Miss India Worldwide 2003

Miss India Worldwide 2003
Date	September 27, 2003
Venue	San Francisco, California, United States
Entrants	21
Winner	Purva Merchant  India
Congeniality	Purva Merchant  India
Photogenic	Pooja Chitgopekar  New Zealand

Miss India Worldwide 2003 was the 13th edition of the international female pageant. The final was held in San Francisco, California, United States on September 27, 2003. About 21 countries were represented in the pageant. Purva Merchant ^[1] of India crowned as winner at the end of the event.

Results

Special awards

Award	Name	Country
Miss Photogenic	Purva Merchant	India
Miss Congeniality	Pooja Chitgopekar	New Zealand
Best Talent	Pooja Chitgopekar	New Zealand
Miss Beautiful Eyes	Anjali Punjabi	Hong Kong
Miss Beautiful Hair	Laavanya Ambur	Germany
Most Beautiful Smile	Meghna Nagarajan	United States
Most Beautiful Skin	Rashi Chandhok	Australia

Delegates

•  Australia – Rashi Chandhok
•  Bahrain – Sweta Joshi
•  Canada – Shalini Vasdani
•  Fiji – Priscilla Solanki
•  France – Kiranne Devi
•  Germany – Laavanya Ambur
•  Gibraltar – Sheetal Viroomal
•  Hong Kong – Anjali Punjabi
•  India – Purva Merchant
•  Indonesia – Shraysi Tandon
•  Kenya – Rakhi Shah
•  Netherlands – Shrila Jagessar
•  New Zealand – Pooja Chitgopekar
•  Singapore – Sujeeta Menon
•  South Africa – Shabnam Mohammed
•  Spain – Pinky Shamdasani
•  Trinidad – Nadya Nandanie Ramnath
•  Uganda – Fenulla Jiwani
•  United Arab Emirates – Sahiba Singh
•  United Kingdom – Neelam Salhotra
•  United States – Meghna Nagarajan

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will compete at other beauty pageants:

Miss Earth

• 2007:  New Zealand: Pooja Chitgopekar (Placement: Miss Earth Air)^[2]
  •  India's representative

External links

• http://www.worldwidepageants.com/

References