MISS UNIVERSE 2003

Miss Universe 2003

2003 June 3

Figali Convention Center, Panama City PAN

71 participants

Results

1  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Amelia Patricia Vega Polanco

2  VENEZUELA   Mariángel Ruiz Torrealba

3  SOUTH AFRICA   Cindy Nell (World '03)

4  SERBIA & MONTENEGRO   Sanja Papic (2nd RU Europe '03)

5  JAPAN   Miyako Miyazaki

Top 10

BRAZIL   Gislaine Rodrigues Ferreira

CANADA   Leanne Marie Cecile

CZECH REPUBLIC   Katerina Smrzova (World '02)

NAMIBIA   Ndapewa Alfons (World '02)

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO   Faye Alibocus

Top 15

ANGOLA   Ana José Sebastião

GREECE   Marieta Chrousala (SF Europe '03)

PANAMA   Stefanie De Roux Martín

PERU   Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos Cano (SF Earth '02)

USA   Susie Castillo Cintrón

Awards

Miss Amity   ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

Miss Photogenic   PUERTO RICO

Best National Costume  1) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 2 (tied) PANAMA & PERU

Remainder

ALBANIA   Denisa Kola (World '03)

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA   Kai Davis

ARGENTINA   Laura Constanza Romero Delmelli (Asia Pacific '03, Tourism Int'l '03)

ARUBA   Malayka Carolina Rasmijn

AUSTRALIA   Ashlea Talbot

BAHAMAS   Nadia Johnson

BARBADOS   Nadia Forte

BELGIUM   Julie Taton (Europe '03, World '03)

BELIZE   Becky Belinda Bernard

BOLIVIA   Irene Aguilera Vargas (1st RU Sudamericana '02)

BULGARIA   Elena Tihomirova

CAYMAN ISLANDS   Nichelle Antoinette Welcome (World '03)

CHINA   Wei Wu

COLOMBIA   Diana Lucia Mantilla Prada

COSTA RICA   Andrea Ovares López

CROATIA   Ivana Delac

CURACAO   Vanessa Maria Van Arendonk (International '01)

CYPRUS   Ivi Lazarou

ECUADOR   Andrea Marceia Jácome Ruiz

EGYPT   Nour El-Samary

EL SALVADOR   Diana Renée Valdivieso Dubón

ESTONIA   Katrin Susi

FINLAND   Anna Maria Strömberg (winner Baltic Sea '04, Scandinavia '04)

FRANCE   Emmanuelle Chossat

GERMANY   Aleksandra Vodjanikova (SF Europe '03)

GUATEMALA   Florecita de Jesús Cobián Azurdia (Coffee '05)

GUYANA   Leanna Yulanie Damond

HUNGARY   Viktoria Tomozi

INDIA   Nikita Anand

IRELAND   Lesley Flood

ISRAEL   Sivan Klein

ITALY   Silvia Ceccon

JAMAICA   Michelle Lecky

KOREA   Geum Na-na

MALAYSIA   Elaine Daly

MAURITIUS   Marie-Aimée Bergicourt (World '03)

MEXICO   Marisol González Casas

NETHERLANDS   Tessa Amber Brix

NEW ZEALAND   Sharee Adams

NICARAGUA   Claudia Salmerón Avilés

NIGERIA   Ohumotu Celia Bissong (World '03)

NORWAY   Hanne-Karine Sorby

PHILIPPINES   Carla Gay Sunga Balingit

POLAND   Iwona Makuch

PUERTO RICO   Carla Tricoli Rodríguez

RUSSIA   Olesya Bondarenko

SINGAPORE   Bernice Wong Chea Mei

SLOVAK REPUBLIC   Petra Mokrosova

SLOVENIA   Polona Bas

SPAIN   Eva Maria González Fernández

SWEDEN   Maria Helena Terneborg Stenbäck

SWITZERLAND   Nadine Vinzens

TAIWAN   Beverly Chen Szu-Yu (Chinese International-Melbourne '02)

THAILAND   Yaowalak "Jieb" Traisurat

TURKEY   Özge Ulusoy

UKRAINE   Litiya Kopytova

Withdrew due to dehydration

ICELAND   Manuela Ósk Hardardóttir

Did not compete

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS   Bethsaida Smith

NORTHERN MARIANAS   Kimberly Castro