(From left) Lucie Vachova of Czech Republic, Nazanin Afshin-Jam of Canada and Patricia Filomena Chifor of Romania pose on a beach in Sanya located at China's tropical island of Hainan, December 2, 2003. Miss Canada earlier won Miss Sport 2003, one of five individual contests being held before the final of the Miss World contest. More than one hundred beauty queens from around the world will compete on December 6 for the first-ever Miss World pageant to be held in the communist nation. [Reuters]
 
 
 

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