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Miss World 2003, the 53rd Miss World pageant, was held at Sanya, Hainan, China on December 6, 2003. There were 106 delegates who vied for the crown. Irish Rosanna Davison, daughter of popular musician Chris de Burgh, won the title, claiming Ireland's first major beauty pageant title.
This was the first major beauty pageant to be held in China.
Results
- The Miss World title was won by Rosanna Davison (Ireland). Her runners-up were:
- First Runner-up: Nazanin Afshin-Jam - Canada
- Second Runner-up: Guan Qi - People's Republic of China
- The remaining top five finalists were:
- Ami Vashi - India
- Maria Rafaela Verdadero Yunon - Philippines
- The rest of the top twenty included: Olivia Stratton (Australia), Helen Aponte (Bolivia), Maria Eugenia Vargas Garcia (Dominican Republic), Hayat Ahmed Mohammed (Ethiopia), Irina Onashvili (Georgia), Vasiliki Tsekoura (Greece), Jade Marisa Fulford (Jamaica), Marie-José Hnein (Lebanon), Melanie Jane Paul (New Zealand), Elisabeth Wathne (Norway), Claudia María Hernández Oré (Peru), Joyceline Montero García (Puerto Rico), Bianca Sissing (Switzerland), Magdalene Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago), Valentina Patruno Macero (Venezuela)
Continental Queens
- Africa: Hayat Ahmed Mohammed (Ethiopia)
- Americas: Nazanin Afshin-Jam (Canada)
- Asia and Oceania: Guan Qi (People's Republic of China)
- Caribbean: Jade Marisa Fulford (Jamaica)
- Europe: Rosanna Davison (Ireland)
Fast Track Winners
For the first time, the winners of these five awards were "fast tracked" into the pageant semi-finals.
- Beach Beauty: Rosanna Davison (Ireland)
- Miss Personality: Helen Aponte (Bolivia)
- People's Choice: Olivia Stratton (Australia)
- Sports: Nazanin Afshin-Jam (Canada)
- Talent: Irina Onashvili (Georgia)
Special Awards
- Best Designed Evening Dress: Claudia María Hernández Oré (Peru)
- Miss World Scholarship: Denisa Kola (Albania)
Contestants
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National competitions
- Andorra, Guadeloupe and Northern Marianas competed in Miss World for the first time.
- Lesotho returned to Miss World after 22 years, Mauritius after 5 years, and Zambia after 4 years.
- Belarus, Denmark, Guatemala, Moldova, Nepal, Paraguay, and Sri Lanka returned to Miss World after 3 years.
- This is the first time that Yugoslavia had changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro.
- Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Iceland, Korea, and Switzerland also returned to the pageant after a boycott following riots in Nigeria which affected the Miss World 2002 pageant.
Contestant notes
- Philippines was the niece of Miss Universe 1984 3rd runner-up, Maria Desiree Verdadero.
- India and Venezuela grew up in the United States, while Hong Kong in Vancouver, Canada.
- Canada, Nazanin Afshin-Jam, was half-Iranian.
- Uruguay, Natalia Rodriguez Lassiy, appeared in one of the pitstops of The Amazing Race 5, while Sri Lanka, Sachini Ayendra Stanley, appeared briefly on The Amazing Race 6.
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