She was crowned by Agbani Darego of Nigeria. Azra Akın from Turkey won the pageant, becoming the first ever representative from her country to be crowned Miss World. 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. 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.Ī 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. 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.
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