Miss Peru crowned Miss World 2004
360326
SANYA, CHINA -- Miss Peru, Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, an aspiring high school teacher, was crowned Miss World 2004 last night in this southern Chinese beach resort.
548596
Goalkeeper Oscar Ibanez made two saves and Cienciano of Peru converted four kicks to beat Argentina's Boca Juniors 4-2 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie and win the 2004 Recopa championship Tuesday night.
308093
Riyo Mori, a 20-year-old dancer from Japan who hopes to someday open an international dance school, was crowned Miss Universe 2007 Monday night.
85743
Jessica Rostedt, right, of the US fights for the ball with Zurine Gil Garacia of Spain during the first half of their U-19 Women&#39;s World Cup Championship match at Surakul Stadium in Phuket, southern Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004.
174384
Peru&#39;s 20-year-old Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia began her reign as Miss World 2004 on Sunday after beating 106 other women to the title in China&#39;s second staging of the international beauty pageant.
213781
A 20-year-old dancer from Japan was crowned Miss Universe 2007 on Monday night, marking only the second time her country has won the world beauty title.
213924
Hamid Karzai was finally declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election today, at the same time as the militants threatening to kill three UN hostages who were in the country to oversee the election pushed back their deadline by 12
575870
Lifestyle: 14 December 2004, Tuesday. A fresh acting star has swept the Missis Bulgaria World 2004 title in a ceremony that took place in Varna, the country's main coastal city.
431211
Lifestyle: 21 November 2004, Sunday. At a spectacular show-concert in Sofia Land entertainment site the xGround fashion agency presented its 2004 Super Model awards.
47742
Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan woman who started an environmental movement that has planted 30 million trees in Africa and who has campaigned for women&#39;s rights and greater democracy in her home country, won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday.
585762
Prof Wangari Maathai took to the world stage in a defining moment yesterday and received the 2004 edition of the world&#39;s most coveted award, the gold Nobel Peace Prize, at an elaborate ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
535197
MUMBAI: Miami was sizzling Sunday night as celebrities made a splash on the red carpet and on stage at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs).
706826
Serena Williams of US holds the championship trophy after defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in the inaugural China Open women&#39;s final September 26, 2004, in Beijing.
693366
Katerina Neumannova of the Czech Republic won a 10-kilometer freestyle cross-country race Friday in a World Cup competition.
171223
A textiles graduate from Edinburgh has missed out on glory after competing in the 54th Miss World contest. Lois Weatherup, 21, was Scotland&#39;s contender in the beauty pageant held on south China&#39;s Hainan Island.
460367
Miss Czech Republic, an 18-year-old high  school student, took the Miss World crown on Saturday in  Poland's capital Warsaw.
390722
NEW DELHI (CP) - Kenya&#39;s Paul Kirui capped an impressive year by winning the men&#39;s world half-marathon title Sunday, while China&#39;s Sun Ying Jie claimed the women&#39;s race.