Miss World 2003
Beauty pageant edition
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::summary Beauty pageant edition ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| photo | 2016-02-01 Rosanna Davison.jpg |
| caption | Rosanna Davison, Miss World 2003 |
| winner | Rosanna Davison |
| represented | Ireland |
| date | 6 December 2003 |
| presenters | |
| acts | |
| entrants | 106 |
| placements | 20 |
| venue | Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China |
| broadcaster | |
| debuts | |
| withdraws | |
| returns | |
| before | 2002 |
| next | 2004 |
| :: |
| photo = 2016-02-01 Rosanna Davison.jpg | caption = Rosanna Davison, Miss World 2003 | winner = Rosanna Davison | represented = Ireland | date = 6 December 2003 | presenters = | acts = | entrants = 106 | placements = 20 | venue = Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China | broadcaster = | debuts = | withdraws = | returns = | 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. 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. It is Ireland's first victory in the history of the pageant.
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
Placements
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| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 2003 | |
| 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2nd Runner-Up | |
| Top 5 | |
| Top 20 | |
| :: |
Continental Queens of Beauty
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| Continent | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Africa | |
| Americas | |
| Asia and Oceania | |
| Caribbean | |
| Europe | |
| :: |
Judges
Miss World 2003 had nine judges.
- Candace Bushnell
- Jackie Chan
- Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria
- Bruce Forsyth†
- Gustavo Gianetti
- Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organisation
- Krish Naidoo
- Clive Robertson
- Dick Zimmermann
Contestants
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106 contestants competed for the title. ::data[format=table]
| 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 Tóth | 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 |
| 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 | last=Sto. Domingo | first=Joseph | date=17 March 2003 |
| 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 |
| :: |
Notes
Did not compete
- 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.
- British Virgin Islands – No contest
- Haiti - No Contest
- Malawi – Mable Pulu
- Tahiti - Heitiare Tribondeau
- Turks and Caicos Islands- 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.
- United States Virgin Islands – Alexandrya Evans. She competed at Miss Universe 2011 8 years later.
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 Mariana Islands was originally crowned for the Miss Universe pageant but was sent to Miss World instead.
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