Miss International 2003

Miss International 2003
Date	October 8, 2003
Venue	Radisson Miyako Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	45
Placements	12
Debuts	Ethiopia, Latin Mexico, Native American, Serbia & Montenegro
Withdrawals	Curacao, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Hawaii, Lebanon, Macedonia, Moldova, Nicaragua, Panama, Poland, Senegal, Sweden
Returns	Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Ukraine, Vietnam
Winner	Goizeder Azúa[1]  Venezuela
Congeniality	Saeko Matsumi  Japan
Photogenic	Goizeder Azúa  Venezuela

Miss International 2003, the 43rd Miss International pageant, took place on October 8, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan. 45 beauties from all over the world competed to win the coveted title held by Christina Sawaya of Lebanon. In the end, Goizeder Azúa of Venezuela won the title.^[1]

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 2003	Venezuela – Goizeder Azúa[1]
1st runner-up	India – Shonali Nagrani
2nd runner-up	Finland – Suvi Hartlin
Semi-finalists	Bolivia – Muriel Cruz  China – Wang Chan  France – Elodie Couffin  Greece – Apostolina Zaproydis  Japan – Saeko Matsumi  Korea – Shin Ji-soo  Russia – Tatiana Chebotarevskaya  Thailand – Pawina Bamrungrot  Ukraine – Veronika Bondarenko

Contestants

Argentina – Catalina Rouiller  Aruba – Falon Juliana Lopez  Bolivia – Carmen Muriel Cruz Claros  Brazil – Carlessa Rubicínthia Macedo da Rocha  Canada – Katarzyna Dziedzic  Chile – Christiane Balmelli Fournier  China – Wang Chan  Colombia – Isabel Sofia Cabrales Baquero  Costa Rica – Merilyn Villalta Castro  Croatia – Maja Uzarevic  Cyprus – Maria Pelekanou  Ethiopia – Yodit Getahun  Finland – Suvi Paivikki Hartlin  France – Elodie Couffin  Germany – Aleksandra Vodjanikova  Greece – Apostolina Zaproydis  Guatemala – Ana Pamela Prado Diaz  Hong Kong – Priscilla Chik Doi-Doi  India – Shonali Nagrani  Israel – Stavit Budin  Japan – Saeko Matsumi (松見早枝子)  Korea – Shin Ji-soo  Latin Mexico – Lorena Ruiz Martinez

Malaysia – Ester Tan  Malta – Nadine Cassar  Mexico – Gabriela Ortiz Native American – Lana-la Trell Onque Henry  New Zealand – Amber Jean Peebles  Nigeria – Nwando Okwosa  Northern Mariana Islands – Nancie Rae King Ripple  Philippines – Jhezarie Games Javier  Puerto Rico – Dignelis Jiménez  Russia – Tatiana Chebotarevskaya  Serbia & Montenegro – Andja Ratko Budimir  Singapore – Berlin Koh Meng Yean  Slovak Republic – Simona Slobodnikova  Spain – Maria Carrillo Reyes  Thailand – Pawina Bamrungrot  Tunisia – Amira Thabet  Turkey – Gizem Kalyoncu  Ukraine – Veronika Dmitrievna Bondarenko  United Kingdom – Gayle Williamson  USA – Masielle Otero  Venezuela – Goizeder Victoria Azua Barrios  Vietnam – Le Minh Thuong

Notes

Did not compete

•  Algeria – Massika Benakila
•  Czech Republic – Klara Medkova (ill the day before she was to leave for Japan)
•  Lebanon – Rita Lamah
•  Norway – Marna Haugen

Country Changes

• Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia & Montenegro.

References

1. Vina, Nguyen (September 28, 2015). "All winners of the contest Miss International". Global Express News. Retrieved January 3, 2016.

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss International 2003