Miss World 2002
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Miss World 2002, the 52nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 7 December 2002 at the Alexandra Palace in London, United Kingdom. It was initially intended to be staged in Abuja, but due to religious riots in the nearby city of Kaduna (the "Miss World riots") the pageant was relocated to London.
A total of 110 contestants from all over the world were initially invited to compete for the crown, but several contestants boycotted the pageant and others dropping out in protest for the death sentence by stoning determined by an Islamic Sharia court to Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman accused of adultery, making a total of 88 girls competing for the crown. It was the first time that audience participation through text messaging together with the scores of the judges helped in determining the results for the Top 20.[1] Azra Akın from Turkey won the pageant,[2] becoming the first ever representative from her country to be crowned Miss World. She was crowned by Agbani Darego of Nigeria. Show organizers stated that the event had a global viewership of over 2 billion people, and that it was broadcast in 137 countries.[2] It was the first time in 51 years that it was not shown in the UK;[3] no British channel agreed to broadcast the event.[2][4]
Selection of participants
Replacements
Miss Bulgaria 2002, Teodora Burgazlieva was replaced by her second runner-up, Desislava Guleva because she did some nude pictures for Club M magazine before winning the Miss Bulgaria 2002 crown.[5]
Miss České republiky 2002, Kateřina Průšová didn't compete internationally due to her English skills. She was replaced by Kateřina Smržová[6]
Miss Germany Wahl 2002, Katrin Wrobel, had to relinquish the crown because she wanted to focus on her modeling career.[7] However her first runner-up, Simone Wolf-Reinfurt, got sick just days before her departure to Nigeria and also was replaced by the second runner-up of Miss Germany Wahl 2002, Indira Selmic.
Miss South Africa 2002 and the third runner-up of Miss Universe 2002, Vanessa Carreira was unable to go to Miss World 2002 as the Miss South Africa 2003 contest was 1 day after the Miss World 2002 contest and she had to crown her successor. Also she refused to participate in protest of the conviction of Amina Lawal. Another South African pageant organization called, Miss Junior South Africa, sent their 2002 winner, Karen Lourens. However Miss World Organization accepted the first runner-up of Miss South Africa 2002, Claire Sabbagha to participate in Miss World 2002 despite being overage.[8]
Miss Ukraine 2002, Olena Stohniy couldn't participate due to the fact that she was overage for Miss World rules, she was just 25 years old.[9] She was replaced by one of her runners-up, Iryna Udovenko.[10]
Debuts, returns, and withdrawals
This edition saw the debut of Albania, Algeria and Vietnam,[11] and the return of The Bahamas, Belize, Curaçao, Kazakhstan, Lithuania and Swaziland; Belize, which last competed in 1991, Swaziland in 1999 and The Bahamas, Curaçao, Kazakhstan and Lithuania in 2000.
Austria, Bangladesh, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Hawaii, Iceland, Madagascar, Malawi, Portugal, Sint Maarten, South Korea and Switzerland, withdrew from the competition. Ungfrú Ísland 2002, Sólveig Zophoníasdóttir was dethroned following her nude photos in Playboy magazine. But none of her runners-up accepted the crown for different reasons and disagreements over the winner's contract. Then the organizers picked Eyrun Steinsson as a new representative for Miss World 2002, but she later decided to boycott the contest.[12][13]
Results
Placements
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| Miss World 2002 | |
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| Top 20 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
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| Africa | |
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Contestants
88 contestants participated in Miss World 2002.[1]
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Notes
Withdrawals during the contest
- File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala – Paula Margarita Alonso Morales the Miss World riots in Nigeria, with no intention to return.
- File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi – Blandina Mlenga
- File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius – Karen Alexandre
- File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea – Yu-Kyung Chang - She withdrew during
- File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka – Nilusha Gamage
Withdrawals, but later re-incorporated into the contest after moved to London
- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada – Lynsey Bennett[32]
- File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama – Yoselin Sánchez Espino
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain – Lola Alcocer
- File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti – Rava Maiarii
Boycotting due to Amina Lawal case
- File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria – Celine Roschek
- File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica – Shirley Alvarez Sandoval
- File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark – Masja Juel[33]
- File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland – Eyrun Steinsson
- File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland – Nadine Vinzens
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Also boycotting but never invited:
- Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire – Yannick Azebian
- File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo – Sandrine Akuvi Agbokpe
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Misc. Withdrawals and initial boycotts, but re-incorporated into the contest later on
- File:Flag of England.svg England - Danielle Luan went home after the contest moved to London with no intentions of rejoining but was later convinced to rejoin the competition under the condition that she was to not be officially judged in the pageant during finals night.
- File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway - Katrine Sørland initially boycotted due to the Amina Lawal case but later rejoined after being promised by Julia Morley, the then President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, and the Nigerian Foreign Ministry that Lawal wouldn't be stoned to death.
Invited but never confirmed
- File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh - No contest
- File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus - Volha Nevdakh
- File:Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands - No contest
- File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon - Diane Ngo Mouaha
- File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands - No contest
- File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic - Claudia Cruz De Los Santos.
- File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt - Ines Gohar - No Sponsorship and Founding, she went to Miss Earth 2002 insertead.
- File:Flag of Hawaii.svg Hawaii - No contest. Lost its licence for Miss World.
- File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho - Annie Andrews
- File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia - Marcia Cooper
- File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar - No contest
- File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova - No contest
- File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco - Doja Lahlou
- File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal - No contest
- File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay - Lost its licence for Miss World until 2003.
- File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal - No contest
- File:Flag of Sint Maarten.svg Sint Maarten - No contest. Lost its licence for Miss World.
- File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia - No contest
Replacements
- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina – Daniela Estefania Puig
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium – Miss Belgium 2002, Ann Van Elsen refused to participate in protest of the conviction of Amina Lawal.
- File:Flag of France.svg France – Miss France 2002, Sylvie Tellier refused to participate in protest of the conviction of Amina Lawal.
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- File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg United States Virgin Islands – Cubie-Ayah George
Historical significance
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Despite the increasing international profile the boycott was garnering in the world press, the contest went ahead in Nigeria after being rescheduled to avoid taking place during Ramadan, with many prominent nations sending delegates. Osmel Sousa of Venezuela, one of the world's most influential national directors, famously said "there is no question about it (the participation of Miss Venezuela in the contest)." The trouble did not end there, however. A Thisday (Lagos, Nigeria) newspaper editorial suggesting that Muhammad would probably have chosen one of his wives from among the contestants had he been alive to see it, resulted in inter-religious riots that started on 22 November in which over 200 people were killed in the city of Kaduna, along with many houses of worship being burned by religious zealots.[38] Because of these "Miss World riots", the 2002 pageant was moved to London, following widely circulated reports that the representatives of Canada and Korea had withdrawn from the contest and returned to their respective countries out of safety concerns. A fatwa urging the beheading of the woman who wrote the offending words, Isioma Daniel, was issued in Nigeria, but was declared null and void by the relevant Saudi Arabian authorities.[39][40][41][42] Upon the pageant's return to England, many of the boycotting contestants chose to attend, including Miss Norway, Kathrine Sørland, who was tipped in the last few days as the number one favourite for the crown she had previously boycotted.[43][44][45][46][47]
References
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