Miss World 2005

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 Zimbabwe
Returns	Congo D.R Guatemala Indonesia Liberia Malawi Swaziland Uruguay American Virgin Islands
Winner	Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir[1] Iceland
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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. María Julia Mantilla of Peru crowned her successor Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir of 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.