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| MISS UNIVERSE WIRE |
| NEW FINAL NIGHT PHOTO GALLERIES | ||||||
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| PRELIMINARY JUDGING PHOTO GALLERIES -- SWIMSUITS | ||||||
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| Angola-Costa Rica | Croatia-Hungary | India-Poland | Puerto Rico-Vietnam | |||
| PRELIMINARY JUDGING PHOTO GALLERIES -- GOWNS | ||||||
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| Angola-Costa Rica | Croatia-Hungary | India-Poland | Puerto Rico-Vietnam | |||
| DAILY PHOTO GALLERIES | ||||
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| THE 80 DELEGATES | ||
 | ANGOLA Age: 18Telma de Jesus Esperança Sonhi Hometown: Lunda-Sul Occupation: Medical student Noteworthy: Stopped in Houston on her way Ecuador to socialize with Angolan community there. Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | ANTIGUA & BARBUDA Age: 27Ann-Marie Brown Hometown: St. Georges Occupation: Marketing manager Noteworthy: Delegate to 2003 Miss World pageant Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | ARUBA Age: 22Zizi Lee Hometown: Oranjestad Occupation: Student Noteworthy: First runner-up at Miss World 2001 Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | AUSTRALIA Age: 20Jennifer Hawkins Hometown: Sydney Occupation: Model, dancer, choreographer Noteworthy: Hand-picked from only six contestants across Australia Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | AUSTRIA Age: 24Daniela Strigl Hometown: Salzburg Occupation: Student/model Noteworthy: Hand-picked by a jury; crowned, for some odd reason, by Miss Croatia Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | BAHAMAS Age: 24Raquel Simone Horton Hometown: New Providence Occupation: Student/boutique owner/model Noteworthy: Won her national pageant on the fourth try Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | BARBADOS Age: 18Cindy Batson Hometown: Christ Church Occupation: Insurance clerk Noteworthy: Wants to own her own insurance brokerage Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | BELGIUM Age: 21Lindsy Dehollander Hometown: Langemark-Poelkapelle Occupation: Beauty consultant Noteworthy: Elevated to Miss Belgium when pageant winner, Ellen Petri, decided instead to attend Miss World in December Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | BELIZE Age: 23Leilah Pandy Hometown: Belize City Occupation: Student/sales representative Noteworthy: Has been in two minor pageants in the last year. Studying to be a marine biologist Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | BOLIVIA Age: 21Gabriela Oviedo Serrate Hometown: Santa Cruz Occupation: Student (business) Noteworthy: At 6 feet, one of the tallest delegates this year Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | BOTSWANA Age: 24Icho Kealotswe Hometown: Francistown Occupation: Lawyer Noteworthy: Wants to open own law firm to represent underprivileged Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | BRAZIL Age: 19Fabiane Niclotti Hometown: Gramado Occupation: Student (nursing) Noteworthy: Holds the position of Assesor of Tourism in her hometown Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | BULGARIA Age: 18Ivelina Petrova Hometown: Varna Occupation: Student (fashion design) Noteworthy: Cites Calvin Klein as the biggest influence on her life Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | CANADA Age: 18Venessa Fisher Hometown: Waterdown, Ont. Occupation: Just graduated Noteworthy: Wants to be an entertainment journalist Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | CAYMAN ISLANDS Age: 25Stacey-Ann Kelly Hometown: Bodden Town Occupation: Miss Cayman Islands Noteworthy: Prize package for winning national crown inlcuded SUV and $70,000 scholarship Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | CHILE Age: 23Gabriela Barros Hometown: Santiago Occupation: Model Noteworthy: Last delegate chosen; selected only three days before reporting to Ecuador Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | CHINA Age: 23Meng Zhang Hometown: Tianjin Occupation: Unknown Noteworthy: Graduated from an Australian university; beat out 3,000 other Chinese women for the crown Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | CHINESE TAIPEI Age: 26Janie Hsieh Hometown: Taipei Occupation: Student (public health) Noteworthy: Graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford; now in master's program at Columbia University in New York Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | COLOMBIA Age: 21Catherine Daza Manchola Hometown: Bogota Occupation: Student (economics)/model Noteworthy: Loves Italian food; as a little girl, dreamed of being Miss Colombia Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | COSTA RICA Age: 23Nancy Soto Hometown: Heredia Occupation: Preschool teacher Noteworthy: Played high school basketball; stands 5-11; won Miss Costa Rica Teen in 1999. Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | CROATIA Age: 18Marijana Rupcic Hometown: Nustar Occupation: Student Noteworthy: At age 5, hid with her family in their basement while Serbian warplanes bombed their surrounded village Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | CURACAO Age: 18Angeline da Silva de Goes Hometown: Willemstad Occupation: Student (economics) Noteworthy: Wants to be a CPA; speaks five languages; contestant at Miss World 2003 Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | CYPRUS Age: 21Nayia Iacovidou Hometown: Nicosia Occupation: Nurse/model/student Noteworthy: Says the one word that best describes her is "powerful" Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | CZECH REPUBLIC Age: 19Lucie Vachova Hometown: Pribram Occupation: Student/model Noteworthy: Wants to be lawyer; once posed with a live jaguar for a modeling job Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | DENMARK Age: 22Tina Christensen Hometown: Copenhagen Occupation: Internet advertising sales Noteworthy: Pageant veteran who was a semifinalist in Miss Europe 2002 and first runner-up in Miss Baltic Sea 2003 Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Age: 20Larimar Fiallo Hometown: Santo Domingo Occupation: Student (tourism and hotel management) Noteworthy: Reigning Miss Universe is also from D.R.; Fiallo went to Puerto Rico for pageant "training" Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | ECUADOR Age: 24Susana Rivadeneira Hometown: Guayaquil Occupation: Miss Ecuador Noteworthy: Painter; cites Toulose Lautrec as most influential person in her life; also wants to be a fashion designer Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | EGYPT Age: 22Heba Elsisy Hometown: Mansoura Occupation: Student (law)/model Noteworthy: Wants to be an actress; her first two runners-up at Miss Egypt were sisters Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | EL SALVADOR Age: 19Gabriela Mejia Hometown: Sonsonate Occupation: Student (law) Noteworthy: Favorite movie is "Titanic" Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | ESTONIA Age: 22Sirle Kalma Hometown: Viljandi Occupation: Student (economic law) Noteworthy: Wants to be a model; spent part of last year as "team girl" for a Estonian auto racing team Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | ETHIOPIA Age: 18Ferehiyewot Abebe Hometown: Adis Abbaba Occupation: Student (computer science) Noteworthy: Ethiopia's first-ever representative to Miss Universe Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | FINLAND Age: 23Mira Salo Hometown: Helsinki Occupation: Sales assistant Noteworthy: Wants to be a veterinarian when her modeling days are through Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | FRANCE Age: 22Laetitia Bléger Hometown: Saint-Hippolyte Occupation: Miss France Noteworthy: Was a flight attendant for almost three years; daughter of Alsace winemakers Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | GEORGIA Age: 21Nino Murtazashvili Hometown: Tbilisi Occupation: Student (broadcast journalism) Noteworthy: Wants to "conquer the fashion world" in addition to becoming a well-known journalist Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | GERMANY Age: 21Shermine Shahrivar Hometown: Aachen Occupation: Student (political science) Noteworthy: Born in Iran; moved to Germany with family at age 1; wants to be a TV newscaster. Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | GHANA Age: 23Menaye Donkor Hometown: Accra Occupation: Noteworthy: Graduate of York University in Toronto with degree in marketing Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | GREECE Age: 23Valia Kakouti Hometown: Athens Occupation: Dance teacher Noteworthy: Also studying marketing Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | GUATEMALA Age: 20Marva Weatherborn Hometown: Puerto Barrios Occupation: Student (international relations) Noteworthy: First black representative ever from Guatemala Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | GUYANA Age: 21Odessa Phillips Hometown: Georgetown Occupation: Student (law) Noteworthy: Once enlightened the Guayanan public on the principles of solid waste management as a TV host Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | HUNGARY Age: 19Blanka Bakos Hometown: Ibrany Occupation: Student Noteworthy: In vocational training to be a goldsmith Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | INDIA Age: 20Tanushree Dutta Hometown: Jamshedpur Occupation: Student (business)/model Noteworthy: Like many of her nation's beauty queens befire her, Dutta hopes to become a film actress Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | IRELAND Age: 23Cathriona Duignam Hometown: Dublin Occupation: Cosmetics counter clerk in a pharmacy Noteworthy: Was named Miss Dublin Photogenic; wants to be a pharmacist Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | ISRAEL Age: 19Gal Gadot Hometown: Rosh Ha'ayin Occupation: Student Noteworthy: Cites Madonna as her idol; intends to fulfill her mandatory military service next year. Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | ITALY Age: 23Laia Manetti Hometown: Milan Occupation: Student (communication) Noteworthy: Spent two weeks in Philadelphia in March, learning English. She didn't like cheesesteaks. Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | JAMAICA Age: 24Christine Straw Hometown: Kingston Occupation: Student (telecommunications) Noteworthy: Was a finalist six years ago in the Miss World pageant. Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | JAPAN Age: 20Eri Machimoto Hometown: Hiroshima Occupation: Student (economics)/actress/model Noteworthy: Wants to be a singer; asked to visit Down's Syndrome children upon arrival in Ecuador Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | KENYA Age: 20Anita Maina Hometown: Nairobi Occupation: Student Noteworthy: Works with homeless children in her country Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | KOREA Age: 20Yoon-Young Choi Hometown: Seoul Occupation: Student (psychology) Noteworthy: Attends the University of British Columbia Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | LEBANON Age: 19Marie-José Honein Hometown: Byblos Occupation: Student (business management) Noteworthy: Former Elite model with 11 years modeling experience Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | MALAYSIA Age: 19Andrea Fonseka Hometown: Penang Occupation: Student (pre-law) Noteworthy: Daughter of a former Miss Malaysia, Josephine Wong, who won the title in 1970 Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | MEXICO Age: 21Rosalva Luna Hometown: Los Mochis Occupation: Student (law, social science) Noteworthy: Her national crown was worth a car, a wardrobe, an apartment and a one-year salary Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | NETHERLANDS Age: 21Lindsay Grace Pronk Hometown: Haarlem Occupation: Model Noteworthy: Loves Hawaiian dancing Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | NICARAGUA Age: 22Marifely Arguello Hometown: Managua Occupation: Just graduated U. of Florida (graphic design) Noteworthy: Counts her maids, driver and gardener as part of her "big family." Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | NIGERIA Age: 19Anita Queen Uwagbale Hometown: Lagos Occupation: Student (accounting) Noteworthy: Wants to be an accountant and a supermodel; considered the most shy of the contestants Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | NORWAY Age: 24Kathrine Sřrland Hometown: Stavanger Occupation: Model/TV game-show hostess Noteworthy: Third runner-up at Miss World 2003. Once did a bikini photo-shoot atop a hippopotamus in South Africa. Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | PANAMA Age: 22Jessica Rodriguez Hometown: Panama City Occupation: Miss Panama Noteworthy: Wants to own her own advertising agency Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | PARAGUAY Age: 24Yanina Gonzalez Hometown: Asuncion Occupation: Student (marketing) Noteworthy: Was near the Twin Towers when they were attacked on Sept. 11, 2001 Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | PERU Age: 23Liesel Holler Hometown: Pasco Occupation: Medical student in Sweden Noteworthy: Speaks English, Persian and Swedish; niece of a former Miss Peru, now a prominent businesswoman Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | PHILIPPINES Age: 21Maricar Balagtas Hometown: Plaridel Occupation: Student (mass communications) Noteworthy: Was a runner-up for her national crown in 2001; is already a pageant veteran at 21 Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | POLAND Age: 21Paulina Panek Hometown: Rzeszów Occupation: Student (law and administration) Noteworthy: Poland has never won Miss Universe and has not been in the top 10 since 1989 Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | PUERTO RICO Age: 22Alba Giselle Reyes Santos Hometown: Cidra Occupation: Noteworthy: Puerto Rico is tied with Venzuela for second-most Miss Universes, behind the U.S., with four each Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | RUSSIA Age: 20Ksenia Kustova Hometown: Novosibirsk Occupation: Student (psychology)/model Noteworthy: Won her national crown not by judges but by popular acclaim, garnering the largest share of 869,000 votes Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | SERBIA & MONTENEGRO Age: 19Dragana Dujovic Hometown: Novi Sad Occupation: Student (tourism management)/model Noteworthy: Career goal is to become "the female Donald Trump" Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | SINGAPORE Age: 19Sandy Chua Hometown: Singapore Occupation: Student (engineering) Noteworthy: Wants to be a police officer Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | SLOVAK REPUBLIC Age: 19Zuzana Dvorská Hometown: Banksá Bystrica Occupation: Student (marketing) Noteworthy: Wants to own her own marketing company Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | SLOVENIA Age: 22Sabina Remar Hometown: Trbovlje Occupation: Student (maritime studies and transportation) Noteworthy: Says the most popular TV show in her country is "Oprah;" the most popular pop star, Britney Spears Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | SOUTH AFRICA Age: 25Joan Ramagoshi Hometown: Johannesburg Occupation: Owns a public relations agency Noteworthy: Speaks five languages: English, Afrikaans, Northern Sotho, Tswana, and Zulu Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | SPAIN Age: 21Maria Jesus Ruiz Garzón Hometown: Andujar Occupation: Noteworthy: Won her national crown amid controversy over alleged "special treatment" of some of the candidates Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES Age: 20LaFerne Fraser Hometown: Kingstown Occupation: Student (psychology) at Florida International U. Noteworthy: Waited two years to qualify for Ecaudaor because her nation did not have a Miss Universe franchise Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | SWEDEN Age: 21Katarina Wigander Hometown: Gothenburg Occupation: Miss Sweden Noteworthy: Art and design are her passions; she loves to paint Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | SWITZERLAND Age: 25Bianca Nicole Sissing Hometown: Luzern Occupation: Miss Switzerland Noteworthy: Earned her bachelor's degree (psychology) in Canada; was a finalist at Miss World 2003 Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | THAILAND Age: 20Morakot Kittisara Hometown: Bangkok Occupation: Student (pre-law) in Britain Noteworthy: This small country has won twice, but hasn't placed an entrant among the finalists since 1988 Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Age: 26Danielle A. Jones Hometown: St. James Occupation: Communications specialist Noteworthy: Has a master's degree from Howard U. in Washington; lost her mother in April to liver cancer Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | TURKEY Age: 22Fatos Segmen Hometown: Izmir Occupation: Student (sports education) Noteworthy: Wants to be an actress. Turkey produced Miss World 2002, Azra Akin Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | TURKS & CAICOS Age: 19Shamara Ariza Hometown: Grand Turk Occupation: Student (business management and tourism) Noteworthy: Two older sisters sent to Miss Universe in 1983 and 1987 Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | UKRAINE Age: 22Oleksandra Nikolayenko Hometown: Odessa Occupation: TV hostess/model/student Noteworthy: In top 10 at Miss World 2001; trained as a beekeeper when Ukraine was part of U.S.S.R. Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | URUGUAY Age: 20Nicole Dupont Giglio Hometown: Montevideo Occupation: Student (public relations) Noteworthy: First runner-up in national pageant; elevated when winner was found to be too young by five days Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | USA Age: 25Shandi Finnessey Hometown: Florrisant, Mo. Occupation: Miss USA Noteworthy: Is a published author of a children's book ("The Furrtails") and a study on androgyny. Has psychology degree Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | VENEZUELA Age: 19Ana Karina Ańez Delgado Hometown: Lara Occupation: Student (information engineering) Noteworthy: Carries the weight of expectations; her country has produced four Miss Universe winners Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
 | VIETNAM Age: 19Hoang Ngoc Hometown: Hanoi Occupation: Student (fashion)/model Noteworthy: Finished fifth in her national pageant, but sent to Ecuador instead of the four who finished ahead of her Official Photos: Portrait · Fashion · Swim · Gown · Costume | |
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