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Miss Universe 2004, the 53rd Miss Universe pageant, was held on June 1, 2004, at the Centro de Convenciones
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Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...
, Ecuador.
Jennifer Hawkins Jennifer Hawkins (born 22 December 1983) is an Australian model, television presenter and beauty queen best known for being crowned Miss Universe Australia and later the same year Miss Universe 2004. She was the host of ''Australia's Next Top ...
of
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was crowned by
Amelia Vega Amelia Vega Polanco (born 7 November 1984) is a Dominican model, actress, author, singer and beauty queen. At the age of 18, she won the Miss Universe 2003 pageant, becoming the first ever Miss Universe from the Dominican Republic, as well as ...
of the Dominican Republic as her successor at the end of the event. This is the 2nd time that Australia has won Miss Universe. 80 contestants competed in this year.


Results


Placements


Contestants

80 contestants competed for the title.


Judges


Final telecast

The judging panel for the final competition included: * Bo Derek - Film actress *
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- Winner of the first season of ''
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'' * Katie Pritz - '' Today Show's'' "You Be The Judge" contest winner * Wendy Fitzwilliam - Miss Universe 1998 from Trinidad and Tobago *
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- International supermodel * Jon Tutolo - President of Trump Model Management * Anne Martin - Vice President of Global Cosmetics and Marketing of Procter & Gamble Cosmetics * Monique Menniken - Supermodel *
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- '' Sports Illustrated'' supermodel *
Jefferson Pérez Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada (born 1 July 1974) is an Ecuadorian retired race walker. He specialized in the 20 km event, in which he won the first two medals his country achieved in the Olympic Games. He won the gold medal at the 199 ...
- 1996 Ecuadorian
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gold medalist * Emilio Estefan - Music producer and entertainer Note: Kwame Jackson, runner-up on the first season of ''The Apprentice'', was initially chosen as a judge, but he was disqualified because he inadvertently visited the hotel where the delegates were staying and interacted with some of the contestants.


Notes


Withdrawals

* – No contest. * – Maria José Girol Jimenez - Due to lack of Sponsorship. * – No contest due to lack of Sponsorship. * – Dian Krishna - She was welcomed by the pageant organizers and was given the chance to attend the show in the audience as
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observer. * – Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir * – Miss Mauritius 2003, Sabine Bourdet did not participate due to Health Problems. * – Petrina Thomas - Due to lack of Sponsorship. * – No contest.


Replacements

* – Zita Galgociova was initially chosen to represent Slovak Republic, but she was replaced with her first runner-up Zuzana Dvorska because she was under the minimum age. * – Miss Hanoi-Vietnam 2003 Nguyễn Thị Hồng Vân was chosen to represent Vietnam, but she was replaced by the gold medal winner of Vietnam Supermodel Award 2004
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with unknown reasons.


Debuts

* * *


Returns

*Last competed in
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Awards

* - Miss Congeniality (Laia Manetti) * - Miss Photogenic ( Alba Reyes) * - Best National Costume ( Jessica Rodríguez) * - Best Catwalk ''(Voted by press)'' (
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)


Host city

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...
, Ecuador was announced as host city of the pageant on August 19, 2003. The city paid $5 million for the right to host the event, although it anticipated recouping this through visitors and promotion of the country during the televised competition. In March, Ecuador's foreign trade minister was forced to reject rumours that the pageant was at risk of being moved to
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, and he urged Ecuadoreans to back the pageant. As an added incentive for tourists, American Airlines, official airline sponsor of the pageant, offered 5% off airfares to Quito for travel to the pageant, as well as 10% off for those who booked a month in advance. The attempted use of the pageant to promote Ecuador threatened to be derailed just prior to the telecast, when a corruption scandal led to growing demands for the removal of President Lucio Gutierrez in the politically unstable country. Prior to the arrival of delegates in early May, officials in Quito attempted to renovate areas where they would be visiting, which involved temporarily removing beggars and homeless people from certain areas of the city. Similar action was taken in Bangkok, Thailand prior to
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and in Manila, Philippines prior to Miss Universe 1994. The event was protested by native Indian activists and environmentalists who accused the government of concealing the nations poverty whilst the pageant was being hosted. The delegates, judges, media and tourists were heavily protected by a security detail involving over 5000 police officers. On May 16, just hours before delegates were expected to participate in a parade in Cuenca, a pamphlet bomb was deactivated by police. Although it was protesting the economic policies of the Ecuadorean government, police suspected that the bomb, found just six blocks from the parade route, was timed specifically to coincide with the event.


Notes


References


External links


Miss Universe official website
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