{{Infobox beauty pageant | winner = Priti Sitoula | image = | image_border = | size = | caption = {{small|Official logo of the Miss Nepal 2003 Beauty Pageant.}} | represented = Kathmandu | date = September 13, 2003 | presenters = [[Namrata Shrestha (actress)|Namrata Shrestha]]. | venue = Birendra International Conference Convention Centre, [[Kathmandu]] | broadcaster = [[Nepal Television|NTV]] | entrants = 16 | before = [[Miss Nepal 2002|2002]] | next = [[Miss Nepal 2004|2004]] }} '''Dabur Vatika Miss Nepal 2003''', the 9th [[Miss Nepal]] beauty contest, was held on September 13, 2003, at the Birendra International Conference Convention Centre in [[Nepal]]. It was won by Priti Sitoula, of [[Kathmandu]].<ref>[http://www.missnepal.com.np/pressrelease.php ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723105123/http://www.missnepal.com.np/pressrelease.php |date=July 23, 2008 }}</ref>
The show was broadcast live by [[Nepal Television]] but suffered from minor technical glitches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotelnepal.com/nepal_news.php?id=807 |title=Sugarika KC crowned Miss Nepal 2005 - Nepal News Daily |publisher=Hotelnepal.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-30}}</ref>
The contestants were supported by fashion designer groups INIFD, NEFT, Lakhotia and others. The event differed from previous pageants in that it featured modifications of Nepal's traditional ethnic dresses. Designs from INIFD (International Institute of Fashion Design) were judged to be better than the dresses from competing designers.
[[Namrata Shrestha (Actress)|Namrata Shrestha]] hosted the show. The Winner of Miss Nepal 2003, Priti Sitoula, represented Nepal in the [[Miss World 2003]] pageant in [[Sanya]], [[Republic of China|China]]. The 1st runner up, Prerana Shah, represented Nepal in the Miss Asia Pacific 2003.
==Results==
;Color keys {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} The contestant Won in an International pageant. * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} The contestant was a Runner-up in an International pageant. * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant. }} {{col-2}} {{plainlist| * {{Color box|#F0DC82|border=darkgray}} The contestant assumed another title. * {{Color box|lightgrey|border=darkgray}} The contestant was not able to compete in an International pageant. * {{Color box|lightblue|border=darkgray}} The contestant did not place but won a Special Award in the pageant. * {{Color box|pink|border=darkgray}} The contestant did not place. }} {{col-end}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%" ! style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Final results ! style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Contestant ! style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|International pageant ! style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|International Results |- | style="background:pink;" | '''Miss Nepal 2003'''<br/>(Winner) | style="background:pink;" | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' - '''Priti Sitoula''' |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |[[Miss World 2003]] |style="background:pink; text-align:center;" |Unplaced |- | style="background:#FFFACD;" | '''1st runner-up''' <br/>(Miss Asia Pacific Nepal 2003) | style="background:#FFFACD;" | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' - Prerana Shah |style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center;" |[[Miss Asia Pacific International|Miss Asia Pacific 2003]] |style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center;" |'''Top 10''' |- | style="background:gold;" | '''World Miss University Nepal 2003''' | style="background:gold;" | * '''{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Lalitpur District, Nepal|Lalitpur]]''' - Ayusha Shrestha |style="background:gold; text-align:center;" |[[World Miss University|World Miss University 2003]] |style="background:gold; text-align:center;" |'''World Miss University 2003''' |- |'''2nd runner-up''' | * '''{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Lalitpur District, Nepal|Lalitpur]]''' - Numa Rai |- | rowspan="2" |'''Top 5''' | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – Ramani Joshi | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | |- | * '''{{flag|Kathmandu}}''' – Rupa Upadhyay |}
===Sub-Titles===
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="font-size: 95%" |- ! Award ! Contestant |- | Miss Personality | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} - Prerana Shah |- | Miss Photogenic | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} - Rupa Upadhyay |- | Miss Natural Talent | *{{flag|Kathmandu}} - Rupa Upadhyay |- | Miss Best Dress | *{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Pokhara]] - Sheila Rani Gurung |- |}
==Judges== * Mrs Chhaua Sharma - Founder/ Director of Nepal College of Travel & Tourism * Mr Narayan P. Sharma - Principal, [[Budhanilkantha School]] * Mrs Niru Shrestha - [[Miss Nepal]] 1998 * Mrs Reetu Simha - Managing Director, Aama Group of Companies * Mr Siddhartha SJB Rana - Chairman, Soaltee Group (P) Ltd * Ms Sanyukta Shrestha - Managing Director, The Signature Style Boutique * Mr Sushil Pant - Executive Director, Jurist & co (P) Ltd * Mrs Anjan Shakya - Lecture, Padma Kanya Campus * Mr Arun Kumar K.C - Managing Director, Cotton Comfort (P) Ltd * Mr Diwaker Rajkarnikar - President, Nepal cancer Relief Society * Mr Narendra Bhattarai - President, Nepal [[Bankers Association]]
==Contestants== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! width="05%" | # ! width="20%" | Contestants ! width="05%" | Age ! width="20%" | Height ! width="15%" | Hometown ! width="25%" | Placement |- | 1 || Saru Subedi || 21 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Bhaktapur]] || |- | 2 || Smita Pandey || 21 || {{height|m=1.70}} || [[Lalitpur District, Nepal|Lalitpur]] || |- | 3 || Priti Sitoula || 22 || {{height|m=1.68}} || [[Kathmandu]] || Winner |- | 4 || Prativa Moktan || 19 || {{height|m=1.68}} || [[Kathmandu]] || |- | 5 || Bidisha Manandhar || 21 || {{height|m=1.73}} || [[Kathmandu]] || |- | 6 || Sumika Bajracharya || 20 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Kathmandu]] || |- | 7 || Ramani Joshi || 20 || {{height|m=1.78}} || [[Kathmandu]] || 4th Runner Up |- | 8 || Neha Singh || 23 || {{height|m=1.68}} || [[Narayan, Nepal|Narayani]] || |- | 9 || Sumitra Karmacharya || 20 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Bhaktapur]] || |- | 10 || Soni Khadka || 19 || {{height|m=1.68}} || [[Kathmandu]] || |- | 11 || Prerana Shah || 20 || {{height|m=1.83}} || [[Kathmandu]] || 1st Runner Up <br> Miss Personality |- | 12 || Kalpana Siwakoti || 22 || {{height|m=1.70}} || [[Kathmandu]] || |- | 13 || Sima Gurung || 20 || {{height|m=1.65}} || [[Pokhara]] || |- | 14 || Sheila Rani Gurung || 19 || {{height|m=1.68}} || [[Pokhara]] || Miss Best Dress |- | 15 || Rupa Upadhyay || 18 || {{height|m=1.68}} || [[Kathmandu]] || 3rd Runner Up <br> Miss Talent <br> Miss Photogenic |- | 16 || Numa Rai || 20 || {{height|m=1.68}} || [[Lalitpur District, Nepal|Lalitpur]] || 2nd Runner Up |}
==Notes== * Contestant #11, Prerana Shah was crowned as the 2nd runner up in [[Miss Teen Nepal]] 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nepalisite.com/archive/oct.cfm |title=F A S H I O N |publisher=NepaliSite.com |accessdate=2012-08-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053033/http://www.nepalisite.com/archive/oct.cfm |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}<!--added above External links/Sources by script-assisted edit-->
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160718040637/http://www.missnepal.com.np/ Miss Nepal website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080531012124/http://www.nepalisite.com/miss2003.cfm Miss Nepal 2003 Website]
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