Miss_World_2004 References

Miss World 2004
Miss World 2004
	Miss World 2004 titleholder - María Julia Mantilla
Date	4 December 2004
Presenters	Troy McClain; Angela Chow; Lisa Snowdon;
Entertainment	Lionel Richie; Il Divo;
Venue	Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
Broadcaster	International:; E!; Official broadcaster:; CCTV;
Entrants	107
Placements	15
Debuts	Fiji;
Withdrawals	Andorra; Belize; Guatemala; Northern Marianas; Lesotho; Swaziland; Uruguay;
Returns	Chinese Taipei; Egypt; El Salvador; Ghana; Honduras; Saint Lucia; Turks and Caicos;
Winner	María Julia Mantilla; Peru
	← 2003 2005 →

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.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 2004	Peru – María Julia Mantilla
1st Runner-Up	Dominican Republic – Claudia Cruz
2nd Runner-Up	United States – Nancy Randall
Top 5	Philippines – Karla Bautista Poland – Katarzyna Borowicz
Top 15	Antigua and Barbuda – Shermain Jeremy Australia – Sarah Davies China – Yang Jin Czech Republic – Jana Doleželová Mexico – Yessica Ramírez Nigeria – Anita Uwagbale Russia – Tatiana Sidorchuk Trinidad and Tobago – Kenisha Thom Vietnam – Nguyễn Thị Huyền Wales – Amy Guy

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Nigeria – Anita Uwagbale
Americas	United States – Nancy Randall
Asia & Oceania	Philippines – Maria Karla Bautista
Caribbean	Dominican Republic – Claudia Cruz
Europe	Poland – Katarzyna Borowicz

Contestants

107 contestants participated in Miss World 2004.^[2]

Code	Country	Contestant	Age	Hometown
612	Albania	Agnesa Vuthaj	18	Prishtina
701	Angola	Silvia Anair Joao de Deus^[3]	20	Luanda
409	Antigua and Barbuda	Shermain Jeremy^[4]	23	St. John's
801	Argentina	Verónica Estarriaga^[5]	24	Buenos Aires
610	Aruba	Luisana Cicilia^[6]	20	Dacota
602	Australia	Sarah Davies^[7]	22	Brisbane
410	Bahamas	Brianna Clarke	23	Nassau
705	Barbados	Kennifer Marius	20	Christ Church
206	Belarus	Olga Antropova^[8]	22	Polotsk
111	Belgium	Ellen Petri^[9]	22	Merksem
802	Bolivia	María Nuvia Montenegro^[10]	18	Reyes
503	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Njegica Balorda	19	Zvornik
306	Botswana	Juby Peacock	20	Maun
702	Brazil	Iara Coelho	23	Minas Gerais
213	Bulgaria	Gergana Guncheva	17	Sofia
509	Canada	Tijana Arnautović	18	Ottawa
103	Cayman Islands	Stacy Ann-Rose Kelly	24	Bodden Town
207	Chile	Verónica Roberts	21	Santiago
808	China	Yang Jin	20	Chongqing
809	Chinese Taipei	Dorothy Chu Yi Hui	18	Taipei
208	Colombia	Paola Mariňo	22	Bogotá
407	Costa Rica	Shirley Calvo	22	Alajuela
613	Croatia	Ivana Žnidarić	19	Čakovec
611	Curaçao	Sue-Ann Hudson	20	Willemstad
507	Cyprus	Constantina Evripidou	19	Limassol
209	Czech Republic	Jana Doleželová	23	Unicov
805	Denmark	Line Solling Larsen	23	Funen
113	Dominican Republic	Claudia Cruz	18	Bonao
101	Ecuador	Cristina Reyes	23	Guayaquil
107	Egypt	Heba El-Sisy	22	Cairo
513	El Salvador	Andrea Müschenborn	18	San Salvador
311	England	Danielle Lloyd	20	Liverpool
709	Estonia	Moonika Tooming	23	Tallinn
413	Ethiopia	Sayat Demissie	18	Addis Ababa
308	Fiji	Aishwarya Sukhdeo	24	Suva
603	Finland	Nina Tikanmäki	19	Naantali
112	France	Laetitia Marciniak	23	Calais
205	Georgia	Salome Chikviladze	20	Tbilisi
506	Germany	Inka Weickel	20	Alzey
305	Ghana	Serena Naa Dei Ashi Roye	23	Accra
707	Gibraltar	Helen Gustafson	24	Gibraltar
508	Greece	Maria Spiridaki	19	Heraklion
713	Guadeloupe	Jennifer Desbouiges	18	Pointe-à-Pitre
114	Guyana	Suzette Marissa Shim	19	Georgetown
514	Honduras	Kimberly McNab	19	Roatan
313	Hong Kong	Queenie Chu	23	Hong Kong
403	Hungary	Veronika Orban	20	Zalaegerszeg
604	Iceland	Hugrún Harðardóttir	21	Selfoss
605	India	Sayali Bhagat	20	Nashik
510	Ireland	Natasha Nic Gairbheirth	21	Gweedore
710	Israel	Rita Lukin	23	Ashdod
303	Italy	Valeria Altobelli	20	Rome
706	Jamaica	Tonoya Toyloy	24	Kingston
307	Japan	Minako Goto	22	Akita
203	Kazakhstan	Aleksandra Kazakova	19	Oskemen
511	Kenya	Juliet Atieno Ochieng	19	Kisumu
314	South Korea	Han Kyoung-jin	19	Seongnam
401	Latvia	Agnese Eiduka	20	Valmiera
108	Lebanon	Nadine Noujeim	20	Beirut
502	Lithuania	Agne Maliaukaitė	19	Panevėžys
214	Macedonia	Sara Lesi	18	Skopje
810	Malaysia	Gloria Ting Mei Ru	23	Sibu
304	Malta	Antonella Vella	20	Mosta
811	Mauritius	Magalie Antoo	22	Rose Hill
607	Mexico	Yessica Ramírez	22	Tijuana
204	Moldova	Marina Chivaciuc	21	Tiraspol
414	Namibia	Adele Basson	24	Windhoek
714	Nepal	Payal Shakya	18	Kathmandu
105	Netherlands	Miranda Slabber	24	Arnemuiden
301	New Zealand	Amber Peebles	21	Auckland
608	Nicaragua	Anielka Sánchez	22	Masaya
512	Nigeria	Anita Uwagbale	19	Lagos
210	Northern Ireland	Kirsty Stewart^[11]	18	Enniskillen
806	Norway	Hege Torresdal	20	Aksdal
408	Panama	Melissa Piedrahita	22	Panama City
703	Paraguay	Tania Domanickzy	23	Asunción
804	Peru	María Julia Mantilla	20	Trujillo
309	Philippines	Karla Bautista	20	Cebu City
501	Poland	Katarzyna Borowicz	19	Ostrów Wielkopolski
704	Portugal	Patrícia de Oliveira	17	Lisbon
102	Puerto Rico	Cassandra Castro	20	Luquillo
601	Romania	Adina Maria Cotuna	20	Arad
201	Russia	Tatiana Sidorchuk	19	Perm
104	Saint Lucia	Sascha Andrew-Rose	18	Castries
106	Scotland	Lois Anna Weatherup	21	Linlithgow
404	Serbia and Montenegro	Jelena Pejić	17	Belgrade
807	Singapore	Lisa Huang	22	Singapore
504	Slovakia	Maria Sandorova	20	Košice
402	Slovenia	Živa Vadnov	22	Ljubljana
712	South Africa	Joan Ramagoshi	24	Mamelodi
803	Spain	Maite Medina Cerrato	24	Barcelona
109	Sri Lanka	Anarkalli Aakarsha	17	Colombo
312	Sweden	Eva Helena Hjertonsson	19	Kalmar
711	Switzerland	Fiona Hefti	24	Zürich
211	Tanzania	Faraja Kotta	19	Dar es Salaam
310	Thailand	Nikallaya Abdul Dulaya	23	Yala
405	Trinidad and Tobago	Kenisha Thom	21	Scarborough
110	Turkey	Nur Gümüşdoğrayan	19	Ankara
406	Turks and Caicos	Beryl Christian Kateri Handfield	19	Grand Turk
212	Uganda	Barbara Kimbugwe	19	Kampala
202	Ukraine	Lesya Matveyeva	22	Kyiv
708	United States	Nancy Randall	24	New Orleans
609	Venezuela	Andrea Milroy	20	Caracas
606	Vietnam	Nguyễn Thị Huyền	19	Haiphong
302	Wales	Amy Guy	21	Wrexham
411	Zambia	Rosemary Mulenga Chileshe	24	Lusaka
412	Zimbabwe	Oslie Muringai	20	Bulawayo

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.
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.
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^{[
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Mauritius - Connie Ross

Country Changes

Holland changed its name to Netherlands.

References

^ ^a ^b "Philippine Daily Inquirer". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "The Tuscaloosa News". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ "Silvia Anair Joao De Deus". Hindustan Times. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Shermain Jeremy 'more than willing to step up to the plate'". Antigua Breaking News. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Falleció Verónica Estarriaga, la escobarense que fue Miss Argentina en 2004" [Verónica Estarriaga, the escobarense who was Miss Argentina in 2004, died]. El Día de Escobar (in Spanish). 9 November 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Luisana Cicilia". Hindustan Times. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Davies claims contestants' award". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ Myers, Steven Lee (19 December 2005). "Where a cover girl is girl next door". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Ellen Petri derde in Miss World Top Model". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 24 November 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Maria Nuvia Montenegro Apuri". Hindustan Times. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Kirsty is crowned Miss NI". Belfast Telegraph. 22 June 2004. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

External links

Media related to Miss World 2004 at Wikimedia Commons

[google.com-1] "Philippine Daily Inquirer". Retrieved 27 January 2016.

[google.com1-2] "The Tuscaloosa News". Retrieved 27 January 2016.

[3] "Silvia Anair Joao De Deus". Hindustan Times. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[4] "Shermain Jeremy 'more than willing to step up to the plate'". Antigua Breaking News. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[5] "Falleció Verónica Estarriaga, la escobarense que fue Miss Argentina en 2004" [Verónica Estarriaga, the escobarense who was Miss Argentina in 2004, died]. El Día de Escobar (in Spanish). 9 November 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[6] "Luisana Cicilia". Hindustan Times. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[7] "Davies claims contestants' award". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[8] Myers, Steven Lee (19 December 2005). "Where a cover girl is girl next door". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[topm-9] "Ellen Petri derde in Miss World Top Model". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 24 November 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[10] "Maria Nuvia Montenegro Apuri". Hindustan Times. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[11] "Kirsty is crowned Miss NI". Belfast Telegraph. 22 June 2004. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

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Miss World 2004
Miss World 2004 titleholder - María Julia Mantilla
Date	4 December 2004
Presenters	Troy McClain Angela Chow Lisa Snowdon
Entertainment	Lionel Richie Il Divo
Venue	Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
Broadcaster	International: E! Official broadcaster: CCTV
Entrants	107
Placements	15
Debuts	Fiji
Withdrawals	Andorra Belize Guatemala Northern Marianas Lesotho Swaziland Uruguay
Returns	Chinese Taipei Egypt El Salvador Ghana Honduras Saint Lucia Turks and Caicos
Winner	María Julia Mantilla Peru^[1]
← 2003 2005 →