Miss World 2004
Miss World 2004, the 54th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 4 December 2004 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. The 2004 pageant marks the second straight year that Sanya played host of the pageant. Rosanna Davison of Ireland crowned her successor María Julia Mantilla of Peru. 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 Miss World 2008 where 109 nations sent representatives.
Results
Placements
Continental Queens of Beauty
Contestants
107 contestants participated in Miss World 2004.| Country | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Code |
| ' | Agnesa Vuthaj | 18 | Prishtina | 612 | |
| ' | Silvia Anair Joao de Deus | 20 | Luanda | 701 | |
| ' | Shermain Sunja Jeremy | 23 | St. John's | 409 | |
| ' | Verónica Estarriaga† | 24 | Buenos Aires | 801 | |
| ' | Luisana Nikulay Cicilia | 20 | Oranjestad | 610 | |
| ' | Sarah Davies | 22 | Brisbane | 602 | |
| ' | Brianna Clarke | 23 | Nassau | 410 | |
| ' | Kennifer Marius | 20 | Christ Church | 705 | |
| ' | Olga Antropova | 22 | Polotsk | 206 | |
| ' | Ellen Petri | 22 | Merksem | 111 | |
| ' | María Nuvia Montenegro Apuri | 18 | Reyes | 802 | |
| ' | Njegica Balorda | 19 | Zvornik | 503 | |
| ' | Juby Peacock | 20 | Maun | 306 | |
| ' | Iara Maria Rezende Azevedo Coelho | 23 | Minas Gerais | 702 | |
| ' | Gergana Guncheva | 17 | Sofia | 213 | |
| ' | Tijana Arnautović | 18 | Ottawa | 509 | |
| ' | Stacy Ann-Rose Kelly | 24 | Bodden Town | 103 | |
| ' | Verónica Paz Roberts Olcay | 21 | Santiago | 207 | |
| ' | Yang Jin | 20 | Chongqing | 808 | |
| ' | Dorothy Chu Yi Hui | 18 | Taipei | 809 | |
| ' | Paola Andrea Mariňo García | 22 | Bogotá | 208 | |
| ' | Shirley Calvo Jiménez | 22 | Alajuela | 407 | |
| ' | Ivana Žnidarić | 19 | Čakovec | 613 | |
| ' | Sue-Ann Stephanie Hudson | 20 | Willemstad | 611 | |
| ' | Constantina Evripidou | 19 | Limassol | 507 | |
| ' | Jana Doleželová | 23 | Unicov | 209 | |
| ' | Line Solling Larsen | 23 | Funen | 805 | |
| ' | Claudia Julissa Cruz Rodríguez | 18 | Bonao | 113 | |
| ' | Cristina Eugenia Reyes Hidalgo | 23 | Guayaquil | 101 | |
| ' | Heba Ahmad El-Sisy | 22 | Cairo | 107 | |
| ' | Andrea Denise Müschenborn Charlaix | 18 | San Salvador | 513 | |
| ' | Danielle Lloyd | 20 | Liverpool | 311 | |
| ' | Moonika Tooming | 23 | Tallinn | 709 | |
| ' | Sayat Demissie | 18 | Addis Ababa | 413 | |
| ' | Aishwarya Sukhdeo | 24 | Suva | 308 | |
| ' | Nina Johanna Tikanmäki | 19 | Naantali | 603 | |
| ' | Laetitia Marciniak | 23 | Calais | 112 | |
| ' | Salome Chikviladze | 20 | Tbilisi | 205 | |
| ' | Inka Weickel | 20 | Alzey | 506 | |
| ' | Serena Naa Dei Ashi Roye | 23 | Accra | 305 | |
| ' | Helen Gustafson | 24 | Gibraltar | 707 | |
| ' | Maria Spiridaki | 19 | Heraklion | 508 | |
| ' | Jennifer Desbouiges | 18 | Pointe-à-Pitre | 713 | |
| ' | Suzette Marissa Shim | 19 | Georgetown | 114 | |
| ' | Kimberly Michelle McNab | 19 | Roatan | 514 | |
| ' | Queenie Chu | 23 | Hong Kong | 313 | |
| ' | Veronika Orban | 20 | Zalaegerszeg | 403 | |
| ' | Hugrún Harðardóttir | 21 | Selfoss | 604 | |
| ' | Sayali Bhagat | 20 | Nashik | 605 | |
| ' | Natasha Nic Gairbheirth | 21 | Gweedore | 510 | |
| ' | Rita Lokin | 23 | Ashdod | 710 | |
| ' | Valeria Altobelli | 20 | Rome | 303 | |
| ' | Tonoya Anne Toyloy | 24 | Kingston | 706 | |
| ' | Minako Goto | 22 | Akita | 307 | |
| ' | Aleksandra Kazakova | 19 | Oskemen | 203 | |
| ' | Juliet Atieno Ochieng | 19 | Kisumu | 511 | |
| ' | Han Kyoung-jin | 19 | Seongnam | 314 | |
| ' | Agnese Eiduka | 20 | Valmiera | 401 | |
| ' | Nadine Noujeim | 20 | Beirut | 108 | |
| ' | Agne Maliaukaitė | 19 | Panevėžys | 502 | |
| ' | Sara Lesi | 18 | Skopje | 214 | |
| ' | Gloria Ting Mei Ru | 23 | Sibu | 810 | |
| ' | Antonella Vella | 20 | Mosta | 304 | |
| ' | Maria Natacha Magalie Antoo | 22 | Rose Hill | 811 | |
| ' | Yessica Ramírez | 22 | Tijuana | 607 | |
| ' | Marina Chivaciuc | 21 | Tiraspol | 204 | |
| ' | Adele Basson | 24 | Windhoek | 414 | |
| ' | Payal Shakya | 18 | Kathmandu | 714 | |
| ' | Miranda Slabber | 24 | Arnemuiden | 105 | |
| ' | Amber Peebles | 21 | Auckland | 301 | |
| ' | Anielka María Sánchez Castillo | 22 | Masaya | 608 | |
| ' | Anita Iseghohi | 19 | Lagos | 512 | |
| ' | Kirsty Anne Gabriel Stewart | 18 | Enniskillen | 210 | |
| ' | Hege Torresdal | 20 | Aksdal | 806 | |
| ' | Melissa del Carmen Piedrahita Meléndez | 22 | Panama City | 408 | |
| ' | Tania María Domanickzy Vargas | 23 | Asunción | 703 | |
| ' | María Julia Mantilla | 20 | Trujillo | 804 | |
| ' | Maria Karla Rabanal Bautista | 20 | Cebu City | 309 | |
| ' | Katarzyna Weronika Borowicz | 19 | Ostrów Wielkopolski | 501 | |
| ' | Patricia Oliveira Raposa de Oliveira | 17 | Lisbon | 704 | |
| ' | Cassandra Carin Castro Holland | 20 | Luquillo | 102 | |
| ' | Adina Maria Cotuna | 20 | Arad | 601 | |
| ' | Tatiana Sidorchuk | 19 | Perm | 201 | |
| ' | Sascha Gianne Michelle Andrew-Rose | 18 | Castries | 104 | |
| ' | Lois Anna Weatherup | 21 | Linlithgow | 106 | |
| ' | Jelena Pejić | 17 | Belgrade | 404 | |
| ' | Lisa Huang Shu Jun | 22 | Singapore | 807 | |
| ' | Maria Sandorova | 20 | Košice | 504 | |
| ' | Živa Vadnov | 22 | Ljubljana | 402 | |
| ' | Joan Kwena Ramagoshi | 24 | Mamelodi | 712 | |
| ' | Maite Medina Cerrato | 24 | Barcelona | 803 | |
| ' | Anarkalli Jay Aakarsha | 17 | Colombo | 109 | |
| ' | Eva Helena Hjertonsson | 19 | Kalmar | 312 | |
| ' | Fiona Hefti | 24 | Zürich | 711 | |
| ' | Faraja Kotta | 19 | Dar es Salaam | 211 | |
| ' | Nikallaya Abdul Dulaya | 23 | Yala | 310 | |
| ' | Kenisha Thom | 21 | Scarborough | 405 | |
| ' | Nur Gumusdograyan | 19 | Ankara | 110 | |
| ' | Beryl Christian Kateri Handfield | 19 | Grand Turk | 406 | |
| ' | Barbara Kimbugwe | 19 | Kampala | 212 | |
| ' | Lesya Matveyeva | 22 | Kiev | 202 | |
| ' | Nancy Randall | 24 | New Orleans | 708 | |
| ' | Andrea Milroy | 20 | Caracas | 609 | |
| ' | Nguyễn Thị Huyền | 19 | Hanoi | 606 | |
| ' | Amy Guy | 21 | Wrexham | 302 | |
| ' | Rosemary Mulenga Chileshe | 24 | Lusaka | 411 | |
| Oslie Muringai | 20 | Bulawayo | 412 |
Debut
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Returns
- Last competed in 1988:
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- Last competed in 1993:
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- Last competed in 1994:
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- Last competed in 1997:
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- Last competed in 2000:
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- Last competed in 2002:
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Withdrawals
- ' – Silvia Hackl - She withdrew at the very last minute for personal reasons, due to the fact that she lost all her luggage after arriving in Sanya and the rude treatment that MW officials give to her.
- '- 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.
- ' - Damaris Stephanie García Guerrero
- ' - Florence Zeka
- ' - Sodtuya Chaadrabal
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Replacements
- ' - Miss Aruba 2003, Fatima Salie was unable to compete in Miss Universe & 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 - Sayali Bhagat, after it was discovered that she gave false information about her age and lied about her alleged marital status.
- - Connie Ross
Country Changes
- Holland changed its name to Netherlands.
Crossovers
;Miss Universe
- 2002: ': Sarah Davies
- 2004: ': Stacy-Ann Rose Kelly
- 2004: ': Heba Ahmad El-Sisy
- 2004: ': Anita Uwagbale
- 2004: ': Joan Ramagoshi
- 2005: ': Agnesa Vuthaj
- 2005: ': Shermain Jeremy
- 2005: ': Luisana Nikulay Cicilia
- 2005: ': Nadine Njeim
- 2005: ': Marie-Natasha Antoo
- 2005: ': Adéle Basson
- 2005: ': Fiona Hefti '
- 2006: ': Kenisha Thom '
- 2003: ': Amber Peebles
- 2005: ': Brianna Clarke
- 2005: ': Queenie Chu
- 2005: ': Amy Guy
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- 2005: ': Cristina Reyes '
- 2005: ': Tania Domaniczky '
- 2005: ': Katarzyna Borowicz '
- 2005: ': Helen Gustafson
- 2006: ': Katarzyna Borowicz '
- 2003: ': Lisa Huang Shu Jun
- 2008: ': Cassandra Castro
- 2002: ': Aishwarya Sukhdeo
- 2002: ': Lisa Huang Shu Jun
- 2004: ': María Apuri
- 2004: ': Tania Domaniczky '
- 2006: ': Melissa Piedrahita '
- 2004: ': Melissa Piedrahita '
- 2002: ''': Antonella Vella