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{{Infobox beauty pageant
| photo       = 2016-02-01 Rosanna Davison.jpg
| caption     = '''Rosanna Davison''', Miss World 2003
| winner      = [[Rosanna Davison]]
| represented = Ireland
| date        = 6 December 2003
| presenters  = {{Hlist|[[Phil Keoghan]]|[[Amanda Byram]]|[[Angela Chow]]}}
| acts        = {{Hlist|[[Luis Fonsi]]|[[Bryan Ferry]]}}
| entrants    = 106
| placements  = 20
| venue       = [[Crown of Beauty Theatre]], [[Sanya]], China
| broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[E!]]|[[China Central Television|CCTV]]}}
| debuts      = {{Hlist|Andorra|Ethiopia|Georgia|Guadeloupe|Northern Mariana Islands}}
| withdraws   = {{Hlist|Algeria|French Polynesia|Ghana|United States Virgin Islands}}
| returns     = {{Hlist|Belarus|Cayman Islands|Costa Rica|Denmark|Dominican Republic|Guatemala|Iceland|Lesotho|Mauritius|Moldova|Nepal|Paraguay|Portugal|South Korea|Sri Lanka|Switzerland|Zambia}}
| before      = [[Miss World 2002|2002]]
| next        = [[Miss World 2004|2004]]
}}

'''Miss World 2003''' was the 53rd edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, held at the [[Crown of Beauty Theatre]] in [[Sanya]], China, on December 6, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=20031207&id=dRNZAAAAIBAJ&pg=7125,1383101&hl=en|title=The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search|access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref> It was the first time that the Miss World pageant held in [[China]].

[[Azra Akın]] of [[Turkey]] crowned [[Rosanna Davison]] of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] as her successor at the end of the event.<ref name="TSMH-1">{{cite web |date=7 December 2003 |title=Ireland wins Miss World |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/07/1070732056074.html?from=storyrhs |access-date=19 January 2016 |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref> It is Ireland's first victory in the history of the pageant.<ref name="google.com">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=20031207&id=EDkfAAAAIBAJ&pg=6839,1933890&hl=en|title=Herald-Journal|access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref>

106 contestants competed in this year's pageant, surpassing the previous record of 95 contestants in [[Miss World 2000|2000]]. The pageant was hosted by [[Phil Keoghan]], [[Amanda Byram]], and [[Angela Chow]]. [[Luis Fonsi]] and [[Bryan Ferry]] performed in this year's pageant.

== Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals ==
This edition saw the debut of Andorra, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guadeloupe and Northern Mariana Islands, and the return of Belarus, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Iceland, Lesotho, Mauritius, Moldova, Nepal, Paraguay, Portugal, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Zambia; Lesotho, which last competed in [[Miss World 1981|1981]], Mauritius in [[Miss World 1998|1998]], Zambia in [[Miss World 1999|1999]], Belarus, Denmark, Guatemala, Moldova, Nepal, Paraguay and Sri Lanka in [[Miss World 2000|2000]] and Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Iceland, Portugal, South Korea and Switzerland in [[Miss World 2001|2001]] .

Algeria, French Polynesia, Ghana, and the United States Virgin Islands, withdrew from the competition.

== Results ==
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=== Placements ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Placement
! Contestant
|-
| '''Miss World 2003'''
|
* '''{{flagu|Ireland}}''' – '''[[Rosanna Davison]]'''<ref name=TOP3>{{Cite news |date=8 December 2003 |title=Miss Ireland takes Sanya crown |language=en |publisher=[[Taipei Times]] |url= https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/12/08/2003078799 |access-date=6 May 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250506084528/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/12/08/2003078799 |archive-date=6 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1st Runner-Up
|
* {{flagu|Canada}} – [[Nazanin Afshin-Jam]]<ref name=TOP3/>
|-
| 2nd Runner-Up
|
* {{flagu|China}} – Guan Qi<ref name=TOP3/>
|-
| Top 5
|
* {{flagu|India}} – [[Ami Vashi]]
* {{flagu|Philippines}} – Maria Rafaela Yunon
|-
| Top 20
|
* {{flagu|Australia}} – Olivia Stratton
* {{flagu|Bolivia}} – Helen Aponte
* {{flagu|Dominican Republic}} – María Vargas
* {{flagu|Ethiopia}} – [[Hayat Ahmed]]
* {{flagu|Georgia|1990}} – Irina Onashvili
* {{flagu|Greece}} – Vasiliki Tsekoura
* {{flagu|Jamaica}} – Jade Fulford
* {{flagu|Lebanon}} – Marie-José Hnein
* {{flagu|New Zealand}} – Melanie Paul
* {{flagu|Norway}} – Elisabeth Wathne
* {{flagu|Peru}} – [[Claudia Hernández (model)|Claudia Hernández]]
* {{flagu|Puerto Rico}} – Joyceline Montero
* {{flagu|Switzerland}} – Bianca Sissing
* {{flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}} – Magdalene Walcott
* {{flagu|Venezuela}} – [[Valentina Patruno]]
|}

==== Continental Queens of Beauty ====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Continent
! Contestant
|-
| Africa
|
* {{flagu|Ethiopia}} – [[Hayat Ahmed]]
|-
| Americas
|
* {{flagu|Canada}} – [[Nazanin Afshin-Jam]]
|-
| Asia and Oceania
|
* {{flagu|China}} – Guan Qi
|-
| Caribbean
|
* {{flagu|Jamaica}} – Jade Fulford
|-
| Europe
|
* {{flagu|Ireland}} – [[Rosanna Davison]]
|}

== Judges ==
Miss World 2003 had nine judges.<ref name="news24.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.com/Entertainment/International/Top-judges-for-Miss-World-20031202|title=Top judges for Miss World|work=[[News24 (website)|News24]]|access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref>
* [[Candace Bushnell]]<ref name="fredericj.brown">{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/miss-world-2003-judges-candace-bushnell-author-of-the-hit-news-photo/2784317|title=Candace Bushnell|author=Brown, Frederic J.|work=[[Getty Images]]|date=5 December 2003 |access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref> 
* [[Jackie Chan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/actor-jackie-chan-a-judge-in-this-years-miss-world-beauty-news-photo/2788954|title=Miss World Contest In China|author=Getty Images|work=Getty Images|date=6 December 2003 |access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-12-07/irish-miss-world-begins-reign/101852|title=Irish Miss World begins reign|work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]|date=7 December 2003|access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref> 
* [[Agbani Darego]] – [[Miss World 2001]] from [[Nigeria]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3295995.stm|title=China set for Miss World contest|work=[[BBC News]]|date=6 December 2003|access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref> 
* [[Bruce Forsyth]]†<ref name="news24.com1">{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.com/Entertainment/SouthAfrica/Miss-World-contest-rigged-20031208|title=Miss World contest rigged?|work=News24|access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref> 
* [[Gustavo Gianetti]]<ref name="news24.com"/> 
* [[Julia Morley]] – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organisation<ref name="news24.com1"/> 
* Krish Naidoo<ref name="news24.com1"/> 
* [[Clive Robertson (actor)|Clive Robertson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/miss-world-2003-judges-candace-bushnell-author-of-the-hit-news-photo/2784323|title=Candace Bushnell|author=Brown, Frederic J.|work=Getty Images|date=5 December 2003 |access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref> 
* Dick Zimmermann<ref name="fredericj.brown"/>

== Contestants ==
[[File:Miss World 2003 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2003<ref name="google.com"/><ref name="google.com1">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=20031207&id=hUAhAAAAIBAJ&pg=1286,4638178&hl=en|title=New Straits Times|access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref>]]

106 contestants competed for the title.<ref name="google.com1"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
!Country/Territory
!Contestant
!Age{{Efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}}
!Hometown
|-
|'''{{flag|Albania}}'''
|Denisa Kola<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loodtz |first=Ann-Kristin |last2=Pettersson |first2=Carin |date=8 December 2003 |title=Ireland won Miss World |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/ireland-won-miss-world/s/12-95-162612 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321025937/https://www.nettavisen.no/ireland-won-miss-world/s/12-95-162612 |archive-date=21 March 2025 |access-date=6 May 2025 |website=Nettavisen |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
|21
|[[Peshkopi]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Andorra}}'''
|María José Girol Jumenez
|19
|[[Andorra la Vella]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Angola}}'''
|Celma Katia Carlos
|20
|[[Lubango]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}'''
|Anne-Marie Browne
|24
|[[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St. John's]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Argentina}}'''
|Grisel Hitoff
|24
|[[Buenos Aires]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Aruba}}'''
|Nathalie Biermanns
|21
|[[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Australia}}'''
|Olivia Stratton
|22
|[[Adelaide]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Bahamas}}'''
|Shantell Hall<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 September 2012|title=6 beauties named to select winner of Manhunt International Bahamas|url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/community/5_beauties_named_to_select_winner_of_Manhunt_International_Bahamas_printer.shtml|access-date=28 April 2025|website=The Bahamas Weekly|language=en|archive-date=31 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831120727/http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/community/5_beauties_named_to_select_winner_of_Manhunt_International_Bahamas_printer.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
|19
|[[Freeport, Bahamas|Freeport]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Barbados}}'''
|Raquel Wilkinson
|23
|[[Bridgetown]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Belarus}}'''
|Volha Nevdakh<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kucherova |first=Maria |date=2 June 2002 |title=Честная победа красоты. "Мисс Беларусь-2002" признана Ольга Невдах из Дрогичина |trans-title=An honest victory of beauty. "Miss Belarus-2002" is Olga Nevdakh from Drogichin |url=https://www.sb.by/articles/chestnaya-pobeda-krasoty-miss-belarus-2002-priznana-olga-nevdakh-iz-drogichina.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401232605/https://www.sb.by/articles/chestnaya-pobeda-krasoty-miss-belarus-2002-priznana-olga-nevdakh-iz-drogichina.html |archive-date=1 April 2024 |access-date=6 May 2025 |website=Belarus Today |language=ru-RU}}</ref>
|23
|[[Minsk]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Belgium}}'''
|[[Julie Taton]]
|19
|[[Jambes]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Belize}}'''
|Dalila Vanzie
|25
|[[Dangriga]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Bolivia}}'''
|Helen Aponte
|19
|[[Beni Department|Beni]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}'''
|Irna Smaka
|19
|[[Sarajevo]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Botswana}}'''
|Boingotlo Motlalekgosi
|19
|[[Gaborone]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Brazil}}'''
|Lara Brito
|24
|[[Goiânia]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Bulgaria}}'''
|Rajna Naldzhieva
|17
|[[Sofia]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Canada}}'''
|[[Nazanin Afshin-Jam]]
|24
|[[Vancouver]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Cayman Islands}}'''
|Nichelle Welcome
|24
|[[George Town, Cayman Islands|George Town]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Chile}}'''
|Alejandra Soler
|25
|[[La Serena, Chile|La Serena]]
|-
|'''{{flag|China}}'''
|Guan Qi
|21
|[[Changchun]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Colombia}}'''
|Claudia Molina
|18
|[[Barranquilla]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Costa Rica}}'''
|Shirley Álvarez
|23
|[[Desamparados]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Croatia}}'''
|Aleksandra Grdić
|24
|[[Virovitica]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Curaçao}}'''
|Angeline da Silva Goes
|19
|[[Willemstad]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Cyprus}}'''
|Stella Stylianou
|18
|[[Nicosia]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Czech Republic}}'''
|[[Lucie Váchová]]
|19
|[[Příbram]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Denmark}}'''
|Maj Buchholtz Pedersen
|20
|[[Skagen]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Dominican Republic}}'''
|María Eugenia Vargas
|19
|[[Santiago de los Caballeros|Santiago]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Ecuador}}'''
|Mayra Rentería
|18
|[[Esmeraldas, Ecuador|Esmeraldas]]
|-
|'''{{flag|England}}'''
|Jacqueline Turner
|25
|[[Dorset]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Estonia}}'''
|Kriistina Gabor
|19
|[[Pärnu]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Ethiopia}}'''
|[[Hayat Ahmed]]
|21
|[[Addis Ababa]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Finland}}'''
|Katri Johanna Hynninen
|20
|[[Naantali]]
|-
|'''{{flag|France}}'''
|Virginie Dubois
|19
|[[Paris]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Georgia|1990}}'''
|Irina Onashvili
|18
|[[Tbilisi]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Germany}}'''
|Babette Konau
|25
|[[Kiel]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Gibraltar}}'''
|Kim Marie Falzun
|20
|Gibraltar
|-
|'''{{flag|Greece}}'''
|Vasiliki Tsekoura
|23
|[[Athens]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Guadeloupe|local}}'''
|[[Lauranza Doliman]]
|23
|[[Goyave]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Guatemala}}'''
|Dulce María Duarte
|21
|[[Chiquimula]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Guyana}}'''
|Alexis Glasgow
|22
|[[New Amsterdam, Guyana|New Amsterdam]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Holland}}'''
|Sanne de Regt
|21
|[[Goes]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Hong Kong}}'''
|Rabee'a Yeung
|22
|Hong Kong
|-
|'''{{flag|Hungary}}'''
|Eszter Tóth<ref>{{Cite web|title=Világszépségverseny Hajnan szigetén|trans-title=World beauty pageant on Hainan Island|url=https://www.origo.hu/noilapozo-szepseg/1899/12/20031205vilagszepsegverseny|access-date=23 April 2025|website=ORIGO|language=Hungarian|archive-date=22 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422232407/https://www.origo.hu/noilapozo-szepseg/1899/12/20031205vilagszepsegverseny|url-status=live}}</ref>
|19
|[[Tatabánya]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Iceland}}'''
|Regína Jónsdóttir
|20
|[[Reykjavík]]
|-
|'''{{flag|India}}'''
|[[Ami Vashi]]
|23
|[[Mumbai]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Ireland}}'''
|'''[[Rosanna Davison]]'''<ref name="TSMH-1" />
|19
|[[Enniskerry]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Israel}}'''
|Miri Levy
|20
|[[Haifa]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Italy}}'''
|Silvia Cannas
|21
|[[Cagliari]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Jamaica}}'''
|Jade Fulford
|21
|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Japan|1999}}'''
|Kaoru Nishide
|25
|[[Kyoto]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Kazakhstan}}'''
|Saule Zhunosova
|17
|[[Pavlodar]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Kenya}}'''
|Janet Kibugu
|18
|[[Nairobi]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Latvia}}'''
|Irina Askolska
|23
|[[Riga]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Lebanon}}'''
|Marie-José Hnein
|19
|[[Baabda]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Lesotho|1987}}'''
|Makuena Lepolesa
|20
|[[Maseru]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Lithuania}}'''
|Vaida Grikšaitė
|20
|[[Klaipėda]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Macedonia}}'''
|Marija Vašik
|19
|[[Skopje]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Malaysia}}'''
|Wong Sze Zen
|23
|[[Kuala Lumpur]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Malta}}'''
|Rachel Xuereb
|22
|[[Gwardamanġa]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Mauritius}}'''
|Marie Aimee Bergicourt
|24
|[[Pamplemousses District|Pamplemousses]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Mexico}}'''
|Erika Honstein
|22
|[[Hermosillo]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Moldova}}'''
|Elena Danilciuc
|18
|[[Chișinău]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Namibia}}'''
|Petrina Thomas
|22
|[[Keetmanshoop]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Nepal}}'''
|Priti Sitoula
|21
|[[Kathmandu]]
|-
|'''{{flag|New Zealand}}'''
|Melanie Paul
|23
|[[Auckland]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Nicaragua}}'''
|Hailey Britton Brooks
|22
|[[Bluefields]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Nigeria}}'''
|[[Omotu Bissong|Ohumotu Bissong]]
|20
|[[Calabar]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Northern Ireland}}'''
|Diana Sayers
|22
|[[Saintfield]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}'''
|Kimberly Castro Reyes
|19
|[[Saipan]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Norway}}'''
|Elisabeth Wathne
|21
|[[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Panama}}'''
|Ivy Ruth Ortega
|19
|[[Panama City]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Paraguay}}'''
|[[Karina Buttner]]
|21
|[[Asunción]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Peru}}'''
|[[Claudia Hernández (model)|Claudia Hernández]]
|22
|[[Lima]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Philippines}}'''
|Maria Rafaela Yunon<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Sto. Domingo |first=Joseph |date=17 March 2003 |title=Brains before beauty: In this year's Bb. Pilipinas, the smart ones win the titles |pages=17–18 |work=[[Manila Standard]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hGwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6150%2C1686093 |accessdate=16 September 2021 }}</ref>
|22
|[[Tarlac]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Poland}}'''
|Karolina Gorazda
|23
|[[Kraków]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Portugal}}'''
|Vanessa Job
|20
|[[Oeiras, Portugal|Oeiras]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Puerto Rico}}'''
|Joyceline Montero
|21
|[[Bayamón, Puerto Rico|Bayamón]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Romania}}'''
|Patricia Filomena Chifor
|17
|[[Satu Mare]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Russia}}'''
|Svetlana Goreva
|21
|[[Tula, Russia|Tula]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Scotland}}'''
|[[Nicci Jolly]]
|22
|[[Inverbervie]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Serbia and Montenegro}}'''{{Efn|Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro.}}
|Bojana Vujadinović
|23
|[[Belgrade]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Singapore}}'''
|Corine Kanmani
|24
|Singapore
|-
|'''{{flag|Slovakia}}'''
|Adriana Pospíšilová
|20
|[[Bratislava]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Slovenia}}'''
|[[Tina Zajc]]
|20
|[[Ljubljana]]
|-
|'''{{flag|South Africa}}'''
|Cindy Nell
|22
|[[Pretoria]]
|-
|'''{{flag|South Korea}}'''{{Efn|competed as Korea in the pageant}}
|Park Ji-yea
|24
|[[North Jeolla Province|North Jeolla]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Spain}}'''
|María Teresa Martín
|23
|[[Antequera]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Sri Lanka}}'''
|[[Sachini Ayendra Stanley|Sachini Stanley]]
|21
|[[Kandy]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Swaziland}}'''
|Thembelihle Zwane
|18
|[[Mbabane]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Sweden}}'''
|Ida Söfringsgärd
|19
|[[Växjö]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Switzerland}}'''
|Bianca Sissing
|24
|[[Lucerne]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Tanzania}}'''
|Sylvia Bahame
|20
|[[Dar es Salaam]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Thailand}}'''
|Janejira Keardprasop<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 September 2012|title=มิกซ์ เจนจิรา เกิดประสพ อดีตมิสไทยแลนด์เวิลด์ แต่งงานกับนักบอลมอลโดวา|trans-title=Mix Janejira Keardprasop, former Miss Thailand World, marries Moldovan footballer|url=https://www.sanook.com/news/1140715/|access-date=23 April 2025|website=Sanook|language=th|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516193141/https://www.sanook.com/news/1140715/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|22
|[[Bangkok]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}'''
|Magdalene Walcott
|21
|[[Tunapuna–Piarco]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Turkey}}'''
|Tuğba Karaca<ref>{{Cite news|last=Üyesi|first=Onedio|date=13 February 2019|title=Hepsi Zirveye Çıktı Ama Orada Kalamadı: Türkiye'nin Son 25 Yıldaki Türkiye Güzelleri Şimdi Ne Yapıyor?|trans-title=They All Reached the Top But Couldn't Stay There: What Are Türkiye's Beauties of the Last 25 Years Doing Now?|url=https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708|access-date=25 April 2025|website=Onedio|language=Turkish|archive-date=24 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724212547/https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708|url-status=live}}</ref>
|24
|[[Ankara]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Uganda}}'''
|Aysha Nassanga
|20
|[[Kampala]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Ukraine}}'''
|Ilona Yakovleva
|22
|[[Kharkiv]]
|-
|'''{{flag|United States}}'''
|Kimberly Ann Harlan
|20
|[[Atlanta]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Uruguay}}'''
|Natalia Rodríguez
|24
|[[Montevideo]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Venezuela}}'''
|[[Valentina Patruno]]
|21
|[[Caracas]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Vietnam}}'''
|Nguyễn Đình Thụy Quân<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=20 June 2020 |title=Cuộc sống 18 hoa hậu Việt từng chinh chiến Miss World |trans-title=18 Vietnamese beauty queens compete in Miss World: Lan Khue is fulfilled, Tieu Vy - Luong Thuy Linh shine brightly |url=https://www.saostar.vn/nguoi-mau-hoa-hau/cuoc-song-18-hoa-hau-viet-tung-chinh-chien-miss-world-20200712073826930.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929133247/https://www.saostar.vn/nguoi-mau-hoa-hau/cuoc-song-18-hoa-hau-viet-tung-chinh-chien-miss-world-20200712073826930.html |archive-date=29 September 2022 |access-date=6 May 2025 |website=Tạp chí điện tử Saostar.vn |language=vi}}</ref>
|17
|[[Ho Chi Minh City]]
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|'''{{flag|Wales}}'''
|[[Imogen Thomas]]
|21
|[[Llanelli]]
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|'''{{flag|Zambia}}'''
|Cynthia Kanema
|22
|[[Kabwe]]
|-
|'''{{flag|Zimbabwe}}'''
|Phoebe Monjane
|21
|[[Marondera]]
|}

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

=== Did not compete ===
* '''{{flag|Armenia}}''' – '''[[Lusine Tovmasyan]]''' - She withdrew due to financial problems.
* '''{{flag|Fiji}}''' – '''Aishwarya Sukhdeo''' - She withdrew at the last minute for unknown reasons. however, she competed in Miss World a year later.

===No Shows===
* '''{{flag|Algeria}}''' – Mounia Achlaf
* '''{{flag|Austria}}''' – Miss Austria 2003, Tanja Duhovich did not compete due to not meeting the age requirements, she was just 17. Then the Miss Austria corporation decided to appoint the Miss Austria 2003 second runner up, Bianca Zudrell at the last minute with no time to prepare her visa.
* '''{{flag|British Virgin Islands}}''' – No contest
* '''{{flag|Haiti}}''' - No Contest
* '''{{flag|Malawi}}''' – Mable Pulu
* '''{{flag|Tahiti}}''' - Heitiare Tribondeau
* '''{{flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}}'''- No contest 
* '''{{flag|Ghana}}''' – Did not compete because of a shift in the Miss Ghana calendar. Organizers held the national final, Miss Ghana 2003, on the same day Miss World 2003 was held. This is the reason Ghanaian delegates to Miss World have their titles dating back by a year.
* '''{{flag|United States Virgin Islands}}''' – Alexandrya Evans. She competed at [[Miss Universe 2011]] 8 years later.

===Replacements===
* '''{{flag|Latvia}}''' – Agnese Eiduka
* '''{{flag|Sweden}}''' – Isabelle Jonsson - She was the first runner up of Fröken Sverige 2003, but the organization just lost the MW licence that year to the newly [[Miss World Sweden]] contest.
* '''{{flag|Venezuela}}''' – Amara Barroeta Seijas.

===Country Changes===
* '''Yugoslavia''' changed its name to '''Serbia and Montenegro'''.

===Other notes===
* '''Northern Mariana Islands''' was originally crowned for the [[Miss Universe]] pageant but was sent to Miss World instead.

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0390266}}
* http://www.grahamecurtis.com/irishconnectionsmag/archives/v5i1/missworld.htm

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{{Miss World countries and territories}}

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