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Miss World 2003

{{short description|Beauty pageant edition}}

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{{Infobox beauty pageant

| photo = 2016-02-01 Rosanna Davison.jpg

| caption = Rosanna Davison, Miss World 2003

| winner = Rosanna Davison

| represented = Ireland

| date = 6 December 2003

| presenters = {{Hlist|Phil Keoghan|Amanda Byram|Angela Chow}}

| acts = {{Hlist|Luis Fonsi|Bryan Ferry}}

| entrants = 106

| placements = 20

| venue = Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China

| broadcaster = {{Hlist|E!|CCTV}}

| congeniality =

| photogenic =

| debuts = {{Hlist|Andorra|Ethiopia|Georgia|Guadeloupe|Northern Marianas|Serbia and Montenegro}}

| withdraws = {{Hlist|Algeria|American Virgin Islands|Ghana|Tahiti}}

| returns = {{Hlist|Belarus|Cayman Islands|Costa Rica|Denmark|Dominican Republic|Guatemala|Iceland|South Korea|Lesotho|Mauritius|Moldova|Nepal|Paraguay|Portugal|Sri Lanka|Switzerland|Zambia}}

| 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 December 6, 2003.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=20031207&id=dRNZAAAAIBAJ&pg=7125,1383101&hl=en|title=The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search|access-date=27 January 2016}} It was the first time that the Miss World pageant held in China.

Azra Akın of Turkey crowned Rosanna Davison of Ireland as her successor at the end of the event.{{cite web |date=7 December 2003 |title=Ireland wins Miss World |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/07/1070732056074.html?from=storyrhs |access-date=19 January 2016 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}} It is Ireland's first victory in the history of the pageant.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=20031207&id=EDkfAAAAIBAJ&pg=6839,1933890&hl=en|title=Herald-Journal|access-date=27 January 2016}}

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=

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Placement

! Contestant

Miss World 2003

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1st Runner-Up

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2nd Runner-Up

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  • {{flag|China}} – Guan Qi
Top 5

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  • {{flag|India}} – Ami Vashi
  • {{flag|Philippines}} – Maria Rafaela Yunon
Top 20

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  • {{flag|Australia}} – Olivia Stratton
  • {{flag|Bolivia}} – Helen Aponte
  • {{flag|Dominican Republic}} – María Vargas
  • {{flag|Ethiopia}} – Hayat Ahmed
  • {{flag|Georgia|1990}} – Irina Onashvili
  • {{flag|Greece}} – Vasiliki Tsekoura
  • {{flag|Jamaica}} – Jade Fulford
  • {{flag|Lebanon}} – Marie-José Hnein
  • {{flag|New Zealand}} – Melanie Paul
  • {{flag|Norway}} – Elisabeth Wathne
  • {{flag|Peru}} – Claudia Hernández
  • {{flag|Puerto Rico}} – Joyceline Montero
  • {{flag|Switzerland}} – Bianca Sissing
  • {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} – Magdalene Walcott
  • {{flag|Venezuela}} – Valentina Patruno

=Continental Queens of Beauty=

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! Continent

! Contestant

Africa

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Americas

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Asia and Oceania

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  • {{CHN}} – Guan Qi
Caribbean

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  • {{JAM}} – Jade Fulford
Europe

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Contestants

File:Miss World 2003 Map.PNG

106 contestants competed for the title.

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!Country/Territory

!Contestant

!Age

!Hometown

{{flag|Albania}}

|Denisa Kola

|21

|Peshkopi

{{flag|Andorra}}

|María José Girol Jumenez

|19

|Andorra la Vella

{{flag|Angola}}

|Celma Katia Carlos

|20

|Lubango

{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}

|Anne-Marie Browne

|24

|St. John's

{{flag|Argentina}}

|Grisel Hitoff

|24

|Buenos Aires

{{flag|Aruba}}

|Nathalie Biermanns

|21

|Oranjestad

{{flag|Australia}}

|Olivia Stratton

|22

|Adelaide

{{flag|Bahamas}}

|Shantell Hall

|19

|Freeport

{{flag|Barbados}}

|Raquel Wilkinson

|23

|Bridgetown

{{flag|Belarus}}

|Volha Nevdakh

|23

|Minsk

{{flag|Belgium}}

|Julie Taton

|19

|Jambes

{{flag|Belize}}

|Dalila Vanzie

|25

|Dangriga

{{flag|Bolivia}}

|Helen Aponte

|19

|Beni

{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|Irna Smaka

|19

|Sarajevo

{{flag|Botswana}}

|Boingotlo Motlalekgosi

|19

|Gaborone

{{flag|Brazil}}

|Lara Brito

|24

|Goiânia

{{flag|Bulgaria}}

|Rajna Naldzhieva

|17

|Sofia

{{flag|Canada}}

|Nazanin Afshin-Jam

|24

|Vancouver

{{flag|Cayman Islands}}

|Nichelle Welcome

|24

|George Town

{{flag|Chile}}

|Alejandra Soler

|25

|La Serena

{{flag|China}}

|Guan Qi

|21

|Changchun

{{flag|Colombia}}

|Claudia Molina

|18

|Barranquilla

{{flag|Costa Rica}}

|Shirley Álvarez

|23

|Desamparados

{{flag|Croatia}}

|Aleksandra Grdić

|24

|Virovitica

{{flag|Curaçao}}

|Angeline da Silva Goes

|19

|Willemstad

{{flag|Cyprus}}

|Stella Stylianou

|18

|Nicosia

{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|Lucie Váchová

|19

|Příbram

{{flag|Denmark}}

|Maj Buchholtz Pedersen

|20

|Skagen

{{flag|Dominican Republic}}

|María Eugenia Vargas

|19

|Santiago

{{flag|Ecuador}}

|Mayra Rentería

|18

|Esmeraldas

{{flag|England}}

|Jacqueline Turner

|25

|Dorset

{{flag|Estonia}}

|Kriistina Gabor

|19

|Pärnu

{{flag|Ethiopia}}

|Hayat Ahmed

|21

|Addis Ababa

{{flag|Finland}}

|Katri Johanna Hynninen

|20

|Naantali

{{flag|France}}

|Virginie Dubois

|19

|Paris

{{flag|Georgia|1990}}

|Irina Onashvili

|18

|Tbilisi

{{flag|Germany}}

|Babette Konau

|25

|Kiel

{{flag|Gibraltar}}

|Kim Marie Falzun

|20

|Gibraltar

{{flag|Greece}}

|Vasiliki Tsekoura

|23

|Athens

{{flag|Guadeloupe|local}}

|Lauranza Doliman

|23

|Goyave

{{flag|Guatemala}}

|Dulce María Duarte

|21

|Chiquimula

{{flag|Guyana}}

|Alexis Glasgow

|22

|New Amsterdam

{{flag|Holland}}

|Sanne de Regt

|21

|Goes

{{flag|Hong Kong}}

|Rabee'a Yeung

|22

|Hong Kong

{{flag|Hungary}}

|Eszter Toth

|19

|Tatabánya

{{flag|Iceland}}

|Regína Jónsdóttir

|20

|Reykjavík

{{flag|India}}

|Ami Vashi

|23

|Mumbai

{{flag|Ireland}}

|Rosanna Davison

|19

|Enniskerry

{{flag|Israel}}

|Miri Levy

|20

|Haifa

{{flag|Italy}}

|Silvia Cannas

|21

|Cagliari

{{flag|Jamaica}}

|Jade Fulford

|21

|Kingston

{{flag|Japan|1999}}

|Kaoru Nishide

|25

|Kyoto

{{flag|Kazakhstan}}

|Saule Zhunosova

|17

|Pavlodar

{{flag|Kenya}}

|Janet Kibugu

|18

|Nairobi

{{flag|Latvia}}

|Irina Askolska

|23

|Riga

{{flag|Lebanon}}

|Marie-José Hnein

|19

|Baabda

{{flag|Lesotho|1987}}

|Makuena Lepolesa

|20

|Maseru

{{flag|Lithuania}}

|Vaida Grikšaitė

|20

|Klaipėda

{{flag|Macedonia}}

|Marija Vašik

|19

|Skopje

{{flag|Malaysia}}

|Wong Sze Zen

|23

|Kuala Lumpur

{{flag|Malta}}

|Rachel Xuereb

|22

|Gwardamanġa

{{flag|Mauritius}}

|Marie Aimee Bergicourt

|24

|Pamplemousses

{{flag|Mexico}}

|Erika Honstein

|22

|Hermosillo

{{flag|Moldova}}

|Elena Danilciuc

|18

|Chișinău

{{flag|Namibia}}

|Petrina Thomas

|22

|Keetmanshoop

{{flag|Nepal}}

|Priti Sitoula

|21

|Kathmandu

{{flag|New Zealand}}

|Melanie Paul

|23

|Auckland

{{flag|Nicaragua}}

|Hailey Britton Brooks

|22

|Bluefields

{{flag|Nigeria}}

|Ohumotu Bissong

|20

|Calabar

{{flag|Northern Ireland}}

|Diana Sayers

|22

|Saintfield

{{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}

|Kimberly Castro Reyes

|19

|Saipan

{{flag|Norway}}

|Elisabeth Wathne

|21

|Mandal

{{flag|Panama}}

|Ivy Ruth Ortega

|19

|Panama City

{{flag|Paraguay}}

|Karina Buttner

|21

|Asunción

{{flag|Peru}}

|Claudia Hernández

|22

|Lima

{{flag|Philippines}}

|Maria Rafaela Yunon{{cite news |last=Sto. Domingo |first=Joseph |date=17 March 2003 |title=Brains before beauty: In this year's Bb. Pilipinas, the smart ones win the titles |pages=17–18 |work=Manila Standard |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hGwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6150%2C1686093 |accessdate=16 September 2021 }}

|22

|Tarlac

{{flag|Poland}}

|Karolina Gorazda

|23

|Kraków

{{flag|Portugal}}

|Vanessa Job

|20

|Oeiras

{{flag|Puerto Rico}}

|Joyceline Montero

|21

|Bayamón

{{flag|Romania}}

|Patricia Filomena Chifor

|17

|Satu Mare

{{flag|Russia}}

|Svetlana Goreva

|21

|Tula

{{flag|Scotland}}

|Nicci Jolly

|22

|Inverbervie

{{flag|Serbia and Montenegro}}

|Bojana Vujadinović

|23

|Belgrade

{{flag|Singapore}}

|Corine Kanmani

|24

|Singapore

{{flag|Slovakia}}

|Adriana Pospíšilová

|20

|Bratislava

{{flag|Slovenia}}

|Tina Zajc

|20

|Ljubljana

{{flag|South Africa}}

|Cindy Nell

|22

|Pretoria

{{flag|South Korea}}

|Park Ji-yea

|24

|North Jeolla

{{flag|Spain}}

|María Teresa Martín

|23

|Antequera

{{flag|Sri Lanka}}

|Sachini Stanley

|21

|Kandy

{{flag|Swaziland}}

|Thembelihle Zwane

|18

|Mbabane

{{flag|Sweden}}

|Ida Söfringsgärd

|19

|Växjö

{{flag|Switzerland}}

|Bianca Sissing

|24

|Lucerne

{{flag|Tanzania}}

|Sylvia Bahame

|20

|Dar es Salaam

{{flag|Thailand}}

|Janejira Keardprasop

|22

|Bangkok

{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}

|Magdalene Walcott

|21

|Tunapuna–Piarco

{{flag|Turkey}}

|Tuğba Karaca

|24

|Ankara

{{flag|Uganda}}

|Aysha Nassanga

|20

|Kampala

{{flag|Ukraine}}

|Ilona Yakovleva

|22

|Kharkiv

{{flag|United States}}

|Kimberly Ann Harlan

|20

|Atlanta

{{flag|Uruguay}}

|Natalia Rodríguez

|24

|Montevideo

{{flag|Venezuela}}

|Valentina Patruno

|21

|Caracas

{{flag|Vietnam}}

|Nguyễn Đình Thụy Quân

|17

|Ho Chi Minh City

{{flag|Wales}}

|Imogen Thomas

|21

|Llanelli

{{flag|Zambia}}

|Cynthia Kanema

|22

|Kabwe

{{flag|Zimbabwe}}

|Phoebe Monjane

|21

|Marondera

Judges

Miss World 2003 had nine judges.{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.com/Entertainment/International/Top-judges-for-Miss-World-20031202|title=Top judges for Miss World|work=News24|access-date=19 January 2016}}

  • Candace Bushnell{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/miss-world-2003-judges-candace-bushnell-author-of-the-hit-news-photo/2784317|title=Candace Bushnell|author=Brown, Frederic J.|work=Getty Images|date=5 December 2003 |access-date=19 January 2016}}
  • Jackie Chan{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/actor-jackie-chan-a-judge-in-this-years-miss-world-beauty-news-photo/2788954|title=Miss World Contest In China|author=Getty Images|work=Getty Images|date=6 December 2003 |access-date=19 January 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-12-07/irish-miss-world-begins-reign/101852|title=Irish Miss World begins reign|work=ABC|date=7 December 2003|access-date=19 January 2016}}
  • Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3295995.stm|title=China set for Miss World contest|work=BBC News|date=6 December 2003|access-date=19 January 2016}}
  • Bruce Forsyth†{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.com/Entertainment/SouthAfrica/Miss-World-contest-rigged-20031208|title=Miss World contest rigged?|work=News24|access-date=19 January 2016}}
  • Gustavo Gianetti
  • Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organisation
  • Krish Naidoo
  • Clive Robertson{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/miss-world-2003-judges-candace-bushnell-author-of-the-hit-news-photo/2784323|title=Candace Bushnell|author=Brown, Frederic J.|work=Getty Images|date=5 December 2003 |access-date=19 January 2016}}
  • Dick Zimmermann

Notes

=Debuts=

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  • {{flag|Andorra}}
  • {{flag|Ethiopia}}
  • {{flag|Georgia|1990}}
  • {{flag|Guadeloupe|local}}
  • {{flag|Northern Marianas}}

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=Returns=

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  • Last competed in 1981:
  • {{flag|Lesotho|1987}}
  • Last competed in 1998:
  • {{flag|Mauritius}}
  • Last competed in 1999:
  • {{flag|Zambia}}
  • Last competed in 2000:
  • {{flag|Belarus}}
  • {{flag|Denmark}}
  • {{flag|Guatemala}}
  • {{flag|Moldova}}
  • {{flag|Nepal}}
  • {{flag|Paraguay|1990}}
  • {{flag|Sri Lanka}}
  • Last competed in 2001:
  • {{flag|Cayman Islands}}
  • {{flag|Costa Rica}}
  • {{flag|Dominican Republic}}
  • {{flag|Iceland}}
  • {{flag|South Korea}}
  • {{flag|Portugal}}
  • {{flag|Switzerland}}

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=Withdrawals=

  • {{flag|Armenia}} – Lusine Tovmasyan - She withdrew due to financial problems.
  • {{flag|Fiji}} – Aishwarya Sukhdeo - She withdrew at the last minute for unknown reasons. however, she competed in Miss World a year later.

=No Shows=

  • {{flag|Algeria}} – Mounia Achlaf
  • {{flag|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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bellezavenezolana.net/news/2003/20031109.htm|title = 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◎～}}
  • {{flag|US Virgin Islands|name=American Virgin Islands}} – Alexandrya Evans. She competed at Miss Universe 2011 8 years later.
  • {{flag|British Virgin Islands}} – No contest
  • {{flag|Haiti}} - No Contest
  • {{flag|Malawi}} – Mable Pulu
  • {{flag|Tahiti}} - Heitiare Tribondeau
  • {{flag|Turks and Caicos}}- No contest
  • {{flag|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=

  • {{flag|Latvia}} – Agnese Eiduka
  • {{flag|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.
  • {{flag|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

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External links

  • {{IMDb title|0390266}}
  • http://www.grahamecurtis.com/irishconnectionsmag/archives/v5i1/missworld.htm

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