Miss World 2008

and still waiting for more beauties..............................................

Miss World 2007

Zhang Zilin
China

Zhang Zilin is the Miss World 2007 title holder, representing the People's Republic of China as Miss China World 2007. She is the first Miss World of East Asian origin.

Miss World 2006

Taťána Kuchařová
Czechoslovakia

Taťána Kuchařová (born in 1987 in Trnava, Czechoslovakia, recent Slovakia) won the title of Miss World 2006. In doing so, she became the first woman from the Czech Republic to win the title at the final event of the Miss World competition, held on September 30, 2006, in Warsaw, Poland.

Miss World 2005

Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir
Iceland

Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir (born May 25, 1984 in Reykjavík, Iceland. She is a former winner of the Miss Iceland pageant. She was crowned Miss World 2005 on December 10, 2005 in the Beauty Crown Theatre located in the Chinese beach city of Sanya, by the reigning beauty queen, 2004's Miss Peru Maju Mantilla.

Miss World 2004

María Julia “Maju” Mantilla García
Peru

María Julia “Maju” Mantilla García was born in 1984 in Trujillo, a city in Peru's northern coast. On December 4, 2004, in the Beauty Crown Theatre located in the Chinese beach city of Sanya, she was crowned Miss World 2004 by the reigning champion, 2003's Miss Ireland Rosanna Davison, daughter of singer Chris de Burgh. During her reign, Mantilla performed a variety of duties focused on fundraising for charitable organizations. She has travelled to Indonesia, Russia, Peru, United States, Russia, Czech Republic, China and many other countries during her reign. Popularly known in her country as "Maju" Mantilla, her aunt Maria Julia Mantilla Mayer was Miss Peru 1969. She won the right to represent Peru in the Miss World contest as runner-up to Liesel Holler (Miss Peru Universe 2004) and was one of the major favorites in the run-up to the pageant, which was decided by a global television/telephone/online vote.

Miss World 2003

Rosanna Davison
IRELAND

Miss World 2003, the 53rd Miss World pageant, was held at Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, Hainan, China on December 6, 2003. There were 106 delegates who vied for the crown. Irish Rosanna Davison, daughter of popular musician Chris de Burgh, won the title, claiming Ireland's first major beauty pageant title.

Miss World 2002

Azra Akin
TURKEY

Azra Akin, a 21-year-old Turkish model and dancer, was crowned Miss World 2002 at the pageant, held at the Alexandra Palace in London on Dec. 7. Finishing in the Top 5 were: 1st Runner-up Natalia Peralta (Colombia), 2nd Runner-up Marina Mora (Peru), 3rd Runner-up Katrine Sorland (Norway), and 4th Runner-up Wu Ying-Na (China). The winner took home 100,000 pounds ($157,000) in prize money. Eighty-eight contestants participated in the pageant, Alexandra Palace was sold out, and millions of viewers watched the pageant on television in 142 countries. The pageant was moved from Nigeria to London after rioting broke out among Christians and Muslims in the northern city of Kaduna, Nigeria, following a newspaper columnist's speculation that the prophet Mohammad would have probably married one of the beauty queens. The paper later retracted the statements, but not before riots forced the pageant's move. Azra addressed the controversy, saying: "I wish people in the world would be more respectful to each other. People who think Miss World was to blame should research more about this competition, because we are doing great things."Controversy surrounding Miss World arose earlier this year when contestants threatened to pull out of the Miss World pageant in protest at an Islamic court's ruling that a single mother must be stoned to death. Some countries' representatives pledged to boycott the competition; others feared for their safety at the hands of Islamic groups that potentially could disrupt the ceremony, which was to be held in Abuja, Nigeria.