Miss World 2005
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Miss World 2005, the 55th Miss World
pageant was held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya
, People's Republic of China
on December 10, 2005. Nine former Miss World titleholders and chairwoman of Miss World Organization Julia Morley judged the pageant. Miss World 2004
María Julia Mantilla
of Peru
crowned her successor Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir
of Iceland
. 102 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. The six "Regional Queens" were chosen by the judges while the twelve semi-finalists were determined by public or viewer votes through the Internet
and as well as telephone
and SMS
voting. Three contestants were "Fast Tracked" to the semifinals with the remaining twelve determined by the global vote.
^The sports award was given to a continental group rather than an individual.
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 in 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 10, 2005. Nine former Miss World titleholders and chairwoman of Miss World Organization Julia Morley judged the pageant. Miss World 2004
Miss World 2004
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...
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....
crowned her successor Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir
Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir
Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir is a former winner of the Miss Iceland pageant. She was crowned Miss World 2005 on December 10, 2005, in the Beauty Crown Theatre located in the Chinese beach city of Sanya, by the reigning beauty queen, 2004's Miss Peru Maju Mantilla.Mexico and Puerto Rico were the...
of Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
. 102 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. The six "Regional Queens" were chosen by the judges while the twelve semi-finalists were determined by public or viewer votes through the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
and as well as telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
and SMS
SMS
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voting. Three contestants were "Fast Tracked" to the semifinals with the remaining twelve determined by the global vote.
Areas of competition
- All contestants competed in three "fast track" events, Beach Beauty, Miss Talent, and Beauty With a Purpose contests. The winner of each competition immediately became one of the fifteen pageant semifinalists.
- Two other delegates were picked from each continental zone to complete the top fifteen. The judges then selected the six final Regional Winners who participated in the last round of competition. In the end, the Runners-up of Miss World 2005 were announced first, followed by the winner of the Miss World 2005 crown.
Judges
A panel of ten illustrious personalities chose Miss World 2005.- Julia Morley - executive chairwoman of Miss World Organization
- Denise PerrierDenise PerrierDenise Perrier is a French model and actress. She now goes by "Denise Perrier Lanfranchi."Perrier was the third person to be chosen as Miss World in 1953, representing France; the same year that France also won the Miss Universe pageant by Christiane Martel.Perrier has done little acting...
- Miss World 1953 from FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... - Ann SydneyAnn SydneyAnn Sidney, a native of Poole, England, won the 1964 Miss World contest, representing the United Kingdom. She became the second woman from her country to win the title; after Rosemarie Frankland had won the title in 1961....
- Miss World 1964 from United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... - Lucia PetterleLucia Petterle-History:A military brat born in Rio de Janeiro who spent her teenage years in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, where his father served, back Rio, Lucia began participating in beauty contests for fun, while studying medicine at the University Gama Filho, specializing in endocrinology, and was...
- Miss World 1971 from BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... - Wilnelia MercedWilnelia MercedWilnelia, Lady Forsyth-Johnson , more commonly known by her maiden name as Wilnelia Merced, became in 1975 the first and to date only winner of the Miss World title from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico....
- Miss World 1975 from Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... - Mariasela ÁlvarezMariasela AlvarezMariasela Margarita Álvarez Lebrón was Miss World 1982 and is currently a television show host and architect from the Dominican Republic. She became the first Dominican woman to win an international beauty title...
- Miss World 1982 from Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries... - Julia KourotchkinaJulia KourotchkinaJulia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina is the winner of the Miss World beauty pageant in 1992, held in Sun City, South Africa.Claire Smith of the United Kingdom and Francis Gago of Venezuela were the runners up. Ewa Wachowicz of Poland and Amy Kleinhans of South Africa were the two other...
- Miss World 1992 from RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... - Diana Hayden - Miss World 1997 from IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
- Agbani DaregoAgbani DaregoAgbani Darego is a Nigerian model, best known as the first Sub-Saharan African Miss World.-Early life:...
- Miss World 2001 from NigeriaNigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in... - Azra AkınAzra AkinAzra Akın is a Dutch born Turkish model and actress. She is a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World 2002 and Miss Turkey 2002.-Biography:...
- Miss World 2002 from TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 2005 |
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| 1st Runner-up |
 Mexico - Dafne MolinaDafne Molina Dafne Molina Lona is a Mexican model who represented her country in Miss World 2005, held in Sanya, China on December 10, 2005.-Biography:... |
| 2nd Runner-up |
 Puerto Rico - Ingrid Marie Rivera |
| Top 6 |
 Italy - Sofia Bruscoli Tanzania - Nancy SumariNancy Sumari Nancy Abraham Sumari is a former beauty queen Miss Tanzania turned model and is now Managing Partner at Frontline Management Limited,an Events and Corporate Communication firm, where she is the director of Events. She was selected as Miss Tanzania 2005 and Miss World Africa for 2005. Sumari was... |
| Top 15 |
 Canada - Ramona AmiriRamona Amiri Ramona Rina Amiri is an Iranian Canadian woman of Assyrian and Persian heritage who won the Miss World Canada contest in 2005....  India - Sindhura GaddeSindhura Gadde Sindhura Gadde is an actress and former Femina Miss India World who also made to the semi-finals of Miss World Pageant in 2005.-Early life:Sindhura Gadde was born on 20 August 1984 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. She was raised by her grandparents in Vijayawada, while her parents were working...  Jamaica - Terri-Karelle Griffith Northern Ireland - Lucy EvangelistaLucy Evangelista Lucy Avril Evangelista is a former Miss Northern Ireland winner and Miss World entrant....  Philippines - Carlene Aguilar Russia - Yulia IvanovaYulia Ivanova Yulia Ivanova is a Russian beauty queen and a model. She was crowned The Beauty of Russia in 2005 and later represented Russia at Miss World 2005. She made the top 15 by winning the Beach Beauty competition. Before competing in beauty pageants Yulia was a contestant in Russia's Next Top Model...  South Africa - Dhiveja Sundrum Spain - Mireia Verdú |
Continental Queens
- Asia Pacific: Oh Eun-young (Korea)
- Northern Europe: Unnur Birna VilhjálmsdóttirUnnur Birna VilhjálmsdóttirUnnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir is a former winner of the Miss Iceland pageant. She was crowned Miss World 2005 on December 10, 2005, in the Beauty Crown Theatre located in the Chinese beach city of Sanya, by the reigning beauty queen, 2004's Miss Peru Maju Mantilla.Mexico and Puerto Rico were the...
(Iceland) - Southern Europe: Sofia Bruscoli (Italy)
- Caribbean: Ingrid Marie Rivera (Puerto Rico)
- Americas: Dafne MolinaDafne MolinaDafne Molina Lona is a Mexican model who represented her country in Miss World 2005, held in Sanya, China on December 10, 2005.-Biography:...
(Mexico) - Africa: Nancy SumariNancy SumariNancy Abraham Sumari is a former beauty queen Miss Tanzania turned model and is now Managing Partner at Frontline Management Limited,an Events and Corporate Communication firm, where she is the director of Events. She was selected as Miss Tanzania 2005 and Miss World Africa for 2005. Sumari was...
(Tanzania)
Beach Beauty
- Winner: Russia
- 1st runner-up: Moldova
- 2nd runner-up: Mexico
- Top 5 finalists: Canada, Iceland
- Top 19 semifinalists: Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Hong Kong China, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Lebanon, New Zealand, Philippines, Slovenia, South Africa, Trinidad & Tobago, Wales
Miss Talent
- Winner: American Virgin Islands
- Top 5 finalists: Canada, Czech Republic, Italy, Japan
- Top 16 semi-finalists:
- Best Singing Act Performance: (1) American Virgin Islands, (2) Greece, (3) Slovenia
- Best Original Performance: (1) Italy, (2) Korea, (3) (TIE) Costa Rica, and Uganda
- Best Traditional Dance Performance: (1) Canada, (2) Scotland, (3) People's Republic of China
- Best Musical Act Performance: (1) Japan, (2) Bulgaria, (3) Trinidad & Tobago
- Best Dance Performance: (1) Czech Republic, (2) Jamaica, (3) Iceland
Miss Sports
- Winner: Asia Pacific
- 1st runner-up: Caribbean
- 2nd runner-up: Southern Europe
^The sports award was given to a continental group rather than an individual.
Asia Pacific
Australia - Dennae Brunow
People's Republic of China - Ting Ting Zhao
Chinese Taipei - Su-Jung Hsu- ' - Tracy Ip
- India - Sindhura GaddeSindhura GaddeSindhura Gadde is an actress and former Femina Miss India World who also made to the semi-finals of Miss World Pageant in 2005.-Early life:Sindhura Gadde was born on 20 August 1984 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. She was raised by her grandparents in Vijayawada, while her parents were working...
Indonesia - Lindi Cistia
Japan - Erina Shinohara (篠原絵理奈)- ' - Oh Eun-young
Malaysia - Emmeline Ng
Mongolia - Khongorzul Ganbat
Nepal - Sugarika K.C.
New Zealand - Kay Anderson- Philippines - Carlene Aguilar
Singapore - Shenise Wong
Sri Lanka - Nadeeka PereraNadeeka PereraNadeeka Samanmali Perera is a Sri Lankan fashion model born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She competed in the Miss World 2005 pageant and has been crowned as "The International Best Female Model-2007" at a ceremony held in Spain....
Thailand - Sirinda “Sindie” Jensen
Vietnam - Vũ Hương Giang
Northern Europe
Belgium - Tatiana SilvaTatiana SilvaTatiana Silva Braga Tavares was Miss Belgium in 2005. She entered the pageant as Miss Brussels and represented Belgium at the Miss World contest in December 2005.She was born in the Brussels suburb of Uccle...
Czech Republic - Lucie KrálováLucie KrálováLucie Králová is a beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Czech Republic as a 23-year-old in 2005.- Biography :...
Denmark - Trine Lundgaard
Kingdom of England - Hammasa KohistaniHammasa KohistaniHammasa Kohistani is a British model, who became the first Muslim beauty contestant to be crowned Miss England in 2005. She was crowned at the age of 18, following a two-day competition at Liverpool's Olympia Theatre on 3 September 2005, and was chosen from 40 contestants...
Estonia - Laura Korgemae
Germany - Daniela Risch
Iceland - Unnur Birna VilhjálmsdóttirUnnur Birna VilhjálmsdóttirUnnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir is a former winner of the Miss Iceland pageant. She was crowned Miss World 2005 on December 10, 2005, in the Beauty Crown Theatre located in the Chinese beach city of Sanya, by the reigning beauty queen, 2004's Miss Peru Maju Mantilla.Mexico and Puerto Rico were the...
Republic of Ireland - Aoife Cogan
Latvia - Valerija Sevcuka
Netherlands - Monique Plat- Northern Ireland - Lucy EvangelistaLucy EvangelistaLucy Avril Evangelista is a former Miss Northern Ireland winner and Miss World entrant....
Norway - Helene Tråsavik
Poland - Malwina Ratajczak- Russia - Yulia IvanovaYulia IvanovaYulia Ivanova is a Russian beauty queen and a model. She was crowned The Beauty of Russia in 2005 and later represented Russia at Miss World 2005. She made the top 15 by winning the Beach Beauty competition. Before competing in beauty pageants Yulia was a contestant in Russia's Next Top Model...
Kingdom of Scotland - Aisling FrielAisling FrielAisling Friel is a model from Glasgow. She was Mary from Dungloe in 2003 and was crowned Miss Scotland in 2005. She is now married to Football player Stephen Pearson.-References:...
Sweden - Liza BerggrenLiza BerggrenLiza Berggren is a Swedish fashion model and former Miss World Sweden.-Career:In 2005, she was the Swedish delegate at 2005 Miss World pageant, held in Sanya, China after winning Miss World Sweden. Afterward, Berggren decided to become a fashion model. Berggren started her modeling career with...
Switzerland - Lauriane GilliéronLauriane GilliéronLauriane Gilliéron was crowned Miss Switzerland 2005 on September 21, 2005, the first from the French-speaking part of the country in 11 years.-Miss Universe 2006:...
Ukraine - Yulia Pinchuk
Wales - Claire Evans
Southern Europe
Albania - Suada Sherifi- ' - Sanja Tunjić
Kingdom of Bulgaria - Rositsa Ivanova
Independent State of Croatia - Maja CvjetkovićMaja CvjetkovićMaja Cvjetković is a Croatian model. She was Miss Croatia in 2005.-References:...
Cyprus - Orthodoxia Moutsouri
Early Modern France - Cindy FabreCindy FabreCindy Fabre is a beauty queen from France who has competed at the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants....
Georgia (country) - Salome Gelashvili
Gibraltar - Melanie Chipolina
Greece - Katerina StikoudiKaterina StikoudiKaterina Stikoudi won the 2005 title "Miss Hellas" at the Miss Star Hellas pageant and had the chance to represent Greece at the Miss World pageant....
Hungary - Semmi-Kis Tünde
Israel - Keren Shacham- Italy - Sofia Bruscoli
Lebanon - Lamitta Frangieh- ' - Milena Stanivuković
Malta - Ferdine Fava
Moldova - Irina Dolovova
Portugal - Angela María Fonseca
Kingdom of Romania - Raluca Voina- ' - Dina Janković
Slovakia - Ivica Sláviková
Slovenia - Sanja GroharSanja GroharSanja Grohar is a Slovenian model, singer and TV presenter.She won the Miss Slovenia competition in 2005 and attended Miss World 2005. She also won the title of best Playmate in the Slovenian men's magazine Playboy....- Spain - Mireia Verdú
Turkey - Hande Subaşı
Caribbean
- ' - Kmisha Counts
Aruba - Sarah Juddan
The Bahamas - Ordain Moss
Barbados - Marielle Onyeche
Dominican Republic - Elisa Abreu
Guadeloupe - Merita Melyna- Jamaica - Terri-Karelle Griffith
Martinique - Moana Robinel- Puerto Rico - Ingrid Marie Rivera
- ' - Joy Matty
- ' - Jenna Marie Andre
Americas
Argentina - Emilia Iannetta
Bolivia - Viviana Méndez
Brazil - Patricia Reginato- Canada - Ramona AmiriRamona AmiriRamona Rina Amiri is an Iranian Canadian woman of Assyrian and Persian heritage who won the Miss World Canada contest in 2005....
Colombia - Erika Querubín
Costa Rica - Leonora JiménezLeonora JiménezLeonora Jiménez Monge is a Costa Rican beauty pageant titleholder and the original winner of 2005 Miss Asia Pacific International. She was dethroned because of her participation in Miss World 2005 and the Miss Asia Pacific title was passed to the 1st runner up, Evgeniya Lapova of Russia. Monge did...
Ecuador - Marelisa Márquez
El Salvador - Alejandra Cárcamo
Guatemala - María Inés Gálvez
Guyana - Jasmine Herzog- Mexico - Dafne MolinaDafne MolinaDafne Molina Lona is a Mexican model who represented her country in Miss World 2005, held in Sanya, China on December 10, 2005.-Biography:...
Nicaragua - Valeria García
Panama - Anna Vaprio
Peru - Fiorella Castellaños
United States - Lissette DiazLissette DiazLissette Diaz is an American beauty pageant contestant who represented her country in Miss World 2005. She was the third Hispanic contestant to be crowned.- References :...
Uruguay - Daniela Tambasco
Venezuela - Susan CarrizoSusan CarrizoBerliz Susan Carrizo Escandela is a pageant titleholder, was born in Lagunillas, Zulia, Venezuela on April 24, 1984. She was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss World 2005 pageant held in Sanya, China on December 1, 2005...
Africa
Botswana - Tshegofatso Robi- ' - Nelly Dembo
Ethiopia - Seble Mekonnen
Ghana - Inna Mariam Patty
Kenya - Cecilia Mwangi
Liberia - Snorti Forh
Malawi - Rachel Landson
Mauritius - Meenakshi Shivani
Namibia - Leefa Shiikwa
Nigeria - Omowunmi AkinnifesiOmowunmi AkinnifesiOmowunmi Akinnifesi is a Nigerian businesswoman and Lagos State's Environmental ambassador.The daughter of a former Central Bank of Nigeria director, Akinnifesi spent her early years in Sierra Leone before returning to her native Nigeria with her family. She attended Queen's College, Yaba, where...- South Africa - Dhiveja Sundrum
Swaziland - Zinhle Magongo- Tanzania - Nancy SumariNancy SumariNancy Abraham Sumari is a former beauty queen Miss Tanzania turned model and is now Managing Partner at Frontline Management Limited,an Events and Corporate Communication firm, where she is the director of Events. She was selected as Miss Tanzania 2005 and Miss World Africa for 2005. Sumari was...
Uganda - Juliet Ankakwatsa
Zambia - Precious Kabungo Mumbi
Returning countries and territories
- Indonesia last competed in 1983Miss World 1983Miss World 1983, the 33rd Miss World pageant was held on November 17, 1983 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Sarah-Jane Hutt from the United Kingdom...
after the local government lifted the ban for contestants to compete in international pageants. - Congo Democratic Republic last competed in 1985Miss World 1985Miss World 1985, the 35th Miss World pageant, was held on 14 November 1985 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom. 78 contestants from all over the world competed for the coveted title...
(as Zaire). - Liberia last competed in 1999Miss World 1999The 49th Miss World pageant was held on 4 December 1999 at London's Olympia Hall. The pageant was hosted by Ulrika Jonsson and model Melanie Sykes. The 1999 pageant attracted 94 delegates from all over the world. The 1999 pageant also marked the first time that Scotland and Wales fielded their...
. - Malawi last competed in 2001Miss World 2001Miss World 2001, the 51st Miss World pageant was held at the Super Bowl, in Sun City Entertainment Centre, Sun City, South Africa on November 16, 2001. Agbani Darego from Nigeria won the pageant, she became the first black African to win the Miss World crown...
. - American Virgin Islands 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...
. - Guatemala, Swaziland and Uruguay last competed in 2003Miss World 2003Miss World 2003, the 53rd Miss World pageant was held at Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, People's Republic of China on 6 December 2003. The pageant was presented by Phil Keoghan, Amanda Byram and Angela Chow. The contestants also visited Beijing, the national capital of People's Republic of China,...
.
Withdraws and nations that did not compete
- Angola, Egypt (Meriam George), and Finland (Saana Johanna Antilla) withdrew at the very last minute for personal reasons.
- Kazakhstan (Dina Nuraliyeva) supposedly competed in Miss World but never arrived at the very last moment. Instead, she decided to compete in Miss Universe the following year, while her 1st Runner-Up, Sabina Chukayeva, competed in Miss World at that same year. Nuraliyeva competed in 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....
, being the first representative of this country in this pageant. Later, she had been chosen to represent in Miss World 2009Miss World 2009Miss World 2009, the 59th Miss World pageant, was held on December 12, 2009 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. 112 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the pageant's history...
in Johannesburg, South Africa. - Belarus, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Honduras, Lithuania and Zimbabwe did not compete in Miss World because of scheduling conflicts and sponsorship issues.
- Paraguay lost its Miss World Franchise, and was unable to send a delegate.
Other Notes
- Costa Rica (Leonora Jiménez), who was the winner of Miss Asia Pacific InternationalMiss Asia Pacific InternationalThe Miss Asia Pacific International is the first and oldest beauty pageant in Asia. It began as a regional pageant in 1968, known as the Miss Asia Quest...
2005 pageant, relinquished her title in order to compete in Miss World. - Netherlands (Monique Plat) was not the original winner of Miss Netherlands. She was 1st runner-up Miss Universe Netherlands 2005; therefore, there was no Miss World Netherlands pageant 2005.
- Philippines (Carlene Aguilar) is the third contestant from her country to compete in a previous international pageant. She was a semi-finalist in the first annual Miss Earth pageant in 2001. This is marked the fourth time in a row the Philippines landed in the semi-finals.
- 6 contestants competed in 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...
, 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....
, and Miss Universe 2008Miss Universe 2008Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Crown Convention Center in the Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008...
.- France (Cindy Fabre), and Norway (Helene Tråsavik) competed in Miss Universe 2005. France failed to make into the semi-finals, while Norway had made the Top 15 Semi-Finals.
- Belgium (Tatiana Silva), and Switzerland (Lauriane Gilliéron) competed in Miss Universe 2006. Belgium failed to make into the semi-finals, while Switzerland placed as 2nd runner-up, and brought the record for her country's highest placement in the Miss Universe.
- Puerto Rico (Ingrid Marie Rivera) and Singapore (Shenise Wong) competed in Miss Universe 2008. Puerto Rico is the third Puerto Rican contestant from Miss World to compete in Miss Universe, following the footsteps of Ana Rosa Brito (Miss World Puerto Rico 1993), and Joyce Giraud (Miss World Puerto Rico 1994). Like Puerto Rico, Singapore was the first Singaporean to compete in three major international pageants and one continental pageant. She previously competed in Miss International 2002, and Miss Asia-Pacific 1999. Both failed to make into the top 15.
- The 2005 pageant was judged by an all Miss World panel together with Miss World Organization's Chairwoman Julia Morley.
- For the first time, People's Republic of China failed to make it into the semi-finals held in the host country.
- 12 out of 15 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Iceland (1988), American Virgin Islands (1989), Korea (1995), South Africa and Spain (2001), Italy (2002), and Canada, India, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico (2003). Northern Ireland and Tanzania had made into the semi-finals for the first time. Northern Ireland debuted in 2000, while Tanzania in 1967.
- Miss World 1983Miss World 1983Miss World 1983, the 33rd Miss World pageant was held on November 17, 1983 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Sarah-Jane Hutt from the United Kingdom...
finalist Unnur SteinssonUnnur SteinssonUnnur Steinsson was Miss Iceland 1983 who competed in Miss Universe 1983 and came in the Top 5 position at the Miss World finals. She is the mother of Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir who won the Miss Iceland pageant in 2005 and became Miss World 2005....
of Iceland was three months pregnant during the pageant (finals held on Nov. 17, 1983) which violated the pageant’s rules and warranted disqualification. However, this was not found out until after the pageant. Her baby, born on May 25, 1984 and named Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, would be crowned as Miss World and Miss World-Northern Europe in 2005. Steinsson also competed in the Miss Young International 1980 held in Manila and was named Miss Mabuhay (Friendship), Miss Punctual and third runner-up. She was also Iceland’s delegate in the Miss Universe 1983 pageant. Mother and daughter both became movie actresses.