MISS WORLD 2005: MEET THE CONTESTANTS

Miss World 2005 � 第55届世界小姐大赛 � Miss Mundo 2005 � Miss Mondo 2005 � Miss Monde 2005 � Miss Maailma 2005 � Мисс Мира 2005

December 10th in beautiful and tropical Sanya, China!

The 55th finals of the Miss World Pageant will be held for the third-year in sunny Sanya, China, as over 100 of the planet's most beautiful women gather to compete for the title currently held by Maria Julia Mantilla of Peru. This year, more changes are expected, as President Julia Morley seeks to continually revamp the show to keep it up-to-date.

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The contestants for MISS WORLD 2005
DELEGATES TO DATE: ONE HUNDRED AND TWO
A (*) indicates delegate is not fully confirmed

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SOUTH EUROPE GROUP: 23 Delegates

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ALBANIA Suada Sherifi Age: 17 Height: 1.85 m/6'2" Home: Tirane Currently: Professional Model, High School Student Title: Miss Albania 2005 Region: South Europe	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Sanja Tunjić Age: 18 Height: 1.78 m/5'10" Home: Lukavca Currently: German Student Title: Miss BiH 2005 Region: South Europe	BULGARIA Rositsa Ivanova Age: 17 Height: 1.74 m/5'8.5" Home: Sofia Currently: English Language Secondary Student Title: Miss Bulgaria 2005 Region: South Europe	CROATIA Maja Cvjetković Age: 19 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Zagreb Currently: Business Student Title: Miss Hrvatska 2005 Region: South Europe	CYPRUS Doxia Mousouri Age: 20 Height: 1.74 m/5'8" Home: Dherynia Currently: Student Title: Miss Cyprus 2005 (Replacement) Region: South Europe
FRANCE Cindy Fabre Age: 20 Height: 1.80 m/6'0" Home: Normandy Currently: Marketing Student Title: Miss France 2004 Region: South Europe	GEORGIA Salome Khelashvili Age: 20 Height: 1.77 m/5'10" Home: Tbilisi Currently: Journalism Student Title: Miss Georgia 2005 Region: South Europe	GIBRALTAR Melanie Chipolina Age: 24 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Currently: Title: Miss Gibraltar 2005 Region: South Europe	GREECE Katerina Stickoudi Age: 19 Height: 1.77 m/5'10" Home: Currently: Title: Miss Hellas 2005 Region: South Europe	HUNGARY Semmi-Kis T�nde Age: 20 Height: 6'1" (1.83 m) Home: Budapest Currently: Title: Miss World Hungary 2005 Region: South Europe
ISRAEL Keren Shacham Age: 19 Height: 1.72 m/5'7" Home: Kiryat Motzkin Currently: Awaiting military service Title: Israel's Maiden of Beauty 2005 Region: South Europe	ITALY Sofia Bruscoli Age: 17 Height: 1.80 m/5'11" Home: Rome Currently: Model Title: Miss Mondo Italia 2005 Region: South Europe	LEBANON Lamitta Frangieh Age: 25 Height: 5'9" (1.75 m) Home: Zghorta Currently: Psychology Student and Model Title: First Runner-Up, Miss Lebanon 2004 Region: South Europe	MACEDONIA, FYRO Milena Stanivukovich Age: 20 Height: 1.81 m/6'0"" Home: Skopje Currently: Law Student Title: Miss Macedonia 2005/Мис на Македонија, Region: South Europe	MALTA Ferdine Fava Age: 19 Height: 1.70 m/5'7" Home: St Julian's Currently: Hair-Stylist Title: Miss Maltese Islands 2005 Region: South Europe
MOLDOVA Irina Dolovova Age: 21 Height: 1.74 m/5'8" Home: Currently: Student Title: Miss Moldova/Мисс Молдова Region: South Europe	PORTUGAL Angela Maria Fonseca Spinola Age: 20 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Setebal Currently: Student Title: Miss Portugal World 2005 Region: South Europe	ROMANIA Raluca Voina Age: 20 Height: 1.73 m/5'7.5" Home: Bucharest Currently: Languages Student, Model Title: Miss World Romania 2005 Region: South Europe	SERBIA & MONTENEGRO Dina D�anković Age: 18 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Novi Pazar Currently: Interior Design Student Title: Miss Srbije i Crne 2005 Region: South Europe	SLOVAKIA Ivica Sl�vikov� Age: 21 Height: 1.69 m/5'6.5" Home: Kranja Currently: Student Title: Miss Slovakia 2005 Region: South Europe
SLOVENIA Sanja Grohar Age: 21 Height: 1.69 m/5'6.5" Home: Kranja Currently: Student Title: Miss Slovenije 2005 Region: South Europe	SPAIN Mereia Verdu Tremosa Age: 21 Height: 1.81 m/6'0" Home: Lleida Currently: Title: First Runner-Up, Miss Espana 2005 Region: South Europe	TURKEY Hande Subasi Age: 21 Height: 1.79 m/5'10.5" Home: Istanbul Currently: Student Title: Miss Turkey 2005 Region: South Europe

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AMERICAS GROUP: 17 Delegates

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ARGENTINA Emilia Iannetta Age: 19 Height: 1.81 m/6'0"" Home: Pilar Currently: Political Science Student Title: Belleza Argentina 2005 Region: Americas	BOLIVIA Viviana Mendez Age: 19 Height: 1.77 m/5'10" Home: Litoral Currently: Civil Engineering Student Title: Miss Bolivia 2005 Region: America's	BRAZIL Patricia Reginato Age: 19 Height: 1.78 m/5'10" Home: Parana Currently: Professional Model Title: Miss Brasil Mundo 2005 Region: Americas	CANADA Ramona Amiri Age: 24 Height: 1.72 m/5'7" Home: Vancouver Currently: Aspiring Dermatologist, Model Title: Miss World Canada 2005 Region: Americas	COLOMBIA Erika Querubin Age: 21 Height: 1.79 m/5'11" Home: Antioquia Currently: Social Communication Student Title: Miss Mundo Colombia 2005 Region: Americas
COSTA RICA Leonora Jimenez Age: 22 Height: 1.81 m/6'0" Home: Santa Ana Currently: Nutrition Technology Student & Professional Model Title: Miss Mundo Costa Rica 2005 Int'l Titles: Miss Asia-Pacific 2005 Region: Americas	ECUADOR Marielisa Marques Guti�rrez Age: 23 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Guayaquil Currently: Commercial Engineering Student Title: Miss Mundo Ecuador 2005 Region: Americas	EL SALVADOR Alejandra Carcamo Age: 18 Height: 1.78 m/5'10" Home: Caba�as Currently: Computers Student Title: Miss Mundo de El Salvador 2005 Region: Americas	GUATEMALA Maria Ines Galvez Age: 23 Height: 5'11" (1.80 m) Home: Currently: Business Admistration Student Title: Miss Mundo Guatemala 2005 Int'l Titles: Miss Mundo Latino Int'l 2005 Region: Americas	GUYANA Jasmine Herzog Age: 18 Height: 5'10" (1.78 m) Home: Currently: Biology Student Title: Miss Guyana 2005 Region: Americas
MEXICO Dafne Molina Age: 22 Height: 1.81 m/6'0" Home: Mexico City Currently: Interior Designer Title: Nuestra Belleza Mexico Mundo 2004-2005 Region: Americas	NICARAGUA Valeria Garcia Age: 21 Height: 1.76 m/5'9.5" Home: Managua Currently: Engineering Student Title: Miss Mundo Nicaragua 2005 Region: Americas	PANAMA Anna Vaprio Age: 21 Height: 1.80 m/6'0" Home: Currently: Business Student Title: Miss Mundo de Panama 2005 Region: Americas	PERU Fiorella Castellanos Age: 18 Height: 1.83 m/6'1" Home: Tumbes Currently: Theater Graduate Title: Miss Peru Mundo 2005 Region: Americas
UNITED STATES Lisette Diaz Age: 24 Height: 1.72 m/5'7" Home: Chula Vista Currently: Literature Student Title: US Miss World 2005 Region: Americas	URUGUAY Daniela Tambasco Age: 20 Height: 1.73 m Home: Montevideo Currently: Exec. Secretary, Model Title: Miss Mundo de Uruguay 2005 Region: America's	VENEZUELA Susan Carrizo Age: 21 Height: 1.77 m/5'10" Home: Bachaquero Currently: Communications Student Title: Miss World Venezuela 2005 Region: Americas

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ASIA PACIFIC GROUP: 17 Delegates

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AUSTRALIA Dennae Brunow Age: 20 Height: 1.80 m/5'11" Home: Albury Currently: Title: Miss World Australia 2005 Region: Asia & Oceania	CHINA Ting-Ting Chao Age: 19 Height: 1.78 m/5'10" Home: Beijing Currently: Film Student Title: Miss China Region: Asian Pacific	CHINESE TAIPEI Su-Jung Hsu Age: 24 Height: 1.78 m/5'10" Home: Kaohstung Currently: Art Designer and Model Title: Miss Taiwan 2005 Region: Asia & Oceania	HONG KONG Tracy Ip Chui Chui Age: 23 Height: 5'8.5" (1.74 m) Home: Shanghai Currently: Flight Attendant Title: Miss Hong Kong 2005 Region: Asia and Oceania	INDIA Sindhura Gadde Age: 20 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: New Zealand Currently: Pharmacology Student, Model & TV Presenter Title: Femina Miss India World 2005 Region: Asia and Oceania
INDONESIA Lindi Cistia Age: 21 Height: 1.73 m/5'7.5" Home: Yogyakarta Currently: Model and Psychology Student Title: First Runner-Up, Putri Indonesia 2005 Region: Asia and Oceania	JAPAN Erina Shinohara Age: 22 Height: 1.68 m/5'6" Home: Shizkoka Currently: Marketing Student Title: Miss World Japan 2005 Region: Asia & Oceania	KOREA Oh Eun-young Age: 20 Height: 1.72 m/5'7" Home: Seoul Currently: Title: First Runner-Up, Miss Korea 2005 Region: Asia and Oceania	MALAYSIA Emmeline Ng Age: 22 Height: 5'11.5" (1.82 m) Home: Currently: Finance Student Title: Miss Malaysia World 2005 Region: Asia and Oceania
MONGOLIA Khongorzul Ganbat Age: 17 Height: 1.78 m/5'10" Home: Ulaanbaatar Currently: High School Student Title: Miss Mongolia 2005 Region: Asia and Oceania	NEPAL Sugarika K.C. Age: 19 Height: 5'7" (1.71 m) Home: Lalitupur Currently: Environmental Sciences Student Title: Miss Nepal 2005 Region: Asia and Oceania	NEW ZEALAND Kay Margaret Anderson Age: 20 Height: 1.72 m/5'7" Home: Auckland Currently: Fashion House Accounts Executive Title: Region: Asian Pacific	PHILIPPINES Carlene Aguilar Age: 22 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Manila Currently: Media Student Title: Bb. Pilipinas World 2005 Region: Asia and Oceania	SINGAPORE Shenise Wong Age: 22 Height: 1.70 m/5'7" Home: Currently: Account Executive Title: Miss Singapore World 2005 Region: Asia & Oceania
SRI LANKA Nadeeka Samanmali Perera Age: 22 Height: 1.78 m/5'10" Home: Currently: Beauty Culture Student Title: Miss World Sri Lanka 2005 Region: Asian Pacific	THAILAND Sirinda �Cindy� Jensen Age: 20 Height: 1.71 m/5'7" Home: Denmark Currently: Hotel Employee Title: Miss Thailand World 2005 Region: Asia and Oceania	VIETNAM Huong Giang Vu Age: 20 Height: 1.68 m/5'6" Home: Hanoi Currently: Busines Student Title: Miss Vietnam for Miss World 2005 (des.) Region: Asian Pacific

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CARIBBEAN GROUP: 11 Delegates

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AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS Kmisha-Victoria Counts Age: 18 Height: 1.74 m/5'8.5" Home: St. Thomas Currently: Music Student Title: Virgin Islands Carnival Queen 2005 Region: Caribbean	ARUBA Sarah Juddon Age: 18 Height: 1.81 m/6'0" Home: Paradera Currently: Student Title: Miss World Aruba 2005 Region: Caribbean	BAHAMAS Ordain Moss Age: 20 Height: 1.74 m/5'9" Home: Nassau Currently: Retail Manager Title: Miss Bahamas 2005/World Region: Caribbean	BARBADOS Marielle Chetam Onyeche Age: 21 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Currently: Natural Sciences Graduate Title: Miss Barbados World 2005 Region: Caribbean	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Elisa Abreu Age: 21 Height: Home: Jarabacoa Currently: Architecture Student Title: Miss Mundo Dominicana 2005 Region: Caribbean
GUADELOUPE Meryta M�lina Age: 23 Height: 1.78 m/5'10" Home: Pointe-a-Pointe Currently: Title: Miss Guadeloupe International 2005 Region: Caribbean	JAMAICA Terri-Karelle Griffith Age: 23 Height: 1.76 m/5'9" Home: Currently: Veterinarian Student Title: Miss Jamaica World 2005 Region: Caribbean	MARTINIQUE Sarann Moana Robinel Age: 24 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Fort de France Currently: Artistic Director Title: Miss Martinique World 2005 Region: Caribbean	PUERTO RICO Ingrid Marie Rivera Age: 221 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Dorado Currently: Marketing & Finance Student Title: Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2005 Region: Caribbean	ST. LUCIA Joy Matty Age: 20 Height: 1.78 m/5'10" Home: Castries Currently: Lab Technician Title: Miss St. Lucia 2005 Region: Caribbean
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Jenna Marie Andre Age: 22 Height: Home: Currently: Title: Miss Trinidad & Tobago World 2005 Region: Caribbean

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AFRICA GROUP: 15 Delegates

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BOTSWANA Tshegofatso Robi Age: 20 Height: 1.71 m/5'7" Home: Gaborne Currently: Model; Aspiring Singer/Hotel Manager Title: Miss Botswana 2005 Region: Africa	CONGO, DRC Nelly Dembo Osongo Age: 22 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Kinshasa Currently: Pre-Medical Student Title: Miss Congo, DRC 2004 Region: Africa	ETHIOPIA Seble Mekonnen Age: 19 Height: 1.78 m/5'10" Home: Sayechew Currently: Professional Model Title: Miss Ethiopia World 2005 Region: Africa	GHANA Inna Mariam Patty Age: 22 Height: 1.81 m/6'0" Home: Currently: Pre-Law student Title: Miss Ghana 2004 Region: Africa
KENYA Cecilia Mwangi Age: 21 Height: 1.71 m/5'7" Home: Nairobi Currently: Computer Systems Student Title: Miss Kenya 2005 Region: Africa	LIBERIA Snorti Forh Age: 23 Height: 1.81 m/6'0" Home: Montserrado Currently: Student Title: Miss Liberia 2005 Region: Africa	MALAWI Rachel Landson Age: 22 Height: 1.72 m/5'7" Home: Lilongwe Currently: Mass Media Graduate; Hiatus Title: Miss Malawi 2005 Region: Africa	MAURITIUS Meenakshi Shivani Putty Age: 24 Height: 1.73 m/5'7.5" Home: Port Louis Currently: IT Customer Service Executive Title: Miss Mauritius World 2005 Region: Africa	NAMIBIA Leefa Shiikwa Age: 23 Height: 1.76 m/5'9" Home: Tsumeb Currently: Business Administration Student Title: Miss Namibia 2005 Region: Africa
NIGERIA Akinnifesi Omowunmi Age: 19 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Kwara Currently: Student Title: Most Beautiful Girl Nigeria 2005 Region: Africa	SOUTH AFRICA Dhiveja Sundrum Age: 21 Height: 1.71 m/5'7" Home: Durban Currently: Medical Student Title: First Runner-Up, Miss South Africa 2004-5 Region: Africa	SWAZILAND Zinhle Magongo Age: Height: Home: Currently: Title: Miss Swaziland 2005 Region: Africa	TANZANIA Nancy Abraham Sumari Age: 17 Height: Home: Kinondoni Currently: Title: Miss Tanzania 2005 Region: Africa	UGANDA Praise Juliet Akankwasa Age: 22 Height: 1.73 m/5'8" Home: Rukungiri Currently: Journalism Student Title: Miss Uganda 2005 Region: Africa
ZAMBIA Precious Mumbi Age: 23 Height: 1.80 m/5'11" Home: Lusaka Currently: Media Studies Graduate Title: Miss Zambia 2005 Region: Africa

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NORTH EUROPE GROUP: 19 Delegates

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BELGIUM Tatiana Silva Tavares Age: 19 Height: 1.72 m/5'7.5" Home: Ukkel Currently: Student Title: Miss Belgie 2005 Region: North Europe	CZECH REPUBLIC Lucie Kr�lova Age: 23 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Teplice Currently: Paralegal Title: Miss Czech 2005 Region: North Europe	DENMARK Trine Lundgaard Neilsen Age: 18 Height: 1.80 m/5'11" Home: Billund Currently: High School Student Title: Miss Denmark - Miss World 2005 Region: North Europe	ENGLAND Hammasa Kohistani Age: 18 Height: 1.74 m/5'8.5" Home: London Currently: Professional Model Title: Miss England 2005 Region: North Europe	ESTONIA Laura K�rgem�e Age: 19 Height: 1.80 m/6'0" Home: Tartu Currently: Title:"Missid" Worldile Eestit 2005 Region: North Europe
GERMANY Daniela Risch Age: 23 Height: 1.71 m/5'7" Home: Koln Currently: Fashion Manager Title: Finalist, Miss Germany 2005 Region: North Europe	ICELAND Unnur Birna Vilhj�lmsd�ttir Age: 21 Height: 1.74 m/5'8.5" Home: Reyjavik Currently: Title: Ungfr� �sland 2005 Region: North Europe	IRELAND Aoife Cogan Age: Height: 1.81 m/6'0" Home: Currently: Professional Model Title: Miss Ireland 2005 Region: North Europe	LATVIA Valerija Sevcuka Age: 20 Height: 1.76 m/5'9.5" Home: Riga Currently: European Business Student Title: Miss Latvija 2005 Region: North Europe
NETHERLANDS Monique Plat Age: 23 Height: 5'8.5" (1.74 m) Home: Amsterdam Currently: Fashion Buyer, Model Title: N/A Region: North Europe	NORTHERN IRELAND Lucy Evangelista Age: 19 Height: 1.73 m/5'8" Home: Portglenone Currently: Sales Assistant Title: Miss Northern Ireland 2005 Region: North Europe	NORWAY Helene Trasavik Age: 18 Height: 1.73 m/5'8" Home: Egersund Currently: Model Title: Froken Norge (Universe & World) 2005 Region: North Europe	POLAND Malwina Ratajczak Age: 19 Height: 1.76 m/5'9" Home: Krapkowice Currently: Student Title: Miss Polonia 2005 Region: North Europe	RUSSIA Yulia Ivanova Age: 2222 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Novosibirsk Currently: Aspiring TV Presenter Title: Russian Beauty/Krasa Rosii 2005 Region: North Europe
SCOTLAND Aisling Friel Age: 23 Height: 1.71 m/5'7" Home: Glasgow Currently: Flight Attendant Title: Miss Scotland 2005 Region: North Europe	SWEDEN Liza Berggren Age: 19 Height: 1.75 m/5'9" Home: Goteberg Currently: Model Title: Miss Sweden World 2005 Region: North Europe	SWITZERLAND Lauriane Gilli�ron Age: 21 Height: 1.71 m/5'7" Home: Lausanne Currently: Legal Pedagogy Student Title: Miss Schweiz 2005 Region: North Europe	UKRAINE Yulia Pinchuk Age: 18 Height: 1.80 m/5'11" Home: Novovol Currently: Pre-Law Student Title: Miss Ukraine 2005 Region: North Europe	WALES Claire Evans Age: 22 Height: 1.68 m/5'6" Home: Aberystwyth Currently: Athlete Title: Miss Wales 2005 Region: North Europe