Miss Earth 2003

Miss Earth 2002 Winfred Adah Omwakwe, 22, of Kenya crowned her successor at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on November 9, 2003. It is the third edition of the international beauty pageant focused on environmental issues.

Miss Earth was formally launched on April 3, 2001. It was organized by Carousel Productions, an organization based in the Philippines.

Omwakwe was runner-up to Džejla Glavović, 20, of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who was crowned Miss Earth 2002 at the Folk Arts Theater in Pasay City, Metro Manila on October 20, 2002. However, Glavović was dethroned on May 28, 2003 due to her failure to comply with the stipulations in her contract and was officially replaced by Omwakwe on August 7, 2003.

A total of 57 women competed for the Miss Earth 2003 crown. These were the candidates:

1. Vida Samadzai, 23, Afghanistan
2. Juany Gomez, 23, Antigua and Barbuda
3. Marisol Pipastrelli, 21, Argentina
4. Shivaune Christina Field, 23, Australia
5. Sofie Ydens, 19, Belgium
6. Claudia Cecilia Azaeda Melgar, 18, Bolivia
7. Mirela Bulbulija, 21, Bosnia and Herzegovina
8. Priscila Poleselo Zandoná, 23, Brazil
9. Brooke Elizabeth Johnston, 24, Canada
10. Carolina Salazar, 22, Chile
11. Mei Xi Dong, 22, China
12. Emily de Castro Giacometto, 20, Colombia
13. Marianela Zeledón Bolaños, 20, Costa Rica
14. Krystiana Aristotelou, 20, Cyprus
15. Marie Petersen, 22, Denmark
16. Suanny Frontaán de la Cruz, 22, Dominican Republic
17. Isabel Cristina Ontaneda Pinto, 25, Ecuador
18. Kadi Tombak, 24, Estonia
19. Yodit Getahun, 19, Ethiopia
20. Jenni Suominen, 21, Finland
21. Jennifer Pichard, 20, France
22. Jolena Kwasow, 21, Germany
23. Ama Amissah Quartey, 20, Ghana
24. Justine Olivero, 18, Gibraltar
25. Marie Claire Palacios Boeufgras, 18, Guatemala
26. Dania Patricia Prince Méndez, 25, Honduras
27. Aniko Szucs, 19, Hungary
28. Shwetha Vijay Nair, 23, India
29. Moran Glistron, 23, Israel
30. Asami Saito, 20, Japan
31. Hazel Nzioki, 19, Kenya
32. Teuta Hoxha, 18, Kosovo
33. Mary Georges Hanna, 22, Lebanon
34. Ying Ying Lee, 21, Malaysia
35. Lorena Irene Velarde Briceño, 20, Mexico
36. Katey Ellen Price, 20, New Zealand
37. Marynés Argüello César, 24, Nicaragua
38. Eva Ogberor, 19, Nigeria
39. Fay Larsen, 22, Norway
40. Jessica Doralis Segui Barrios, 22, Panama
41. Danitza Autero Stanic, 20, Peru
42. Laura Marie Dunlap, 19, Philippines
43. Marta Matyjasik, 21, Poland
44. Norelis Ortiz Acosta, 23, Puerto Rico
45. Katarina Vucetic, 20, Serbia and Montenegro
46. Adele Koh, 22, Singapore
47. Sabina Begovic, 19, Slovenia
48. Catherine Constantinides, 20, South Africa
49. Oh Yoo-mi, 20, South Korea
50. Caroline Sonath, 23, Sweden
51. Catherine Waldenmeyer, 21, Switzerland
52. Vairupe Pater Huioutu, 19, Tahiti
53. Anongnat Sutthanuch, 23, Thailand
54. Diana Starkova, 19, Ukraine
55. Jessica Schilling, 19, United States
56. Driva Ysabella Cedeño Salazar, 23, Venezuela
57. Nguyễn Ngân Hà, 20, Vietnam

Jessica Schiling

Jessica Schilling was born in Palm Springs, Riverside County, California, United States. On May 28, 2003, she turned 19.

On November 9, 2003, Schilling represented the U.S. at Miss Earth 2003 in the Philippines and was unplaced. On November 27, 2003, she died at a car crash in Palm Springs.

It was Dania Prince of Honduras who won the Miss Earth 2003 title. On October 4, 2008, she and Frank Fuentes got married in Miami, Florida, USA.

Prince is now a resident of Miami Lakes, Florida, which is around 2,621 miles away from Palm Springs. She turned 45 on February 10, 2025.