# Miss World 2003

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.
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

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 2003 | Ireland – Rosanna Davison |
| 1st Runner-Up | Canada – Nazanin Afshin-Jam |
| 2nd Runner-Up | China – Guan Qi |
| Top 5 | India – Ami Vashi  Philippines – Maria Rafaela Yunon |
| Top 20 | Australia – Olivia Stratton  Bolivia – Helen Aponte  Dominican Republic – María Vargas  Ethiopia – Hayat Ahmed  Georgia – Irina Onashvili  Greece – Vasiliki Tsekoura  Jamaica – Jade Fulford  Lebanon – Marie-José Hnein  New Zealand – Melanie Paul  Norway – Elisabeth Wathne  Peru – Claudia Hernández  Puerto Rico – Joyceline Montero  Switzerland – Bianca Sissing  Trinidad and Tobago – Magdalene Walcott  Venezuela – Valentina Patruno |

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continent | Contestant |
| Africa | Ethiopia – Hayat Ahmed |
| Americas | Canada – Nazanin Afshin-Jam |
| Asia and Oceania | China – Guan Qi |
| Caribbean | Jamaica – Jade Fulford |
| Europe | Ireland – Rosanna Davison |

## Contestants

106 contestants competed for the title.
| 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 Toth | 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 | Maria Rafaela Yunon | 22 | Tarlac |
| 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 |

## 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