Miss World 2004
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Miss World 2004, the 54th Miss World
pageant was held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya
, People's Republic of China
on December 6, 2004. The 2004 pageant marks the second straight year that Sanya played host of the pageant. Miss World 2003, Rosanna Davison
of Ireland
crowned her successor María Julia Mantilla
of Peru
. 107 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown marking at that time, the biggest turnout in the pageant's 54 year history. That record was held until Miss World 2008 where 109 nations sent representatives. It is also regarded as having the largest global vote made since the pageant entire results were decided by votes cast by viewers via the internet
and SMS
. Five contestants were "Fast Tracked" to the semifinals with the remaining ten determined by the global vote.
Philippines placed for the third consecutive year and was fourth runner-up twice in a row.
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
pageant was held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya
Sanya
Sanya is the southernmost city in China and is a part of Hainan Province. In 2006, it had a population of 536,000, making it, after the provincial capital , the second most populous city on the island. The city is renowned for its tropical climate and has emerged as a popular tourist destination,...
, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
on December 6, 2004. The 2004 pageant marks the second straight year that Sanya played host of the pageant. Miss World 2003, Rosanna Davison
Rosanna Davison
Rosanna Diane Davison was the winner of the Miss World 2003 title. She is the daughter of musician Chris de Burgh. The song "For Rosanna" was written by her father in her honour for his 1986 album, Into The Light.-Education:Her primary education was at Aravon School, in Co...
of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
crowned her successor María Julia Mantilla
María Julia Mantilla
María Julia “Maju” Mantilla García is a Peruvian beauty queen who became the second woman from Peru to be crowned Miss World.-Early life:...
of Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. 107 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown marking at that time, the biggest turnout in the pageant's 54 year history. That record was held until Miss World 2008 where 109 nations sent representatives. It is also regarded as having the largest global vote made since the pageant entire results were decided by votes cast by viewers via the internet
Internet
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and SMS
SMS
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. Five contestants were "Fast Tracked" to the semifinals with the remaining ten determined by the global vote.
Placements
| Final Results | Contestant |
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| Miss World 2004 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 Dominican Republic - Claudia CruzClaudia Cruz Claudia Julissa Cruz Rodríguez , commonly referred to as Claudia Cruz represented Dominican Republic in the Miss World pageant in 2004.... |
| 2nd runner-up |
 United States - Nancy RandallNancy Randall Nancy Randall is an American beauty queen of Brazilian descent who represented the United States at Miss World 2004. She won the Beach Beauty award and placed 2nd runner-up. Randall has Brazilian ancestry and was previously Miss Cidade do Rio de Janeiro 2004. She was 1st runner-up to Miss Earth... |
| Top 5 |
 Philippines - Maria Karla Bautista Poland - Katarzyna BorowiczKatarzyna Borowicz Katarzyna Weronika Borowicz is a beauty queen who has competed in the Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss Europe pageants.... |
| Top 15 |
 Antigua and Barbuda - Shermain JeremyShermain Jeremy Shermain Sunja Jeremy is an Antiguan singer and beauty pageant contestant, winner of the Miss Antigua and Barbuda Carnival Queen Show competition in 2002, and Jaycee's Caribbean queen show that year.- Biography :...  Australia - Sarah Davies Mainland China - Yang Jin Czech Republic - Jana DoleželováJana Doleželová Jana Doleželová is a beauty queen who won Miss Czech Republic as a 22-year-old and was a semi-finalist in Miss World 2004 in China.-External links:*...  Mexico - Yessica Ramírez Nigeria - Anita UwagbaleAnita Uwagbale Anita Iseghohi is a Nigerian businesswoman.Edo-native Iseghohi spent most of her early years in Lagos until she gained admission into Madonna University, Port Harcourt to study Accountancy. As an undergraduate, Iseghohi was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2004, enabling her to take part in...  Russia - Tatiana Sidorchuk Vietnam - Nguyễn Thị HuyềnNguyen Thi Huyen Nguyễn Thị Huyền was crowned the 9th Miss Vietnam in 2004. At the time she was a student at the Hanoi Press College. She was the second Miss Vietnam to enter the Miss World competition in 2004. She was one of the 15 semi-finalists in the competition...  Wales - Amy GuyAmy Guy Amy Guy is a Welsh beauty queen, television performer and athlete.She attended Yale College, Wrexham and secondary school at Ysgol Rhiwabon, Wrexham, Wales, and was the Welsh Schools National 100m and 300m Hurdling Champion... |
Continental Queens
- Queen of Africa: Anita UwagbaleAnita UwagbaleAnita Iseghohi is a Nigerian businesswoman.Edo-native Iseghohi spent most of her early years in Lagos until she gained admission into Madonna University, Port Harcourt to study Accountancy. As an undergraduate, Iseghohi was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2004, enabling her to take part in...
(Nigeria) - Queen of Americas: María Julia MantillaMaría Julia MantillaMaría Julia “Maju” Mantilla García is a Peruvian beauty queen who became the second woman from Peru to be crowned Miss World.-Early life:...
(Peru) - Queen of Asia & Oceania: Maria Karla Bautista (Philippines)
- Queen of Caribbean: Claudia CruzClaudia CruzClaudia Julissa Cruz Rodríguez , commonly referred to as Claudia Cruz represented Dominican Republic in the Miss World pageant in 2004....
(Dominican Republic) - Queen of Europe: Katarzyna BorowiczKatarzyna BorowiczKatarzyna Weronika Borowicz is a beauty queen who has competed in the Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss Europe pageants....
(Poland)
Beach Beauty
- Winner: United States
- 1st runner-up: Australia
- 2nd runner-up: Trinidad & Tobago
- Top 10 finalists: Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Philippines
- Top 20 semi-finalists: Aruba, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Lebanon, Panama, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela
Miss Sports
- Winner: Wales
- 1st runner-up: Australia
- 2nd runner-up: (tied) Peru, Trinidad & Tobago
- Top 10 finalists: Antigua, Fiji Islands, Iceland, Netherlands, Russia, Thailand
Miss Talent
- Winner: Antigua & Barbuda
- 1st runner-up: China PR
- 2nd runner-up: Barbados
- Top 25 semi-finalists: Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji Islands, Gibraltar, Italy, Korea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Spain, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, Zambia
Top Model
- Winner: Mexico
- 1st runner-up: Angola
- 2nd runner-up: Belgium
- Top 10 finalists: Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Greece, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
- Top 20 semi-finalists: Aruba, Botswana, Bulgaria, China PR, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Poland, United States
Contestants' Choice
- Winner: Australia
- 1st runner-up: United States
- 2nd runner-up: Peru
Special awards
- Best World Dress Designer: Ellen PetriEllen PetriEllen Petri is a Belgian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 2004 on 12 December 2003.-Biography:At nine-years-old, Petri began practicing ballet and is employed as a model and choreographer....
(Belgium) - Miss World Scholarship: Tonoya Toyloy (Jamaica)
Contestants
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| Agnese Vuthaj | 18 | 1.75 metre | Prishtina | |
| Silvia Anair Joao de Deus | 20 | 1.78 metre | Luanda Luanda Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million... |
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| ' | Shermain Sunja Jeremy Shermain Jeremy Shermain Sunja Jeremy is an Antiguan singer and beauty pageant contestant, winner of the Miss Antigua and Barbuda Carnival Queen Show competition in 2002, and Jaycee's Caribbean queen show that year.- Biography :... |
23 | 1.75 metre | St. John's St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda St John's is the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda, a country located in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea. St John's is located at... |
| Veronica Estarriaga | 24 | 1.7 metre | Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
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| Luisana Nikulay Cicilia | 20 | 1.8 metre | Oranjestad Oranjestad, Aruba Oranjestad is the capital and largest city of Aruba, which is in the Caribbean north of Venezuela. Oranjestad is located on the southern coast near the western end of the island country... |
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| Sarah Davies | 22 | Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... |
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| Brianna Clarke | 23 | 1.68 metre | Nassau Nassau, Bahamas Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas... |
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| Kennifer Marius | 20 | 1.63 metre | Christ Church | |
| Olga Antropova | 22 | 1.8 metre | Polotsk | |
| Ellen Petri Ellen Petri Ellen Petri is a Belgian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 2004 on 12 December 2003.-Biography:At nine-years-old, Petri began practicing ballet and is employed as a model and choreographer.... |
22 | 1.68 metre | Merksem Merksem Merksem is a district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It has almost 41,000 inhabitants.-History:The history of Merksem goes back to Gallo-Roman times. During that period the region was mentioned as Merk and Heim being part of the diocese Kamerijk... |
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| María Nuvia Montenegro Apuri | 18 | 1.78 metre | Reyes Reyes, Bolivia Reyes is the city capital of the José Ballivián Province in the Beni Department of northern Bolivia and as well as of the Reyes Municipality..Reyes is located 32 kilometres from Rurrenabaque south west on the Beni River, and flights to Rurrenabaque may then be diverted to Reyes. Nuvia Montenegro,... |
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| ' | Njegica Balorda | 19 | Sarajevo Sarajevo Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans.... |
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| Juby Peacock | 20 | 1.73 metre | Maun Maun Maun is the fifth largest town in Botswana. As of 2001, it had a population of 43,776. It is an eclectic mix of modern buildings and native huts. Maun is the "tourism capital" of Botswana and the administrative centre of Ngamiland district... |
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| Iara Maria Rezende Azevedo Coelho | 23 | Minas Gerais Minas Gerais Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the... |
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| Gergana Guncheva | 17 | 1.73 metre | Sofia Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated... |
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| Tijana Arnautović Tijana Arnautovic Tijana Arnautović is a Bosnian Serb-Canadian beauty pageant titleholder. Arnautović was born in the small town of Konjic in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the family lived until the Bosnian War... |
18 | 1.8 metre | Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... |
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| Stacy Ann-Rose Kelly | 24 | 1.8 metre | Bodden Town Bodden Town Bodden Town, Grand Cayman, is the former capital and largest district in the Cayman Islands. It is situated on a natural harbor and a coral reef. The first settlement was named after a government leader, William Bodden. Once ravaged by pirates, this village is known for its remains of a... |
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| Verónica Paz Roberts Olcay | 21 | Santiago Santiago, Chile Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level... |
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Yang Jin | 20 | 1.73 metre | Chongqing Chongqing Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the... |
| Dorothy Chu Yi Hui | 18 | Taipei Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean... |
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| Paola Andrea Mariňo Garcia | 22 | 1.78 metre | Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... |
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| Shirley Calvo Jimenez | 22 | 1.73 metre | Alajuela Alajuela Alajuela is the second largest city in Costa Rica after the capital, San José. It is also the capital of the namesake province. Because of its location in the Costa Rican Central Valley, Alajuela is nowadays englobed in the conurbation of Great Metropolitan Area... |
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| Ivana Žnidarić Ivana Žnidarić Ivana Žnidarić is a Croatian model. She was Miss Croatia in 2004.-References:... |
17 | 1.8 metre | Cakovec Cakovec Čakovec is a city in northern Croatia, located around 90 kilometres north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Čakovec is both the county seat and largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, smallest and most densely populated Croatian county.-Population:... |
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| Sue-Ann Stephanie Hudson | 20 | 1.7 metre | Willemstad Willemstad Willemstad can refer to:*Willemstad, the capital of Curaçao*Willemstad , a town in Moerdijk, the Netherlands*Willemstad , a hamlet near Marum, the Netherlands*Willemstad , a hamlet in the Netherlands... |
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| Constantina Evripidou | 19 | 1.75 metre | Limassol Limassol Limassol is the second-largest city in Cyprus, with a population of 228,000 . It is the largest city in geographical size, and the biggest municipality on the island. The city is located on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's southern coast and it is the capital of Limassol District.Limassol is the... |
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| Jana Doleželová Jana Doleželová Jana Doleželová is a beauty queen who won Miss Czech Republic as a 22-year-old and was a semi-finalist in Miss World 2004 in China.-External links:*... |
23 | Unicov Unicov Uničov is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 12,400 inhabitants.Villages Benkov, Brníčko, Dětřichov, Dolní Sukolom, Horní Sukolom, Nová Dědina, Renoty, and Střelice are administrative parts of Uničov.... |
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| Line Solling Larsen | 23 | 1.75 metre | Funen Funen Funen , with a size of 2,984 km² , is the third-largest island of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the 163rd largest island of the world. Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 454,358 inhabitants . The main city is Odense, connected to the... |
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| Claudia Julissa Cruz Rodriguez Claudia Cruz Claudia Julissa Cruz Rodríguez , commonly referred to as Claudia Cruz represented Dominican Republic in the Miss World pageant in 2004.... |
18 | 1.75 metre | Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River... |
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| Cristina Eugenia Reyes Hidalgo | 23 | Guayaquil Guayaquil Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port... |
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| Heba Ahmad El-Sisy Heba El-Sisy Heba El-Sisy is an Egyptian beauty queen and television presenter. She was the official Pantene Miss Egypt 2004 titleholder. She represented Egypt in Miss Universe 2004 and then again at Miss World 2004. El-Sisy also won the title of Miss Supermodel of Egypt less than a year before becoming Miss... |
22 | 1.75 metre | Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... |
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| Andrea Denise Müschenborn Charlaix | 18 | 1.7 metre | San Salvador San Salvador The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador... |
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| Danielle Lloyd Danielle Lloyd Danielle Lloyd is an English glamour model. The former Miss England 2004 and Miss Great Britain 2006, she first rose to prominence when she was stripped of her Miss Great Britain 2006 title after posing for nude pictures featured in the December 2006 edition of Playboy magazine and her alleged... |
20 | 1.73 metre | Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880... |
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| Moonika Tooming | 23 | 1.78 metre | Tallinn Tallinn Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list... |
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| Sayat Demissie | 18 | Addis Ababa Addis Ababa Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia... |
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| ' | Aishwarya Sukhdeo | 24 | 1.7 metre | Suva Suva Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,... |
| Nina Johanna Tikanmäki | 19 | Naantali Naantali Naantali is a city in south-western Finland, known as one of the most important tourist centres of the country. The municipality has a population of , and is located in the region of Finland Proper, west of Turku.... |
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| Laetitia Marciniak | 23 | 1.73 metre | Calais Calais Calais is a town in Northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras.... |
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| Salome Chikviladze | 20 | 1.75 metre | Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936... |
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| Inka Weickel | 20 | Alzey Alzey Alzey is a Verband-free town – one belonging to no Verbandsgemeinde – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the fourth-largest town in Rhenish Hesse, after Mainz, Worms, and Bingen.... |
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| Serena Naa Dei Ashi Roye | 23 | 1.75 metre | Accra Accra Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, with an urban population of 1,658,937 according to the 2000 census. Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region and of the Accra Metropolitan District, with which it is coterminous... |
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| Helen Gustafson | 24 | Gibraltar Gibraltar Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region... |
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| Maria Spiridaki Maria Spiridaki Maria Spiridaki , born and raised on the island of Crete, is a Greek fashion model, actress and television presenter. In 2004 she won the title Miss Hellas at the Miss Star Hellas pageant and went on to represent Greece at the Miss World pageant held in Sanya, China in December 2004... |
19 | 1.8 metre | Heraklion Heraklion Heraklion, or Heraclion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete, Greece. It is the 4th largest city in Greece.... |
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 Guadeloupe |
Jennifer Desbouiges | 18 | Pointe-à-Pitre Pointe-à-Pitre Pointe-à-Pitre is the largest city of Guadeloupe, an overseas région and département of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a sous-préfecture, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre.... |
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| Suzette Marissa Shim | 19 | 1.75 metre | Georgetown Georgetown, Guyana Georgetown, estimated population 239,227 , is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at . The city serves... |
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| Kimberly Michelle McNab | 19 | Roatan Roatán Roatán, located between the islands of Útila and Guanaja, is the largest of Honduras' Bay Islands. The island was formerly known as Ruatan and Rattan... |
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 Hong Kong |
Queenie Chu Wai Man Queenie Chu Queenie Chu or Queenie Chu Wai Man , born in Hong Kong, on April 22, 1981 with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China, is a Hong Kong television presenter and actress affiliated with TVB. She was also Miss Hong Kong 2004 1st runner-up.-Biography:Queenie studied in University of Washington,... |
23 | Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... |
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| Veronika Orban | 20 | 1.78 metre | Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg In 2001 Zalaegerszeg had 61,654 inhabitants . The distribution of religions were, 71.1% Roman Catholic, 3.8% Calvinist, 1.6% Lutheran, 11.6% Atheist .-Notable people:* Lajos Botfy , mayor... |
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| Hugrun Hardardóttir | 21 | 1.7 metre | Selfoss Selfoss (town) Selfoss is a town in southern Iceland on the banks of Ölfusá river.It is part, and seat, of the municipality Árborg. The Ring Road runs through the town on its way between Hveragerði and Hella... |
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| Sayali Bhagat | 20 | 1.75 metre | Nashik | |
| Natasha Nic Gairbheirth Natasha Nic Gairbheith Natasha Nic Gairbheith was crowned Miss Ireland on July 5, 2004, becoming the first ever fluent Irish-speaker to win the competition. She is originally from Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. Before winning Miss Ireland, Natasha had completed a degree in Law and Politics at National University of... |
21 | Gweedore Gweedore Gweedore is an Irish-speaking district located on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in Ireland. Gweedore stretches some 16 miles from Meenaclady in the north to Crolly in the south and around 9 miles from Dunlewey in the east to Magheraclogher in the west, and... |
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| Rita Lokin | 23 | 1.8 metre | Ashdod | |
| Valeria Altobelli | 20 | Rome | ||
| Tonoya Anne Toyloy | 24 | Kingston Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island... |
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| Minako Goto | 22 | Akita Akita, Akita is the capital city of Akita Prefecture in the Tohoku region of Japan.As of June 11, 2005, with the merger of the former Kawabe District , the city has an estimated population of 323,310 and density of... |
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| Aleksandra Kazakova | 19 | 1.78 metre | Oskemen Oskemen Oskemen and Ust-Kamennaya , is the capital of the East Kazakhstan Province. It is served by the Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport.-History:... |
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| Juliet Atieno Ochieng | 19 | 1.7 metre | Kisumu Kisumu Kisumu is a port city in western Kenya at , with a population of 355,024 . It is the third largest city in Kenya, the principal city of western Kenya, the immediate former capital of Nyanza Province and the headquarters of Kisumu County. It has a municipal charter but no city charter... |
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| ' | Han Kyoung-jin | 19 | Seongnam Seongnam Seongnam is the second largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi province after Suwon and the 9th largest city in the country, with a population of nearly 1 million... |
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| Agnese Eiduka | 20 | Valmiera Valmiera Valmiera is the largest city of the historical Vidzeme region, Latvia, with a total area of 18.1 km². It is the center of the Valmiera District. As of 2002, Valmiera had a population of 27,323, and in 2008 – 27,569.... |
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| Nadine Noujeim | 20 | 1.75 metre | Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan... |
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| Agne Maliaukaitė | 19 | 4 | Panevėžys Panevežys Panevėžys see also other names, is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2008, it occupied 50 square kilometers with 113,653 inhabitants. The largest multifunctional arena in Panevėžys is the Cido Arena... |
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| ' | Sara Lesi | 17 | Skopje Skopje Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre... |
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| Gloria Ting Mei Ru | 23 | Sibu Sibu Sibu may refer to:*Sibu, Sarawak in Eastern Malaysia*Sibu Division*Sibu , an impact crater on Mars*Pulau Sibu, an island off the eastern coast of peninsular Malaysia*Sibu , name of a goddess in the Bribri tribe, in Costa Rica... |
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| Antonella Vella | 20 | 1.78 metre | Mosta Mosta Mosta is a town situated in the middle of the island of Malta, to the north-west of Valletta. It had a population of 19,018 people in 2010. Mosta celebrates the feast of Saint Mary the Assumption on the 15th August. This is a very popular feast among the Mostin and tourists alike... |
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| Maria Natacha Magalie Antoo | 22 | Rose Hill Rose Hill, Mauritius Rose Hill is the third largest town in Mauritius, and is capital of the Lower Plaines Wilhems. It is a major commercial centre, second only to the capital Port Louis.-History:... |
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| Yessica Guadalupe Ramírez Meza | 22 | 1.83 metre | Mazatlán Mazatlán Mazatlán is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa; the surrounding municipio for which the city serves as the municipal seat is Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula.Mazatlán is a Nahuatl word meaning... |
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| Marina Chivaciuc | 21 | Tiraspol Tiraspol Tiraspol is the second largest city in Moldova and is the capital and administrative centre of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic . The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River... |
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| Adele Basson | 24 | 1.7 metre | Windhoek Windhoek Windhoek is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level. The 2001 census determined Windhoek's population was 233,529... |
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| Payal Shakya | 18 | Kathmandu | ||
| Miranda Slabber | 24 | Arnemuiden Arnemuiden Arnemuiden is a small city of around 5000 people in the municipality of Middelburg in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands. It is located on the former island of Walcheren, about 3 km east of the city of Middelburg.It received city rights in 1574.... |
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| Amber Jean Peebles Amber Peebles Amber Jean Peebles is a New Zealand television presenter and a former Miss World New Zealand.... |
21 | 1.7 metre | Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... |
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| Anielka María Sánchez Castillo | 22 | 1.78 metre | Masaya Masaya Masaya, culturally known as the City of Flowers, is the capital city of Masaya department. It is situated approximately 14 km west of Granada and 31 km southeast from Managua. The town of Masaya is situated just East of Masaya Volcano , an active volcano from which the city takes its name... |
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| Anita Queen Uwagbale Anita Uwagbale Anita Iseghohi is a Nigerian businesswoman.Edo-native Iseghohi spent most of her early years in Lagos until she gained admission into Madonna University, Port Harcourt to study Accountancy. As an undergraduate, Iseghohi was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2004, enabling her to take part in... |
19 | 1.78 metre | Lagos Lagos Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa... |
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| Kirsty Anne Gabriel Stewart | 18 | Enniskillen Enniskillen Enniskillen is a town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is located almost exactly in the centre of the county between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,599 in the 2001 Census... |
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| Hege Torresdal | 20 | Aksdal Aksdal Aksdal is the administrative centre of Tysvær municipality, Norway. Its population is 1,077.... |
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| Melissa del Carmen Piedrahita Melendez | 22 | 1.75 metre | Panama City Panama City Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the... |
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| Tania María Domanickzy Vargas | 23 | 1.75 metre | Asunción Asunción Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San... |
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| Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia María Julia Mantilla María Julia “Maju” Mantilla García is a Peruvian beauty queen who became the second woman from Peru to be crowned Miss World.-Early life:... |
20 | Trujillo Trujillo, Peru Trujillo, in northwestern Peru, is the capital of the La Libertad Region, and the third largest city in Peru. The urban area has 811,979 inhabitants and is an economic hub in northern Peru... |
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| Maria Karla Rabanal Bautista | 20 | 1.75 metre | Cebu City Cebu City The City of Cebu is the capital city of Cebu and is the second largest city in the Philippines, the second most significant metropolitan centre in the Philippines and known as the oldest settlement established by the Spaniards in the country.The city is located on the eastern shore of Cebu and was... |
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| Katarzyna Weronika Borowicz Katarzyna Borowicz Katarzyna Weronika Borowicz is a beauty queen who has competed in the Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss Europe pageants.... |
19 | 1.73 metre | Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski is a town in central Poland with 72,360 inhabitants , situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; the seat of Ostrów Wielkopolski County.-History:Recently, a small fortified dwelling dating from the 10th century was discovered on the north-east side of... |
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| Patricia Oliveira Raposa de Oliveira | 17 | 1.7 metre | Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban... |
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| Cassandra Carin Castro Holland Cassandra Castro Cassandra Castro Holland is a Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder. Holland represented Fajardo at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2004 pageant, where she placed 3rd runner-up. Holland later became Miss World Puerto Rico 2004. She placed as one of the top 10 finalists in the Top Model fast-track... |
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| Adina Maria Cotuna | 20 | 1.8 metre | Arad Arad, Romania Arad is the capital city of Arad County, in western Romania, in the Crişana region, on the river Mureş.An important industrial center and transportation hub, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training... |
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| Tatiana Sidorchuk | 19 | 1.78 metre | Perm Perm Perm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov .... |
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| ' | Sascha Gianne Michelle Andrew-Rose | 18 | Castries Castries Castries , population 10,634, aggl. 37,963 , is the capital city of Saint Lucia, a country in the Caribbean. The district with the same name had a population of 61,341 in 2001-05-22, and stretches over an area of .... |
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| Lois Anna Weatherup | 21 | Linlithgow Linlithgow Linlithgow is a Royal Burgh in West Lothian, Scotland. An ancient town, it lies south of its two most prominent landmarks: Linlithgow Palace and Linlithgow Loch, and north of the Union Canal.... |
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| ' | Jelena Pejic | 17 | 1.78 metre | Belgrade Belgrade Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe... |
| Lisa Huang Shu Jun | 22 | Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
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| Maria Sandorova | 20 | 1.75 metre | Košice Košice Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary... |
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| Živa Vadnov Živa Vadnov Živa Vadnov has won in the Miss Slovenia 2004 competition and attended Miss World 2004 competition. She has married his long-year partner Klemen on 25. June 2011, the same day as the singer and beauty peagant Rebeka Dremelj., and the model Iryna Osypenko. June 25 is also celebrated as Independence... |
22 | Ljubljana Ljubljana Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants... |
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| Joan Kwena Ramagoshi | 24 | 1.68 metre | Mamelodi | |
| Maite Medina Cerrato | 24 | 1.8 metre | Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... |
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| Anarkalli Jay Aakarsha Anarkalli Aakarsha Anarkalli Aakarsha Jayatilaka is an award winning Sri Lankan film and teledrama actress, model,singer, TV presenter and a politician. She was crowned Miss Sri Lanka 2004 and represented Sri Lanka at the Miss World 2004 beauty pageant. She has worked as a brand ambassador & a fundraiser... |
17 | 1.65 metre | Colombo Colombo Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo... |
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| Eva Helena Hjertonsson | 19 | 1.73 metre | Kalmar Kalmar Kalmar is a city in Småland in the south-east of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 62,767 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of 233,776 inhabitants .From the thirteenth to the... |
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| Fiona Hefti | 24 | 1.78 metre | Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... |
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| Faraja Kotta | 19 | 1.78 metre | Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre. Dar es Salaam is actually an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: ... |
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| Nikallaya Abdul Dulaya | 23 | Yala Yala, Thailand Yala is a city in the extreme south of Thailand near the Malaysian border, and is administrative capital of Yala Province. The 2005 estimated population was 65,000. The city covers the whole tambon Sateng of Mueang Yala district.... |
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| ' | Kenisha Nalisha Finita Thom | 21 | Scarborough Scarborough, Tobago Scarborough, Tobago is the largest town in Tobago, one of the two main islands of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Its population is around 17,000, almost one-third of the population of the island. The town is dominated by Fort King George, an 18th century fortification named after King George... |
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| Nur Gumusdograyan | 19 | 1.8 metre | Ankara Ankara Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million.... |
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| ' | Beryl Christian Kateri Handfield | 19 | Grand Turk Grand Turk Island Grand Turk Island is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is the largest island in the Turks Islands with . It contains the territory's capital, Cockburn Town and the JAGS McCartney International Airport... |
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| Barbara Kimbugwe | 19 | 1.68 metre | Kampala Kampala Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.-History: of Buganda, had chosen... |
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| Lesya Matveyeva | 22 | 1.7 metre | Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press.... |
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| Nancy Randall Nancy Randall Nancy Randall is an American beauty queen of Brazilian descent who represented the United States at Miss World 2004. She won the Beach Beauty award and placed 2nd runner-up. Randall has Brazilian ancestry and was previously Miss Cidade do Rio de Janeiro 2004. She was 1st runner-up to Miss Earth... |
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| Andrea María Milroy Díaz Andrea Milroy Andrea María Milroy Díaz is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on April 4, 1984. She was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss World 2004 pageant held in Sanya, China on December 6, 2004.... |
20 | Caracas Caracas Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range... |
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| Nguyễn Thị Huyền Nguyen Thi Huyen Nguyễn Thị Huyền was crowned the 9th Miss Vietnam in 2004. At the time she was a student at the Hanoi Press College. She was the second Miss Vietnam to enter the Miss World competition in 2004. She was one of the 15 semi-finalists in the competition... |
19 | Hanoi Hanoi Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam... |
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| Amy Guy Amy Guy Amy Guy is a Welsh beauty queen, television performer and athlete.She attended Yale College, Wrexham and secondary school at Ysgol Rhiwabon, Wrexham, Wales, and was the Welsh Schools National 100m and 300m Hurdling Champion... |
21 | 1.73 metre | Wrexham Wrexham Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England... |
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| Rosemary Mulenga Chileshe | 24 | 1.8 metre | Lusaka Lusaka Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia. It is located in the southern part of the central plateau, at an elevation of about 1,300 metres . It has a population of about 1.7 million . It is a commercial centre as well as the centre of government, and the four main highways of Zambia head... |
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| Oslie Muringai | 20 | 1.73 metre | Bulawayo Bulawayo Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated population in 2010 of 2,000,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland... |
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Returning countries and territories
- Turks & Caicos last competed in 1988Miss World 1988The 38th Miss World Pageant was held on November 17, 1988 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Linda Pétursdóttir from Iceland. Runner up was Yeon-hee Choi representing Korea and third was Kirsty Roper from the United Kingdom...
. - El Salvador last competed in 1993Miss World 1993Miss World 1993, the 43rd Miss World pageant was held on 27 November 1993 at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. The pageant attracted 81 contestants from all over the world. This is the second consecutive staging of the pageant in Sun City. The event was hosted by actor...
. - St. Lucia last competed in 1994Miss World 1994Miss World 1994 was the 44th Miss World pageant and marked the third consecutive staging of Miss World in Sun City, South Africa. Actor Blair Underwood and supermodel Naomi Campbell served as presenters. The pageant attracted 87 contestants from around the world...
. - Egypt last competed in 1997Miss World 1997Miss World 1997, the 47th Miss World pageant was held at the Baie Lazare, Seychelles on November 22, 1997. 86 delegates delegates competed for the coveted crown. At the end of the event, India's Diana Hayden came out victorious. Richard Steinmetz hosted the pageant, while Latin sensation Ricky...
. - Chinese Taipei and Honduras last competed in 2000Miss World 2000Miss World 2000, the 50th Miss World pageant, was held on 30 November 2000 at the Millennium Dome in London, United Kingdom. The pageant's swimsuit segment was filmed in the Maldives....
. - Ghana last competed in 2002Miss World 2002Miss World 2002, the 52nd Miss World pageant was held on December 7, 2002 at Alexandra Palace, London, United Kingdom. The pageant was initially slated for Abuja, Nigeria but due to conflict in the city of Kaduna arising from a publication of an article in a Lagos based newspaper the pageant was...
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Withdraws
- Guatemala, Northern Marianas, Swaziland and Uruguay did not compete in Miss World 2004 for unknown reasons.
Nation did not competed
- Austria (Silvia Hackl) withdrew at the very last minute for personal reasons.
Contestant notes
- 15 contestants competed in some Miss Universe pageants.
- Miss Universe 2002Miss Universe 2002Miss Universe 2002, the 51st edition of the Miss Universe pageant, was held in Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico on May 29, 2002. There were 75 delegates from around the world who competed for the title Miss Universe 2002. Oxana Fedorova of Russia was crowned Miss Universe 2002 by...
: Australia - Miss Universe 2004Miss Universe 2004Miss Universe 2004, the 53rd Miss Universe pageant, was held in Centro de Convenciones CEMEXPO, Quito, Ecuador on June 1, 2004. It was won by Jennifer Hawkins of Australia....
: Cayman Islands, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa. - Miss Universe 2005Miss Universe 2005Miss Universe 2005, the 54th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2005.At the conclusion of the final telecast, Miss Universe Canada, Natalie Glebova was crowned Miss Universe 2005 by outgoing titleholder Jennifer Hawkins of Australia...
: Albania, Antigua, Aruba, Lebanon, Mauritius, Namibia and Switzerland (who made into the Top 10 finalists). - Miss Universe 2006Miss Universe 2006Miss Universe 2006, the 55th Miss Universe pageant, took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA. Unlike past events, it was broadcast live on NBC on a Sunday, July 23, 2006, almost two months later than usual....
: St. Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago (MW 2004 Semi-Finalist) had made into the Top 10 Finalists. - Miss Universe 2007Miss Universe 2007Miss Universe 2007, the 56th Miss Universe pageant, took place on May 28, 2007 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Mexico. 77 delegates competed for the title. Riyo Mori of Japan was crowned the winner of the title by Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico....
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- Miss Universe 2002
- Bahamas (Brianna Clarke), Hong Kong China (Queenie Chu) and Wales (Amy Guy) who represented United Kingdom competed in Miss International 2005Miss International 2005Miss International 2005, the 45th Miss International pageant was held in Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan on September 26 2005. 52 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Jeymmy Vargas of Colombia crowned her successor Precious Quigaman of the Philippines as the new Miss...
. - Ecuador, Paraguay and Poland had made into the semi-finals in Miss Earth 2005Miss Earth 2005Miss Earth 2005, the 5th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place on October 23, 2005 in Quezon City, Philippines. A total of 80 candidates from around the globe took part in the event....
. Poland placed as Miss Earth-Water. - Puerto Rico (Cassandra Castro) is currently a semi-finalist in Miss Tourism Queen International 2008.
Historical significance
- 9 out of 15 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Poland (1992), Mexico (1996), Czech Republic (1998),Nigeria, Russia, United States, and Vietnam (2002).Antigua and Wales made into the semi-finals in Miss World after winning two Fast-Track Awards for MW Talent and MW Sport, respectively. Antigua debuted in 1986, while Wales in 1999.
Philippines placed for the third consecutive year and was fourth runner-up twice in a row.