Miss World 2003#Contestants
{{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}}
| debuts = {{Hlist|Andorra|Ethiopia|Georgia|Guadeloupe|Northern Mariana Islands}}
| withdraws = {{Hlist|Algeria|French Polynesia|Ghana|United States Virgin Islands}}
| returns = {{Hlist|Belarus|Cayman Islands|Costa Rica|Denmark|Dominican Republic|Guatemala|Iceland|Lesotho|Mauritius|Moldova|Nepal|Paraguay|Portugal|South Korea|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.
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This edition saw the debut of Andorra, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guadeloupe and Northern Mariana Islands, and the return of Belarus, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Iceland, Lesotho, Mauritius, Moldova, Nepal, Paraguay, Portugal, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Zambia; Lesotho, which last competed in 1981, Mauritius in 1998, Zambia in 1999, Belarus, Denmark, Guatemala, Moldova, Nepal, Paraguay and Sri Lanka in 2000 and Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Iceland, Portugal, South Korea and Switzerland in 2001 .
Algeria, French Polynesia, Ghana, and the United States Virgin Islands, withdrew from the competition.
Results
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= Placements =
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| Miss World 2003
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| 1st Runner-Up
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| 2nd Runner-Up
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| Top 5
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| Top 20
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== Continental Queens of Beauty ==
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! Continent ! Contestant |
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| Americas
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| Caribbean
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| Europe
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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
Contestants
106 contestants competed for the title.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
!Country/Territory !Contestant !Age{{Efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}} !Hometown |
| {{flag|Albania}}
|21 |
| {{flag|Andorra}}
|María José Girol Jumenez |19 |
| {{flag|Angola}}
|Celma Katia Carlos |20 |
| {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|Anne-Marie Browne |24 |
| {{flag|Argentina}}
|Grisel Hitoff |24 |
| {{flag|Aruba}}
|Nathalie Biermanns |21 |
| {{flag|Australia}}
|Olivia Stratton |22 |
| {{flag|Bahamas}}
|19 |
| {{flag|Barbados}}
|Raquel Wilkinson |23 |
| {{flag|Belarus}}
|23 |
| {{flag|Belgium}}
|19 |
| {{flag|Belize}}
|Dalila Vanzie |25 |
| {{flag|Bolivia}}
|Helen Aponte |19 |Beni |
| {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|Irna Smaka |19 |
| {{flag|Botswana}}
|Boingotlo Motlalekgosi |19 |
| {{flag|Brazil}}
|Lara Brito |24 |
| {{flag|Bulgaria}}
|Rajna Naldzhieva |17 |
| {{flag|Canada}}
|24 |
| {{flag|Cayman Islands}}
|Nichelle Welcome |24 |
| {{flag|Chile}}
|Alejandra Soler |25 |
| {{flag|China}}
|Guan Qi |21 |
| {{flag|Colombia}}
|Claudia Molina |18 |
| {{flag|Costa Rica}}
|Shirley Álvarez |23 |
| {{flag|Croatia}}
|Aleksandra Grdić |24 |
| {{flag|Curaçao}}
|Angeline da Silva Goes |19 |
| {{flag|Cyprus}}
|Stella Stylianou |18 |
| {{flag|Czech Republic}}
|19 |
| {{flag|Denmark}}
|Maj Buchholtz Pedersen |20 |
| {{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|María Eugenia Vargas |19 |
| {{flag|Ecuador}}
|Mayra Rentería |18 |
| {{flag|England}}
|Jacqueline Turner |25 |
| {{flag|Estonia}}
|Kriistina Gabor |19 |
| {{flag|Ethiopia}}
|21 |
| {{flag|Finland}}
|Katri Johanna Hynninen |20 |
| {{flag|France}}
|Virginie Dubois |19 |
| {{flag|Georgia|1990}}
|Irina Onashvili |18 |
| {{flag|Germany}}
|Babette Konau |25 |Kiel |
| {{flag|Gibraltar}}
|Kim Marie Falzun |20 |Gibraltar |
| {{flag|Greece}}
|Vasiliki Tsekoura |23 |
| {{flag|Guadeloupe|local}}
|23 |
| {{flag|Guatemala}}
|Dulce María Duarte |21 |
| {{flag|Guyana}}
|Alexis Glasgow |22 |
| {{flag|Holland}}
|Sanne de Regt |21 |Goes |
| {{flag|Hong Kong}}
|Rabee'a Yeung |22 |Hong Kong |
| {{flag|Hungary}}
|19 |
| {{flag|Iceland}}
|Regína Jónsdóttir |20 |
| {{flag|India}}
|23 |
| {{flag|Ireland}}
|19 |
| {{flag|Israel}}
|Miri Levy |20 |
| {{flag|Italy}}
|Silvia Cannas |21 |
| {{flag|Jamaica}}
|Jade Fulford |21 |
| {{flag|Japan|1999}}
|Kaoru Nishide |25 |
| {{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|Saule Zhunosova |17 |
| {{flag|Kenya}}
|Janet Kibugu |18 |
| {{flag|Latvia}}
|Irina Askolska |23 |Riga |
| {{flag|Lebanon}}
|Marie-José Hnein |19 |
| {{flag|Lesotho|1987}}
|Makuena Lepolesa |20 |
| {{flag|Lithuania}}
|Vaida Grikšaitė |20 |
| {{flag|Macedonia}}
|Marija Vašik |19 |
| {{flag|Malaysia}}
|Wong Sze Zen |23 |
| {{flag|Malta}}
|Rachel Xuereb |22 |
| {{flag|Mauritius}}
|Marie Aimee Bergicourt |24 |
| {{flag|Mexico}}
|Erika Honstein |22 |
| {{flag|Moldova}}
|Elena Danilciuc |18 |
| {{flag|Namibia}}
|Petrina Thomas |22 |
| {{flag|Nepal}}
|Priti Sitoula |21 |
| {{flag|New Zealand}}
|Melanie Paul |23 |
| {{flag|Nicaragua}}
|Hailey Britton Brooks |22 |
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
|20 |
| {{flag|Northern Ireland}}
|Diana Sayers |22 |
| {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}
|Kimberly Castro Reyes |19 |
| {{flag|Norway}}
|Elisabeth Wathne |21 |
| {{flag|Panama}}
|Ivy Ruth Ortega |19 |
| {{flag|Paraguay}}
|21 |
| {{flag|Peru}}
|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 |
| {{flag|Poland}}
|Karolina Gorazda |23 |
| {{flag|Portugal}}
|Vanessa Job |20 |
| {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
|Joyceline Montero |21 |
| {{flag|Romania}}
|Patricia Filomena Chifor |17 |
| {{flag|Russia}}
|Svetlana Goreva |21 |Tula |
| {{flag|Scotland}}
|22 |
| {{flag|Serbia and Montenegro}}{{Efn|Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro.}}
|Bojana Vujadinović |23 |
| {{flag|Singapore}}
|Corine Kanmani |24 |Singapore |
| {{flag|Slovakia}}
|Adriana Pospíšilová |20 |
| {{flag|Slovenia}}
|20 |
| {{flag|South Africa}}
|Cindy Nell |22 |
| {{flag|South Korea}}{{Efn|competed as Korea in the pageant}}
|Park Ji-yea |24 |
| {{flag|Spain}}
|María Teresa Martín |23 |
| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|21 |
| {{flag|Swaziland}}
|Thembelihle Zwane |18 |
| {{flag|Sweden}}
|Ida Söfringsgärd |19 |
| {{flag|Switzerland}}
|Bianca Sissing |24 |
| {{flag|Tanzania}}
|Sylvia Bahame |20 |
| {{flag|Thailand}}
|22 |
| {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|Magdalene Walcott |21 |
| {{flag|Turkey}}
|24 |
| {{flag|Uganda}}
|Aysha Nassanga |20 |
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
|Ilona Yakovleva |22 |
| {{flag|United States}}
|Kimberly Ann Harlan |20 |
| {{flag|Uruguay}}
|Natalia Rodríguez |24 |
| {{flag|Venezuela}}
|21 |
| {{flag|Vietnam}}
|17 |
| {{flag|Wales}}
|21 |
| {{flag|Zambia}}
|Cynthia Kanema |22 |
| {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|Phoebe Monjane |21 |
Notes
{{Notelist}}
= Did not compete =
- {{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.
- {{flag|British Virgin Islands}} – No contest
- {{flag|Haiti}} - No Contest
- {{flag|Malawi}} – Mable Pulu
- {{flag|Tahiti}} - Heitiare Tribondeau
- {{flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}}- 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.
- {{flag|United States Virgin Islands}} – Alexandrya Evans. She competed at Miss Universe 2011 8 years later.
=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 Mariana Islands was originally crowned for the Miss Universe pageant but was sent to Miss World instead.
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0390266}}
- http://www.grahamecurtis.com/irishconnectionsmag/archives/v5i1/missworld.htm
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