Miss Europe 2003

Disneyland Paris, location of the event.

The Miss Europe 2003 competition was the first to be held by Endemol , an international television production and development company based in the Netherlands. Endemol acquired the license in 2002 from the Mondial Events Organization (MEO), which arranged the competition from 1948 to 2002. Endemol France also produced the television broadcast.

The candidates had been selected in their countries of origin by national organizing committees that had concluded license agreements with Endemol. It does not always have to be the first place in your national competition.

The event took place on September 12, 2003 at Disneyland Paris in the municipality of Chessy , 32 km east of the French capital Paris . There were 35 applicants.

In the following year, the choice of Miss Europe was canceled.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. Hungary	Zsuzsanna Laky	Zsuzsanna Laky
2. Slovakia	Miroslava Luberdova	Miroslava Luberdová
3. Serbia and Montenegro	Sanja Papic	Sanja Papic	Miss Universe 2003: 4th place
4. Spain	Patricia Ledesma Nieto	Patricia Ledesma Nieto
5. Poland	Marta Matyjasik		Miss World 2002, Miss Earth 2003: 4th place
Top 12
Germany	Alexandra Vodjanikova	Alexandra Vodjanikova	Miss Universe 2003, Miss International 2003
France	Corinne Coman	Corinne Coman
Greece	Marieta Chrousala	Μαριέττα Χρουσαλά (Marietta Chrousala)	Miss Universe 2003
Israel	Shahar Nehorai	שחר נהוראי
Portugal	Iva Catarina da Silva Lamarao	Iva Lamarão
Russia	Yuliya Akhonkova	Юля Ахонькова
United Kingdom	Samantha Vaughan
Other participants
Albania	Edona Sllanmiku	Edona Sllamniku
Armenia	Anush Grigoryan	Անուշ Գրիգորյան	Miss Intercontinental 2005: 4th place
Belarus	Olga Serezhnikova	Вольга Сярожнікава
Belgium	Julie Taton	Julie Taton	Miss Universe 2003, Miss World 2003
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dragana Sojic	Dragana Šojić
Bulgaria	Iva Titova	Ива Титова
Denmark	Stine Mose
Estonia	Maili Nomm	Maili Nõmm
Finland	Piritta Hannula	Piritta Hannula	Miss Scandinavia 2004: winner
Gibraltar	Natalie Monteverde	Natalie Monteverde
Ireland	Catrina Supple		Miss World 2001
Iceland	Ragnhildur Steinunn Jonsdottir	Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Croatia	Nina Slamic	Nina Slamić	Miss World 2002
Latvia	Jelena Keirane		Miss Earth 2001: semifinals, Miss International 2004: semifinals
Malta	Odette Cauchi
Netherlands	Elise Boulogne	Elise Boulogne	Miss World 2002: Semifinals
Norway	Marna Haugen		Miss International 2003
Austria	Bianca Zudrell	Bianca Zudrell
Sweden	Caroline Österberg		Miss Baltic Sea 2000
Switzerland	Claudia Oehler
Czech Republic	Marketa Divisova	Markéta Divišová
Ukraine	Nataliya Chernyak	Наталія Черняк
Cyprus	Elena Andreou	Έλενα Ανδρέου
Candidacy withdrawn
Lithuania	Oksana Semenishina	Oksana Semenišina	Miss World 2002
Turkey	Yelda Kaya	Yelda Kaya

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The MEO website was still online in 2006, but showed the result of 2002 until the end: Mondial Events Organization (MEO) ( Memento from April 21, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ misshollandnow.com

Web links

• Mondial Events Organization (MEO) ( Memento from February 8, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
• Competitions 2000 to 2006 at pageantopolis.com (English)
• Film from the 2003 election - Part 1 on YouTube (French)
• Film from the 2003 election - Part 2 on YouTube (French)