Miss Europe 2005

Shermine Shahrivar, Miss Germany 2004 and Miss Europe 2005 (picture from 2011).

The Miss Europe 2005 competition was the second since 2003 to be carried out by Endemol , an international television production and development company based in the Netherlands. The 2004 election was canceled. Endemol France also produced the television broadcast.

The candidates had been selected in their countries of origin by national organizing committees that had concluded license agreements with Endemol. It does not always have to be the first place in your national competition.

The event took place on March 12, 2005 in the French capital Paris . There were 36 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. Germany	Shermine Sharivar	Shermine Shahrivar , شرمینه شهریورتهرانی	Miss Universe 2004
2. Armenia	Luysya Tovmasyan	Լուսինե Թովմասյան (Lusine Tovmasyan)
3. France	Cindy Fabre	Cindy Fabre	Miss Universe 2005, Miss World 2005
4. United Kingdom	Laura Shields	Laura Shields	Miss International 2004: semifinals
5. Slovakia	Tatiana Keremeryova	Taťána Kremerová
Top 12
Czech Republic	Adita Hortova	Edita Hortová
Finland	Mira Salo	Mira Salo	Miss Universe 2004
Greece	Evangelia ("Valia") Kakouti	Βάλια Κακούτη	Miss Universe 2004
Iceland	Sigrun Bender	Sigrun Bender	Miss Scandinavia 2005: 3rd place
Poland	Karolina Gorazda	Karolina Gorazda	Miss World 2003, Miss Earth 2004: Semifinals
Serbia and Montenegro	Sandra Obradovic	Sandra Obradović
Turkey	Birce Akalay	Birce Akalay
Other participants
Belarus	Ol'ga Gerasimovich	Вольга Герасімовіч
Belgium	Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares	Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares	Miss World 2005, Miss Universe 2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Selma Sejtanic	Selma Sejtanić
Bulgaria	Kristina Radneva	Кристиана Раднева (Kristiana Radneva)
Denmark	Heidi Zadeh	Heidi Zadeh	Miss Earth 2005
Estonia	Aljona Kordas
Gibraltar	Helen Gustafson		Miss World 2004
Ireland	Cathriona Duignam		Miss Universe 2004
Israel	Keren Friedman	קרן פרידמן
Croatia	Valentina Lesic	Valentina Lesić
Latvia	Yulia Djadenko	Jūlija Djadenko	Miss Europe 2001
Malta	Denise Renée Huizer
Moldova	Irina Sili	Irina Sili
Netherlands	Tessa Amber Brix	Tessa Brix	Miss Universe 2003
Norway	Ann Jeanett Ersdal	Jeanett (e) Ersdal
Portugal	Marina Raquel G. Rodrigues
Romania	Andrea Raduna
Russia	Diana Zaripova	Диана Зарипова
Sweden	Marie Dahlin
Switzerland	Celine Nusbaumer	Celine Nussbaumer
Spain	Farah Ahmed Ali	Farah Ahmed Ali
Ukraine	Hanna Dehtyar
Hungary	Eszter Toth	Tóth Eszter	Miss World 2003
Cyprus	Eliana Charalambous	Ιλιάνα Χαραλάμπους (Iliana Charalambous)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Laura Shields in the Internet Movie Database (English)
2. ↑ misshollandnow.com

Web links

• Competitions 2000 to 2006 at pageantopolis.com (English)
• Film from the 2005 election - Part 1 on YouTube (French). It is incorrectly labeled 2004.
• Film from the 2005 election - Part 2 on YouTube (French). It is incorrectly labeled 2004.