Miss Universe 2004

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The Miss Universe 2004 pageant was held in Centro de Convenciones CEMEXPO, Quito, Ecuador on June 1, 2004. This was the 53rd Miss Universe pageant, and eighty nations participated.

Georgia, Ethiopia, and Vietnam competed for the first time, while Botswana, Turks and Caicos, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Paraguay, Kenya, Uruguay, Austria, Chile, Denmark, Ghana, and Lebanon returned after several years of absence.

1 Results
- 1.1 Placements
- 1.2 Special awards
2 2004 Delegates
3 Pageant crossovers
4 Trivia and Records
5 External links

[edit] Results

[edit] Placements

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

The title of Miss Universe was awarded to Jennifer Hawkins of Australia. The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up - Shandi Finnessey (USA)
- 2nd runner-up - Alba Reyes (Puerto Rico)
- 3rd runner-up - Yanina González (Paraguay)
- 4th runner-up - Danielle Jones (Trinidad and Tobago)
The Top 10 (in random order) were Catherine Daza Manchola (Colombia), Susana Rivadeneira (Ecuador), Christine Straw (Jamaica), Tanushree Dutta (India) and Nancy Soto (Costa Rica).
The Top 15 (in random order) were Kathrine Sørland (Norway), Gabriela Barros (Chile), Bianca Sissing (Switzerland), Rosalva Luna (Mexico) and Telma de Jesus Esperanca Sonhi (Angola)

[edit] Special awards

Miss Congenality - Laia Manetti (Italy)
Miss Photogenic - Alba Reyes (Puerto Rico)
Best National Costume - Jessica Clark (Panama)

[edit] 2004 Delegates

Angola

Telma de Jesus Sonhi
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
TOP 15

Antigua and Barbuda

Ann-Marie Brown
Age: 25
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Aruba

Zizi Lee
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Australia

Jennifer Hawkins
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
MISS UNIVERSE 2004

Austria

Daniela Strigel
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Bahamas

Raquel Simone Horton
Age: 24
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Barbados

Cindy Baston Maizz
Age:19
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Belgium

Lindsy Dehollander
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Belize

Leilah Pandy
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Bolivia

Gabriela Oviedo Sarrete
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Botswana

Icho Keolotswe
Age: 24
Height: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Brazil

Fabiane Niclotti
Age: 19
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Bulgaria

Ivelina Petrova
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Canada

Venessa Fisher
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Cayman Islands

Stacey-Ann Kelly
Age: 25
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Chile

Gabriela Barros
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
TOP 15

China

Meng Zhang
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Colombia

Catherine Daza Manchola
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
TOP 10

Costa Rica

Nancy Soto
Age: 21
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
TOP 10

Croatia

Marijana Rupcic
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Curacao

Angeline da Silva de Goes
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Cyprus

Nayia Iacovidou
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Czech Republic

Lucie Váchová
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Denmark

Tina Christensen
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Dominican Republic

Larissa del Mar Fiallo Scanlón
Age: 20
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Ecuador

María Susana Rivadeneira Simball
Age: 24
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
TOP 10

Egypt

Heba El-Sisy
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

El Salvador

Silvia Gabriela Mejía Córdova
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Estonia

Sirle Kalma
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Ethiopia

Ferehyiwot Abebe
Age: 18
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Finland

Mira Salo
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

France

Lætitia Bléger
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Georgia

Nino Murtazashvilli
Age: 21
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Germany

Shermine Sharivar
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Ghana

Minaye Donkor
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Greece

Valia Kakouti
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Guatemala

Marva Cecilia Weatherborn Serrano
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Guyana

Odessa Phillips
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Hungary

Blanka Bakos
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

India

Tanushree Dutta
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
TOP 10

Republic of Ireland

Cathriona Duignam
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Israel

Gal Gadot
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Italy

Laia Manetti
Age: 23
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
MISS CONGENIALITY

Jamaica

Christine Renée Straw
Age: 24
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
TOP 10

Japan

Eri Machimoto
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Kenya

Anita Maina
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Korea

Yun-yong Choi
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Lebanon

Marie-José Hnein
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Malaysia

Andrea Veronica Fonseka
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Mexico

Rosalva Yazmín Luna Ruiz
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
TOP 15

Netherlands

Linsday Grace Pronk
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Nicaragua

Marifely Argüello César
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Nigeria

Anita Uwagbale
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Norway

Katrine Sørland
Age: 24
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
TOP 15

Panama

Jéssica Patricia Rodríguez Clark
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
BEST NATIONAL COSTUME

Paraguay

Yanina González
Age: 24
3rd RUNNER-UP

Peru

Liesel Holler
Age: 24
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Philippines

Maricar Balagtas
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Poland

Paulina Panek
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Puerto Rico

Alba Giselle Reyes Santos
Age: 22
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
2nd RUNNER-UP
MISS PHOTOGENIC

Russia

Ksenia Kustova
Age: 20
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Laferne Fraser
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Serbia and Montenegro

Dragana Dujovic
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Singapore

Sandy Chua
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Slovakia

Zuzana Dvorska
Age: 19

Slovenia

Sabina Remar
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

South Africa

Joan Ramagoshi
Age: 25
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Spain

María Jesús Ruiz Garzón
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Sweden

Katarina Wigander
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Switzerland

Bianca Nicole Sissing
Age: 25
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Taiwan

Janie Hsieh (Yu-Chen Hsieh)
Age: 26
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Thailand

Morakot Kittisara
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)

Trinidad and Tobago

Danielle Jones
Age: 26
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
4th RUNNER-UP

Turkey

Fatos Segmen
Age: 22

Turks and Caicos Islands

Shamara Ariza
Age: 19

Ukraine

Oleksandra Nikolayenko
Age: 22
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Uruguay

Nicole Dupont Giglio
Age: 20
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

USA

Shandi Finnessey
Age: 25
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
1st RUNNER-UP

Venezuela

Ana Karina Áñez Delgado
Age: 19
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Vietnam

Hoang Ngoc
Age: 19
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

[edit] Pageant crossovers

Some delegates had previously competed in Miss World, another international pageant. Delegates who placed in both pageants included Christine Straw (Jamaica), Kathrine Sørland (Norway), and Bianca Sissing (Switzerland). Others who competed in both pageants were Joan Ramagoshi (South Africa), Anita Uwagbale (Nigeria), Stacy Anne Kelly (Cayman Islands), Heba El-Sisy (Egypt), Zizi Lee (Aruba), Oleksandra Nikolayanko (Ukraine), Odessa Philipps (Guyana), Angeline Da Silva (Curacao), Ann-Marie Brown (Antigua and Barbuda), Marie Jose Hnein (Lebanon) and Lucie Vachova (Czech Republic).

[edit] Trivia and Records

This was the second time Australia won the Miss Universe title, the first being Kerry Anne Wells in 1972. This also marked the longest gap in between wins by a country/territory in the pageant.
Shandi Finnessey was the eighth Miss USA to place first runner-up
Yanina Gonzalez's placement was the first time a delegate from Paraguay had made the cut since 1991. It was also only the third time in the forty-two years the country had participated that their delegate made the cut. Gonzalez also compete at the Miss Earth 2004 pageant, where she also placed third runner-up.
Ana Karina Añez, Miss Venezuela failed to place, breaking Venezuela's 20 year streak from 1983 to 2003.
Nancy Soto's top ten placement was her country's first for fifty years.
The tallest among the delegates were Fabiane Niclotti (Brazil), Nancy Soto (Costa Rica), Larissa del Mar Fiallo Scanlón (Dominican Republic), Nino Murtazashvilli (Georgia), Alba Giselle Reyes Santos (Puerto Rico), Ksenia Kustova (Russia) and Ana Karina Áñez Delgado (Venezuela) who were all standing 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m).
The shortest among the delegates Morakot Kittisara (Thailand) who is standing only 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)
The oldest among the delegates were Janie Hsieh (Taiwan) and Danielle Jones (Trinidad and Tobago) who were all 26 years old.
Countries that sent delegates to Miss Universe 2003, but did not send one to the 2004 pageant include: Albania, Argentina, Mauritius, Namibia, and New Zealand.
This pageant also marks the first time Vietnam sent a delegate to miss universe
The biggest favorite to capture the crown was Ukraine's Oleksandra Nikolayenko. Such favoritism lead to an impressive coverage of her participation in Ukrainian media, as well as international websites. After failing to make the cut (which was surprising to everyone covering the pageant), Donald Trump invited her to judge the Miss Universe 2005 finals in Thailand. Nowadays, Oleksandra is the National Director of the Miss Universe local leg in Ukraine.
Other favorites who failed to make the cut were the stunning Miss Greece (Valia Kakouti), Miss Czech Republic (Lucie Vachova), Miss Finland (Mira Salo), Miss Venezuela (Ana Karina Añez), Miss Egypt (Heba El-Sisy) and Japan (Eri Machimoto)
The darling of the local media was Miss Canada, Venessa Fisher. Her photos were constantly displayed in the covers of most newspapers and magazines and Ecuadorians had her as a sure finalist.
Miss Germany (Sharmine Sharivar) went on to win the Miss Europe contest in 2005, while Miss Peru (Liesel Holler) won the Miss Caribbean Hibiscus competition. Ukraine's Oleksandra Nikolayenko had been a finalist in Miss World 2001, and in 2003 won the Miss Tourism International crown.

[edit] External links

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