Miss Earth 2003


Miss Earth 2003, the third edition of Miss Earth pageant, was held on November 9, 2003 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Philippines. Fifty-seven delegates from all over the globe participated in the event. The pageant was broadcast live via ABS-CBN in the Philippines and to many countries worldwide via Star World, The Filipino Channel and other partner networks. At the conclusion of the final night of the competition, outgoing titleholder Miss Earth 2002, Winfred Omwakwe from Kenya crowned her successor Dania Prince of Honduras. Brazil's Pricila Zandona was selected Miss Air 2003, Costa Rica's Marianela Zeledon Bolanos was chosen Miss Water 2003, and Poland's Marta Matyjasik was Miss Fire 2003. The pageant was hosted by Television show host Ariel Ureta. The candidates were initially presented at the poolside of Hotel Intercontinental Manila in Makati City on October 22, 2003.
Beauty for a Cause Award was awarded to Vida Samadzai the first Afghan woman to compete in an international beauty pageant in almost three decades, for helping found a US-based women's charity that seeks to raise awareness of women's rights and education in Afghanistan by “symbolizing the newfound confidence, courage and spirit of today’s women and representing the victory of women’s rights and various social, personal and religious struggles”.

Results

Placements

Special awards

Order of announcements

Top 10

  1. Guatemala
  2. Serbia & Montenegro
  3. Poland
  4. Costa Rica
  5. Cyprus
  6. Philippines
  7. Honduras
  8. Tahiti
  9. Norway
  10. Brazil

    Top 4

  11. Honduras
  12. Poland
  13. Costa Rica
  14. Brazil

    Winning answer

Final Question in Miss Earth 2003: "At the end of each rainbow, so the saying goes, is a pot of gold. As a woman of the earth, instead of a pot of gold, what else would you rather find at the end of the rainbow?"
Winning Answer of Miss Earth 2003: "Honestly, there are things that are much more important than gold. For me personally, the most important is the sentiments of the people. To give love and smile to a human being, to be able to give them a hand when needed, to give help to someone who needs your presence, and also God is always with us which is very important. The first thing I think when I open my eyes is heaven. When we have Him in our hearts and mind, everything is better. And I can see people how they really are inside, not if they have gold or not. For me the rainbow means life, God and happiness." - Dania Prince, represented Honduras.

Judges

The following is the list of the nine-member board of judges of Miss Earth 2003:
No.JudgeBackground
1Jose Cayetano da SilvaAmbassador of Portugal to the Philippines
2Evangeline Pascual1st Runner-up Miss World 1973
3Inno SottoPremier Fashion Designer
4Chito MacapagalGeneral Manager of Unilever Philippines
5Patricia TancheongSenior Vice President of Air Philippines
6Chin Chin GutierrezTIME Magazine
7Stefan VoogelGeneral Manager of Hotel Intercontinental Manila
8Paul LancosBeauty Expert, Vice President of Avon
9Elisea GozunSecretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Contestants

List of countries and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2003:
  • ' - Vida Samadzai
  • ' - Juany Gomez
  • ' - Marisol Pipastrelli
  • ' - Shivaune Christina Field
  • ' - Sofie Ydens
  • ' - Claudia Cecilia Azaeda Melgar
  • ' - Mirela Bulbulija
  • ' - Priscila Poleselo Zandoná
  • ' - Brooke Elizabeth Johnston
  • ' - Carolina Salazar
  • ' - Dong Meixi
  • ' - Emily de Castro Giacometto
  • ' - Marianela Zeledón Bolaños
  • ' - Krystiana Aristotelou
  • ' - Marie Petersen
  • ' - Suanny Frontaán
  • ' - Isabel Cristina Ontaneda Pinto
  • ' - Kadi Tombak
  • ' - Yodit Getahun
  • ' - Jenni Suominen
  • ' - Jennifer Pichard
  • ' - Jolena Kwasow
  • ' - Ama Amissah Quartey
  • ' - Justine Olivero
  • ' - Marie Claire Palacios Boeufgras
  • ' - Dania Prince
  • ' - Aniko Szucs
  • ' - Shwetha Vijay Nair
  • ' - Moran Glistron
  • ' - Asami Saito
  • ' - Hazel Nzioki
  • ' - Yoo-mi Oh
  • Kosovo - Teuta Hoxha
  • ' - Mary Georges Hanna
  • ' - Ying Ying Lee
  • ' - Lorena Irene Velarde Briceño
  • ' - Katey Ellen Price
  • ' - Marynés Argüello César
  • ' - Eva Ogberor
  • ' - Fay Larsen
  • ' - Jessica Doralis Segui Barrios †
  • ' - Danitza Autero Stanic
  • ' - Laura Marie Dunlap
  • ' - Marta Matyjasik
  • ' - Norelis Ortiz Acosta
  • ' - Katarina Vucetic
  • ' - Adele Koh
  • ' - Sabina Begovic
  • ' - Catherine Constantinides
  • ' - Caroline Sonath
  • ' - Catherine Waldenmeyer
  • ' - Vairupe Pater Huioutu
  • ' - Anongnat Sutthanuch
  • ' - Diana Starkova
  • ' - Jessica Schilling †
  • ' - Driva Ysabella Cedeño Salazar
  • ' - Nguyễn Ngân Hà

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    Other notes

  • ''' won Miss Talent for two years in a row.
  • ':On September 27, 2010, Jessica Segui recently died in a Panamanian Hospital due to cerebral aneurysm.
  • ': On November 27, 2003, Jessica Schilling died at the age of 19 in a car crash in Palm Springs, California.