Miss Iceland, a part-time police officer who wants to be a lawyer, was crowned Miss World 2005 on Saturday in Sanya, China.
Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir competed for the title in a field of 102 women in the pageant in Sanya, a southern China beach resort.
Miss Mexico Dafne Molina Lona was the first runner-up, and Miss Puerto Rico Ingrid Marie Rivera Santos was second runner-up.