Asia's Beauty Pride Trivia Quiz

Answer: Akiko Kojima

Akiko is from Japan.

Answer: Papua New Guinea

The Miss Asia 1976 was held in Manila on May 24, 1975 with 18 contestants. The following year, Eva competed in Hong Kong in the Miss Universe pageant where Israel's Rina Messinger had won.

Answer: Lara Dutta

It was reported that Lara went home immediately after the Miss Intercontinental pageant in Germany because of how the pageant turned to be a sleazy show. She is second to Sushmita Sen (1994) as India's Miss Universe.

Answer: Caroline Subijano

Caroline Subijano, US-educated Filipina, is a successful broadcast journalist in the US affiliate station of ABS-CBN, the Philippines' largest TV network.

Answer: India

Miss Universes: Sushmita Sen (1994) and Lara Dutta (2000). Miss Worlds: Reita Faria (1966), Aishwarya Rai (1994), Diana Hayden (1997), Yukta Mookhey (1999), and Priyanka Chopra (2000).

Answer: Miss International

Gemma Cruz competed in the 1964 Miss International pageant in Long Beach, California with 41 contestants. First runner up was Linda Ann Taylor of the United States. She served a short stint as Tourism secretary of her country in the late '90s.

Answer: 1988

Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand won, Korea's Yoon-jung Chang was second, Amanda Olivares of Mexico was third, Japan's Mizuho Sakaguchi was third, and Pauline Yeung of Hong Kong was fifth.

Answer: Mimilanie Marquez

Mimilanie won the title hands-down in 1979 in Tokyo, Japan along with the Best in National Costume Award. Later on, she placed second in the Supermodel of the World contest which gave her a boost into becoming a top-notch and much-sought after international ramp and print ad model.

She was also chosen by the Global Beauties website as the Most Beautiful Miss International winner of all times.

Answer: Miss Asia Pacific

The pageant was held in Hong Kong with 32 contestants. The next Thai to bring home the Miss Asia Pacific title was Voralat Suwanalat in 1997 in Davao City, Philippines.

Answer: Bangkok

Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, has successfully blended the grandeur and old charm of an Asian city and the progress of a modern urban metropolis although its traffic problem remains as one of the city's turn-offs.

Answer: Janelle Commissiong

Janelle, the first from Trinidad and Tobago to be crowned Miss Universe (1977), indeed favored Miriam as the front runner during that year. The crown eventually went to Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana. Miriam was first runner up.

Answer: Miss Earth

The Miss Earth pageant started in 2001 with Catharina Svenson of Denmark winning the title. Recently, it dethroned its reigning queen Dzejla Glavovic of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Winfred Omwakwe of Kenya replacing her. This pageant, along with Miss Asia-Pacific, is based in the Philippines.

Answer: Baguio

Baguio, about 5000 ft above sea level is the Philippines' summer capital for it is here were most tourist flock to escape the lowland heat during the humid months of April and May. The city also hosts an annual Flower Festival that boasts of floral float parade similar to that of the Pasadena Rosebowl Parade.

Answer: Malaysia

Singer Ronan Keating hosted the pageant that featured 86 contestants and was held in a spectacular beach resort in Mahe, Seychelles.

Answer: Canada

Neelam was among the numerous Miss Universe contestants in 2002 with ancestry foreign to the country they represented. She was among the top 10 and although not advancing to the finals, was dubbed as among the most intelligent and most accomplished contestants of that year.