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.
At the end of the event, 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.
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals This edition saw the debut of Fiji and the return of Egypt, El Salvador, Ghana, Honduras, Saint Lucia, Taiwan and Turks and Caicos Islands; Turks and Caicos Islands, which last competed in 1988, El Salvador in 1993, Saint Lucia in 1994, Egypt in 1997, Taiwan and Honduras in 2000 and Ghana in 2002.
Andorra, Belize, Guatemala, Lesotho, Northern Mariana Islands, Swaziland and Uruguay, withdrew from the competition.
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 2004 – María Julia Mantilla 1st Runner-Up – Claudia Cruz 2nd Runner-Up – Nancy Randall Top 5 – Karla Bautista – Katarzyna Borowicz Top 15 – Shermain Jeremy – Sarah Davies – Yang Jin – Jana Doleželová – Yessica Ramírez – Anita Uwagbale – Tatiana Sidorchuk – Kenisha Thom – Nguyễn Thị Huyền – Amy Guy
Continental Queens of Beauty Continental Group Contestant Africa – Anita Uwagbale Americas – Nancy Randall Asia & Oceania – Maria Karla Bautista Caribbean – Claudia Cruz Europe – Katarzyna Borowicz
Contestants
107 contestants participated in Miss World 2004. Code Country Contestant Age Hometown 612 Agnesa Vuthaj 18 Pristina 701 Silvia Anair Joao de Deus 20 Luanda 409 Shermain Jeremy 23 St. John's 801 Verónica Estarriaga 24 Buenos Aires 610 Luisana Cicilia 20 Dacota602 Sarah Davies 22 Brisbane 410 Brianna Clarke 23 Nassau 705 Kennifer Marius 20 Christ Church 206 Olga Antropova 22 Polotsk 111 Ellen Petri 22 Merksem 802 María Nuvia Montenegro 18 Reyes 503 Njegica Balorda 19 Zvornik 306 Juby Peacock 20 Maun 702 Iara Coelho 23 Minas Gerais 213 Gergana Guncheva 17 Sofia 509 Tijana Arnautović 18 Ottawa 103 Stacy Ann-Rose Kelly 24 Bodden Town 207 Verónica Roberts 21 Santiago 808 Yang Jin 20 Chongqing 208 Paola Mariňo 22 Bogotá 407 Shirley Calvo 22 Alajuela 613 Ivana Žnidarić 19 Čakovec 611 Sue-Ann Hudson 20 Willemstad 507 Constantina Evripidou 19 Limassol 209 Jana Doleželová 23 Uničov 805 Line Solling Larsen 23 Funen 113 Claudia Cruz 18 Bonao 101 Cristina Reyes 23 Guayaquil 107 Heba El-Sisy 22 Cairo 513 Andrea Müschenborn 18 San Salvador 311 Danielle Lloyd 20 Liverpool 709 Moonika Tooming 23 Tallinn 413 Sayat Demissie 18 Addis Ababa 308 Aishwarya Sukhdeo 24 Suva 603 Nina Tikanmäki 19 Naantali 112 Laetitia Marciniak 23 Calais 205 Salome Chikviladze 20 Tbilisi 506 Inka Weickel 20 Alzey 305 Serena Naa Dei Ashi Roye 23 Accra 707 Helen Gustafson 24 Gibraltar 508 Maria Spiridaki 19 Heraklion 713 Jennifer Desbouiges 18 Pointe-à-Pitre 114 Suzette Marissa Shim 19 Georgetown 514 Kimberly McNab 19 Roatan 313 Queenie Chu 23 Hong Kong 403 Veronika Orban 20 Zalaegerszeg 604 Hugrún Harðardóttir 21 Selfoss 605 Sayali Bhagat 20 Nashik 510 Natasha Nic Gairbheirth 21 Gweedore 710 Rita Lukin 23 Ashdod 303 Valeria Altobelli 20 Rome 706 Tonoya Toyloy 24 Kingston 307 Minako Goto 22 Akita 203 Aleksandra Kazakova 19 Oskemen 511 Juliet Atieno Ochieng 19 Kisumu 401 Agnese Eiduka 20 Valmiera 108 Nadine Njeim 20 Beirut 502 Agne Maliaukaitė 19 Panevėžys 214 Sara Lesi 18 Skopje 810 Gloria Ting Mei Ru 23 Sibu 304 Antonella Vella 20 Mosta 811 Magalie Antoo 22 Rose Hill 607 Yessica Ramírez 22 Tijuana 204 Marina Chivaciuc 21 Tiraspol 414 Adele Basson 24 Windhoek 714 Payal Shakya 18 Kathmandu 105 Miranda Slabber 24 Arnemuiden 301 Amber Peebles 21 Auckland 608 Anielka Sánchez 22 Masaya 512 Anita Uwagbale 19 Lagos 210 Kirsty Stewart 18 Enniskillen 806 Hege Torresdal 20 Aksdal 408 Melissa Piedrahita 22 Panama City 703 Tania Domanickzy 23 Asunción 804 María Julia Mantilla 20 Trujillo 309 Karla Bautista 20 Cebu City 501 Katarzyna Borowicz 19 Ostrów Wielkopolski 704 Patrícia de Oliveira 17 Lisbon 102 Cassandra Castro 20 Luquillo 601 Adina Maria Cotuna 20 Arad 201 Tatiana Sidorchuk 19 Perm 104 Sascha Andrew-Rose 18 Castries 106 Lois Anna Weatherup 21 Linlithgow 404 Jelena Pejić 17 Belgrade 807 Lisa Huang 22 Singapore 504 Mária Sándorová 20 Košice 402 Živa Vadnov 22 Ljubljana 712 Joan Ramagoshi 24 Mamelodi 314 Han Kyoung-jin 19 Seongnam 803 Maite Medina Cerrato 24 Barcelona 109 Anarkalli Aakarsha 17 Colombo 312 Eva Helena Hjertonsson 19 Kalmar 711 Fiona Hefti 24 Zurich 809 Taiwan Dorothy Chu Yi Hui 18 Taipei 211 Faraja Kotta 19 Dar es Salaam 310 Nikallaya Abdul Dulaya 23 Yala 405 Kenisha Thom 21 Scarborough 110 Turkey Nur Gümüşdoğrayan 19 Ankara 406 Beryl Christian Kateri Handfield 19 Grand Turk 212 Barbara Kimbugwe 19 Kampala 202 Lesya Matveyeva 22 Kyiv 708 Nancy Randall 24 New Orleans 609 Andrea Milroy 20 Caracas 606 Nguyễn Thị Huyền 19 Haiphong 302 Amy Guy 21 Wrexham 411 Rosemary Mulenga Chileshe 24 Lusaka 412 Oslie Muringai 20 Bulawayo
Notes
Withdrawals - Tracy Lynn D. De Rosario - Due to financial problems and lack of Sponsorship. - María Jimena Rivas Fernández - Due to visa problems.
No Shows - Karmen Hamdaoui - Lusine Tovmasyan – Silvia Hackl - She withdrew at the last minute for personal reasons. – Nelly Dembo Osongo - Due to lack of Sponsorship and visa problems. However she competed a year later at Miss World 2005. - Damaris Stephanie García Guerrero - Florence Zeka - Sodtuya Chaadrabal
Never confirmed
Replacements - 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. - Mari-Liis Sallo - Claudia Hein - The winner of Femina Miss India World 2004, Lakshmi Pandit gave up the crown to 2nd Runner-Up - Sayali Bhagat - Connie Ross
Country changes Holland changed its name to Netherlands.
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