Miss World 2004, the 54th edition of the

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pageant, was held on 4 December 2004 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in

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, China. The 2004 pageant marks the second straight year that Sanya played host of the pageant.

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crowned her successor María Julia Mantilla of

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. 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

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Results

Placements

Continental Queens of Beauty

Order of Announcements Top 15 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Top 5 # # # # #

Contestants

107 contestants participated in Miss World 2004.

Notes

Debut

Returns

*Last competed in

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicentenn ...

: ** *Last competed in

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

: ** *Last competed in

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

: ** *Last competed in

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', the List of highest-grossing films, highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; ...

: ** *Last competed in

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

: ** ** *Last competed in

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

: **

Withdrawals

* – Silvia Hackl - She withdrew at the last minute for personal reasons. * - 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 * – Nelly Dembo Osongo - Due to lack of Sponsorship and visa problems. However she competed a year later at

Miss World 2005 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. 102 conte ...

. * - Damaris Stephanie García Guerrero * - Florence Zeka * - Sodtuya Chaadrabal * Never confirmed * * * * * *

Replacements

* - Miss Aruba 2003, Fatima Salie was unable to compete in

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& 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 -

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* - Connie Ross

Country Changes

* Holland changed its name to Netherlands.

Crossovers

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

: : Sarah Davies *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: : Stacy-Ann Rose Kelly *

: : Heba Ahmad El-Sisy *

: : Anita Uwagbale *

: : Joan Ramagoshi *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

: : Agnesa Vuthaj *

: : Shermain Jeremy *

: : Luisana Nikulay Cicilia *

: : Nadine Njeim *

: : Marie-Natasha Antoo *

: : Adéle Basson *

: : Fiona Hefti ''(Top 10)'' *

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 FIFA ...

: : Kenisha Thom ''(Top 10)'' ;

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2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...

: : Amber Peebles *

: : Brianna Clarke *

: : Queenie Chu *

: :

Amy Guy Amy Guy (born 21 December 1983) is a Welsh beauty queen, television performer and athlete. She attended Yale College, Wrexham and secondary school at Ysgol Rhiwabon, Wrexham, Wales, and was the Welsh Schools National 100m and 300m Hurdling Cha ...

** ;

Miss Earth Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one of t ...

: : Cristina Reyes ''(Top 16)'' *

: : Tania Domaniczky ''(Top 8)'' *

: : Katarzyna Borowicz ''(2nd Runner-up)'' ; Miss Europe *

: : Helen Gustafson *

: : Katarzyna Borowicz ''(3rd Runner-up)'' ; World Miss University *2003: : Lisa Huang Shu Jun ;Miss Tourism Queen International *2008: : Cassandra Castro (''6th place and Continental Queen of the Americas'') ;Miss Asia Pacific Quest *2002: : Aishwarya Sukhdeo ;

Miss Chinese International Miss Chinese International Pageant (, formerly 國際華裔小姐競選), or MCI () for short, is an annual international beauty pageant, organized and broadcast by TVB, a network television station in Hong Kong. It was established in 1988 and th ...

: : Lisa Huang Shu Jun ; Reina Sudamericana *2004: : María Apuri *2004: : Tania Domaniczky ''(Winner)'' ;Miss Continente Americano *

: : Melissa Piedrahita ''(Top 6)'' ; Reinado Internacional del Café *

: : Melissa Piedrahita ''(3rd Runner-up)'' ; Miss Europe/Miss Europa (Unofficial) *

: : Antonella Vella

References

External links

* {{Miss World countries and territories Miss World 2004 in China 2004 beauty pageants Beauty pageants in China December 2004 events in China