Miss World 2005

Miss World 2005
Miss World 2005
	Miss World 2005 Titlecard
Date	10 December 2005
Presenters	Tim Vincent; Angela Chow;
Entertainment	Alexander O'Neal; Beijing Singing & Dancing Theatre;
Venue	Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
Broadcaster	International:; E!; Official broadcaster:; China Central Television;
Entrants	102
Placements	15
Debuts	Martinique; Mongolia;
Withdrawals	Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Belarus; Cayman Islands; Chile; Curaçao; Egypt; Fiji; Finland; Honduras; Kazakhstan; Lithuania; Paraguay; Turks and Caicos Islands; Zimbabwe;
Returns	Democratic Republic of the Congo; Guatemala; Indonesia; Liberia; Malawi; Swaziland; United States Virgin Islands; Uruguay;
Winner	Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir; Iceland
	← 2004 2006 →

Miss World 2005, the 55th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 10 December 2005 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. María Julia Mantilla of Peru crowned her successor Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir of Iceland.^[1] 102 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. 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 semi-finalists. She became the third Icelandic woman to win Miss World since Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir in Miss World 1985 and Linda Pétursdóttir in Miss World 1988.

Selection of participants

Replacements

Miss South Africa 2005, Claudia Henkel was unable to participate because she had to crown her successor 2 days after the Miss World 2005 contest. She was replaced by Dhiveja Sundrum.^[2]

Miss Thailand World 2005, Angela “Aschara” McKay resigned her title just 10 days after winning because she wanted to pursue her studies and modeling work in New York City. the first runner-up of Miss Thailand World 2005, Sirinda “Cindy” Jensen took over the Miss Thailand World 2005 title.^[3]

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Martinique and Mongolia, and the return of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, Indonesia, Liberia, Malawi, Swaziland, the United States Virgin Islands and Uruguay; Indonesia, which last competed in 1983, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (as Zaire) in 1985, Liberia in 1999, Malawi in 2001, the United States Virgin Islands 2002 and Guatemala, Swaziland and Uruguay in 2003.

Saana Johanna Anttila of Finland, withdrew at the last minute after a few days competing for unknown reasons.^[4] Claudia Mariza Manuel Santana of Angola withdrew for being homesick.^[5] Ol’ga Gerasimovich of Belarus, Rychacviana Coffie of Curaçao, Meriam George of Egypt, Lisa Sáenz of Honduras, Dina Nuraliyeva of Kazakhstan, Emilce Rossana Gómez Cabral of Paraguay,^[6] and Kelly Eastwood of Turks and Caicos withdrew for unknown reasons. Lorraine Maphala of Zimbabwe withdrew for financial constraints.

Antigua and Barbuda, the Cayman Islands, Chile, Fiji, and Lithuania withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 2005	Iceland – Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir
1st runner-up	Mexico – Dafne Molina Lona
2nd runner-up	Puerto Rico – Ingrid Marie Rivera
Top 6	Italy – Sofia Bruscoli South Korea – Oh Eun-young Tanzania – Nancy Sumari
Top 15	Canada – Ramona Amiri India – Sindhura Gadde Jamaica – Terri-Karelle Griffith Northern Ireland – Lucy Evangelista Philippines – Carlene Aguilar Russia – Yulia Ivanova South Africa – Dhiveja Sundrum † Spain – Mireia Verdú United States Virgin Islands – Kmisha Counts

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Tanzania – Nancy Sumari
Americas	Mexico – Dafne Molina Lona
Asia Pacific	South Korea – Oh Eun-young
Caribbean	Puerto Rico – Ingrid Marie Rivera
Northern Europe	Iceland – Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir
Southern Europe	Italy – Sofia Bruscoli

Judges

Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization
Denise Perrier – Miss World 1953 from France^[1]
Ann Sidney – Miss World 1964 from United Kingdom
Lúcia Petterle – Miss World 1971 from Brazil
Wilnelia Merced – Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico
Mariasela Álvarez – Miss World 1982 from Dominican Republic
Julia Kourotchkina – Miss World 1992 from Russia
Diana Hayden – Miss World 1997 from India
Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria
Azra Akın – Miss World 2002 from Turkey

Contestants

102 contestants participated in Miss World 2005

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Continental Group
Albania	Suada Sherifi	17	Vlorë	Southern Europe
Argentina	Emilia Iannetta	19	Pilar	Americas
Aruba	Sarah Juddan	18	Oranjestad	Caribbean
Australia	Dennae Brunow	20	Albury	Asia-Pacific
Bahamas	Ordain Moss	18	Nassau	Caribbean
Barbados	Marielle Onyeche	21	Bridgetown	Caribbean
Belgium	Tatiana Silva	20	Brussels	Northern Europe
Bolivia	Viviana Méndez	19	Santa Cruz	Americas
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sanja Tunjić	19	Tuzla	Southern Europe
Botswana	Tshegofatso Robi	20	Gaborone	Africa
Brazil	Patrícia Reginato	19	Medianeira	Americas
Bulgaria	Rositsa Ivanova	18	Sofia	Southern Europe
Canada	Ramona Amiri	25	Montreal	Americas
China	Ting Ting Zhao	19	Beijing	Asia-Pacific
Colombia	Erika Querubín	22	Medellin	Americas
Costa Rica	Leonora Jiménez	22	Santa Ana	Americas
Croatia	Maja Cvjetković	19	Šibenik	Southern Europe
Cyprus	Orthodoxia Moutsouri	20	Famagusta	Southern Europe
Czech Republic	Lucie Králová	23	Teplice	Northern Europe
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Nelly Dembo	22	Kinshasa	Africa
Denmark	Trine Lundgaard	18	Billund	Northern Europe
Dominican Republic	Elisa Abreu	21	Jarabacoa	Caribbean
Ecuador	Marelisa Márquez	24	Guayaquil	Americas
El Salvador	Alejandra Cárcamo	19	San Salvador	Americas
England	Hammasa Kohistani	18	London	Northern Europe
Estonia	Laura Korgemae	19	Tartu	Northern Europe
Ethiopia	Seble Mekonnen	19	Sayechew	Africa
France	Cindy Fabre	20	Cosne-sur-Loire	Southern Europe
Georgia	Salome Khelashvili	20	Tbilisi	Southern Europe
Germany	Daniela Risch	23	Kiel	Northern Europe
Ghana	Inna Mariam Patty	22	Accra	Africa
Gibraltar	Melanie Chipolina	23	Gibraltar	Southern Europe
Greece	Katerina Stikoudi	20	Thessaloniki	Southern Europe
Guadeloupe	Merita Melyna	23	Les Abymes Town	Caribbean
Guatemala	María Inés Gálvez	24	Guatemala City	Americas
Guyana	Jasmine Herzog	18	Annandale	Americas
Hong Kong	Tracy Ip	24	Hong Kong	Asia-Pacific
Hungary	Semmi-Kis Tünde	20	Budapest	Southern Europe
Iceland	Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir	21	Seltjarnarnes	Northern Europe
India	Sindhura Gadde	21	Vijayawada	Asia-Pacific
Indonesia	Lindi Cistia Prabha	21	Yogyakarta	Asia-Pacific
Ireland	Aoife Cogan	24	Dublin	Northern Europe
Israel	Keren Shaham	19	Kiryat Motzkin	Southern Europe
Italy	Sofia Bruscoli	17	Emilia-Romagna	Southern Europe
Jamaica	Terri-Karelle Griffith	23	Kingston	Caribbean
Japan	Erina Shinohara	22	Fuji	Asia-Pacific
Kenya	Cecilia Mwangi	21	Nairobi	Africa
Latvia	Valerija Sevcuka	20	Riga	Northern Europe
Lebanon	Lamitta Frangieh	25	Beirut	Southern Europe
Liberia	Snoti Muna Forh	23	Monrovia	Africa
Macedonia	Milena Stanivuković	20	Skopje	Southern Europe
Malawi	Rachel Landson	20	Lilongwe	Africa
Malaysia	Emmeline Ng	23	Kuala Lumpur	Asia-Pacific
Malta	Ferdine Fava	19	St. Julian's	Southern Europe
Martinique	Moana Robinel	24	Fort-de-France	Caribbean
Mauritius	Meenakshi Shivani	24	Port Louis	Africa
Mexico	Dafne Molina Lona^[8]	23	Mexico City	Americas
Moldova	Irina Dolovova	21	Chișinău	Southern Europe
Mongolia	Khongorzul Ganbat	17	Ulaanbaatar	Asia-Pacific
Namibia	Leefa Shiikwa	23	Tsumeb	Africa
Nepal	Sugarika Kshatriya-Chhetri	19	Lalitpur	Asia-Pacific
Netherlands	Monique Plat	23	Volendam	Northern Europe
New Zealand	Kay Anderson	20	Auckland	Asia-Pacific
Nicaragua	Johanna Madrigal	21	Managua	Americas
Nigeria	Omowunmi Akinnifesi	19	Lagos	Africa
Northern Ireland	Lucy Evangelista	19	Portglenone	Northern Europe
Norway	Helene Tråsavik	19	Egersund	Northern Europe
Panama	Anna Vaprio	21	Panama City	Americas
Peru	Fiorella Castellano	18	Lima	Americas
Philippines	Carlene Aguilar^[7]	23	Mandaluyong	Asia-Pacific
Poland	Malwina Ratajczak	19	Krapkowice	Northern Europe
Portugal	Ângela Maria Fonseca Spínola	20	Setúbal	Southern Europe
Puerto Rico	Ingrid Marie Rivera	22	Luquillo	Caribbean
Romania	Raluca Voina	20	Câmpulung	Southern Europe
Russia	Yulia Ivanova	22	Novosibirsk	Northern Europe
Saint Lucia	Joy Matty	19	Castries	Caribbean
Scotland	Aisling Friel	23	Glasgow	Northern Europe
Serbia and Montenegro	Dina Džanković	18	Novi Pazar	Southern Europe
Singapore	Shenise Wong Yan Yi	23	Singapore	Asia-Pacific
Slovakia	Ivica Sláviková	21	Bratislava	Southern Europe
Slovenia	Sanja Grohar	21	Kranj	Southern Europe
South Africa	Dhiveja Sundrum †	23	Pietermaritzburg	Africa
South Korea^[a]	Oh Eun-young	20	Seoul	Asia-Pacific
Spain	Mireia Verdú	22	Barcelona	Southern Europe
Sri Lanka	Nadeeka Perera	22	Colombo	Asia-Pacific
Swaziland	Zinhle Magongo	20	Mhlume	Africa
Sweden	Liza Berggren	19	Mölndal	Northern Europe
Switzerland	Lauriane Gilliéron	21	Prilly	Northern Europe
Taiwan^[b]	Su-Jung Hsu	25	Kaohsiung	Asia-Pacific
Tanzania	Nancy Sumari	19	Arusha	Africa
Thailand	Sirinda Jensen	22	Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya	Asia-Pacific
Trinidad and Tobago	Jenna Marie Andre	22	San Fernando	Caribbean
Turkey	Hande Subaşı^[9]	21	Ankara	Southern Europe
Uganda	Juliet Ankakwatsa	22	Kabale	Africa
Ukraine	Yulia Pinchuk	18	Novovolynsk	Northern Europe
United States	Lisette Diaz	22	San Diego	Americas
United States Virgin Islands^[c]	Kmisha Counts	18	Saint Thomas	Caribbean
Uruguay	Daniela Tambasco	20	Montevideo	Americas
Venezuela	Susan Carrizo	21	Lagunillas	Americas
Vietnam	Vũ Hương Giang	20	Hanoi	Asia-Pacific
Wales	Claire Evans	22	Aberystwyth	Northern Europe
Zambia	Precious Kabungo Mumbi	23	Lusaka	Africa

Notes

^ Competed as Korea in the pageant
^ Competed as Chinese Taipei in the pageant
^ Competed as American Virgin Islands in the pageant

Withdraws

No Shows

Algeria – Nesrine Melbani
Andorra – Lourdes Fernández
Kazakhstan – Miss Kazakhstan 2005, Dina Nuraliyeva did not compete for unknown reasons. However she participated in Miss Universe 2006 and Miss World 2009 where she became Top 16.
Macau – Cheong Wai Nei
Paraguay – Emilce Rossana Gómez Cabral
Tahiti – Rhea Bessette
Togo – Edwige Grace Madzé Badakou – Due to lack of Sponsorship and visa problems. She won Miss World Cup 2006^[10] later.
Turks and Caicos Islands – Kelly Eastwood
Zimbabwe – Due to lack of Sponsorship and visa problems. However she participated a year later at Miss World 2006.

Replacements

Cyprus – Nicole Temené
Germany – Antonia Schmitz

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Manila Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ "Claudia won't get chance at Miss World title".
^ "น้องแองจี้; ขอสละตำแหน่งมิสไทยแลนด์เวิลด์" [Miss Angie; gives up the title of Miss Thailand World.]. Sanook (in Thai). 10 September 2004. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
^ "Contestant of 55th Miss World, Saana Johanna Anttila of Finland". 13 November 2005.
^ "Cuộc thi Hoa hậu thế giới đã bị hoãn lại" [Miss World pageant has been postponed]. Báo điện tử Dân Trí (in Vietnamese). 29 November 2005. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
^ "Bella estampa de miss" [Beautiful picture of miss]. ABC Color (in Spanish). 23 October 2005. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
^ ^a ^b "The Manila Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ "Señorita Tamaulipas es Nuestra Belleza México". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 12 September 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ Üyesi, Onedio (13 February 2019). "Hepsi Zirveye Çıktı Ama Orada Kalamadı: Türkiye'nin Son 25 Yıldaki Türkiye Güzelleri Şimdi Ne Yapıyor?" [They All Reached the Top But Couldn't Stay There: What Are Türkiye's Beauties of the Last 25 Years Doing Now?]. Onedio (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
^ "Togo wins Miss World Cup contest". 2 June 2006.

[9] Competed as Korea in the pageant

[10] Competed as Chinese Taipei in the pageant

[12] Competed as American Virgin Islands in the pageant

[google.com-1] "The Manila Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.

[2] "Claudia won't get chance at Miss World title".

[3] "น้องแองจี้; ขอสละตำแหน่งมิสไทยแลนด์เวิลด์" [Miss Angie; gives up the title of Miss Thailand World.]. Sanook (in Thai). 10 September 2004. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.

[4] "Contestant of 55th Miss World, Saana Johanna Anttila of Finland". 13 November 2005.

[5] "Cuộc thi Hoa hậu thế giới đã bị hoãn lại" [Miss World pageant has been postponed]. Báo điện tử Dân Trí (in Vietnamese). 29 November 2005. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

[6] "Bella estampa de miss" [Beautiful picture of miss]. ABC Color (in Spanish). 23 October 2005. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

[google.com1-7] "The Manila Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.

[8] "Señorita Tamaulipas es Nuestra Belleza México". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 12 September 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

[11] Üyesi, Onedio (13 February 2019). "Hepsi Zirveye Çıktı Ama Orada Kalamadı: Türkiye'nin Son 25 Yıldaki Türkiye Güzelleri Şimdi Ne Yapıyor?" [They All Reached the Top But Couldn't Stay There: What Are Türkiye's Beauties of the Last 25 Years Doing Now?]. Onedio (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2025.

[13] "Togo wins Miss World Cup contest". 2 June 2006.

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