Miss Latin America 2003
Encyclopedia
Miss América Latina 2003 was the seventeenth international edition of the Miss América Latina
contest, and the nineteenth overall. The final event was held on November 23, 2002 in Playa Tambor, Costa Rica
. At the conclusion of the pageant, Maria Carolina Casado of Venezuela
was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Claudia Cruz of the Dominican Republic
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Miss América Latina
Miss América Latina or Miss América Latina del Mundo, known in English as Miss Latin America or Miss Latin America of the World, is an international beauty contest held annually. It is organized by the Miss América Latina Organization. Despite its name, the contest is not restricted to only Latin...
contest, and the nineteenth overall. The final event was held on November 23, 2002 in Playa Tambor, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
. At the conclusion of the pageant, Maria Carolina Casado of Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Claudia Cruz of the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
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Results
| Final Results | Contestant |
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| Miss América Latina 2003 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 Colombia - Alejandra Zapata |
| 2nd runner-up |
 Spain - Tania Ferreiro |
| Semi-finalists
(in order of placement) |
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Contestants
Bolivia - Sharon Davies Rojas
Brazil - Gleice Machado
Canada - Florencia González
Chile - Nazhla Abad- Colombia - Alejandra Zapata
Costa Rica - Jennifer Barrantes
Curaçao - Susell Morales
Ecuador - Laura Cruz
El Salvador - Aura Guzmán
Guatemala - Jackelinne Piccinini
Honduras - Kritza Pérez
Mexico - Rocío Osuna
Nicaragua - Reneé Fabiola Dávila
Panama - Ingrid González
Paraguay - Rosana Toillier
Peru - Fiorella Flores
Portugal - Vera Lucia Dolores
Puerto Rico - Karla Calzada- Spain - Tania Ferreiro
Uruguay - Lorena Verdesio
United States - Elynor Martínez
Venezuela - Maria Carolina Casado
Returning territories
- Last competed in 2000Miss Latin America 2000Miss América Latina 2000 was the fourteenth international edition of the Miss América Latina contest, and the sixteenth overall. The final event was held on November 25, 1999 in Guatemala City, Guatemala...
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- Last competed in 2001Miss Latin America 2001Miss América Latina 2001 was the fifteenth international edition of the Miss América Latina contest, and the seventeenth overall. The final event was held on December 1, 2000 in Montelimar Beach, Nicaragua...
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Historical Significance
- Dominican Republic was oddly absent, having won in 2002. It was the first, and only, time that the outgoing titleholder's territory was not represented.
- Venezuela captured its third victory, tying for the most wins by a territory with Brazil (1994-95, 1998-99 and 2001) and the Dominican Republic (1985, 1986 and 2002). It is interesting to note all three territories earned their third wins in succession (2001-2003) and that all three were, up to that point, the only territories with more than one win.
- Colombia placed for the sixth consecutive pageant. This broke the record Colombia and Brazil had previously achieved in 1983-1987 and 1986-1991 respectively. This stands as the longest placement streak in the history of the pageant, later matched by Brazil in 2006 and Guatemala in 2011.
- Colombia also matched their highest placement up to that point for the fourth time. With four first runners-up, Colombia has the most second places in the pageant's history, later to be tied by the USA in 2009. Colombia would finally win in 2010.
- Spain achieved their highest placement since back-to-back first runners-up in 1992 and 1993.
- Brazil placed for the third consecutive time.
- Spain last placed in 1996.
- Mexico last placed in 1998.
- Puerto Rico last placed in 2000.
- Chile and Venezuela last placed in 2001.