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Miss Tourism Queen International 2006
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Miss Tourism Queen International 2006 was the third annual edition of the Miss Tourism Queen International beauty pageant. On the final night, July 8, 2006, Justine Gabionza of the Philippines was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Greece's Nikoletta Ralli. It was the third time that the pageant was held in Hangzhou, . Results Winner and Runners-Up * Miss Tourism Queen International 2006: 20px Philippines - Justine Gabionza * 1st Runner-Up: 20px Serbia and Montenegro - Gordana Strajin * 2nd Runner-Up: 20px Republic of the Congo - Fatouma Blanda Eboundit * 3rd Runner-Up: 20px Singapore - Ssunita Laximi Rai * 4th Runner-Up: 20px Brazil - Livia Barraque Barbosa Top Ten Finalists In alphabetical order * 20px Bolivia - Pamela Saucedo * - Nicole Wu Chen-yan * 20px Hungary - Katalin Polgar * 20px Puerto Rico - Gladira Robles * 20px Thailand - Sujittra Pra-artitsukhum Top Sixteen Semi-Finalists In alphabetical order * 20px Australia - Natalie Gillard * 20px India - Rupali Suri * 20px Martinique - Elodie Charron * 20px Monaco - Julie Breham * 20px Poland - Malgorzata Kiezik * 20px Slovak Republic - Michaela Knapcova Special Awards The following special awards were given out at the pageant. Miss Bikini * Winner: 20px Belarus - Yekaterina Bezborod'ko * 1st Runner Up: 20px Philippines - Justine Gabionza * 2nd Runner Up: 20px Serbia and Montenegro - Gordana Strajin * 3rd Runner Up: 20px Bolivia - Pamela Saucedo * 4th Runner Up: 20px Republic of the Congo - Fatouma Blanda Eboundit Best in Evening Gown * Winner: 20px Lebanon - Pauline Elimon Best National Costume * Winner: 20px Paraguay - Elvira Cuéllar * 1st Runner Up: 20px Mexico - Alondra Robles * 2nd Runner Up: 20px Lebanon - Pauline Elimon Miss Photogenic * Winner: 20px Cuba - Melissa Cabral Miss Elegant * Winner: 20px Chile - Maria José Pestán Miss Charm * Winner: 20px France - Lynda Ksiazek Best Smile * Winner: 20px Thailand - Sujittra Pra-artitsukhum Best in Qipao * Winner: 20px Serbia and Montenegro - Gordana Strajin * 1st Runner Up: 20px Chinese Taipei - Chou Yi-Chun * 2nd Runner Up: 20px Singapore - Ssunita Laximi Rai Miss Disco * Winner: 20px Cuba - Melissa Cabral * 1st Runner Up: 20px Mauritius - Sheila * 2nd Runner Up: 20px Belarus - Yekaterina Bezborod'ko * 3rd Runner Up: 20px Lithuania - Vaiva Motiekaityte * 4th Runner Up: 20px Maldives - Leng Yein(born in Malaysia) Miss Friendship * Winner: 20px Gibraltar - Michelle Tewkesbury * 1st Runner Up: 20px Singapore - Ssunita Laximi Rai * 2nd Runner Up: 20px Japan - Ryoko Tominaga Miss Personailty * Winner: 20px Monaco - Julie Breham * 1st Runner Up: 20px Kenya - Martha Achieng Oliech * 2nd Runner Up: 20px India - Rupali Suri Press Favorite * Winner: 20px Chinese Taipei - Chou Yi-Chun Miss Charity * Winner: 20px Pakistan - Mariyah Ashraf Moten Miss Talent * Winner: 20px Costa Rica - Maria Quesada * 1st Runner Up: 20px Singapore - Ssunita Laximi Rai * 2nd Runner Up: 20px France - Lynda Ksiazek Delegates *20px Albania - Matilda Mecini *20px Argentina - Marisol Pipastrelli *20px Australia - Natalie Gillard *20px Austria - Nadine Breitenberger *20px Azerbaijan - Inna Pupikina *20px Belarus - Yekaterina Bezbrod'ko *20px Bolivia - Pamela Justiniano Saucedo *20px Borneo - Liz Chong Cheen Ting *20px Bosnia and Herzegovina - Irma Muharemovic *20px Brazil - Livia Barraque Barbosa *20px Bulgaria - Velina Svetlinova Georgieva *20px Cambodia - Sun Srey Mom *20px Canada - Jerileny Tobon Villa *20px Chile - Maria José Pestán Salazar * - Nicole Yu Chen-yan *20px Christmas Island - Kassie Lau Siow Chien *20px Colombia - Diana Nayibe Silva Pinto *20px Congo Republic - Fatouma Blanda Eboundit *20px Costa Rica - Maria Elena Quesada Córdoba *20px Croatia - Arijana Susa *20px Cuba - Melissa Cabral *20px Czech Republic - Katerina Papezova *20px Denmark - Birgitte Olivia Glud Lavsen *20px Dominican Republic - Erika Altagracia Plasencia *20px Eritrea - Amira Lula Issac Hategabre *20px Estonia - Marianna Elksnin *20px Ethiopia - Simegn Arega Worku *20px Fiji - Jeanette Jessica Dharan *20px Finland - Riikka Johanna Hurskainen *20px France - Lynda Amalie Ksiazek *20px Germany - Jennifer Kathrin Taube *20px Gibraltar - Michelle Tewkesbury *20px Greece - Konstantina Prassa *20px Guam - Felixia Yeap Chin Yee *20px Guyana - Ulex Ayana Atwell *20px Hungary - Katalin Ildiko Polgar *20px India - Rupali Suri *20px Indonesia - Mich Chai *20px Israel - Nimrodi Moore *20px Japan - Ryoko Tominaga *20px Kazakhstan - Tamila Askar *20px Kenya - Martha Achieng Oliech *20px Korea - Hyun-kyoung Choi *20px Kosovo - Dardanije Shkreli *20px Latvia - Valerija Sevcuka *20px Lebanon - Pauline Alexanian Elimon *20px Lithuania - Vaiva Motiekaityte *20px Luxembourg - Stéphanie Barreau *20px Macedonia - Zorica Janeva *20px Malaysia - Jolene Lim Wei Li *20px Maldives - Leng Yein *20px Mauritius - Shiela *20px Martinique - Elodie Marie Astrid Charron *20px Mexico - Alondra del Carmen Robles Dobler *20px Monaco - Julie Breham *20px Morocco - Amine Ibtissam *20px New Zealand - Susasga Yang Yeu-Yen *20px Pakistan - Mariyah Ashraf Moten *20px Panama - Sorángel Matos Arce *20px Paraguay - Elvira Maria Beatriz Cuéllar *20px Peru - Vanessa Andrea Chanta Valdivieso *20px Philippines - Justine Vinluan Gabionza *20px Poland - Malgorzata Maria Kiezik *20px Puerto Rico - Gladira Aimee Robles Santiago *20px Russia - Viktoriya Shchukina *20px Saipan - Chua Sook Thean *20px Samoa - Josephine Elena Bernadette Meisake *20px Scotland - Roxanne Elena Christina Niccolls *20px Serbia and Montenegro - Gordana Strajin *20px Singapore - Ssunita Laximi Rai *20px Slovak Republic - Michaela Knapcova *20px South Africa - Kaylan Hamel *20px Spain - Susana Valverde Solano *20px Sweden - Britt Jessica Kim Linde *20px Chinese Taipei - Chou Yi-Chun *20px Tanzania - Magareth Wilson Kilguha Chacha *20px Thailand - Sujittra Pra-artitsukhum *20px Tonga - Liekina Ika Kepu *20px Turkey - Leyla Lydia Tugutlu *20px Uganda - Cecily Nyaguthii Githaka *20px Ukraine - Diana Starkova *20px Uruguay - Inés Gaggero Topolanksi *20px Uzbekistan - Botagoz Seidaliyeva *20px Venezuela - Odra Andreína Izarra Pérez *20px Vietnam - Tran Thi Lan Phuong *20px Zambia - Mumbi Kamoto The following contestants were selected and expected to compete but withdrew. *20px Tunisia - Selima Emira Zanetti Colleoni Trivia * Sorangel Matos Arce also represented Panama at Miss Universe 2007. She failed to place at said pageant. * Marisol Pipastrelli (Argentina) and Diana Starkova (Ukraine) also competed at Miss Earth 2003, where they went unplaced. * Josephine Meisake (Samoa) previously competed at Miss Earth 2005, at which she failed to place. * Magareth Wilson Kiguha Chacha (Tanzania) also competed at Miss International 2005. * This was the third year in a row that both China and Poland placed. Singapore and Philippines were the only two countries to place in 2006 that also placed in 2005 before. Some countries made it back in 2004, as well as in 2006. They were: Thailand, India and Slovak Republic. * The following countries debuted at Miss Tourism Queen International in 2006: Borneo, Christmas Island, Costa Rica, Cuba, Eritrea, Fiji, France, Gibraltar, Guam, Guyana, Hungary, Israel, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Mauritius, Morocco, Monaco, Saipan, Tanzania, Uganda and Uzbekistan. * The following countries participated in 2005 but failed to send a delegate in 2006: Algeria, Botswana, Cyprus, England, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Norway, Portugal, Sri Lanka, United States and Wales. * After failing to participate in 2005, the following countries returned in 2006: Azerbaijan and Belarus. See Also
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