Miss World 2003

Miss World 2003 was the 53rd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China on 6 December 2003.[1]

Miss World 2003
Rosanna Davison, Miss World 2003
Date6 December 2003
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueCrown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
Broadcaster
Entrants106
Placements20
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerRosanna Davison
 Ireland

At the end of the event, Azra Akın of Turkey crowned Rosanna Davison of Ireland as Miss World 2003.[2] It is Ireland's first victory in the history of the pageant.[3]

Contestants 106 contestants competed in this year's pageant, surpassing the previous record of 95 contestants in 2000. The pageant was hosted by Phil Keoghan, Amanda Byram, and Angela Chow. Luis Fonsi and Bryan Ferry performed in this year's pageant.

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

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss World 2003
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 20

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe

Contestants

106 contestants competed for the title.[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[5] 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.[6]

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Withdrawals
  •  Armenia – Lusine Tovmasyan - She withdrew due to financial problems.
  •  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.[13]
  •  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. "Ireland wins Miss World". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 December 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. "Herald-Journal". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  4. "New Straits Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  5. Sto. Domingo, Joseph (17 March 2003). "Brains before beauty: In this year's Bb. Pilipinas, the smart ones win the titles". Manila Standard. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  6. "Top judges for Miss World". News24. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. Brown, Frederic J. "Candace Bushnell". Getty Images. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  8. Getty Images. "Miss World Contest In China". Getty Images. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  9. "Irish Miss World begins reign". ABC. 7 December 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  10. "China set for Miss World contest". BBC News. 6 December 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  11. "Miss World contest rigged?". News24. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  12. Brown, Frederic J. "Candace Bushnell". Getty Images. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  13. "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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