Miss Asia Pacific World is an annual beauty pageant held in South Korea. It has been subject to a number of controversies over rankings, bribes, and breast augmentation surgeries. In the 2014 Miss Asia Pacific World competition, May Myat Noe of Myanmar crowned on 31 May 2014, but dethroned three months later. This prompted the organization to conduct a new pageant in the following months. The title was won by Swetha Raj from India. In 2015, the pageant was renamed Miss Supertalent of the World.
History The first Miss Asia Pacific World pageant was held in Busan, South Korea, on 15 October 2011. Jung Eun A of Korea was crowned. The second annual Miss Asia Pacific World pageant took place in 2012 in Seoul, South Korea, on 16 June. Himangini Singh Yadu of India won the title."Indore girl wins Miss Asia Pacific 2012 " CNN IBN The third pageant was held on 30 October 2013 at Hallyuworld, Seoul, South Korea, where Srishti Rana of India was crowned.
Controversies At the 2011 pageant, Amy Willerton of Wales, along with a number of other contestants, claimed the pageant had been fixed after the woman representing Venezuela was allegedly named runner-up of the talent round before she had competed. Led by Willerton, the contestants demanded answers from organizers and later made claims that some contestants had been offered automatic top-ranking placements in exchange for sex. The illicit offers were filmed by Willerton and other contestants, and were later uploaded to YouTube under the title "Confessions of a Beauty Queen". Subsequently, she and the contestants Aletha Shepherd of Guyana, and Pamela Peralta of Costa Rica, fled their hotel to the airport. The fleeing contestants claimed the pageant organizers tried to detain them against their will and followed them to the airport to keep them from escaping. The Korean National Police Agency and organizers denied all accusations. Willerton claimed that the organizers bribed the police officers, "When the police arrived they called in one of the chairmen of the pageant who actually got his wallet out straight away and we were all pushed back by the organizers so we couldn't speak...Our translator would not translate for us, so we were completely helpless."
In September 2014, the pageant organizer's registered office in Seoul was identified as a small room in a shared office space.
May Myat Noe, the winner of the 2014 pageant, was 'dethroned' three months after her win. The organizers claim that May Myat Noe repeatedly complained about her schedule after the win and wanted her mother to stay with her during that 3-month period without having to pay the added expenses that would be incurred. Organizers also claimed she was rude and not returning phone calls.
In her press conference, May Myat Noe criticized the organizers by saying, "I'm not even proud of this crown, I don't want a crown from an organization with such a bad reputation. But I won't give it back to the Koreans unless they apologize. Not just to me but my country for giving it a bad image". She stated she would hand over the crown to the Burmese authorities but not allow it to return to the organizers in South Korea until she received a formal apology. She further stated that she, a 16-year-old, was coerced to escort Korean tycoons: "I was told that, in order to generate funds to produce my music album, I need to accept invitations to escort some business tycoons whenever they require my company".
During a media interview with MBC TV on Sept 14 in Yangon, Myanmar, she said "I am still a minor. If I'm saying I've operated my breast, then the organization is backward. When my mother and I signed the consent operation agreement, I thought it was medical check. I didn't know the meaning of the signature". It was then revealed that Noe lied about her age to participate in a local pageant in Yangon in 2013. In September 2015, the organization filed charges against May Myat Noe with the Gangnam, Seoul, Police Station, for defamation, false accusation and breach of management contract.'MBC 리얼스토리 눈' 미스 미얀마 아웅 가슴 성형? "건강검진인줄 알고…", 더팩트 2014.09.16
The organization formally accused Noe of defamation in September 2015.
Titleholders
YearCountryMiss Asia Pacific WorldNational TitleLocationDelegates 2014 Swetha RajMiss DivaSeoul, South Korea 27May Myat Noe (Dethroned)Miss Myanmar 412013Srishti RanaMiss Diva392012Himangini Singh Yadu I Am She–Miss Universe India392011Diana Starkova (Assumed)Miss UkraineBusan, South Korea54Florima Treiber (Dethroned) 6th runner up of Miss France 2008 Pageant renamed since 2015 to Miss Supertalent of the World
Miss Asia Pacific World 2011
The 2011 competition was the first edition of the Miss Asia Pacific World pageant. It was held in Viña Del Mar, Chile on 15 October 2011. Diana Starkova of Ukraine was crowned by the end of the event.
Results Final results Contestant Miss Asia Pacific World 2011 – Florima Treiber (dethroned) – Diana Starkova(assumed) 1st Runner-up – Alesssandra Khadijah Usman 2nd Runner-up – Tanvi Singla 3rd Runner-up – Golnaz Harandi 4th Runner-up – Park Sae Byul § Top 17 – Angela van den Broek – Diana Arno – Ivett Venczlik – Laura Louise Keetley – Urantsetseg Ganbold – Sahana Bajracharya – Ingrid Fernández – Anna Lundh – Tingting Chen – Yunecsy Tuta § – Trương Tùng Lan § – Voted into the Top 17 by viewers
Contestants Country/Territory Contestant Age Height Hometown Nadia Yanina Lozza 18 Buenos Aires Kelly Louise Maguire 24 Sydney Rukshana Hera 23 Dhaka Juliete de Pieri 20 Primavera do Leste Golnaz Harandi 20 Vancouver Olga Essouma 25 Yaoundé Bian Xue-Ying 21 Shanghai Pamela Peralta 21 San José Maria Sten Knudsen 21 Copenhagen Laura Louise Keetley 21 London Diana Arno 26 Tallinn Linnea Aaltonen 23 Helsinki Florima Treiber 24 Colmar Naiomie Jean Santos 19 Maina Aletha Shepherd 22 Georgetown Zhao Xue-Ying 20 Hong Kong Ivett Venczlik 22 Budapest Tanvi Singla 19 Mumbai Alessandra Khadijah Usman 22 Gorontalo Su Ekin Culculoglu 18 Dublin Sonoko Chinen 21 Okinawa Diana Yamlikhanova 19 Almaty Park Sae Bell 24 Daegu Kseniia Barannikova 19 Bishkek Anita Baltruna 27 Jelgava ' Suzanne Loh Lih Fan 23 Kuala Lumpur Linda Sanogo 21 Aarhus Alejandra Balderas Flores 19 Villahermosa Irina Botnaru 23 Chișinău Urantsetseg Ganbold 27 Ömnögovi Sahana Bajracharya 22 Kathmandu Angela van den Broek 20 Amsterdam Karen Jordan 21 Panama City Elizabeth Aedo 26 Lima Michelle Martha Braun 21 Aklan Ana Rodriguez Cunha 20 Lisbon Ingrid Fernandez 26 San Juan Beatrix-Julia Hack 20 Targu-Mures Anna Botova 24 Moscow Naomi Autumn Yong 21 Edinburgh Patricia Eng 22 Singapore Anna Lundh 24 Stockholm Tetuaunurau Maitia 19 Papeete Chen Li-Chia 26 Taipei Marissada Chirasevinupraphand 19 Bangkok Tenzin Yangkyi"Miss Tibet – Tenzin Yangkyi to participate in Miss Asia Pacific World 2011" 19 Zurich Mary Greatz 22 Nukuʻalofa Syrine Koubaa 22 Tunis Tingting Chen 26 Washington, D.C. Yunecsy Tuta 25 Caracas Trương Tùng Lan 21 Quang Ninh Amy Louise Willerton 19 Cardiff
Replacements – Bayaarkhuu Gantogoo – Anastasia Mikhailides – Zhu Ri-Xing – Vũ Thị Hoàng My decided to compete at the Miss Universe 2011 in São Paulo, Brazil."Hoàng My will not participate in Miss Asia Pacific World 2011" , Dân Trí, by: Hiền Hương, date: 2011-04-10.
Miss Asia Pacific World 2012
The second edition of the Miss Asia Pacific World Super Talent pageant took place in 2012. It was held in Seoul, South Korea on 16 June. Himangini Singh Yadu of India won the title. Next year she crowned her successor from India.
Results Final results Contestant Miss Asia Pacific World 2012 – Himangini Singh Yadu 1st Runner-up – Tuyamaa Tumenjargal 2nd Runner-up – Diana Kubasova 3rd Runner-up – Oleksandra Berezovska 4th Runner-up – Grace Courvoisier 5th Runner-up – Nathaly Farraj 6th Runner-up – Alena Senatorova 7th Runner-up – Janice Rivera Top 15 – Aurele Fanny Nguelieu – Julia Perlin – Andi Tenri Natassa – Martha Thuo – Grendel Alvarado § – Gayesha Perera – Ecem Uzgor § – Voted into the Top 15 by viewers
Special awards Award Contestant Miss Talent: Ecem Uzgor Miss Personality : Andi Tenri Natassa Best Body – Janice Riveramelia Best Evening Gown – Grendel Alvarado Best National Costume: Gayesha Perera Miss Asia Pacific World Star – Nathaly Farraj Best Model – Grendel Alvarado The World's Most Beautiful Supertalent – Diana Kubasova
Contestants Country/Territory Contestant Age Height Hometown Mariana Manukyan 27 Yerevan Courtney Day 20 Sydney Sonam Choden Retty 25 Thimphu Juliete de Pieri 20 Mato Grosso Alexandra Yancheva 20 Sofia Aurele Fanny Nguelieu 22 Yaoundé Sun Yan 20 Shanghai Jana Zajicova 24 Prague Yudy Rodriguez 21 Santo Domingo Julia Perlin 21 Tallinn Desta Undesa 22 Amharic Alena Senatorova 23 Berlin Himangini Singh Yadu 22 Mumbai Andi Tenri Natassa 19 Makassar Yael Markovich 22 Haifa Eriko Yoshii 22 Akita Inessa Nazarova Almaty Martha Thuo 22 Diana Kubasova 22 Riga Nathaly Farraj 23 Beirut Jana Burcevska Skopje ' L Liss Wong 19 Kuala Lumpur Veronica Chira 19 Chișinău Tuyamaa Tumenjargal Ömnögovi Markovic Sandra 19 Podgorica Sounna Cherifaiou 20 Niamey Grendel Alvarado 21 Aklan Morgana Nogueira 21 Lisbon Janice Rivera San Juan Elena Riabinina 21 Moscow Olesya Shchemirskaya 23 Siberian Federal District Suzanne Chu Siu Yen Singapore Gayesha Perera 24 Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Hui-Hua Chen 23 Taipei Chawanluck Grace Unger 18 Bangkok Ecem Uzgor 21 Ankara Kateryna Shevchenko 26 Kyiv Sayyora Sagindikova Uzbek Gabriela Ríos Caracas
Historical significance India won the Miss Asia Pacific World title for the first time. Cameroon, Germany, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Philippines, Sri Lanka Thailand and Turkey placed for the first time. Estonia, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Puerto Rico, and Ukraine placed for the second time.
Miss Asia Pacific World 2013
The third annual Miss Asia Pacific World 2013"'Maxim International' covers Miss Asia Pacific World Super Talent'" was held on 30 October 2013, at the Polideportivo Islas Malvinas Mar Del Plata, Argentina.NBC-1TVMAPW 슈퍼탤런트 결선 5월 ‘팡파르’ – 검경일보미스아시아퍼시픽월드 슈퍼텔런트, A리스트 조직위구성으로…'순조롭게 착착':나눔뉴스-사랑받는 국민의 신문. 기부문화를 선도하는 대표신문 Himangini Singh Yadu of India crowned her successor Srishti Rana of India at the end of this event."Indian girl wins Miss Asia Pacific 2012" wespeaknews.com"Himangini Singh Yadu, Sushmita Sen | Picture 236426" Oneindia Entertainment
+ Results Placement Contestant Miss Asia Pacific World 2013 – Shristi Rana 1st Runner-Up – Meriam George 2nd Runner-Up – Yevgeniya Klishina 3rd Runner-Up – Yekaterina Grushanina 4th Runner-Up – Moa Madicken Öberg 5th Runner-Up – Battulga Bilguunzaya 6th Runner-Up – La Toyah Asha James Top 15 – Manuella Rossi – Simona Kubasova – Carmen Milton – Malina Joshi – Czarina Rosales – Greer Iton – Alla Zavhorodnia – Diem Thuyen Tran Ngoc
Contestants 21 delegates were confirmed: Country/Territory Contestant Age Height (m) Height (ft in) Hometown Adelina Berisha 18 Brussels Mbassi Ingrid 25 Yaoundé Manuella Rossi 24 Bangui Kristina Magerovska 21 Simferopol Desta Undesa"Official Miss Asia Pacific World Facebook" 23 Addis Ababa Lucile Briegel 22 Paris Souadou Drame 20 Conakry Srishti Rana 23 Mumbai Farnoush Hamid 25 Teheran Evgenia Klishina 25 Astana Gulnara Zhanybekova 22 Bishkek Elvira Teberga 20 Riga Laura Elisa Alvarez 23 Mexicali Carmen Milton 20 Maputo Amina Sanghott 19 Dakar Tzu Yun Chang 22 Taipei Greer Iton 25 Port of Spain Stella Semakula Nankya 25 Kampala Arina Domski Nankya 26 Kyiv
Miss Asia Pacific World 2014
Placement Contestant Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 – May Myat Noe 1st Runner-Up – Kim Eea 2nd Runner-Up – Hio Man Cha 3rd Runner-Up – Hillarie Parungao 4th Runner-Up – Anukriti Gusain 5th Runner-Up – Poojaa Kaur Gill 6th Runner-Up – Nisanat Mongsai Top 15 – Lenka Josefiova – Dianella Lopez – Johanna Acs – Natalia Coto – Shanzay Hayat – Petra Tonhauserova – Amanda Silva – Tiffany Hunte
See also
List of beauty contests
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