Miss Latin America 2003

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.

Results

Final Results

Contestant

Miss América Latina 2003
  • - Maria Carolina Casado

1st runner-up
  • - Alejandra Zapata

2nd runner-up
  • - Tania Ferreiro

Semi-finalists (in order of placement)
  • - Nazhla Abad
  • - Gleice Machado
  • - Karla Calzada
  • - Rocío Osuna

Contestants

  • - Sharon Davies Rojas
  • - Gleice Machado
  • - Florencia González
  • - Nazhla Abad
  • - Alejandra Zapata
  • - Jennifer Barrantes
  • - Susell Morales
  • - Laura Cruz
  • - Aura Guzmán
  • - Jackelinne Piccinini
  • - Kritza Pérez
  • - Rocío Osuna
  • - Reneé Fabiola Dávila
  • - Ingrid González
  • - Rosana Toillier
  • - Fiorella Flores
  • - Vera Lucia Dolores
  • - Karla Calzada
  • - Tania Ferreiro
  • - Lorena Verdesio
  • - Elynor Martínez
  • - Maria Carolina Casado

Trivia

  • Curacao and Portugal participated for the first time.
  • Ecuador last participated in 2000. Panama, Paraguay and Uruguay last participated in 2001.
  • Argentina, despite having participated in 2002, did not participate this year.
  • Dominican Republic was oddly absent, having won in 2002. It was the first, and only, time that the outgoing titleholder's home nation was not represented.
  • Brazil and Colombia also placed in 2002.
  • Countries that had not placed for a while were Spain (1996), Mexico (1998), Puerto Rico (2000), Chile and Venezuela (2001).
  • Venezuela's win was the country's third, tying it with Brazil and the Dominican Republic for the most wins.