Miss Universe 2003
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Miss Universe 2003
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| Date | 3 June 2003 |
| Presenters | Billy Bush, Daisy Fuentes |
| Entertainment | Bond, Chayanne |
| Venue | Figali Convention Center, Panama City, Panama |
| Broadcaster | NBC (international) TVN (official broadcaster) |
| 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.
Contents
Results
Placements
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Contestants
File:Miss Universe 2003 Map.PNG
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
Argentina - Laura Romero
Aruba - Malayka Rasmijn
Australia - Ashlea Talbot
Bahamas - Nadia Johnson
Barbados - Nadia Forte
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
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
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:
- Argentina
- Chinese Taipei (as Taiwan)
- New Zealand
Withdrawals
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British Virgin Islands - Bethsaida Smith
Chile
Ghana
Honduras
Kenya
Northern Marianas - Kimberly Castro
Portugal
Uruguay
US Virgin Islands
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]
