Miss India Worldwide 2003

Date| September 27, 2003
Venue| San Francisco, California, United States
Entrants| 21
Placements| 10
Winner| Purva Merchant
India
Congeniality| Purva Merchant
India
Photogenic| Pooja Chitgopekar
New Zealand

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Miss India Worldwide 2003 was the 13th edition of the international beauty 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 was crowned as the winner at the end of the event.

## Results[edit]

Final result  | Contestant

|

Miss India Worldwide 2003 |

* India – Purva Merchant

1st runner-up |

* New Zealand – Pooja Chitgopekar

2nd runner-up |

* United States – Meghna Nagarajan

Top 5 |

* Australia – Rashi Chandhok
* South Africa – Shabnam Mohammed

### Special awards[edit]

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[edit]

* 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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Miss India Worldwide 2003".
2. ^ "Miss Earth 2007 gallery".

## External links[edit]

* http://www.worldwidepageants.com/

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