Miss World 2005

Miss World 2005
250px 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 PR
Broadcaster	E!, CCTV
Entrants	102
Placements	15
Debuts	Martinique, Mongolia
Withdrawals	Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Belarus, Cayman Islands, Chile, Curaçao, Egypt, Fiji, Finland, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Paraguay, Turks & Caicos, Zimbabwe
Returns	Congo Democratic Republic, Guatemala, Indonesia, Liberia, Malawi, Swaziland, Uruguay, American Virgin Islands
Winner	Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir Iceland

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 PR. María Julia Mantilla of Peru crowned her successor Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir of Iceland. 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.

Results

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Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2005

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 2005	Iceland – Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir
1st runner-up	Mexico – Dafne Molina
2nd runner-up	Puerto Rico – Ingrid Marie Rivera
Top 6	Italy – Sofia Bruscoli Korea – Oh Eun-young Tanzania – Nancy Sumari
Top 15	American Virgin Islands – Kmisha Counts 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

Continental Queens of Beauty

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

Contestants

Asia Pacific

• Australia – Dennae Brunow
• China PR – Ting Ting Zhao
• Chinese Taipei – Su-Jung Hsu
• Hong Kong – Tracy Ip
• India – Sindhura Gadde
• Indonesia – Lindi Cistia
• Japan – Erina Shinohara
• Korea – Oh Eun-young
• Malaysia – Emmeline Ng
• Mongolia – Khongorzul Ganbat
• Nepal – Sugarika Kshatriya-Chhetri
• New Zealand – Kay Anderson
• Philippines – Carlene Aguilar
• Singapore – Shenise Wong Yan Yi
• Sri Lanka – Nadeeka Perera
• Thailand – Sirinda Jensen
• Vietnam – Vũ Hương Giang

Northern Europe

• Belgium – Tatiana Silva
• Czech Republic – Lucie Králová
• Denmark – Trine Lundgaard
• England – Hammasa Kohistani
• Estonia – Laura Korgemae
• Germany – Daniela Risch
• Iceland – Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir
• Ireland – Aoife Cogan
• Latvia – Valerija Sevcuka
• Netherlands – Monique Plat
• Northern Ireland – Lucy Evangelista
• Norway – Helene Tråsavik
• Poland – Malwina Ratajczak
• Russia – Yulia Ivanova
• Scotland – Aisling Friel
• Sweden – Liza Berggren
• Switzerland – Lauriane Gilliéron
• Ukraine – Yulia Pinchuk
• Wales – Claire Evans

Southern Europe

• Albania – Suada Sherifi
• Bosnia & Herzegovina – Sanja Tunjić
• Bulgaria – Rositsa Ivanova
• Croatia – Maja Cvjetković
• Cyprus – Orthodoxia Moutsouri
• France – Cindy Fabre
• Georgia – Salome Gelashvili
• Gibraltar – Melanie Chipolina
• Greece – Katerina Stikoudi
• Hungary – Semmi-Kis Tünde
• Israel – Keren Shacham
• Italy – Sofia Bruscoli
• Lebanon – Lamitta Frangieh

1. REDIRECT Template:Country data North Macedonia – Milena Stanivuković

• Malta – Ferdine Fava
• Moldova – Irina Dolovova
• Portugal – Ângela Maria Fonseca Spínola
• Romania – Raluca Voina
• Serbia & Montenegro – Dina Janković
• Slovakia – Ivica Sláviková
• Slovenia – Sanja Grohar
• Spain – Mireia Verdú
• Turkey – Hande Subaşı

Caribbean

• American Virgin Islands – Kmisha Counts
• Aruba – Sarah Juddan
• Bahamas – Ordain Moss
• Barbados – Marielle Onyeche
• Dominican Republic – Elisa Abreu
• Guadeloupe – Merita Melyna
• Jamaica – Terri-Karelle Griffith
• Martinique – Moana Robinel
• Puerto Rico – Ingrid Marie Rivera
• St. Lucia – Joy Matty
• Trinidad & Tobago – Jenna Marie Andre

Americas

• Argentina – Emilia Iannetta
• Bolivia – Viviana Méndez
• Brazil – Patricia Reginato
• Canada – Ramona Amiri
• Colombia – Erika Querubín
• Costa Rica – Leonora Jiménez
• Ecuador – Marelisa Márquez
• El Salvador – Alejandra Cárcamo
• Guatemala – María Inés Gálvez Close
• Guyana – Jasmine Herzog
• Mexico – Dafne Molina
• Nicaragua – Valeria García
• Panama – Anna Vaprio
• Peru – Fiorella Castellano
• United States – Lissette Diaz
• Uruguay – Daniela Tambasco
• Venezuela – Susan Carrizo

Africa

• Botswana – Tshegofatso Robi
• Congo Democratic Republic – Nelly Dembo
• Ethiopia – Seble Mekonnen
• Ghana – Inna Mariam Patty
• Kenya – Cecilia Mwangi
• Liberia – Snorti Forh
• Malawi – Rachel Landson
• Mauritius – Meenakshi Shivani
• Namibia – Leefa Shiikwa
• Nigeria – Omowunmi Akinnifesi
• South Africa – Dhiveja Sundrum
• Swaziland – Zinhle Magongo
• Tanzania – Nancy Sumari
• Uganda – Juliet Ankakwatsa
• Zambia – Precious Kabungo Mumbi

Judges

• Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization
• Denise Perrier – Miss World 1953 from France
• 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

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 2005