jessica Victoria Cianchino
 Canada
Carolina Schuler
 Brazil
Fiorella Cortez Arbenz
 Costa Rica
2024 Karen Sofia Nuñez
 Mexico
Selena Ali
 Belgium
Blessa Ericha Figueroa
 Philippines
Jennifer Prokop
 Germany

Continental Queens

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Edition Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
2019 Michele-Ange Minkata
 Cameroon
Jessica Cianchino
 Canada
Klyza Castro
 Philippines
Lauralyn Vermeersch
 Belgium
Chelsea Martin
 New Zealand
2024 Chizuruoke Sufficient Arua
 Nigeria
Gabriela De Paiva Padilla
 Bolivia
Sophiya Singh
 India
Selena Ali
 Belgium
Keshia Lee Llarenas
 Guam

See also

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References

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