Miss World 2004

Miss World 2004, the 54th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 4 December 2004 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. The 2004 pageant marks the second straight year that Sanya played host of the pageant. 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.

Miss World 2004 titleholder - María Julia Mantilla

Miss World 2004
Miss World 2004 Titlecard
Date4 December 2004
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueCrown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
BroadcasterInternational:
Official broadcaster:
Entrants107
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerMaría Julia Mantilla
 Peru[1]

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2004[1][2]

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss World 2004
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 15

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe


Contestants

107 contestants participated in Miss World 2004.[2]

CountryContestantAgeHeightHometownCode
 AlbaniaAgnesa Vuthaj181.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Prishtina612
 AngolaSilvia Anair Joao de Deus201.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Luanda701
 Antigua and BarbudaShermain Sunja Jeremy231.75 m (5 ft 9 in)St. John's409
 ArgentinaVerónica Estarriaga†241.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Buenos Aires801
 ArubaLuisana Nikulay Cicilia201.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Oranjestad610
 AustraliaSarah Davies221.74 m (5 ft 9 in)Brisbane602
 BahamasBrianna Clarke231.68 m (5 ft 6 in)Nassau410
 BarbadosKennifer Marius201.63 m (5 ft 4 in)Christ Church705
 BelarusOlga Antropova221.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Polotsk206
 BelgiumEllen Petri221.68 m (5 ft 6 in)Merksem111
 BoliviaMaría Nuvia Montenegro Apuri181.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Reyes802
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaNjegica Balorda191.77 m (5 ft 10 in)Zvornik503
 BotswanaJuby Peacock201.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Maun306
 BrazilIara Maria Rezende Azevedo Coelho231.81 m (5 ft 11 in)Minas Gerais702
 BulgariaGergana Guncheva171.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Sofia213
 CanadaTijana Arnautović181.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Ottawa509
 Cayman IslandsStacy Ann-Rose Kelly241.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Bodden Town103
 ChileVerónica Paz Roberts Olcay211.72 m (5 ft 8 in)Santiago207
 ChinaYang Jin201.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Chongqing808
 Chinese TaipeiDorothy Chu Yi Hui181.74 m (5 ft 9 in)Taipei809
 ColombiaPaola Andrea Mariňo García221.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Bogotá208
 Costa RicaShirley Calvo Jiménez221.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Alajuela407
 CroatiaIvana Žnidarić191.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Čakovec613
 CuraçaoSue-Ann Stephanie Hudson201.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Willemstad611
 CyprusConstantina Evripidou191.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Limassol507
 Czech RepublicJana Doleželová231.76 m (5 ft 9 in)Unicov209
 DenmarkLine Solling Larsen231.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Funen805
 Dominican RepublicClaudia Julissa Cruz Rodríguez181.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Bonao113
 EcuadorCristina Eugenia Reyes Hidalgo231.81 m (5 ft 11 in)Guayaquil101
 EgyptHeba Ahmad El-Sisy221.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Cairo107
 El SalvadorAndrea Denise Müschenborn Charlaix181.70 m (5 ft 7 in)San Salvador513
 EnglandDanielle Lloyd201.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Liverpool311
 EstoniaMoonika Tooming231.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Tallinn709
 EthiopiaSayat Demissie181.71 m (5 ft 7 in)Addis Ababa413
 FijiAishwarya Sukhdeo241.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Suva308
 FinlandNina Johanna Tikanmäki191.72 m (5 ft 8 in)Naantali603
 FranceLaetitia Marciniak231.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Calais112
 GeorgiaSalome Chikviladze201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Tbilisi205
 GermanyInka Weickel201.71 m (5 ft 7 in)Alzey506
 GhanaSerena Naa Dei Ashi Roye231.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Accra305
 GibraltarHelen Gustafson241.71 m (5 ft 7 in)Gibraltar707
 GreeceMaria Spiridaki191.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Heraklion508
 GuadeloupeJennifer Desbouiges181.77 m (5 ft 10 in)Pointe-à-Pitre713
 GuyanaSuzette Marissa Shim191.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Georgetown114
 HondurasKimberly Michelle McNab191.72 m (5 ft 8 in)Roatan514
 Hong KongQueenie Chu231.74 m (5 ft 9 in)Hong Kong313
 HungaryVeronika Orban201.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Zalaegerszeg403
 IcelandHugrún Harðardóttir211.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Selfoss604
 IndiaSayali Bhagat201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Nashik605
 IrelandNatasha Nic Gairbheirth211.71 m (5 ft 7 in)Gweedore510
 IsraelRita Lokin231.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Ashdod710
 ItalyValeria Altobelli201.82 m (6 ft 0 in)Rome303
 JamaicaTonoya Anne Toyloy241.76 m (5 ft 9 in)Kingston706
 JapanMinako Goto221.71 m (5 ft 7 in)Akita307
 KazakhstanAleksandra Kazakova191.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Oskemen203
 KenyaJuliet Atieno Ochieng191.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Kisumu511
 KoreaHan Kyoung-jin191.74 m (5 ft 9 in)Seongnam314
 LatviaAgnese Eiduka201.77 m (5 ft 10 in)Valmiera401
 LebanonNadine Noujeim201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Beirut108
 LithuaniaAgne Maliaukaitė191.71 m (5 ft 7 in)Panevėžys502
 MacedoniaSara Lesi181.77 m (5 ft 10 in)Skopje214
 MalaysiaGloria Ting Mei Ru231.71 m (5 ft 7 in)Sibu810
 MaltaAntonella Vella201.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Mosta304
 MauritiusMaria Natacha Magalie Antoo221.76 m (5 ft 9 in)Rose Hill811
 MexicoYessica Ramírez221.83 m (6 ft 0 in)Tijuana607
 MoldovaMarina Chivaciuc211.74 m (5 ft 9 in)Tiraspol204
 NamibiaAdele Basson241.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Windhoek414
   NepalPayal Shakya181.64 m (5 ft 5 in)Kathmandu714
 NetherlandsMiranda Slabber241.76 m (5 ft 9 in)Arnemuiden105
 New ZealandAmber Peebles211.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Auckland301
 NicaraguaAnielka María Sánchez Castillo221.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Masaya608
 NigeriaAnita Iseghohi191.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Lagos512
 Northern IrelandKirsty Anne Gabriel Stewart181.72 m (5 ft 8 in)Enniskillen210
 NorwayHege Torresdal201.77 m (5 ft 10 in)Aksdal806
 PanamaMelissa del Carmen Piedrahita Meléndez221.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Panama City408
 ParaguayTania María Domanickzy Vargas231.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Asunción703
 PeruMaría Julia Mantilla201.74 m (5 ft 9 in)Trujillo804
 PhilippinesMaria Karla Rabanal Bautista201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Cebu City309
 PolandKatarzyna Weronika Borowicz191.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Ostrów Wielkopolski501
 PortugalPatricia Oliveira Raposa de Oliveira171.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Lisbon704
 Puerto RicoCassandra Carin Castro Holland201.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Luquillo102
 RomaniaAdina Maria Cotuna201.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Arad601
 RussiaTatiana Sidorchuk191.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Perm201
 St. LuciaSascha Gianne Michelle Andrew-Rose181.77 m (5 ft 10 in)Castries104
 ScotlandLois Anna Weatherup211.76 m (5 ft 9 in)Linlithgow106
 Serbia and MontenegroJelena Pejić171.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Belgrade404
 SingaporeLisa Huang Shu Jun221.71 m (5 ft 7 in)Singapore807
 SlovakiaMaria Sandorova201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Košice504
 SloveniaŽiva Vadnov221.71 m (5 ft 7 in)Ljubljana402
 South AfricaJoan Kwena Ramagoshi241.68 m (5 ft 6 in)Mamelodi712
 SpainMaite Medina Cerrato241.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Barcelona803
 Sri LankaAnarkalli Jay Aakarsha171.65 m (5 ft 5 in)Colombo109
 SwedenEva Helena Hjertonsson191.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Kalmar312
  SwitzerlandFiona Hefti241.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Zürich711
 TanzaniaFaraja Kotta191.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Dar es Salaam211
 ThailandNikallaya Abdul Dulaya231.74 m (5 ft 9 in)Yala310
 Trinidad and TobagoKenisha Thom211.74 m (5 ft 9 in)Scarborough405
 TurkeyNur Gumusdograyan191.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Ankara110
 Turks and CaicosBeryl Christian Kateri Handfield191.67 m (5 ft 6 in)Grand Turk406
 UgandaBarbara Kimbugwe191.68 m (5 ft 6 in)Kampala212
 UkraineLesya Matveyeva221.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Kyiv202
 United StatesNancy Randall241.72 m (5 ft 8 in)New Orleans708
 VenezuelaAndrea Milroy201.74 m (5 ft 9 in)Caracas609
 VietnamNguyễn Thị Huyền191.72 m (5 ft 8 in)Haiphong606
 WalesAmy Guy211.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Wrexham302
 ZambiaRosemary Mulenga Chileshe241.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Lusaka411
 ZimbabweOslie Muringai201.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Bulawayo412

Notes

Debut
  •  Fiji

Returns
  • Last competed in 1988:
    •  Turks and Caicos
  • Last competed in 1993:
    •  El Salvador
  • Last competed in 1994:
    •  St. Lucia
  • Last competed in 1997:
    •  Egypt
  • Last competed in 2000:
    •  Chinese Taipei
    •  Honduras
  • Last competed in 2002:
    •  Ghana

Withdrawals
  •  Austria – Silvia Hackl - She withdrew at the last minute for personal reasons, due to the fact that she lost all her luggage after arriving in Sanya and the rude treatment that MW officials give to her.[3]
  •  Northern Marianas- Tracy Lynn D. De Rosario - Due to financial problems and lack of Sponsorship.
  •  Uruguay - María Jimena Rivas Fernández - Due to visa problems.

No Shows
  •  Algeria - Karmen Hamdaoui
  •  Armenia - Lusine Tovmasyan
  •  Congo Democratic Republic – Nelly Dembo Osongo - Due to lack of Sponsorship and visa problems. However she competed a year later at Miss World 2005.
  •  Guatemala - Damaris Stephanie García Guerrero
  •  Malawi - Florence Zeka
  •  Mongolia - Sodtuya Chaadrabal
  •  Mozambique

Never confirmed

  •  American Virgin Islands
  •  Andorra
  •  Belize
  •  Lesotho
  •  Swaziland
  •  Tunisia

Replacements
  •  Aruba - Miss Aruba 2003, Fatima Salie was unable to compete in Miss Universe & Miss World 2004 due problems with her nationality. She was replaced by her first runner up, Luisana Nikualy Cicilia.[4]
  •  Estonia - Mari-Liis Sallo
  •  Germany - Claudia Hein
  •  India - The winner of Femina Miss India World 2004, Lakshmi Pandit gave up the crown to 2nd Runner-Up - Sayali Bhagat, after it was discovered that she gave false information about her age and lied about her alleged marital status.[5]
  •  Mauritius - Connie Ross

Country Changes
  • Holland changed its name to Netherlands.

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at international beauty pageants:

References
  1. "Philippine Daily Inquirer". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. "The Tuscaloosa News". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. http://www.bellezavenezolana.net/news/2004/Noviembre/20041127.htm
  4. http://www.bellezavenezolana.net/news/2004/Septiembre/20040920.htm
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20040413202052/http://www.globalbeauties.com/gb/news/n_mar04_india3.htm
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