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Miss Ireland, 19-year-old Rosanna Davison, won the Miss World competition held Saturday in the southern Chinese beach resort of Sanya.
Second place went to Miss Canada, Nazanin Afshin-Jam, while the host country's Miss China, Guan Qi, took third.
Given 30 seconds to describe herself during her on-stage interview, Davison said she was a "warm, fun-loving person" who values honesty and integrity. She has taken a break from college to represent Ireland.
Her father, the singer Chris de Burgh -- best known for the hit "Lady in Red" -- said afterwards: "I'm absolutely thrilled, I'm seriously proud of her."
Davison, wearing a bright pink dress with sparkles, was very calm and very poised as she accepted her crown and waved to the audience. "I was surprisingly calm," she said afterwards. "I was near to tears when the top five was announced. I didn't think I'd get this far." She hails from Enniskerry, a town just outside of Dublin.
SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/e ... .world.ap/