Maria Julia Mantilla
Maria Julia "Maju" Mantilla Garcia was born in 1984 in Trujillo, a city in Peru's northern coast. On December 4, 2004, in the Beauty Crown Theatre located in the Chinese beach city of Sanya, she was crowned Miss World 2004 by the reigning champion, 2003's Miss Ireland Rosanna Davison, daughter of singer Chris de Burgh. During her reign, Mantilla performed a variety of duties focused on fundraising for charitable organizations. She has travelled to Indonesia, Russia, Peru, United States, Russia, Czech Republic, China and many other countries during her reign.
Popularly known in her country as "Maju" Mantilla, her aunt Maria Julia Mantilla Mayer was Miss Peru 1969. She won the right to represent Peru in the Miss World contest as runner-up to Liesel Holler (Miss Peru Universe 2004) and was one of the major favorites in the run-up to the pageant, which was decided by a global television/telephone/online vote.
The Dominican Republic's Claudia Cruz and the U.S.'s Nancy Randall were the first and second runners up. Other contestants who made it into the final five were 20-year-old Miss Philippines, Maria Karla (Rabanal) Bautista, and 19-year-old Miss Poland, Katarzyna Borowicz.
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