Miss Universe 2003

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Miss Universe 2003
Amelia Vega6.jpg
Amelia Vega, Miss Universe 2003
Date3 June 2003
Presenters
Entertainment
Venue Figali Convention Center, Panama City, Panama
Broadcaster
  • International :NBC
  • Official:TVN
Entrants71
Placements15
DebutsSerbia and Montenegro
Withdrawals
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Chile
  • Ghana
  • Honduras
  • Kenya
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Portugal
  • United States Virgin Islands
  • Uruguay
Returns
  • Argentina
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • New Zealand
  • Chinese Taipei
Winner Amelia Vega
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic
CongenialityKai Davis
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda
Best National Costume Amelia Vega
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic
Photogenic Carla Tricoli
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
  2002
2004  

Miss Universe 2003 was the 52nd Miss Universe pageant, held at the Figali Convention Center in Panama City, Panama on 3 June 2003. [1]

Contents

At the end of the event, Amelia Vega of the Dominican Republic was crowned by Justine Pasek of Panama as Miss Universe 2003. It is the country's first victory in the pageant's history. [2]

Contestants from seventy-one countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The competition was hosted by Billy Bush and Daisy Fuentes. Musical quartet Bond and Puerto Rican singer-composer Chayanne performed in this year's pageant. This was also the first edition of Miss Universe to be aired on NBC.

Background

Panama City, the host city of Miss Universe 2003 Panamacity.png
Panama City, the host city of Miss Universe 2003

Location and date

At the end of the Miss Universe 2002 pageant, hosts Phil Simms and Daisy Fuentes announced that this edition will be held in Panama City, Panama. It is the second time that Panama hosted the pageant; the first being in 1986.

Due to the ongoing SARS outbreak at that time, Juan Carlos Navarro, then-mayor of Panama City, required the candidates to show a medical certifications and other documents written in both English and Spanish at least two days before they arrive in Panama City in order to ensure that the virus would not spread in the city, as well as the host country. [3]

Selection of participants

Contestants from seventy-one countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Five delegates were appointees to their position to replace the original dethroned winner.

Replacements

The winner of Miss Czech Republic 2002, Kateřina Průšová was replaced by Kateřina Smržová due to her poor English skills. [4] [5] Miss Egypt 2003, Horreya Farghally decided to give up the crown following several rumors of secret marriage, affecting her reputation's credibility receiving criticism by the press. Farghally was replaced by Nour El-Semary. [6] The winner of Eesti Miss Estonia 2003, Maili Nomm was replaced by Katrin Susi due to being underage. [7] [8] The winner of Miss Poland 2002, Marta Matyjasik decided not to participate in Miss Universe 2003 due to academic reasons. Matyjasik was replaced by Iwona Makuch. [9]

Initially, the winner of Miss Russia 2002, Svetlana Koroleva was supposed to participate in Miss Universe 2003, but she went to Miss Europe 2002 in Lebanon and won the crown, making her unable to participate at Miss Universe. [10] Then, the Miss Russia organizers held a small pageant called Miss Russia Universe 2003 which was won by Yulia Ahonkova. However, she was also unable to compete in the Miss Universe pageant due to her being underage. After that, the Miss Russia Organizers chose Maria Smirnova, a 22-year-old model from Nizhny Novgorod, to participate in Miss Universe 2003, but the MUO officials rejected her due to her nude pictures for Playboy Russia. [11] [12] With a few days to go before the end of entries, the Miss Universe Organization announced that it would accept the entry of Oksana Bondarenko, runner-up of Miss Russia 2002.

Debuts and withdrawals

The 2003 edition saw the debut of Serbia and Montenegro, and the returns of Argentina, Barbados, Belize, New Zealand, and Chinese Taipei. Barbados last competed in 1999, Belize in 2000, while the others last competed in 2001. The British Virgin Islands, Chile, Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, the Northern Mariana Islands, Portugal, the United States Virgin Islands, and Uruguay withdrew. Bethsaida Smith of the British Virgin Islands and Kimberly Castro of the Northern Mariana Islands withdrew due to lack of sponsorship. Chile, Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, Portugal, the United States Virgin Islands, and Uruguay withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate. [13]

Miss Iceland 2002, Manuela Ósk Harðardóttir withdrew from the pageant, when dehydration caused by the weather prevented her from competing in the preliminary competition. [14] [15] She stayed in Panama until the pageant was over, joined by her boyfriend. Donna Tuara of the Cook Islands and Joyce Ramarofahatra of Madagascar did not participate due to lack of sponsorship. Tiziana Mifsud of Malta did not compete after the Miss Malta pageant lost their Miss Universe licence. [16] Mounia Achlaf of Algeria [17] and Melanie Putria Dewita Sari of Indonesia withdrew due to undisclosed reasons.

Participation of Venezuela at Miss Universe

One 9 May 2003, the Miss Venezuela Organization announced that Mariángel Ruiz, Miss Venezuela 2002, will not be competing at Miss Universe for the first time since 1959. [18] This is due to the strict foreign exchange controls imposed by then-Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to prevent capital flight, which made the organization unable to obtain their funds into dollars in order to send Ruiz to Panama. According to Osmel Sousa, president of the Miss Venezuela Organization, USD $80,000 was needed for the franchise fee to send Ruiz to the pageant. However, the withdrawal of Ruiz was prevented by Venezuelan businessman Gustavo Cisneros, who was able to fund Ruiz to Panama. [19] This is after Mireya Moscoso, then-President of Panama, urged Cisneros to ensure that a Venezuelan candidate will compete at Miss Universe. [20]

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 2003
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 10
Top 15

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Photogenic
Miss Congeniality
Best National Costume

Pageant

Format

From ten, the number of semi-finalists was increased to fifteen— the latest edition of Miss Universe which had fifteen semi-finalists prior to this edition was in 1971. The results of the preliminary competition— which was composed of the swimsuit and evening gown competition and closed-door interviews, determined the fifteen semi-finalists. The fifteen semi-finalists competed in the evening gown and were narrowed down to ten afterward. The ten semi-finalists competed in the swimsuit competition and were narrowed down to five afterward. The five finalists competed in the question and answer round and the final look. [22]

Selection committee

Final telecast

Contestants

Miss Universe 2003 participating countries and territories Miss Universe 2003 Map.PNG
Miss Universe 2003 participating countries and territories

Seventy-one contestants competed for the title. [23]

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [lower-alpha 1] Hometown
Flag of Albania.svg Albania Denisa Kola [23] 20 Peshkopi
Flag of Angola.svg Angola Ana Sebastião [24] 19 Luanda
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda Kai Davis [25] 23 St. John's
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Laura Romero [26] 22 La Plata
Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba Malayka Rasmijn [23] 26 Paradera
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Ashlea Talbot [27] 19 Sydney
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Nadia Johnson [23] 21 Eleuthera
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Nadia Forte [23] 20 Bridgetown
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Julie Taton [28] 19 Jambes
Flag of Belize.svg Belize Becky Bernard [23] 21 Belize City
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia Irene Aguilera [29] 24 Santa Cruz
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Gislaine Ferreira [30] 19 Belo Horizonte
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Elena Tihomirova [31] 22 Panagyurishte
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Leanne Marie Cecile [32] 26 Tecumseh
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands Nichelle Welcome [23] 23 Bodden Town
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Wu Wei [33] 23 Fuzhou
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Diana Mantilla [34] 21 Bucaramanga
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Andrea Ovares [35] 22 San José
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Ivana Delic [23] 23 Rijeka
Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao Vanessa van Arendonk [23] 22 Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Ivi Lazarou [23] 20 Limassol
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Kateřina Smržová [36] 22 Prague
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Amelia Vega [37] 18 Santiago
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Andrea Jácome [38] 23 Guayaquil
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Nour El-Semary [6] 22 Cairo
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Diana Valdivieso [39] 20 Ahuachapán
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Katrin Susi [8] 23 Tallinn
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Anna Strömberg [40] 20 Kristinestad
Flag of France.svg France Emmanuelle Chossat [41] 23 Paris
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Alexsandra Vodjanikova [42] 19 Munich
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Marietta Chrousala [43] 20 Athens
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Florecita Cobián [44] 19 Antigua
Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana Leanna Damond [45] 25 New Amsterdam
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Viktoria Tomozi [23] 20 Budapest
Flag of India.svg India Nikita Anand [46] 19 New Delhi
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Lesley Flood [47] 21 Limerick
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Sivan Klein [48] 19 Jerusalem
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Silvia Ceccon [49] 20 Vicenza
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Michelle Lecky [50] 25 Kingston
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Miyako Miyazaki [51] 25 Kumamoto
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Elaine Daly [52] 26 Kuala Lumpur
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius Marie-Aimée Bergicourt [53] 24Terre Rouge
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Marisol González [54] 20 Torreón
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Ndapewa Alfons [55] 24 Windhoek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Tessa Brix22 Oud-Beijerland
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Sharee Adams [56] 23 Auckland
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua Claudia Salmerón [57] 25 Tipitapa
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Ohumotu Bissong [58] 19 Yala
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Hanne-Karine Sørby [59] 24 Oslo
Flag of Panama.svg Panama Stefanie de Roux [60] 20 Panama City
Flag of Peru.svg Peru Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos [61] 21 Arequipa
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Carla Gay Balingit [62] 19 Angeles City
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Iwona Makuch [9] 21 Kielce
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Carla Tricoli [63] 21 Vieques
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Olesya Bondarenko [64] 24 Khabarovsk
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro [lower-alpha 2] Sanja Papić [65] 19 Novi Sad
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Bernice Wong [66] 25 Singapore
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Petra Mokrošová [67] 20 Michalovce
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Polona Baš [68] 21 Maribor
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Cindy Nell [69] 21 Johannesburg
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Keum Na-na [70] 19 Daegu
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Eva González [71] 22 Seville
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Helena Stenbäck [72] 23 Piteå
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Nadine Vinzens [73] 19 Chur
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chinese Taipei [lower-alpha 3] Szu-Yu Chen [74] 25 Taipei
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Yaowalak Traisurat [75] 19 Nakhon Si Thammarat
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Faye Alibocus [76] 23 San Fernando
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Özge Ulusoy [77] 20 Istanbul
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Lilja Kopytova [23] 18 Dnipro
Flag of the United States.svg United States Susie Castillo [78] 23 Lawrence
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Mariángel Ruiz [79] 23 Maracay

Notes

  1. Ages at the time of the pageant
  2. Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia & Montenegro.
  3. 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 during the public activities.

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