Miss World 2003

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The 53^rd 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.

Contents 1 Miss World 2003 Results 2 Continental Queens 3 Fast Track Winners 4 Special Awards 5 106 contestants 6 Trivia 7 External links

[edit] Miss World 2003 Results

Miss World 2003: Rosanna Davison - Ireland

First Runner-up: Nazanin Afshin-Jam - Canada

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

Finalists

• Ami Vashi - India

• Maria Rafaela Verdadero Yunon - Philippines

Semi-Finalists

• 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 Nicole Sissing - Switzerland

• Magdalene Walcott - Trinidad and Tobago

• Valentina Patruno Macero - Venezuela

[edit] 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

[edit] Fast Track Winners

Beach Beauty: Rosanna Davison - Miss Ireland

Miss Personality: Helen Aponte - Miss Bolivia en español

People's Choice: Olivia Stratton - Miss Australia

Sports: Nazanin Afshin-Jam - Miss Canada

Talent: Irina Onashvili - Miss Georgia

[edit] Special Awards

Best Designed Evening Dress: Claudia María Hernández Oré - Peru

Miss World Scholarship: Denisa Kola - Albania

[edit] 106 contestants

Albania Denisa Kola Andorra Maria Jose Girol Jumenez Angola Celma Katia Carlos Antunez Antigua Anne-Marie Browne Argentina Grisel Rita Hitoff Aruba Nathalie Chanetal Biermans Australia Olivia Stratton SEMI-FINALIST Bahamas Shantell Nicole Hall Barbados Racquel Olivia Wilkinson Belarus Volha (Olga) Nevdakh Belgium Julie Taton Belize Dalila Violeta Vanzie Montano Bolivia Helen Aponte Saucedo SEMI-FINALIST Bosnia & Herzegovina Irna Smaka Botswana Boingotlo Motlalekgosi Brazil Lara Andressa de Brito Bulgaria Rajna Naldzhieva Canada Nazanin Afshin-Jam 1st RUNNER-UP Cayman Islands Nichelle Antoinette Welcome Chile Patricia Alejandra Soler Artigues People's Republic of China Guan Qi 2nd RUNNER-UP Colombia Claudia Milena Molina Torres Costa Rica Shirley Alvarez Sandoval Croatia Aleksandra Grdic Curaçao Angelina Fernandina da Silva de Goes Cyprus Stella Stylianou Czech Republic Lucie Vachova Denmark Maj Buchholtz Petersen Dominican Republic Maria Eugenia Vargas Garcia SEMI-FINALIST Ecuador Mayra Katty Renteria Matamba England Jacqueline (Jackie) Turner Estonia Kriistina Gabor Ethiopia Hayat Ahmed Mohammed SEMI-FINALIST Finland Katri Johanna Hynninen France Virginie Dubois

Georgia Irina Onashvili SEMI-FINALIST Germany Babette Konau Gibraltar Kim Marie Falzun Greece Vassiliki Tsekoura SEMI-FINALIST Guadeloupe Lauranza Doliman Guatemala Dulce Maria Duarte Hernandez Guyana Alexis Glasgow Holland Sanne de Regt Hong Kong China Rabee'a Yeung Lok Ting Hungary Eszter Toth Iceland Regina Delja Jonsdóttir India Ami Vashi TOP 5 FINALIST Ireland Rosanna Davison MISS WORLD 2003 Israel Miri Levy Italy Silvia Cannas Jamaica Jade Marisa Fulford SEMI-FINALIST Japan Kaoru Nishide Kazakhstan Saule Zhunosova Kenya Janet Muthoni Kibugu Korea Ji-yea Park Latvia Irina Askolska Lebanon Marie-Jose Hnein Lesotho Makuena Mpinane Lepolesa Lithuania Vaida Griksaite Macedonia FYRO Marija Vasik Malaysia Wong Sze Zen Malta Rachel Xuereb Mauritius Marie Aimee Bergicourt Mexico Erika Lizeth Honstein Garcia Moldova Elena Danilciuc Namibia Petrina Twahangwapo Thomas Nepal Priti Sitoula New Zealand Melanie Paul SEMI-FINALIST Nicaragua Hailey Aisha Britton Brooks Nigeria Ohumotu Celia Bissong Northern Ireland Diana Sayers

Northern Marianas Kimberly Nicole Castro Reyes Norway Elisabeth Wathne SEMI-FINALIST Panama Ivy Ruth Ortega Coroñas Paraguay Karina Rebeca Buttner Neumann Peru Claudia Maria Hernández Oré SEMI-FINALIST Philippines Maria Rafaela Verdadero Yunon TOP 5 FINALIST Poland Karolina Gorazda Portugal Vanessa Palma Montero Job Puerto Rico Joycelin Montero Garcia SEMI-FINALIST Romania Patricia Filomena Chifor Russia Svetlana Alexandrovna Goreva Scotland Juliet-Jane Horne Serbia & Montenegro Bojana Vujadinovic Singapore Kanmani Corine Mahinda Luxsman Slovakia Adriana Pospisilova Slovenia Tina Zajc South Africa Cindy Nell Spain Maria Teresa Martin Bueno Sri Lanka Sachini Ayendra Stanley Swaziland Thembelihle Palesa Zwane Sweden Ida Sofringsgärd Switzerland Bianca Nicole Sissing SEMI-FINALIST Tanzania Sylvia Lema Bahame Thailand Janejira Keardprasop Trinidad & Tobago Magdalene Walcott SEMI-FINALIST Turkey Kadriye Tugba Karaca Uganda Aysha Salman Nassanga Cisse Ukraine Ilona Yakovleva United States Kimberly Ann Harlan Uruguay Natalia Rodriguez Lassiy Venezuela Valentina Patruno Macero SEMI-FINALIST Vietnam Nguyen Dinh Thuy Quan Wales Imogen Thomas Zambia Cynthia Kanema Zimbabwe Phoebe Tonderai Monjane

[edit] Trivia

• The 53rd Miss World is not just the first ever major beauty pageant to be held in China, but also the first time it was held in a Communist country.

• This is the first time that fast-tracking awards were given. The winners of the fast-tracking award will automatically move on to the semi-finals.

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

• Ethiopia and Georgia competed in Miss World and then made into the semi-finals.

• Russia, who placed as 2nd runner-up in Miss International and a contestant in Miss Universe 2000, failed to put her through the semi-finals.

• Belgium, Cayman Islands, Mauritius, Nigeria and South Africa competed in Miss Universe 2003 in Panama eight months before. South Africa, who failed to put her through the semi-finals, placed as 2nd runner-up.

• Antigua, Curacao, Czech Republic, Lebanon, and Switzerland competed in Miss Universe 2004 in Ecuador. Switzerland made into the semi-finals in both Miss World as well as the Miss Universe pageant (placing 13th).

• Paraguay, Trinidad & Tobago, and Zambia competed in Miss Universe 2005 in Thailand. Like Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago also made into the semi-finals in both Miss World and Miss Universe (placing 14th).

• Ghana did not compete in Miss World due to financial crisis.

• 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.

• Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Iceland, Korea, and Switzerland also returned to Miss World after last year's Miss World boycott and riots in Nigeria. Costa Rica supposedly compete in Miss World 2002, but pageant organizers decided to boycott her in the Miss World contest because of the death sentence of Amina Lawal.

• This is the first time that Yugoslavia had changed its name into Serbia and Montenegro.

• 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.

[edit] External links

• Pageantopolis

• Jimmy's Pageant Page

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