MISS WORLD 2003

'Miss World 2003', the 53rd Miss World pageant, was held at Sanya, Hainan, China on December 6, 2003. There were 106 delegates who vied for the crown. Irish Rosanna Davison, daughter of popular musician Chris de Burgh, won the title, claiming Ireland's first major beauty pageant title.
This was the first major beauty pageant to be held in China.

Contents

Results

Continental Queens

Fast Track Winners

Special Awards

Contestants

National competitions

Contestant notes

External links

Results

★ The Miss World title was won by 'Rosanna Davison' (Ireland). Her runners-up were:

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★ First Runner-up: 'Nazanin Afshin-Jam' - Canada

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★ Second Runner-up: 'Guan Qi - People's Republic of China

★ The remaining top five finalists were:

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★ 'Ami Vashi - India

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★ 'Maria Rafaela Verdadero Yunon - Philippines

★ The rest of the top twenty included: 'Olivia Stratton' (Australia), 'Helen Aponte' (Bolivia), 'Maria Eugenia Vargas Garcia' (Dominican Republic), 'Hayat Ahmed Mohammed' (Ethiopia), 'Irina Onashvili' (Georgia), 'Vasiliki Tsekoura' (Greece), 'Jade Marisa Fulford' (Jamaica), 'Marie-José Hnein' (Lebanon), 'Melanie Jane Paul' (New Zealand), 'Elisabeth Wathne' (Norway), 'Claudia María Hernández Oré' (Peru), 'Joyceline Montero García' (Puerto Rico), 'Bianca Sissing' (Switzerland), 'Magdalene Walcott' (Trinidad and Tobago), 'Valentina Patruno Macero' (Venezuela)

Continental Queens

★ 'Africa:' Hayat Ahmed Mohammed (Ethiopia)

★ 'Americas:' Nazanin Afshin-Jam (Canada)

★ 'Asia and Oceania:' Guan Qi (People's Republic of China)

★ 'Caribbean:' Jade Marisa Fulford (Jamaica)

★ 'Europe:' Rosanna Davison (Ireland)

Fast Track Winners

For the first time, the winners of these five awards were "fast tracked" into the pageant semi-finals.

★ 'Beach Beauty:' Rosanna Davison (Ireland)

★ 'Miss Personality:' Helen Aponte (Bolivia)

★ 'People's Choice:' Olivia Stratton (Australia)

★ 'Sports:' Nazanin Afshin-Jam (Canada)

★ 'Talent:' Irina Onashvili (Georgia)

Special Awards

★ Best Designed Evening Dress: 'Claudia María Hernández Oré' (Peru)

★ Miss World Scholarship: 'Denisa Kola' (Albania)

Contestants

★ 'Albania' - Denisa Kola

★ 'Andorra' - Maria Jose Girol

★ 'Angola' - Celma Katia Carlos

★ 'Antigua and Barbuda' - Anne-Marie Browne

★ 'Argentina' - Grisel Hitoff

★ 'Aruba' - Nathalie Biermans

★ 'Australia' - Olivia Stratton

★ 'Bahamas' - Shantell Hall

★ 'Barbados' - Racquel Wilkinson

★ 'Belarus' - Olga Nevdakh

★ 'Belgium' - Julie Taton

★ 'Belize' - Dalila Vanzie

★ 'Bolivia' - Helen Aponte Saucedo

★ '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 Artigues

★ 'China' - Guan Qi

★ 'Colombia' - Claudia Milena Molina Torres

★ 'Costa Rica' - Shirley Alvarez Sandoval

★ 'Croatia' - Aleksandra Grdic

★ 'Curaçao' - Angelina da Silva de Goes

★ 'Cyprus' - Stella Stylianou

★ 'Czech Republic' - Lucie Vachova

★ 'Denmark' - Maj Buchholtz Petersen

★ 'Dominican Republic' - Maria Eugenia Vargas Garcia

★ 'Ecuador' - Mayra Renteria

★ 'England' - Jacqueline Turner

★ 'Estonia' - Kriistina Gabor

★ 'Ethiopia' - Hayat Ahmed Mohammed

★ 'Finland' - Katri Johanna Hynninen

★ 'France' - Virginie Dubois

★ 'Georgia' - Irina Onashvili

★ 'Germany' - Babette Konau

★ 'Gibraltar' - Kim Marie Falzun

★ 'Greece' - Vassiliki Tsekoura

★ 'Guadeloupe' - Lauranza Doliman

★ 'Guatemala' - Dulce Maria Duarte Hernandez

★ 'Guyana' - Alexis Glasgow

★ 'Netherlands' - Sanne de Regt

★ 'Hong Kong' - Rabee'a Yeung Lok Ting

★ 'Hungary' - Eszter Toth

★ 'Iceland' - Regina Delja Jonsdóttir

★ 'India' - Ami Vashi

★ 'Ireland' - Rosanna Davison

★ 'Israel' - Miri Levy

★ 'Italy' - Silvia Cannas

★ 'Jamaica' - Jade Fulford

★ 'Japan' - Kaoru Nishide

★ 'Kazakhstan' - Saule Zhunosova

★ 'Kenya' - Janet Muthoni Kibugu

★ 'South Korea' - Ji-yea Park

★ 'Latvia' - Irina Askolska

★ 'Lebanon' - Marie-Jose Hnein

★ 'Lesotho' - Makuena Mpinane Lepolesa

★ 'Lithuania' - Vaida Griksaite

★ 'FYR Macedonia' - Marija Vasik

★ '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' - Ohumotu Celia Bissong

★ 'UK' - Diana Sayers

★ 'Northern Mariana Islands' - Kimberly Nicole Castro Reyes

★ 'Norway' - Elisabeth Wathne

★ 'Panama' - Ivy Ruth Ortega

★ 'Paraguay' - Karina Buttner

★ 'Peru' - Claudia María Hernández

★ 'Philippines' - Maria Rafaela Yunon

★ 'Poland' - Karolina Gorazda

★ 'Portugal' - Vanessa Job

★ 'Puerto Rico' - Joycelin Montero

★ 'Romania' - Patricia Filomena Chifor

★ 'Russia' - Svetlana Goreva

★ 'Scotland' - Nicola Jolly

★ 'Serbia and Montenegro' - Bojana Vujadinovic

★ 'Singapore' - Corine Kanmani

★ 'Slovakia' - Adriana Pospisilova

★ 'Slovenia' - Tina Zajc

★ 'South Africa' - Cindy Nell

★ 'Spain' - Maria Teresa Martin

★ 'Sri Lanka' - Sachini Ayendra Stanley

★ 'Swaziland' - Thembelihle Palesa Zwane

★ 'Sweden' - Ida Söfringsgärd

★ 'Switzerland' - Bianca Sissing

★ 'Tanzania' - Sylvia Lema Bahame

★ 'Thailand' - Janejira Keardprasop

★ 'Trinidad and Tobago' - Magdalene Walcott

★ 'Turkey' - Tugba Karaca

★ 'Uganda' - Aysha Salman Nassanga

★ 'Ukraine' - Ilona Yakovleva

★ 'United States' - Kimberly Harlan

★ 'Uruguay' - Natalia Rodriguez

★ 'Venezuela' - Valentina Patruno

★ 'Vietnam' - Nguyen Dinh Thuy Quan

★ 'Wales' - Imogen Thomas

★ 'Zambia' - Cynthia Kanema

★ 'Zimbabwe' - Phoebe Monjane

National competitions

★ 'Andorra', 'Guadeloupe' and 'Northern Marianas' competed in Miss World for the first time.

★ 'Lesotho' returned to Miss World after 22 years, 'Mauritius' after 5 years, and 'Zambia' after 4 years.

★ 'Belarus', 'Denmark', 'Guatemala', 'Moldova', 'Nepal', 'Paraguay', and 'Sri Lanka' returned to Miss World after 3 years.

★ This is the first time that 'Yugoslavia' had changed its name to 'Serbia and Montenegro'.

★ 'Cayman Islands', 'Costa Rica', 'Iceland', 'Korea', and 'Switzerland' also returned to the pageant after a boycott following riots in Nigeria which affected the Miss World 2002 pageant.

Contestant notes

★ 'Philippines' was the niece of Miss Universe 1984 3rd runner-up, Maria Desiree Verdadero.

★ 'India' and 'Venezuela' grew up in the United States, while 'Hong Kong' in Vancouver, Canada.

★ 'Canada', Nazanin Afshin-Jam, was half-Iranian.

★ 'Uruguay', Natalia Rodriguez Lassiy, appeared in one of the pitstops of The Amazing Race 5, while 'Sri Lanka', Sachini Ayendra Stanley, appeared briefly on The Amazing Race 6.

External links

★ Pageantopolis

★ Jimmy's Pageant Page