MISS WORLD 2003
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Miss World 2003
Rosanna Diana Davison—Ireland
2. Nazanin Afshin-Jam—Canada
3. Guan Qi—People's Republic of China
FINALISTS:
4. Ami Vashi—India
5. Maria Rafaela "Mafae" Verdadero Yunon—Philippines
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Olivia Stratton—Australia
Helen Aponte Saucedo—Bolivia
María Eugenia Vargas—Dominican Republic
Hayat Ahmed Mohammed—Ethiopia
Irina Onashvili—Georgia
Vassiliki Tsekoura—Greece
Jade Marisa Fulford—Jamaica
Marie-José Hnein—Lebanon
Melanie Jane Paul—New Zealand
Elisabeth Wathne—Norway
Claudia María Hernández Oré—Peru
Jocelyn Montero García—Puerto Rico
Bianca Nicole Sissing—Switzerland
Magdalene Walcott—Trinidad and Tobago
Valentina Patruno Macero—Venezuela
Continental Queens of Beauty
Africa: Hayat Ahmed Mohammed—Ethiopia
Americas: Nazanin Afshin-Jam—Canada
Asia: Guan Qi—People's Republic of China
Caribbean: Jade Marisa Fulford—Jamaica
Europe: Rosanna Diana Davison—Ireland
Special Awards
Best Evening Wear: Claudia María Hernández Oré—Peru
Scholarship Winner: Denisa Kola—Albania
Pre-Event Winners (each winner earns a bye into the top twenty)
People's Choice (Web and SMS vote winner): Olivia Stratton—Australia
Miss Sport: Nazanin Afshin-Jam—Canada
"Beach Babe" Modeling winner: Rosanna Diana Davison—Ireland
Miss Talent: Irina Onashvili—Georgia
Miss Top Personality: Helen Aponte Saucedo—Bolivia
2003 December 6 - Beauty Crown Center - Sanya, Hainan, China
(106 contestants)
ALBANIA - Denisa Kola (MU 03)
ANDORRA - María José Girol Jumenez
ANGOLA - Celma Kátia Carlos Antunes
ANTIGUA - Anne-Marie Browne (Miss Carival '01)
ARGENTINA - Grisel Hitoff (AmLat 01)
ARUBA - Nathalie Chanetel Biermans
AUSTRALIA - Olivia Stratton
BAHAMAS - Shantell Hall
BARBADOS - Raquel Wilkinson
BELARUS - Volha (Olga) Neudakh (Europe 02)
BELGIUM - Julie Taton (MU 03, Europe 03)
BELIZE - Dalila Violeta Vanzie Montano
BOLIVIA - Helen Aponte Saucedo (Flores 03, Mesoamérica 03)
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA - Irna Smaka
BOTSWANA - Boingotlo Motlalekgosi
BRAZIL - Lara Andressa de Brito
BULGARIA - Rayna Naldjieva
CANADA - Nazanin Afshin-Jam
CAYMAN ISLANDS - Nichelle Welcome (MU 03)
CHILE - Patricia Alejandra Soler Artigues
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF - Guan Qi
COLOMBIA - Claudia Milena Molina Torres
COSTA RICA - Shirley Álvarez Sandoval (Hawaiian 99, Queen-Tourism-Int'l 02, Asia-Pac 02)
CROATIA - Aleksandra Grdic
CURACAO - Angeline da Silva de Goes
CYPRUS - Stella Stylianou
CZECH REPUBLIC - Lucie Váchová
DENMARK - Maj Buchholtz Petersen
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - María Eugenia Vargas
ECUADOR - Mayra Katty Rentería Matamba
ENGLAND - Jacqueline "Jackie" Turner
ESTONIA - Kristiina Gabor
ETHIOPIA - Hayat Ahmed Mohammed
FINLAND - Katri Johanna Hynninen
FRANCE - Virginie Dubois
GEORGIA - Irina Onashvili
GERMANY - Babett Konav
GIBRALTAR - Kim Falzun
GREECE - Vassiliki Tsekoura
GUADELOUPE - Lauranza Doliman
GUATEMALA - Dulce María Duarte Hernández
GUYANA - Alexis Glasgow
HOLLAND - Sanne de Regt
HONG KONG CHINA - Rabee'a Yeung (Yeung Tok Ling)
HUNGARY - Eszter Toth
ICELAND - Regina Dilja Jonsdóttir
INDIA - Ami Vashi
IRELAND - Rosanna Diana Davison
ISRAEL - Miri Levi
ITALY - Silvia Cannas
JAMAICA - Jade Marisa Fulford
JAPAN - Kaoru Nishide
KAZAKHSTAN - Saule Zhunusova
KENYA - Janet Muthoni Kibugu
KOREA - Ji-ye Park
LATVIA - Irina Askolska
LEBANON - Marie-José Hnein
LESOTHO - Makuena Mpinane Lepolesa
LITHUANIA - Vaida Griksaite
MACEDONIA, F.Y.R.O. - Marija Vasic
MALAYSIA - Wong Sze Zen
MALTA - Rachel Xuereb
MAURITIUS - Marie-Aimée Bergicourt (MU 03)
MEXICO - Erika Lizeth Honstein García (Mesoamérica 03)
MOLDOVA - Elena Daniliciuc
NAMIBIA - Petrina Twahangwapo Thomas (MU 04)
NEPAL - Priti Situala
NEW ZEALAND - Melanie Jane Paul (Asia-Pac 00)
NICARAGUA - Hailey Aisha Britton Brooks
NIGERIA - Celia Bissong Ohumotu (MU 03)
NORTHERN IRELAND - Diana Sayers
NORTHERN MARIANAS - Kimberly Nicole Castro Reyes
NORWAY - Elisabeth Wathne
PANAMA - Ivy Ruth Ortega Coronas
PARAGUAY - Karina Buttner (R-Sud 03)
PERU - Claudia María Hernández Oré (Flores 03)
PHILIPPINES - Maria Rafaela "Mafae" Verdadero Yunon
POLAND - Karolina "Lina" Gorazda
PORTUGAL - Vanessa Palma Montero Job
PUERTO RICO - Jocelyn Montero García (Miss Global Teen '00)
ROMANIA - Patricia Filomena Chifor
RUSSIA - Svetlana Victorovna Goreva (MU 00, MI 00)
SCOTLAND - Nicola Joanne Jolly
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO - Bojana Vujadinovic
SINGAPORE - Kanmani "Corine" Mahinda Luxshman
SLOVAKIA - Adriana Pospíšilová
SLOVENIA - Tina Zajc
SOUTH AFRICA - Cindy Nell (Intcon 00, QC Girl 02, MU 03)
SPAIN - María Teresa Martín Bueno
SRI LANKA - Sachini Ayendra Stanley
SWAZILAND - Thembelihle Palesa Zwane
SWEDEN - Idha Sofringsgard
SWITZERLAND - Bianca Nicole Sissing (MU 04)
TANZANIA - Sylvia Bahame
THAILAND - Jane-jira Kerd-prasop
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Magdalene Walcott
TURKEY - Kadriÿe Tugba Karaca
UGANDA - Aysha Salmah Nassanga
UKRAINE - Ilona Yakovlyeva
UNITED STATES - Kimberly Harlan
URUGUAY - Natalia Rodríguez Lassiy
VENEZUELA - Valentina Patruno Macero (Miss Italia nel Mondo '01)
VIETNAM - Quan Dinh Thuy Nguyên
WALES - Imogen Thomas
ZAMBIA - Cynthia Kanema
ZIMBABWE - Phoebe Monjane
(slated to compete)
AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS
ARMENIA - Lusine Tovmassyan
AUSTRIA
FIJI ISLANDS - Aishwarya Sukhdeo (Asia-Pac 02)
HAITI
TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS
(rumoured)
AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS - Janelle Sarauw
AUSTRIA - Tanja Duhovich
MALAWI - Mable Pulu
TAHITI - Heitiare Tribondeau
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