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Miss World 2003
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 | |
|---|---|
Miss World 2003 | |
| Date | 6 December 2003 |
| Presenters | |
| Entertainment | |
| Venue | Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 106 |
| Placements | 20 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Rosanna Davison Ireland |
← 2002 2004 → | |
Miss World 2003 titleholder – Rosanna Davison
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 2003 | |
| 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| Top 5 |
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| Top 20 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
Contestants
106 contestants participated in Miss World 2003.[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 | 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.[5]
- Candace Bushnell[6]
- Jackie Chan[7][8]
- Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria[9]
- Bruce Forsyth†[10]
- Gustavo Gianetti[5]
- Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organisation[10]
- Krish Naidoo[10]
- Clive Robertson[11]
- Dick Zimmermann[6]
Notes
Debuts
Returns
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
- ^ "The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Ireland wins Miss World". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 December 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Herald-Journal". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ a b "New Straits Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Top judges for Miss World". News24. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ a b Brown, Frederic J. "Candace Bushnell". Getty Images. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ Getty Images. "Miss World Contest In China". Getty Images. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Irish Miss World begins reign". ABC. 7 December 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "China set for Miss World contest". BBC News. 6 December 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "Miss World contest rigged?". News24. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ Brown, Frederic J. "Candace Bushnell". Getty Images. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "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◎～".
External links
- Miss World 2003 at IMDb
- http://www.grahamecurtis.com/irishconnectionsmag/archives/v5i1/missworld.htm