Miss World 2003 Explained

Winner:	Rosanna Davison
Represented:	Ireland
Date:	6 December 2003
Entrants:	106
Placements:	20
Venue:	Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
Before:	2002
Next:	2004

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] It was the first time that the Miss World pageant held in China.

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

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 2003	Ireland – Rosanna Davison
1st Runner-Up	Canada – Nazanin Afshin-Jam
2nd Runner-Up	China – Guan Qi
Top 5	India – Ami Vashi Philippines – Maria Rafaela Yunon
Top 20	Australia – Olivia Stratton – Helen Aponte Dominican Republic – María Vargas Ethiopia – Hayat Ahmed Georgia – Irina Onashvili Greece – Vasiliki Tsekoura Jamaica – Jade Fulford Lebanon – Marie-José Hnein New Zealand – Melanie Paul Norway – Elisabeth Wathne Peru – Claudia Hernández Puerto Rico – Joyceline Montero Switzerland – Bianca Sissing Trinidad and Tobago – Magdalene Walcott – Valentina Patruno

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Ethiopia – Hayat Ahmed
Americas	Canada – Nazanin Afshin-Jam
Asia & Oceania	China – Guan Qi
Caribbean	Jamaica – Jade Fulford
Europe	Ireland – Rosanna Davison

Contestants

106 contestants competed for the title.

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
	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
	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
	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
	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	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
	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
	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
	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^[4]	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
	Svetlana Goreva	21	Tula
	Nicci Jolly	22	Inverbervie
	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
	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
	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
	Valentina Patruno	21	Caracas
	Nguyễn Đình Thụy Quân	17	Ho Chi Minh City
	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

• Andorra
• Ethiopia
• Georgia
• Guadeloupe

Returns

• Last competed in 1981:
  • Lesotho
• Last competed in 1998:
  • Mauritius
• Last competed in 1999:
  • Zambia
• Last competed in 2000:
  • Belarus
  • Denmark
  • Guatemala
  • Nepal
  • Paraguay
  • Sri Lanka
• Last competed in 2001:
  • Cayman Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Iceland
  • Portugal
  • Switzerland

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.^[12]
• – Alexandrya Evans. She competed at Miss Universe 2011 8 years later.
• – No contest
• Haiti - No Contest
• Malawi – Mable Pulu
• - Heitiare Tribondeau
• - 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.
• – 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.

External links

• • http://www.grahamecurtis.com/irishconnectionsmag/archives/v5i1/missworld.htm

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search. 27 January 2016.
2. Web site: 7 December 2003 . Ireland wins Miss World . 19 January 2016 . The Sydney Morning Herald.
3. Web site: Herald-Journal. 27 January 2016.
4. News: Sto. Domingo . Joseph . 17 March 2003 . Brains before beauty: In this year's Bb. Pilipinas, the smart ones win the titles . 17–18 . . 16 September 2021 .
5. Web site: Top judges for Miss World. News24. 19 January 2016.
6. Web site: Candace Bushnell. Brown, Frederic J.. Getty Images. 5 December 2003 . 19 January 2016.
7. Web site: Miss World Contest In China. Getty Images. Getty Images. 6 December 2003 . 19 January 2016.
8. News: Irish Miss World begins reign. ABC. 7 December 2003. 19 January 2016.
9. News: China set for Miss World contest. BBC News. 6 December 2003. 19 January 2016.
10. Web site: Miss World contest rigged?. News24. 19 January 2016.
11. Web site: Candace Bushnell. Brown, Frederic J.. Getty Images. 5 December 2003 . 19 January 2016.
12. Web site: 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◎～.