Turkish beauty crowned Miss World

Miss Turkey, Azra Akin, was today crowned Miss World 2002 as the beauty contest finally went ahead after weeks of controversy.

Miss Colombia was declared runner-up while Miss Peru took third place at the glittering ceremony, attended by 2,000 people at Alexandra Palace in north London.

The event had been postponed and relocated from Nigeria where riots, sparked by a local newspaper article about the competition, left more than 200 people dead last month.