Miss Universe 2003

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Miss Universe 2003
Amelia Vega
Miss Universe 2003
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
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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[edit]

Placements[edit]

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

Contestants[edit]

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 2003

Notes[edit]

Returns[edit]

Withdrawals[edit]

  •  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[edit]

  • Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia & Montenegro.

Other notes[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Beauty queen renamed". Taipei Times. Taipei, Taiwan. MediaCorp Channel NewsAsia. May 23, 2003. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 
  2. ^ a b Lim Kuan Chiang (June 2, 2003). "They've got the looks". MediaCorp. Singapore. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 
  3. ^ a b 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[edit]

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