Rosanna Diane Davison was the winner of the Miss World 2003 title. She is the daughter of musician Chris De Burgh. The song "For Rosanna" was written by her father in her honour for his 1986 album, Into the Light. Rosanna attended Rathdown School, a private, Protestant, all-girls school located in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. She has stated that she was "just grateful (she) was brought up in a Protestant way". In 2006, she graduated from University College Dublin with a degree in Sociology and History of Art. December 2003 saw Rosanna, along with 106 other contestants, compete in the ‘Miss World’ competition in China. Rosanna went on to win the crown and is the first ‘Miss Ireland’ to win the ‘Miss World’ title. She was also chosen as the Irish representative for the Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2003 beauty pageant, but declined the offer to participate in order to concentrate on her exams. Rosanna is currently the face of ‘Holiday On Ice’, and has also been involved in two campaigns for Newbridge Silverware and Rally Ireland. Rosanna is currently signed to Assets Modelling Agency in Dublin and Storm Model Management in the UK. Rosanna and boyfirend Wesley Quirke found each other on Bebo. According to reports in the media the couple met up when Wesley contacted Rosanna via her Bebo webpage and the romance evolved from there.
1st runner-up Canada - Nazanin Afshin-Jam
2nd runner-up People's Republic of China - Guan Qi
3rd runner-up ^ India - Ami Vashi
4th runner-up ^ Philippines - Maria Rafaela Yunon
Semifinalists(By order of final placement)
Ethiopia - Hayat Ahmed
Venezuela - Valentina Patruno
Australia - Olivia Stratton
Lebanon - Marie-José Hnein
Jamaica - Jade Fulford
Switzerland - Bianca Sissing
Georgia - Irina Onashvili
Norway - Elisabeth Wathne
Peru - Claudia Hernández
Trinidad & Tobago - Magdalene Walcott
New Zealand - Melanie Paul
Puerto Rico - Joyceline Montero
Dominican Republic - María Eugenia Vargas
Greece - Vasiliki Tsekoura
Bolivia - Helen Aponte
Continental Queens of Beauty
Queen of Africa: Hayat Ahmed (Ethiopia)
Queen of Americas: Nazanin Afshin-Jam (Canada)
Queen of Asia & Oceania: Guan Qi (People's Republic of China)
Queen of Caribbean: Jade Fulford (Jamaica)
Queen of Europe: Rosanna Davison (Ireland)
Fast Track Events
Beach Beauty
Winner: Rosanna Davison (Ireland)
1st runner-up: Bianca Sissing (Switzerland)
2nd runner-up: Helen Aponte (Bolivia)
Top 10 semifinalists: Julie Taton (Belgium), Hayat Ahmed (Ethiopia), Jade Fulford (Jamaica), Melanie Paul (New Zealand), Maria Rafaela Yunon (Philippines), Karolina Gorazda (Poland), Natalia Rodríguez (Uruguay)
Miss Sports
Winner: Nazanin Afshin Jam (Canada)
1st runner-up: Lucie Vachova (Czech Republic)
2nd runner-up: Patricia Filomena Chifor (Romania)
Miss Personality
Winner: Helen Aponte (Bolivia)
1st runner-up: Racquel Wilkinson (Barbados)
2nd runner-up: Anne-Marie Browne (Antigua)
Miss Talent
Winner: Irina Onashvili (Georgia)
1st runner-up: Joyceline Montero (Puerto Rico)
2nd runner-up: Kriistina Gabor (Estonia)
Top 20 semifinalists: Anne-Marie Browne (Antigua), Grisel Hitoff (Argentina), Nathalie Biermans (Aruba), Boingotlo Motlalekgosi (Botswana), Nazanin Afshin-Jam (Canada), Quan Qi (People's Republic of China), Claudia Molina (Colombia), Julie Taton (Czech Republic), Maria Eugenia Vargas (Dominican Republic), Hayat Ahmed (Ethiopia), Ami Vashi (India), Rosanna Davison (Ireland), Park Ji-yea (Korea), Irina Askolska (Latvia), Vaida Griksaite (Lithuania), Marija Vašik (Macedonia FYRO), Kimberly Castro (Northern Marianas), Valentina Patruno (Venezuela)
People's Choice
Winner: Olivia Stratton (Australia)
Special Awards
Best World Dress Designer: Claudia Hernández (Peru)
Miss World Scholarship: Denisa Kola (Albania)
***Philippines is the niece of Miss Universe 1984 3rd runner-up, Maria Desiree Verdadero.
