 | 2003 Miss World - Sanya Final: Contestants for the 2003 Miss World pose in Sanya, China. A man has paid 28,000 USD for a ticket to see the beauty pageant click to open  |
 | 2003 Miss World - Sanya Final: Miss Hong Kong Rebecca Yeung speaks during a news conference in Sanya, on China's tropical island of Hainan, December 4, 2003. China will host the 2003 Miss World Finals on Saturday, putting the world's most populous country officially on the beauty pageant map. click to open  |
 | 2003 Miss World - Sanya Final: Miss World contestants pose on a beach in the seaside resort of Sanya on China's southern Island of Hainan November 28, 2003. The 53rd Miss World contest will be held in China for the first time on December 6. click to open  |
 | 2003 Miss World - Sanya Final: Miss Ireland Rosanna Davison, center, poses with runners up after she was named Miss World Beach Beauty 2003 in this photo released by Miss World Organization, in Sanya, on south China's Hainan Island Friday, Nov. 28, 2003. At left is runner-up Miss Switzerland Bianca Nicole Sissing, and at right second runner-up Miss Bolivia Helen Aponte Saucedo. The Beach Beauty contest is one of five individual contests being held before the final of the Miss World contest on Dec. 6. The winners of each of the individual contests automatically go into the top 20 for the final. click to open  |
 | 2003 Miss World - Sanya Final: Miss Ireland Rosanna Davison poses after being named Miss World Beach Beauty November 28, 2003 as part of the build-up to the Miss World finals in Sanya on China's southern Island of Hainan on December 6. Rosanna, 19, daughter of music legend Chris de Burgh, beat the other 105 Miss World contestants to the title. click to open  |
 | 2003 Miss World - Sanya Final: Miss Ireland Rosanna Davison, center, celebrates with Miss World presenter Amanda Byram, left, after Davison was named Miss World Beach Beauty 2003, in Sanya, on south China's Hainan Island Friday Nov. 28, 2003. The Beach Beuaty contest is one of five individual contests being held before the final of the Miss World contest on Dec. 6, with the winners of each of the individual contests automatically going into the top 20 for the final. click to open  |
 | 2003 Miss World - Sanya Final: Former (2000) Miss World Priyanka Chopra attends a news conference after the inaugural filming of her new movie 'Waqt' or 'Time' in Bombay late November 24, 2003. click to open  |
 | 2003 Miss World - Sanya Final: Miss World contestants wave after arriving to the seaside resort ofSanya Hainan Island November 22, 2003 after touring several Chinese cities to promote the contest. click to open  |
 | 2003 Miss World - Sanya Final: pageants arriving at Haikou on Nov 22nd 2003 click to open  |
 | 2003 Miss World - Sanya Final: pageants arriving at Haikou on Nov 22nd 2003 click to open  |