miss universe 2003

Miss Dominican Republic-Amelia Vega
Amelia Vega Polanco was born on 7 November 1984 in Santiago de los Caballeros,Dominican Republic.She became the first Dominican woman to be named Miss Universe,in 2003.At the age of 18,she was the youngest winner since 1994.Vega's father Otto Vega is a general medical practitioner with offices in New York City and Miami.Her mother,Patricia Polanco Alvarez,also born in Santiago de los Caballeros,was a previous national titleholder who represented the Dominican Republic at the 1980 Miss World pageant.Vega is the niece of the Grammy Award-winning singer Juan Luis Guerra.Vega is the third among  Miss Universe winners who also won The National Costume competition.Thailand's Porntip Nakhirunkanok won the award in 1988 and eventually won the crown then,Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad & Tobago also won the Best National Costume and went on to win the 1988 Miss Universe crown.

***Question and answer session***

Q:What is the most precious gift you've ever given someone?
A:According to my grandma,it's a letter she wrote to me when I was young.And it makes me always feel very emotional because it is not what you write but it is feeling you put behind it.
***Evening Gown and Swimsuit competition***

 she wore a white evening gown during the competition,which featured strings of beads on the sleeves.

  All 71 delegates participated in a dance routine featuring red-hot swimsuits.

It was a memorable national costume.It resemble the Caribbean Sea surrounding the island of her beautiful homeland, the Dominican Republic.She also won the Best National Costume award .
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There is a fairy tale that millions of little girls enjoy when they are very young:To ascend a throne as the most admired queen in the entire universe.

 At the conclusion of the final night, Amelia Vega of the Dominican Republic was crowned as the new Miss Universe 2003 by Miss Universe 2002,Justine Pasek of Panama.