title: Miss International 2003
text: # Miss International 2003
  
  Miss International 2003, the 43rd Miss International pageant, was held on October 8, 2003 at Radisson Miyako Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. Forty-five 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.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Placements
  
  | Placement | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss International 2003 | Venezuela – Goizeder Azúa |
  | 1st Runner-up | India – Shonali Nagrani |
  | 2nd Runner-up | Finland – Suvi Hartlin |
  | Top 12 | Bolivia – Muriel Cruz  China – Wang Chan  France – Elodie Couffin  Greece – Apostolina Zaproydis  Japan – Saeko Matsumi  South 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)
  * South 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 – Lê Minh Phượng
  