At Miss World , Peru featured a successful streak of three placements that ended with its second title . Marina Mora finished as 2nd Runner-Up in the 2002 edition and her successor Claudia Hernandez placed in the Top 20 in 2003 . In 2004 , Peru returned to international glory in the field of beauty pageants in December 2004 , when María Julia Mantilla won the Miss World title thanks to a worldwide vote through text messages and phone calls , which occurred for the first time in the history of the event managed to win the crown of Miss World 2004 . The first runner-up was Claudia Cruz , from the Dominican Republic , and the second runner-up was the Nancy Randall from the United States
Miss World 2004
Miss World 2004
Miss Peru