Miss World 2003

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Miss World 2003
2016-02-01 Rosanna Davison.jpg
Rosanna Davison, Miss World 2003
Date6 December 2003
Presenters
Entertainment
Venue Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
Broadcaster
Entrants106
Placements20
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
Winner Rosanna Davison
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
  2002
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.

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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

PlacementContestant
Miss World 2003
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 20

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental GroupContestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe

Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2003 Miss World 2003 Map.PNG
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2003

106 contestants competed for the title. [4]

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Denisa Kola21 Peshkopi
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra María José Girol Jumenez19 Andorra la Vella
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Celma Katia Carlos20 Lubango
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda Anne-Marie Browne24 St. John's
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Grisel Hitoff24 Buenos Aires
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba Nathalie Biermanns21 Oranjestad
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Olivia Stratton22 Adelaide
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Shantell Hall19 Freeport
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Raquel Wilkinson23 Bridgetown
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Volha Nevdakh23 Minsk
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Julie Taton 19 Jambes
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize Dalila Vanzie25 Dangriga
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Helen Aponte19 Beni
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Irna Smaka19 Sarajevo
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Boingotlo Motlalekgosi19 Gaborone
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Lara Brito24 Goiânia
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Rajna Naldzhieva17 Sofia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nazanin Afshin-Jam 24 Vancouver
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands Nichelle Welcome24 George Town
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Alejandra Soler25 La Serena
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Guan Qi21 Changchun
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Claudia Molina18 Barranquilla
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Shirley Álvarez23 Desamparados
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Aleksandra Grdić24 Virovitica
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao Angeline da Silva Goes19 Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Stella Stylianou18 Nicosia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Lucie Váchová 19 Příbram
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Maj Buchholtz Pedersen20 Skagen
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic María Eugenia Vargas19 Santiago
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Mayra Rentería18 Esmeraldas
Flag of England.svg  England Jacqueline Turner25 Dorset
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Kriistina Gabor19 Pärnu
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Hayat Ahmed 21 Addis Ababa
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Katri Johanna Hynninen20 Naantali
Flag of France.svg  France Virginie Dubois19 Paris
Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgia Irina Onashvili18 Tbilisi
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Babette Konau25 Kiel
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Kim Marie Falzun20Gibraltar
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Vasiliki Tsekoura23 Athens
Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg  Guadeloupe Lauranza Doliman 23 Goyave
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Dulce María Duarte21 Chiquimula
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana Alexis Glasgow22 New Amsterdam
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Holland Sanne de Regt21 Goes
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Rabee'a Yeung22Hong Kong
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Eszter Toth19 Tatabánya
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Regína Jónsdóttir20 Reykjavík
Flag of India.svg  India Ami Vashi 23 Mumbai
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Rosanna Davison [2] 19 Enniskerry
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Miri Levy20 Haifa
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Silvia Cannas21 Cagliari
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Jade Fulford21 Kingston
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kaoru Nishide25 Kyoto
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Saule Zhunosova17 Pavlodar
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Janet Kibugu18 Nairobi
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Irina Askolska23 Riga
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Marie-José Hnein19 Baabda
Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg  Lesotho Makuena Lepolesa20 Maseru
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Vaida Grikšaitė20 Klaipėda
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Marija Vašik19 Skopje
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Wong Sze Zen23 Kuala Lumpur
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Rachel Xuereb22 Gwardamanġa
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Marie Aimee Bergicourt24 Pamplemousses
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Erika Honstein22 Hermosillo
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Elena Danilciuc18 Chișinău
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Petrina Thomas22 Keetmanshoop
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Priti Sitoula21 Kathmandu
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Melanie Paul23 Auckland
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Hailey Britton Brooks22 Bluefields
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Ohumotu Bissong 20 Calabar
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Diana Sayers22 Saintfield
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands Kimberly Castro Reyes19 Saipan
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Elisabeth Wathne21 Mandal
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Ivy Ruth Ortega19 Panama City
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay Karina Buttner 21 Asunción
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Claudia Hernández 22 Lima
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Maria Rafaela Yunon [5] 22 Tarlac
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Karolina Gorazda23 Kraków
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Vanessa Job20 Oeiras
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Joyceline Montero21 Bayamón
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Patricia Filomena Chifor17 Satu Mare
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Svetlana Goreva21 Tula
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Nicci Jolly 22 Inverbervie
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro Bojana Vujadinović23 Belgrade
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Corine Kanmani24Singapore
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Adriana Pospíšilová20 Bratislava
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Tina Zajc 20 Ljubljana
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Cindy Nell22 Pretoria
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Park Ji-yea24 North Jeolla
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain María Teresa Martín23 Antequera
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Sachini Stanley 21 Kandy
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland Thembelihle Zwane18 Mbabane
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Ida Söfringsgärd19 Växjö
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Bianca Sissing24 Lucerne
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Sylvia Bahame20 Dar es Salaam
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Janejira Keardprasop22 Bangkok
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Magdalene Walcott21 Tunapuna–Piarco
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Tuğba Karaca24 Ankara
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Aysha Nassanga20 Kampala
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Ilona Yakovleva22 Kharkiv
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Kimberly Ann Harlan20 Atlanta
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Natalia Rodríguez24 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Valentina Patruno 21 Caracas
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Nguyễn Đình Thụy Quân17 Ho Chi Minh City
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Imogen Thomas 21 Llanelli
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Cynthia Kanema22 Kabwe
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Phoebe Monjane21 Marondera

Judges

Miss World 2003 had nine judges. [6]

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Withdrawals

No Shows

Replacements

Country Changes

Other notes

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