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MISS UNIVERSE 2003:
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Amelia Vega Polanco

2.VENEZUELA - Mariángel Ruíz Torrealba

3.SOUTH AFRICA - Cindy Nell

4.SERBIA & MONTENEGRO - Sanja Papic

5.JAPAN - Miyako Miyazaki

FINALISTS:
BRAZIL - Gislaine Rodrigues Ferreira
CANADA - Leanne Marie Cecile
CZECH REPUBLIC - Katerina Smrzová
NAMIBIA - Ndapewa Alfons
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Faye Alibocus

SEMI-FINALISTS:
ANGOLA - Ana José Sebastiăo
GREECE - Marietta Chrousala
PANAMA - Stefanie de Roux Martin
PERU - Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos
USA - Susie Castillo Cintrón

MISS CONGENIALITY: ANTIGUA & BARBUDA - Kai Davis
MISS PHOTOGENIC: PUERTO RICO - Carla Tricoli Rodríguez

BEST NATIONAL COSTUME:
1. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Amelia Vega Polanco
2. (tie) PANAMA - Stefanie de Roux Martin
2. (tie) PERU - Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos

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2003 June 3 - Panama City, Panama

(72 contestants)

ALBANIA - Denisa Kola
ANGOLA - Ana José Sebastiăo
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA - Kai Davis
ARGENTINA - Laura Romero
ARUBA - Malayka Carolina Rasmijn (Café 03)
AUSTRALIA - Ashlea Talbot
BAHAMAS - Nadia V. Johnson
BARBADOS - Nadia Forte
BELGIUM - Julie Taton
BELIZE - Becky Belinda Bernard (Costa Maya 02, Café 03)
BOLIVIA - Irene Aguilar Vargas
BRAZIL - Gislaine Rodrigues Ferreira
BULGARIA - Elena Tihomirova
CANADA - Leanne Marie Cecile
CAYMAN ISLANDS - Nichelle Welcome (MW 03)
CHINA - Wu Wei
COLOMBIA - Diana Lucía Mantilla Prada
COSTA RICA - Andrea Ovares López
CROATIA - Ivana Delac
CURACAO - Vanessa Maria van Arendonk (MI 01)
CYPRUS - Evie Lazarou
CZECH REPUBLIC - Katerina Smrzová (MW 02)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Amelia Vega
ECUADOR - Andrea Jácome Ruíz
EGYPT - Nour Al-Samary
EL SALVADOR - Diana Renee Valdivieso Dubón
ESTONIA - Katrin Susi
FINLAND - Anna Maria Strömberg
FRANCE - Emmanuelle Chossat (MW 01)
GERMANY - Aleksandra Vodjanikova (Top Model 02)
GREECE - Marietta Chrousala
GUATEMALA - Florecita de Jesús Cobián Azurdia (AmLat 01, Earth 02)
GUYANA - Leanna Damond
HUNGARY - Viktória Tomozi
INDIA - Nikita Anand
ISRAEL - Sivan Klein
IRELAND - Lesley Flood
ITALY - Silvia Ceccon
JAMAICA - Michelle Lecky
JAPAN - Miyako Miyazaki
KOREA - Na-na Geum
MALAYSIA - Elaine Daly
MAURITIUS - Marie-Aimée Bergicourt (Tourism Int'l 03, MW 03)
MEXICO - Marisol González Casas
NAMIBIA - Ndapewa Alfons (MW 02)
NETHERLANDS - Tessa Amber Drix
NEW ZEALAND - Sharee Adams
NICARAGUA - Claudia Salmarón Avilés
NIGERIA - Celia Bissong Ohumotu (MW 03)
NORWAY - Hanne-Karine Sřrby
PANAMA - Stefanie de Roux Martin
PERU - Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos (Earth 02)
PHILIPPINES - Carla Gay Balingit
POLAND - Iwona Makuch
PUERTO RICO - Carla Tricoli Rodríguez
RUSSIA - Olesya Bodarenko
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO - Sanja Papic
SINGAPORE - Bernice Wong Chea Mei
SLOVAK REPUBLIC - Petra Mokrošová
SLOVENIA - Polona Baš
SOUTH AFRICA - Cindy Nell (Intcon 00, QC Girl 02, MW 03)
SPAIN - Eva María González Fernández
SWEDEN - Helena Stenbäck
SWITZERLAND - Nadine Vinzens
TAIWAN / CHINESE TAIPEI - Beverly Chen (Szu-Yu Chen) (Chinese Int'l 02)
THAILAND - Yaowalak Traisurat
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Faye Alibocus
TURKEY - Özge Ulusoy
UKRAINE - Liliya Kopytova
USA - Susie Castillo Cintrón
VENEZUELA - Mariángel Ruíz Torrealba

(withdrew)
ICELAND - Manuela Ósk Hagardóttir (Scandinavia 02) (dehyrdration/bacterial infection)

(replaced)
BELIZE - Karen Anita Russell (MW 02) (resigned national title in January 2003)
EGYPT - Horreya Farghally (resigned national title in September 2002)
RUSSIA - Svetlana Korolyova (rumoured to originally compete, but won Miss Europe
RUSSIA - Yulia Akhonkova (too young at age 17)
RUSSIA - Maria Smirnova (posed for Playboy)
(rumoured, never materialized)
ALGERIA - Mounia Achlaf
BELARUS - Olga Nevdakh
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - Bethseda Smith
CAMEROON - Diane Ngo Mouaha
CAYMAN ISLANDS - Melanie McField
COOK ISLANDS - Donna Tuara
INDONESIA - Melanie Putria Dewita Sari
MADAGASCAR - Joyce Ramarofahatra
NORTHERN MARIANAS - Kimberly Nicole Castro Reyes

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