Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2003

Beauty pageant
winner = Amelia Victoria Vega Polanco de Guerra
represented = "'
date = August 23, 2002
venue = Palacio de los Deportes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
next pageant = Miss Universe 2003
debuts = Sosúa
broadcaster = Color Vison
entrants = 54

The Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2003 was held on August 23, 2002. 54 candidates are competed for the national crown, making the most delegates in the history of this pageant. The winner represented the Dominican Republic at the Miss Universe 2003 pageant which was held in Panama City.

Results

*Miss República Dominicana Universo 2003 : Amelia Victoria Vega Polanco de Guerra (Santiago)
*1^st Runner Up : María Vargas (Puerto Plata)
*2^nd Runner Up : Jeimi Hernández (Licey al Medio)
*3^rd Runner Up : Suanny Frotaan (Com. Dom. NY)
*4^th Runner Up : Carol Arcienaga (Sosúa)

Top 10

*Aura Taveras (Vílla González)
*Arelis Medina (San Gregorio de Nigua)
*Ana Cruz (Region del Sur)
*Barbara Gomez (Trinidad Sánchez Nagua)
*Susanna Lourdes (Monte Plata)

Top 20

*Milka Ramos (Isla Saona)
*Julisa Collado (Distrito Nacional)
*Catherine Cruz (Monte Cristi)
*Cindy Guerrero (Vílla Bisonó)
*Isaura Mendoza (San José de las Matas)
*Desteny Duran (Samaná)
*Lucia Lopez (Las Matas de Farfán)
*Ursula Peralta (Bonao)
*Ana Castañeda (La Vega)
*Juana Cloeseax (Haitiana En R.D.)

pecial awards

* Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Amelia Vega (Santiago)
* Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Dominican Republic Universe contestants) - María Vargas (Puerto Plata)
* Best Face - Amelia Vega (Santiago)
* Best Provincial Costume - Aura Taveras (Vílla González)

Final Competition Scores

: Winner : First runner-up: Second runner-up : Third runner-up: Fourth runner-up: Top 10: Top 20
:(#) Rank in each round of competition

Delegates

* * Jeimi Hernández sew Miss Dominican Republic organization due to reason saying she was supposed to win the pageant. The court said that she had to enter again to what was the difference and that year they showed the score in the television in top 20 for evening gown, top 10 for swimsuit and the top 5 in the questions.

Trivia

*Miss Dominican Republic win Miss Universe for the first time
*María Eugenia Vargas (Puerto Plata) won Miss Mundo Dominicana and became a semi finalist in Miss World 2003
*Suanny Frotaan (Comm. NY) won Miss Rep. Dom. Earth but was not placed in Miss Earth 2003
*Aura Ramos (Vílla González) won Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana but was could not enter Miss International 2003 because of visa problems.
*Carol Arcienaga (Sosúa) later enters and wins in Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2004.
*Jeimi Hernández (Licey al Medio) entered before in Miss Dominican Republic 2002 and won Miss DR International and entered Miss International 2002.

External links

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