The Miss Asia Pacific International

The Miss Asia Pacific International is the first and oldest beauty pageant in Asia. It began as a regional pageant in 1968, known as the Miss Asia Quest. Participating countries came from Asia and Oceania.

In 1985, the pageant changed its name to the Miss Asia Pacific Quest, to encompass countries not just in the Asian and Oceania region, but those of North, Central and South America with borders touching the Pacific Ocean.

The pageant took its present form in 2005, when the name was changed to Miss Asia Pacific International, to include countries all over the world.

The 37th Miss Asia Pacific International beauty contest was not held in 2008. Due to the lack of sponsors, participants, and popularity, Miss Asia Pacific International will most likely to be postponed to an unknown date and year. It is very likely, the pageant will not be held for another 5 to 10 years or longer.

The organizers of Miss Asia Pacific International clarified that they are not connected with the newly-formed beauty pageant that is going to be held in Korea (Miss Asia Pacific World).

Miss Asia Pacific Winner List:
1963 Miss Asia Pacific Choi In-ja, Korea
1965 Miss Asia Pacific Angela Filmer, Malaysia
1968 Miss Asia Pacific Macy Shih, Taiwan
1969 Miss Asia Pacific Won-kyoung Seo, Korea
1970 Miss Asia Pacific Zeenat Aman, India
1971 Miss Asia Pacific Flora Baza, Guam
1972 Miss Asia Pacific Janet Coutts, Australia
1973 Miss Asia Pacific Tara Anne Fonseca, India
1974 Miss Asia Pacific Susie Currie, Australia
1975 Miss Asia Pacific Eva Regina Arni, Papua New Guinea
1976 Miss Asia Pacific Jacqueline Stuart, Singapore
1977 Miss Asia Pacific Linda Emran, Indonesia
1978 Miss Asia Pacific Siriporn Savanglum, Thailand
1979 Miss Asia Pacific Ayla Altas, Turkey
1980 Miss Asia Pacific Lorraine Gaye McGrady, Australia
1981 Miss Asia Pacific Bernadine Rosemarie Ramanayake, Sri Lanka
1982 Miss Asia Pacific Maria del Carmen Ines Zaragoza, Philippines
1983 Miss Asia Pacific Gloria Aranas Dimayacyac, Philippines
1984 Miss Asia Pacific Melek Gurkan, Turkey
1985 Miss Asia Pacific Nurit Mizrachi, Israel
1986 Miss Asia Pacific Helen Crawford, New Zealand
1987 Miss Asia Pacific Cilinia Prada Acosta, Panama
1988 Miss Asia Pacific Preeyanuch Panpradub, Thailand
1989 Miss Asia Pacific Lorna Villanueva Legaspi, Philippines
1990 (No Pageant)
1991 (No Pageant)
1992 Miss Asia Pacific Tali Ben-Harush, Israel
1993 Miss Asia Pacific Michelle Zulueta Aldana, Philippines
1994 Miss Asia Pacific Jessica Vanessa Tapia Guiulfo, Peru
1995 Miss Asia Pacific Mi-jung Yoon, Korea
1996 Miss Asia Pacific Gabriela Aguilar Chavarría, Costa Rica
1997 Miss Asia Pacific Worarat Suwannarat, Thailand
1998 Miss Asia Pacific Kisha Alvarado Murillo, Costa Rica
1999 Miss Asia Pacific Juliana Andrea Arango Londoño, Colombia
2000 Miss Asia Pacific Diya Mirza Handrich, India
2001 Miss Asia Pacific Luciana Luisa Farfán Vargas, Peru
2002 Miss Asia Pacific So-yoon Kim, Korea
2003 Miss Asia Pacific Tatyana Nikitina, Russia
2004 (No Pageant)
2005 Miss Asia Pacific Leonora Jiménez, Costa Rica

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