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Miss World 2003
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Miss World 2003
Date6 December 2003
Presenters
Entertainment
  • Luis Fonsi
  • Bryan Ferry
VenueCrown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
Broadcaster
  • E!
  • CCTV
Entrants106
Placements20
Debuts
  • Andorra
  • Ethiopia
  • Georgia
  • Guadeloupe
  • Northern Marianas
Withdrawals
  • Algeria
  • American Virgin Islands
  • Ghana
  • Tahiti
Returns
  • Belarus
  • Cayman Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Guatemala
  • Iceland
  • Korea
  • Lesotho
  • Mauritius
  • Moldova
  • Nepal
  • Paraguay
  • Portugal
  • Sri Lanka
  • Switzerland
  • Zambia
WinnerRosanna Davison
 Ireland
← 2002
2004 →

Miss World 2003, the 53rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 6 December 2003 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China.[1] The pageant was presented by Phil Keoghan, Amanda Byram, and Angela Chow. The contestants also paid a visit to Hong Kong, Xi'an, Shanghai, and Beijing. Azra Akın of Turkey crowned her successor Rosanna Davison of Ireland,[2][3] the daughter of popular musician Chris de Burgh, claiming Ireland's first major beauty pageant title. 106 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking at that time, the biggest edition in the pageant history. This was the first time China hosted the pageant.[2] Ticket pricing for the event ranged from $110 to $2,730.[2]

Miss World 2003 titleholder – Rosanna Davison

Results

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

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss World 2003
  •  Ireland – Rosanna Davison
1st Runner-Up
  •  Canada – Nazanin Afshin-Jam
2nd Runner-Up
  •  China – Guan Qi
Top 5
  •  India – Ami Vashi
  •  Philippines – Maria Rafaela Yunon
Top 20
  •  Australia – Olivia Stratton
  •  Bolivia – Helen Aponte
  •  Dominican Republic – María Vargas
  •  Ethiopia – Hayat Ahmed
  •  Georgia – Irina Onashvili
  •  Greece – Vasiliki Tsekoura
  •  Jamaica – Jade Fulford
  •  Lebanon – Marie-José Hnein
  •  New Zealand – Melanie Paul
  •  Norway – Elisabeth Wathne
  •  Peru – Claudia Hernández
  •  Puerto Rico – Joyceline Montero
  •   Switzerland – Bianca Sissing
  •  Trinidad and Tobago – Magdalene Walcott
  •  Venezuela – Valentina Patruno

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group Contestant
Africa
  •  Ethiopia – Hayat Ahmed
Americas
  •  Canada – Nazanin Afshin-Jam
Asia & Oceania
  •  China – Guan Qi
Caribbean
  •  Jamaica – Jade Fulford
Europe
  •  Ireland – Rosanna Davison

Order of Announcements

Top 20

  1.  Canada
  2.  Ireland
  3.  Bolivia
  4.  Georgia
  5.  Australia
  6.  New Zealand
  7.  Philippines
  8.  India
  9.  Peru
  10.  Jamaica
  11.  Venezuela
  12.  China
  13.  Norway
  14.  Ethiopia
  15.  Puerto Rico
  16.  Dominican Republic
  17.  Lebanon
  18.   Switzerland
  19.  Greece
  20.  Trinidad and Tobago

Top 5

  1.  Philippines
  2.  India
  3.  China
  4.  Canada
  5.  Ireland

Contestants

106 contestants participated in Miss World 2003.[4]

  •  Albania – Denisa Kola
  •  Andorra – María José Girol Jumenez
  •  Angola – Celma Katia Carlos
  •  Antigua and Barbuda – Anne-Marie Browne
  •  Argentina – Grisel Hitoff
  •  Aruba – Nathalie Biermanns
  •  Australia – Olivia Stratton
  •  Bahamas – Shantell Hall
  •  Barbados – Raquel Wilkinson
  •  Belarus – Volha Nevdakh
  •  Belgium – Julie Taton
  •  Belize – Dalila Vanzie
  •  Bolivia – Helen Aponte
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Irna Smaka
  •  Botswana – Boingotlo Motlalekgosi
  •  Brazil – Lara Brito
  •  Bulgaria – Rajna Naldzhieva
  •  Canada – Nazanin Afshin-Jam
  •  Cayman Islands – Nichelle Welcome
  •  Chile – Alejandra Soler
  •  China – Guan Qi
  •  Colombia – Claudia Molina
  •  Costa Rica – Shirley Álvarez
  •  Croatia – Aleksandra Grdić
  •  Curaçao – Angeline da Silva Goes
  •  Cyprus – Stella Stylianou
  •  Czech Republic – Lucie Váchová
  •  Denmark – Maj Buchholtz Pedersen
  •  Dominican Republic – María Eugenia Vargas
  •  Ecuador – Mayra Rentería
  •  England – Jacqueline Turner
  •  Estonia – Kriistina Gabor
  •  Ethiopia – Hayat Ahmed
  •  Finland – Katri Johanna Hynninen
  •  France – Virginie Dubois
  •  Georgia – Irina Onashvili
  •  Germany – Babette Konau
  •  Gibraltar – Kim Marie Falzun
  •  Greece – Vasiliki Tsekoura
  •  Guadeloupe – Lauranza Doliman
  •  Guatemala – Dulce María Duarte
  •  Guyana – Alexis Glasgow
  •  Holland – Sanne de Regt
  •  Hong Kong – Rabee'a Yeung
  •  Hungary – Eszter Toth
  •  Iceland – Regína Jónsdóttir
  •  India – Ami Vashi
  •  Ireland – Rosanna Davison[2]
  •  Israel – Miri Levy
  •  Italy – Silvia Cannas
  •  Jamaica – Jade Fulford
  •  Japan – Kaoru Nishide
  •  Kazakhstan – Saule Zhunosova
  •  Kenya – Janet Kibugu
  •  Korea – Park Ji-yea
  •  Latvia – Irina Askolska
  •  Lebanon – Marie-José Hnein
  •  Lesotho – Makuena Lepolesa
  •  Lithuania – Vaida Grikšaitė
  •  Macedonia – Marija Vašik
  •  Malaysia – Wong Sze Zen
  •  Malta – Rachel Xuereb
  •  Mauritius – Marie Aimee Bergicourt
  •  Mexico – Erika Honstein
  •  Moldova – Elena Danilciuc
  •  Namibia – Petrina Thomas
  •    Nepal – Priti Sitoula
  •  New Zealand – Melanie Paul
  •  Nicaragua – Hailey Britton Brooks
  •  Nigeria – Cecilia Ohumotu Bissong
  •  Northern Ireland – Diana Sayers
  •  Northern Marianas – Kimberly Castro Reyes
  •  Norway – Elisabeth Wathne
  •  Panama – Ivy Ruth Ortega
  •  Paraguay – Karina Buttner
  •  Peru – Claudia Hernández
  •  Philippines – Maria Rafaela Yunon
  •  Poland – Karolina Gorazda
  •  Portugal – Vanessa Job
  •  Puerto Rico – Joyceline Montero
  •  Romania – Patricia Filomena Chifor
  •  Russia – Svetlana Goreva
  •  Scotland – Nicci Jolly
  •  Serbia and Montenegro – Bojana Vujadinović
  •  Singapore – Corine Kanmani
  •  Slovakia – Adriana Pospíšilová
  •  Slovenia – Tina Zajc
  •  South Africa – Cindy Nell
  •  Spain – María Teresa Martín
  •  Sri Lanka – Sachini Stanley
  •  Swaziland – Thembelihle Zwane
  •  Sweden – Ida Söfringsgärd
  •   Switzerland – Bianca Sissing
  •  Tanzania – Sylvia Bahame
  •  Thailand – Janejira Keardprasop
  •  Trinidad and Tobago – Magdalene Walcott
  •  Turkey – Tuğba Karaca
  •  Uganda – Aysha Nassanga
  •  Ukraine – Ilona Yakovleva
  •  United States – Kimberly Harlan
  •  Uruguay – Natalia Rodríguez
  •  Venezuela – Valentina Patruno
  •  Vietnam – Nguyễn Đình Thụy Quân
  •  Wales – Imogen Thomas
  •  Zambia – Cynthia Kanema
  •  Zimbabwe – Phoebe Monjane

Judges

Miss World 2003 had nine judges.[5]

Notes

Debuts

  •  Andorra
  •  Ethiopia
  •  Georgia
  •  Guadeloupe
  •  Northern Marianas

Returns

  • Last competed in 1981:
    •  Lesotho
  • Last competed in 1998:
    •  Mauritius
  • Last competed in 1999:
    •  Zambia
  • Last competed in 2000:
    •  Belarus
    •  Denmark
    •  Guatemala
    •  Moldova
    •    Nepal
    •  Paraguay
    •  Sri Lanka
  • Last competed in 2001:
    •  Cayman Islands
    •  Costa Rica
    •  Dominican Republic
    •  Iceland
    •  Korea
    •  Portugal
    •   Switzerland

Withdrawals

  •  Armenia – Lusine Tovmasyan - She withdrew due to financial problems. She later competed at Miss Europe 2005 and finished 1st Runner-up.
  •  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.[12]
  •  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 c d "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. ^ a b "Top judges for Miss World". News24. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b Brown, Frederic J. "Candace Bushnell". Getty Images. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. ^ Getty Images. "Miss World Contest In China". Getty Images. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Irish Miss World begins reign". ABC. 7 December 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  9. ^ "China set for Miss World contest". BBC News. 6 December 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  10. ^ a b c "Miss World contest rigged?". News24. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  11. ^ Brown, Frederic J. "Candace Bushnell". Getty Images. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  12. ^ "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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