Miss Universe 2003

Miss Universe 2003
Amelia Vega
Date	3 June 2003
Presenters	Billy Bush Daisy Fuentes
Entertainment	Bond Chayanne
Venue	Figali Convention Center, Panama City, Panama
Broadcaster	International :NBC Official:TVN
Entrants	71
Placements	15
Debuts	Serbia 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 Dominican Republic
Congeniality	Kai Davis, Antigua and Barbuda
Best National Costume	Amelia Vega, Dominican Republic
Photogenic	Carla Tricoli, Puerto Rico
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Miss Universe 2003 was the 52nd Miss Universe pageant, held at the Figali Convention Center in Panama City, Panama on 3 June 2003. ^[1]

The winner, Amelia Vega of the Dominican Republic was crowned by Justine Pasek of Panama as Miss Universe 2003. It was 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

Location and date

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

Due to the ongoing SARS outbreak at the time, Juan Carlos Navarro, the mayor of Panama City, required the candidates to show medical certification that they were virus free. ^[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 gave up her title following rumors of her secret marriage 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 as she was underage. ^{[7] [8]} The winner of Miss Poland 2002, Marta Matyjasik decided not to participate at the pageant for academic reasons. Matyjasik was replaced by Iwona Makuch. ^[9]

Miss Russia 2002, Svetlana Koroleva won Miss Europe 2002 in Lebanon, making her ineligible to participate in the competition. The Miss Russia organization then held a pageant called Miss Russia Universe 2003 which was won by Julia Kova. Kova was also unable to compete due to her being underage. The Miss Russia organization then chose Maria Smirnova, a 22-year-old model from Nizhny Novgorod, as their candidate, but she was rejected for her nude pictures in Playboy Russia. ^[10] Finally the Miss Universe organization announced that it would accept 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 Miss Universe 1999, Belize in Miss Universe 2000, while the others last competed in Miss Universe 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. ^[11]

Miss Iceland 2002, Manuela Ósk Harðardóttir withdrew, when dehydration caused by the weather prevented her from competing in the preliminary competition. ^{[12] [13]} Donna Tuara of the Cook Islands and Joyce Ramarofahatra of Madagascar did not compete due to lack of sponsorship. Tiziana Mifsud of Malta did not compete after the Miss Malta pageant lost its Miss Universe franchise. ^[14] Mounia Achlaf of Algeria ^[15] and Melanie Putria Dewita Sari of Indonesia withdrew for undisclosed reasons.

Participation of Venezuela at Miss Universe

On 9 May 2003, the Miss Venezuela Organization announced that Mariángel Ruiz, Miss Venezuela 2002, would not be competing for the first time since Miss Universe 1959. ^[16] This was due to the strict foreign exchange controls imposed by then-Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez to prevent capital flight. 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. Venezuelan businessman Gustavo Cisneros, was able to fund Ruiz to Panama. ^[17] This is after Mireya Moscoso, then-President of Panama, urged Cisneros to ensure that a Venezuelan candidate will compete at Miss Universe. ^[18]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 2003	Dominican Republic – Amelia Vega [19]
1st runner-up	Venezuela – Mariángel Ruiz [19]
2nd runner-up	South Africa – Cindy Nell [19]
3rd runner-up	Serbia and Montenegro – Sanja Papić [19]
4th runner-up	Japan – Miyako Miyazaki [19]
Top 10	Brazil – Gislaine Ferreira [19]   Canada – Leanne Cecile [19]   Czech Republic – Kateřina Smržová [19]   Namibia – Ndapewa Alfons [19]   Trinidad and Tobago – Faye Alibocus [19]
Top 15	Angola – Ana Sebastião [19]   Greece – Marietta Chrousala [19]   Panama – Stefanie de Roux [19]   Peru – Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos [19]   United States – Susie Castillo [19]

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Photogenic	Puerto Rico – Carla Tricoli [19]
Miss Congeniality	Antigua and Barbuda – Kai Davis [19]
Best National Costume	Dominican Republic – Amelia Vega

Pageant

Format

The number of semi-finalists at this contest was increased from ten to fifteen. Previously there were fifteen semi-finalists at Miss Universe 1971. The preliminary competition began with fifteen contestants, and consisted of swimsuit and evening gown competitions and closed-door interviews. After the evening gown competition these were reduced to ten. Then the swimsuit competition reduced them to five. The five finalists then competed in the question and answer round and the final look. ^[20]

Selection committee

Final telecast

• Maria Celeste Arraras – Puerto Rican author and broadcaster journalist at Telemundo ^[20]
• Deborah Carthy-Deu – Miss Universe 1985 from Puerto Rico ^[20]
• Roberto Cavalli – Italian fashion designer ^[20]
• Richard Johnson – American field artist and visual journalist at The Washington Post ^[20]
• Amelia Marshall – American actress ^[20]
• Audrey Quock – American model and actress ^[20]
• Peter Reckell – American actor ^[20]
• Mathew St. Patrick – American actor ^[20]
• Fernanda Tavares – Brazilian supermodel ^[20]

Contestants

Miss Universe 2003 participating countries and territories

Seventy-one contestants competed for the title. ^[21]

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

• Miss Universe official website