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Miss World 2003

Miss World 2003 was the 53rd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China, on December 6, 2003.[1] It was the first time that the Miss World pageant held in China.

Miss World 2003
Rosanna Davison, Miss World 2003
Date6 December 2003
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueCrown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
Broadcaster
Entrants106
Placements20
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerRosanna Davison
Ireland
← 2002
2004 →

Azra Akın of Turkey crowned Rosanna Davison of Ireland as her successor at the end of the event.[2] It is Ireland's first victory in the history of the pageant.[3]

Contestants 106 contestants competed in this year's pageant, surpassing the previous record of 95 contestants in 2000. The pageant was hosted by Phil Keoghan, Amanda Byram, and Angela Chow. Luis Fonsi and Bryan Ferry performed in this year's pageant.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss World 2003
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 20

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continent Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia and Oceania
Caribbean
Europe

Contestants

 
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2003[3][4]

106 contestants competed for the title.[4]

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown
  Albania Denisa Kola 21 Peshkopi
  Andorra María José Girol Jumenez 19 Andorra la Vella
  Angola Celma Katia Carlos 20 Lubango
  Antigua and Barbuda Anne-Marie Browne 24 St. John's
  Argentina Grisel Hitoff 24 Buenos Aires
  Aruba Nathalie Biermanns 21 Oranjestad
  Australia Olivia Stratton 22 Adelaide
  Bahamas Shantell Hall 19 Freeport
  Barbados Raquel Wilkinson 23 Bridgetown
  Belarus Volha Nevdakh 23 Minsk
  Belgium Julie Taton 19 Jambes
  Belize Dalila Vanzie 25 Dangriga
  Bolivia Helen Aponte 19 Beni
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Irna Smaka 19 Sarajevo
  Botswana Boingotlo Motlalekgosi 19 Gaborone
  Brazil Lara Brito 24 Goiânia
  Bulgaria Rajna Naldzhieva 17 Sofia
  Canada Nazanin Afshin-Jam 24 Vancouver
  Cayman Islands Nichelle Welcome 24 George Town
  Chile Alejandra Soler 25 La Serena
  China Guan Qi 21 Changchun
  Colombia Claudia Molina 18 Barranquilla
  Costa Rica Shirley Álvarez 23 Desamparados
  Croatia Aleksandra Grdić 24 Virovitica
  Curaçao Angeline da Silva Goes 19 Willemstad
  Cyprus Stella Stylianou 18 Nicosia
  Czech Republic Lucie Váchová 19 Příbram
  Denmark Maj Buchholtz Pedersen 20 Skagen
  Dominican Republic María Eugenia Vargas 19 Santiago
  Ecuador Mayra Rentería 18 Esmeraldas
  England Jacqueline Turner 25 Dorset
  Estonia Kriistina Gabor 19 Pärnu
  Ethiopia Hayat Ahmed 21 Addis Ababa
  Finland Katri Johanna Hynninen 20 Naantali
  France Virginie Dubois 19 Paris
  Georgia Irina Onashvili 18 Tbilisi
  Germany Babette Konau 25 Kiel
  Gibraltar Kim Marie Falzun 20 Gibraltar
  Greece Vasiliki Tsekoura 23 Athens
  Guadeloupe Lauranza Doliman 23 Goyave
  Guatemala Dulce María Duarte 21 Chiquimula
  Guyana Alexis Glasgow 22 New Amsterdam
  Holland Sanne de Regt 21 Goes
  Hong Kong Rabee'a Yeung 22 Hong Kong
  Hungary Eszter Toth 19 Tatabánya
  Iceland Regína Jónsdóttir 20 Reykjavík
  India Ami Vashi 23 Mumbai
  Ireland Rosanna Davison[2] 19 Enniskerry
  Israel Miri Levy 20 Haifa
  Italy Silvia Cannas 21 Cagliari
  Jamaica Jade Fulford 21 Kingston
  Japan Kaoru Nishide 25 Kyoto
  Kazakhstan Saule Zhunosova 17 Pavlodar
  Kenya Janet Kibugu 18 Nairobi
  Latvia Irina Askolska 23 Riga
  Lebanon Marie-José Hnein 19 Baabda
  Lesotho Makuena Lepolesa 20 Maseru
  Lithuania Vaida Grikšaitė 20 Klaipėda
  Macedonia Marija Vašik 19 Skopje
  Malaysia Wong Sze Zen 23 Kuala Lumpur
  Malta Rachel Xuereb 22 Gwardamanġa
  Mauritius Marie Aimee Bergicourt 24 Pamplemousses
  Mexico Erika Honstein 22 Hermosillo
  Moldova Elena Danilciuc 18 Chișinău
  Namibia Petrina Thomas 22 Keetmanshoop
    Nepal Priti Sitoula 21 Kathmandu
  New Zealand Melanie Paul 23 Auckland
  Nicaragua Hailey Britton Brooks 22 Bluefields
  Nigeria Ohumotu Bissong 20 Calabar
  Northern Ireland Diana Sayers 22 Saintfield
  Northern Mariana Islands Kimberly Castro Reyes 19 Saipan
  Norway Elisabeth Wathne 21 Mandal
  Panama Ivy Ruth Ortega 19 Panama City
  Paraguay Karina Buttner 21 Asunción
  Peru Claudia Hernández 22 Lima
  Philippines Maria Rafaela Yunon[5] 22 Tarlac
  Poland Karolina Gorazda 23 Kraków
  Portugal Vanessa Job 20 Oeiras
  Puerto Rico Joyceline Montero 21 Bayamón
  Romania Patricia Filomena Chifor 17 Satu Mare
  Russia Svetlana Goreva 21 Tula
  Scotland Nicci Jolly 22 Inverbervie
  Serbia and Montenegro Bojana Vujadinović 23 Belgrade
  Singapore Corine Kanmani 24 Singapore
  Slovakia Adriana Pospíšilová 20 Bratislava
  Slovenia Tina Zajc 20 Ljubljana
  South Africa Cindy Nell 22 Pretoria
  South Korea Park Ji-yea 24 North Jeolla
  Spain María Teresa Martín 23 Antequera
  Sri Lanka Sachini Stanley 21 Kandy
  Swaziland Thembelihle Zwane 18 Mbabane
  Sweden Ida Söfringsgärd 19 Växjö
   Switzerland Bianca Sissing 24 Lucerne
  Tanzania Sylvia Bahame 20 Dar es Salaam
  Thailand Janejira Keardprasop 22 Bangkok
  Trinidad and Tobago Magdalene Walcott 21 Tunapuna–Piarco
  Turkey Tuğba Karaca 24 Ankara
  Uganda Aysha Nassanga 20 Kampala
  Ukraine Ilona Yakovleva 22 Kharkiv
  United States Kimberly Ann Harlan 20 Atlanta
  Uruguay Natalia Rodríguez 24 Montevideo
  Venezuela Valentina Patruno 21 Caracas
  Vietnam Nguyễn Đình Thụy Quân 17 Ho Chi Minh City
  Wales Imogen Thomas 21 Llanelli
  Zambia Cynthia Kanema 22 Kabwe
  Zimbabwe Phoebe Monjane 21 Marondera

Judges

Miss World 2003 had nine judges.[6]

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Withdrawals

  •   Armenia – Lusine Tovmasyan - She withdrew due to financial problems.
  •   Fiji – Aishwarya Sukhdeo - She withdrew at the last minute for unknown reasons. however, she competed in Miss World a year later.

No Shows

  •   Algeria – Mounia Achlaf
  •   Austria – Miss Austria 2003, Tanja Duhovich did not compete due to not meeting the age requirements, she was just 17. Then the Miss Austria corporation decided to appoint the Miss Austria 2003 second runner up, Bianca Zudrell at the last minute with no time to prepare her visa.[13]
  •   American Virgin Islands – Alexandrya Evans. She competed at Miss Universe 2011 8 years later.
  •   British Virgin Islands – No contest
  •   Haiti - No Contest
  •   Malawi – Mable Pulu
  •   Tahiti - Heitiare Tribondeau
  •   Turks and Caicos- No contest
  •   Ghana – Did not compete because of a shift in the Miss Ghana calendar. Organizers held the national final, Miss Ghana 2003, on the same day Miss World 2003 was held. This is the reason Ghanaian delegates to Miss World have their titles dating back by a year.

Replacements

  •   Latvia – Agnese Eiduka
  •   Sweden – Isabelle Jonsson - She was the first runner up of Fröken Sverige 2003, but the organization just lost the MW licence that year to the newly Miss World Sweden contest.
  •   Venezuela – Amara Barroeta Seijas.

Country Changes

  • Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro.

Other notes

  • Northern Marianas was originally crowned for the Miss Universe pageant but was sent to Miss World instead.

References

  1. ^ "The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Ireland wins Miss World". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 December 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Herald-Journal". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b "New Straits Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  5. ^ Sto. Domingo, Joseph (17 March 2003). "Brains before beauty: In this year's Bb. Pilipinas, the smart ones win the titles". Manila Standard. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Top judges for Miss World". News24. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b Brown, Frederic J. (5 December 2003). "Candace Bushnell". Getty Images. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  8. ^ Getty Images (6 December 2003). "Miss World Contest In China". Getty Images. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Irish Miss World begins reign". ABC. 7 December 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  10. ^ "China set for Miss World contest". BBC News. 6 December 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  11. ^ a b c "Miss World contest rigged?". News24. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  12. ^ Brown, Frederic J. (5 December 2003). "Candace Bushnell". Getty Images. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  13. ^ "絶倫の俺がカマグラゴールドを通販する理由～病院より通販が圧倒的にコスパ◎～".
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