Miss Universe 2003
| Miss Universe 2003 | |
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Miss Universe 2003 | |
| Date | 3 June 2003 |
| Presenters | Billy Bush, Daisy Fuentes |
| Entertainment | Bond, Chayanne |
| Venue | Figali Convention Center, Panama City, Panama |
| Broadcaster | NBC |
| Entrants | 71 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | Serbia & Montenegro |
| Withdrawals | British Virgin Islands, Chile, Ghana, Honduras, Iceland, Kenya, Northern Marianas, Portugal, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands |
| Returns | Argentina, Barbados, Belize, New Zealand, Chinese Taipei. |
| Winner |
Amelia Vega  Dominican Republic |
| Congeniality |
Kai Davis  Antigua & Barbuda |
| Best National Costume |
Amelia Vega Dominican Republic |
| Photogenic |
Carla Tricoli  Puerto Rico |
Miss Universe 2003, the 52nd Miss Universe pageant, was held on 3 June 2003 at the Figali Convention Center in Panama City, Panama. Amelia Vega of the Dominican Republic was crowned by Justine Pasek of Panama at the end of the event. 71 delegates competed in this year.
This is the second time that Panama hosted the contest, the last occasion being in 1986. The pageant final was held at Atlapa Convention Centre in Panama City.
This was the first Miss Universe edition to be aired on NBC.
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 2003 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 10 |
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| Top 15 |
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Contestants
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 2003
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Albania - Denisa Kola -
Angola - Ana Sebastião - Antigua & Barbuda - Kai Davis
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Argentina - Laura Romero -
Aruba - Malayka Rasmijn -
Australia - Ashlea Talbot -
Bahamas - Nadia Johnson -
Barbados - Nadia Forte -
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Belgium - Julie Taton -
Belize - Becky Bernard -
Bolivia - Irene Aguilera -
Brazil - Gislaine Ferreira -
Bulgaria - Elena Tihomirova -
Canada - Leanne Marie Cecile -
Cayman Islands - Nichelle Welcome -
China - Wu Wei -
Colombia - Diana Mantilla -
Costa Rica - Andrea Ovares -
Croatia - Ivana Delic -
Curaçao - Vanessa van Arendonk -
Cyprus - Ivi Lazarou -
Czech Republic - Kateřina Smržová - Dominican Republic - Amelia Vega
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Ecuador - Andrea Jácome -
Egypt - Nour El-Samary -
El Salvador - Diana Valdivieso -
Estonia - Katrin Susi -
Finland - Anna Maria Strömberg -
France - Emmanuelle Chossat -
Germany - Alexsandra Vodjanikova -
Greece - Marietta Chrousala -
Guatemala - Florecita de Jesus Cobian Azurdia -
Guyana - Leanna Damond -
Hungary - Viktoria Tomozi -
India - Nikita Anand -
Ireland - Lesley Flood -
Israel - Sivan Klein -
Italy - Silvia Ceccon -
Jamaica - Michelle Lecky -
Japan - Miyako Miyazaki -
Korea - Keum Na-na -
Malaysia - Elaine Daly -
Mauritius - Marie-Aimée Bergicourt -
Mexico - Marisol González -
Namibia - Ndapewa Alfons -
Netherlands - Tessa Brix -
New Zealand - Sharee Adams -
Nicaragua - Claudia Salmeron -
Nigeria - Celia Ohumotu -
Norway - Hanne-Karine Sørby -
Panama - Stefanie de Roux -
Peru - Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos -
Philippines - Carla Gay Sunga Balingit -
Poland - Iwona Makuch - Puerto Rico - Carla Tricoli
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Russia - Olesya Bondarenko -
Serbia & Montenegro - Sanja Papić -
Singapore - Bernice Wong -
Slovak Republic - Petra Mokrošová -
Slovenia - Polona Baš -
South Africa - Cindy Nell -
Spain - Eva González -
Sweden - Helena Stenbäck -
Switzerland - Nadine Vinzens -
Chinese Taipei - Szu-Yu Chen[1][2][3] -
Thailand - Yaowalak Traisurat -
Trinidad & Tobago - Faye Alibocus -
Turkey - Özge Ulusoy -
Ukraine - Lilja Kopytova -
USA - Susie Castillo -
Venezuela - Mariángel Ruiz
Notes
Returns
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Last competed in 1999: Last competed in 2000: |
Last competed in 2001:
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Withdrawals
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Iceland - Manuela Ósk Hardardóttir withdrew from the pageant, when dehydration caused by the weather prevented her from competing in the Preliminaries. She stayed in Panama until the pageant was over, joined by her boyfriend.
Country Changes
- Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia & Montenegro.
Other notes
- In terms of regional representation, this was one of the most balanced top fives in recent years, with delegates from Africa (South Africa), the Asia-Pacific Region (Japan), Europe (Serbia & Montenegro), South America (Venezuela), and the Caribbean (Dominican Republic) all making the top five. Something similar would happen in 2010.
- Due to China's obstruction, Taiwan was forced to change her sash label to Chinese Taipei. However, pageant organizers allowed Szu-Yu Chen to use the Taiwan sash while off of the stage, but the Chinese Taipei sash while on stage.[1][2][3]
References
- 1 2 "Beauty queen renamed". Taipei Times. Taipei, Taiwan. MediaCorp Channel NewsAsia. May 23, 2003. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
- 1 2 Lim Kuan Chiang (June 2, 2003). "They've got the looks". MediaCorp. Singapore. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
- 1 2 Double sash at Miss Universe 2003 Taiwan-Info.de Retrieved 2010-09-19. Picture of Szu-Yu Chen with the Chinese Taipei and Taiwan sashes.
External links
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