Miss Earth 2003
Miss Earth 2003 was the third edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on November 9, 2003.
Winfred Omwakwe of Kenya crowned Dania Prince of Honduras as her successor the end of the event. Brazil's Pricila Zandona was selected Miss Air 2003, Costa Rica's Marianela Zeledon Bolanos was chosen Miss Water 2003, and Poland's Marta Matyjasik was Miss Fire 2003.
Beauty for a Cause Award was awarded to Vida Samadzai the first Afghan woman to compete in an international beauty pageant in almost three decades, for helping found a US-based women's charity that seeks to raise awareness of women's rights and education in Afghanistan by "symbolizing the newfound confidence, courage and spirit of today’s women and representing the victory of women’s rights and various social, personal and religious struggles".
Results
Placements
Special awards
Major awards
Minor/Sponsor awards
Order of announcements
Top 10
Top 4
Winning answer
Final Question in Miss Earth 2003: "At the end of each rainbow, so the saying goes, is a pot of gold. As a woman of the earth, instead of a pot of gold, what else would you rather find at the end of the rainbow?"Winning Answer of Miss Earth 2003: "Honestly, there are things that are much more important than gold. For me personally, the most important is the sentiments of the people. To give love and smile to a human being, to be able to give them a hand when needed, to give help to someone who needs your presence, and also God is always with us which is very important. The first thing I think when I open my eyes is heaven. When we have Him in our hearts and mind, everything is better. And I can see people how they really are inside, not if they have gold or not. For me the rainbow means life, God and happiness." - Dania Prince, represented Honduras.
Judges
The following is the list of the nine-member board of judges of Miss Earth 2003:| No. | Judge | Background |
| 1 | Jose Cayetano da Silva | Ambassador of Portugal to the Philippines |
| 2 | Evangeline Pascual | Miss World Philippines 1973 |
| 3 | Inno Sotto | Premier Fashion Designer |
| 4 | Chito Macapagal | General Manager of Unilever Philippines |
| 5 | Patricia Tancheong | Senior Vice President of Air Philippines |
| 6 | Chin Chin Gutierrez | TIME Magazine |
| 7 | Stefan Voogel | General Manager of Hotel Intercontinental Manila |
| 8 | Paul Lancos | Beauty Expert, Vice President of Avon |
| 9 | Elisea Gozun | Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
Contestants
List of countries/territories and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2003:- ' - Vida Samadzai
- ' - Juany Gomez
- ' - Marisol Pipastrelli
- ' - Shivaune Christina Field
- ' - Sofie Ydens
- ' - Claudia Cecilia Azaeda Melgar
- ' - Mirela Bulbulija
- ' - Priscila Poleselo Zandoná
- ' - Brooke Elizabeth Johnston
- ' - Carolina Salazar
- ' - Dong Meixi
- ' - Emily de Castro Giacometto
- ' - Marianela Zeledón Bolaños
- ' - Krystiana Aristotelou
- ' - Marie Petersen
- ' - Suanny Frontaán
- ' - Isabel Cristina Ontaneda Pinto
- ' - Kadi Tombak
- ' - Yodit Getahun
- ' - Jenni Suominen
- ' - Jennifer Pichard
- ' - Jolena Kwasow
- ' - Ama Amissah Quartey
- ' - Justine Olivero
- ' - Marie Claire Palacios Boeufgras
- ' - Dania Prince
- ' - Aniko Szucs
- ' - Shwetha Vijay Nair
- ' - Moran Glistron
- ' - Asami Saito
- ' - Hazel Nzioki
- ' - Teuta Hoxha
- ' - Mary Georges Hanna
- ' - Ying Ying Lee
- ' - Lorena Irene Velarde Briceño
- ' - Katey Ellen Price
- ' - Marynes Argüello César
- ' - Eva Ogberor
- ' - Fay Larsen
- ' - Jessica Doralis Segui Barrios †
- ' - Danitza Autero Stanic
- ' - Laura Marie Dunlap
- ' - Marta Matyjasik
- ' - Norelis Ortiz Acosta
- ' - Katarina Vucetic
- ' - Adele Koh
- ' - Sabina Begovic
- ' - Catherine Constantinides
- ' - Yoo-mi Oh
- ' - Caroline Sonath
- ' - Catherine Waldenmeyer
- ' - Vairupe Pater Huioutu
- ' - Anongnat Sutthanuch
- ' - Diana Starkova
- ' - Jessica Schilling †
- ' - Driva Ysabella Cedeño Salazar
- - Nguyễn Ngân Hà
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Replacements
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Other notes
- : Won Miss Talent for two years in a row.
- ': Dania Prince also competed at Miss Universe in 1998. She was unplaced in Hawaii and the pageant was won by Wendy Fitzwilliam. Then, she became the first and only Honduran woman to win Miss Earth in the Philippines 5 years later.
- ': On September 27, 2010, Jessica Segui died in a Panamanian Hospital due to cerebral aneurysm.
- : On November 27, 2003, Jessica Schilling died at the age of 19 in a car crash in Palm Springs, California.