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International beauty pageant

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[1] Iceland ← 2004 2006 →

**Miss World 2005**, the 55th edition of the [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant, was held on 10 December 2005 at the [Crown of Beauty Theatre](/source/Crown_of_Beauty_Theatre) in [Sanya](/source/Sanya), China. [María Julia Mantilla](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Julia_Mantilla) of [Peru](/source/Peru) crowned her successor [Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir](/source/Unnur_Birna_Vilhj%C3%A1lmsd%C3%B3ttir) of [Iceland](/source/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](/source/H%C3%B3lmfr%C3%AD%C3%B0ur_Karlsd%C3%B3ttir) in [Miss World 1985](/source/Miss_World_1985) and [Linda Pétursdóttir](/source/Linda_P%C3%A9tursd%C3%B3ttir) in [Miss World 1988](/source/Miss_World_1988).

## Selection of participants

### Replacements

[Miss South Africa](/source/Miss_South_Africa) 2005, [Claudia Henkel](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Miss_World_1983), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (as Zaire) in [1985](/source/Miss_World_1985), Liberia in [1999](/source/Miss_World_1999), Malawi in [2001](/source/Miss_World_2001), the United States Virgin Islands [2002](/source/Miss_World_2002) and Guatemala, Swaziland and Uruguay in [2003](/source/Miss_World_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](/source/Lorraine_Maphala-Phiri) 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](/source/Julia_Morley) – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization

- [Denise Perrier](/source/Denise_Perrier) – [Miss World 1953](/source/Miss_World_1953) from France[1]

- [Ann Sidney](/source/Ann_Sidney) – [Miss World 1964](/source/Miss_World_1964) from United Kingdom

- [Lúcia Petterle](/source/L%C3%BAcia_Petterle) – [Miss World 1971](/source/Miss_World_1971) from [Brazil](/source/Brazil)

- [Wilnelia Merced](/source/Wilnelia_Merced) – [Miss World 1975](/source/Miss_World_1975) from [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico)

- [Mariasela Álvarez](/source/Mariasela_%C3%81lvarez) – [Miss World 1982](/source/Miss_World_1982) from [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic)

- [Julia Kourotchkina](/source/Julia_Kourotchkina_(beauty_queen)) – [Miss World 1992](/source/Miss_World_1992) from Russia

- [Diana Hayden](/source/Diana_Hayden) – [Miss World 1997](/source/Miss_World_1997) from [India](/source/India)

- [Agbani Darego](/source/Agbani_Darego) – [Miss World 2001](/source/Miss_World_2001) from [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria)

- [Azra Akın](/source/Azra_Ak%C4%B1n) – [Miss World 2002](/source/Miss_World_2002) from [Turkey](/source/Turkey)

## Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2005[1][7]

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 17 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 18 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 19 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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Competed as Korea in the pageant

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Competed as Chinese Taipei in the pageant

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Competed as American Virgin Islands in the pageant

### Withdraws

**No Shows**

- **[Algeria](/source/Algeria)** – Nesrine Melbani

- **[Andorra](/source/Andorra)** – Lourdes Fernández

- **[Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan)** – Miss Kazakhstan 2005, Dina Nuraliyeva did not compete for unknown reasons. However she participated in [Miss Universe 2006](/source/Miss_Universe_2006) and [Miss World 2009](/source/Miss_World_2009) where she became Top 16.

- **[Macau](/source/Macau)** – Cheong Wai Nei

- **[Paraguay](/source/Paraguay)** – Emilce Rossana Gómez Cabral

- **[Tahiti](/source/French_Polynesia)** – Rhea Bessette

- **[Togo](/source/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](/source/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands)** – Kelly Eastwood

- **[Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe)** – Due to lack of Sponsorship and visa problems. However she participated a year later at [Miss World 2006](/source/Miss_World_2006).

### Replacements

- **[Cyprus](/source/Cyprus)** – Nicole Temené

- **[Germany](/source/Germany)** – Antonia Schmitz

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-3) ["The Manila Times"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2518&dat=20051212&id=kLljAAAAIBAJ&pg=1798,10938393&hl=en). Retrieved 27 January 2016.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["น้องแองจี้; ขอสละตำแหน่งมิสไทยแลนด์เวิลด์"](https://www.sanook.com/women/919/) [Miss Angie; gives up the title of Miss Thailand World.]. *Sanook* (in Thai). 10 September 2004. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250506114858/https://www.sanook.com/women/919/) from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Contestant of 55th Miss World, Saana Johanna Anttila of Finland"](http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/contestant-of-55th-miss-world-saana-johanna-anttila-of-news-photo/56151911#contestant-of-55th-miss-world-saana-johanna-anttila-of-finland-a-of-picture-id56151911). 13 November 2005.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Cuộc thi Hoa hậu thế giới đã bị hoãn lại"](https://dantri.com.vn/giai-tri/cuoc-thi-hoa-hau-the-gioi-da-bi-hoan-lai-1133256258.htm) [Miss World pageant has been postponed]. *Báo điện tử Dân Trí* (in Vietnamese). 29 November 2005. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Bella estampa de miss"](https://www.abc.com.py/articulos/bella-estampa-de-miss-863943.html) [Beautiful picture of miss]. *ABC Color* (in Spanish). 23 October 2005. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-google.com1_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-google.com1_7-1) ["The Manila Times"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2518&dat=20051209&id=jbljAAAAIBAJ&pg=3219,10519337&hl=en). Retrieved 27 January 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Señorita Tamaulipas es Nuestra Belleza México"](https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/2004/senorita-tamaulipas-es-nuestra-belleza-mexico.html). *[El Siglo de Torreón](/source/El_Siglo_de_Torre%C3%B3n)* (in Spanish). 12 September 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Üyesi, Onedio (13 February 2019). ["Hepsi Zirveye Çıktı Ama Orada Kalamadı: Türkiye'nin Son 25 Yıldaki Türkiye Güzelleri Şimdi Ne Yapıyor?"](https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708) [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](https://web.archive.org/web/20240724212547/https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708) from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Togo wins Miss World Cup contest"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5040656.stm). 2 June 2006.

v t e Miss World Editions 1950s 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Related Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions Countries Beauty with a Purpose

v t e Miss World 2005 national titleholders Tatiana Silva Leonora Jiménez Maja Cvjetković Lucie Králová Hammasa Kohistani Cindy Fabre Katerina Stikoudi Tracy Ip Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir Sindhura Gadde Lamitta Frangieh Dafne Molina Omowunmi Akinnifesi Lucy Evangelista Carlene Aguilar Ângela Maria Fonseca Spínola Ingrid Marie Rivera Yulia Ivanova Aisling Friel Dina Džanković Sanja Grohar Nadeeka Perera Liza Berggren Lauriane Gilliéron Nancy Sumari Lisette Diaz Susan Carrizo

v t e Miss World participant countries and territories Active (1951–present) Africa Angola Botswana Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Kenya Madagascar Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Americas Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Venezuela Asia Armenia Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Turkey Vietnam Europe Albania Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Ukraine Wales Oceania Australia New Zealand Inactive since 2025 Africa Algeria (2002) Cape Verde (2017) Chad (2014) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2016) Egypt (2018) Eswatini (2009) Gabon (2015) Gambia (1986) Guinea-Bissau (2023) Lesotho (2023) Liberia (2023) Malawi (2012) Morocco (2023) Rwanda (2021) São Tomé and Príncipe (2014) Seychelles (2017) Tanzania (2023) Americas Antigua and Barbuda (2019) Aruba (2019) Bahamas (2021) Barbados (2019) Bermuda (2015) Bonaire (2012) British Virgin Islands (2019) Costa Rica (2023) Cuba (1975) Dominica (2013) Grenada (2007) Montserrat (1964) Saint Barthélémy (2011) Saint Kitts and Nevis (2015) Saint Lucia (2021) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1994) Sint Maarten (2021) Turks and Caicos Islands (2004) United States Virgin Islands (2019) Uruguay (2023) Asia Hong Kong (2019) Israel (2017) Iraq (2023) Jordan (1981) Laos (2019) Macau (2023) Syria (1966) Taiwan (2013) Uzbekistan (2013) Europe Andorra (2003) Austria (2018) Belarus (2019) Cyprus (2018) Georgia (2019) Greenland (1992) Iceland (2021) Kosovo (2014) Lithuania (2014) Luxembourg (2021) Norway (2023) Monaco (1955) Russia (2019) Slovakia (2023) Switzerland (2014) Oceania Cook Islands (2019) Fiji (2017) French Polynesia (2010) Guam (2018) Northern Mariana Islands (2003) Papua New Guinea (1990) Samoa (2015) Tonga (1986) Inactive non-existing countries and former territories and others Czechoslovakia (1992) Guernsey (1975) Hawaii (2001) Isle of Man (1988) Jersey (1981) Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1965) Serbia and Montenegro (2005) South Africa (Miss South Africa for Blacks) (1976) Soviet Union (1990) United Kingdom (1999)

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