Miss Mundo Dominicana 2003 Explained

Winner:	María Eugenia Vargas
Represented:	Sánchez Ramírez
Date:	September 19, 2002
Entrants:	40
Placements:	18
Venue:	Palacio de los Deporte, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Broadcaster:	Canal 11
Before:	2002
Next:	2004

Miss Mundo Dominicana 2003 pageant was held at the Palacio de los Deporte in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on September 19, 2002.

At the end of the event, María Eugenia Vargas of Sánchez Ramírez was crowned Miss Mundo Dominicana 2003. Vargas represented the Dominican Republic at Miss World 2003, held in Sanya, China, where she placed as a top twenty semifinalist. 

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Mundo Dominicana 2003	Sánchez Ramírez – María Eugenia Vargas
1st Runner-Up	Dajabón – Elizabeth Rondón
2nd Runner-Up	Moca – María Guzmán
3rd Runner-Up	New York – Suanny Frotaán
4th Runner-Up	La Altagracia – Milka Ramos
5th Runner-Up	Distrito Nacional – Elizabeth Matos
Top 12	Canada – Mariasela Esmero El Seibo – Oliva de Soto La Romana – Dayani Altagracia Jiménez Peravia – Eva Cuello Samaná – Alicia Oviedo San Juan – Tatiana Vargas
Top 18	Independencia – Denise Rivera María Trinidad Sánchez – Bárbara Gómez Monte Plata – Elisa Mayos Puerto Plata – Milly Grono Rhode Island – Roselkys Tavarez San Pedro de Macorís – Alisa Castaño

Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - María Guzmán(Moca, Dominican Republic)
• Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Dominican Republic Universe contestants) - Maria Guzman (Moca, Dominican Republic)
• Best Face - Maria Guzman (Moca, Dominican Republic)
• Best Provincial Costume - Margarita Rosario (Santiago Rodríguez)
• Best Hair - Elixandra Tobias (San Cristóbal)
• Miss Elegancia - Odalisse Meran (Azua)
• Miss Amistad - Dayani Altagracia Jiménez (La Romana)

Miss Dominican Regions

• Miss Region del Cibao Occidental : Elizabeth Rondón (Dajabón)
• Miss Region del Cibao Oriental : María Vargas (Sánchez Ramírez)
• Miss Region del El Valle de Enriquillo : María Alejandra Guzmán (Pedernales)
• Miss Region del Exterior : Suanny Frotaán (Com. Dom. NY)
• Miss Region del Higüamo : Milka Ramos (La Altagracia)
• Miss Region del Ozama : Elizabeth Matos (Distrito Nacional)

Delegates

Province, Community	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Geographical Regions
	Odalisse Meran Castro	25	5feet		El Valle de Enriquillo
	Sandra Hidalgo Vargas	20	5feet		El Valle de Enriquillo
	Miguelina Henríquez Stuart	19	5feet		El Valle de Enriquillo
	Mariasela Esmero Melo	23	5feet		Exterior
	Carina German Faro	19	5feet		Exterior
	Cinthia Peña de Lizio	23	5feet		Exterior
	Lucia Moya Alvo	21	5feet		Exterior
	Kayla Soto Ynoa	18	5feet		Exterior
	Catia Gordon Ferrano	21	5feet		Exterior
	Suanny Frotaán de la Cruz	20	6feet		Exterior
	Sandy de Lara Tavares	18	6feet		Exterior
	Jeymi García Espaillat	24	5feet		Exterior
	Roselkys Tavarez Golfo	19	5feet		Exterior
	Elizabeth Rondón García	19	5feet		Cibao Occidental
	Elizabeth Magdalena Matos Palmas	18	6feet		Ozama
	Kenia Guerra Polanco	22	5feet		Cibao Oriental
	Lizbeth Veras Perez	19	5feet		El Valle de Enriquillo
	Oliva de Soto Ríos	19	5feet		Higüamo
	Katherine Wanda Camacho Tatis	23	5feet		Cibao Occidental
	Fernanda Sosa Santana	18	5feet		Higüamo
	Denise Rivera Sosa	28	5feet		El Valle de Enriquillo
	Milka Ramos Javier	18	6feet		Higüamo
	Dayani Altagracia Jiménez	21	5feet		Higüamo
	Carolina Gianela Rodríguez Familias	21	5feet		Cibao Occidental
	Bárbara Gómez Batista	18	6feet		Cibao Oriental
	Viviana Zamora Padron	24	5feet		Cibao Oriental
	Ana Lucia de Arollo Sesto	20	5feet		Cibao Occidental
	Elisa Mayos Duarte	24	6feet		Ozama
		19	5feet		El Valle de Enriquillo
	Eva Cuello Tavares	22	5feet		Ozama
	Milly Grono Suarez	26	5feet		Cibao Occidental
	Emma Alvarez Granados	23	6feet		Cibao Oriental
	Alicia Oviedo de la Cruz	18	5feet		Cibao Oriental
	María Eugenia Vargas Rosario	18	6feet		Cibao Oriental
	Elixandra Tobias Carasco	18	6feet		Ozama
	Tatiana Vargas Rosales	25	5feet		El Valle de Enriquillo
	Alisa Castaño Jiménez	21	5feet		Higüamo
	Cindy Guerrero Reynoso	24	5feet		Cibao Occidental
	Margarita Rosario Valle	27	6feet		Cibao Occidental
	Luisa Peralta Ramos	22	5feet		Cibao Occidental

Trivia

• Suanny Frotaan entered in Miss Dom. Rep. Universe 2003 being placed 3rd runner-up, and later winning Miss Rep. Dom. Tierra 2003.
• These delegates entered Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2003: (Com. Dom. NY), (Dajabón), (La Altagracia), (María Trinidad Sánchez), (Santiago)
• Elizabeth Rondón, Miss Dajabón would enter Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2005 and become a semifinalist.
• Odalise Meran is the sister of Miss Azua in Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2003.