# Mister Venezuela 2003

Mister Venezuela 2003 was the 7th edition of the Mister Venezuela competition, held on July 26, 2003, at the Estudio 1 de Venevisión in Caracas, Venezuela.
At the end of the event, Daniel Navarrete of Vargas titled his successor Andrés Mistage of Carabobo as Mister Venezuela 2003.
The 1st Runner-Up position went to Jacinto Oropeza of Delta Amacuro.

## Results
### Color key

* Declared as winner
* Ended as runner-up
* Ended as top 5/8 qualification
* Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* Ended as special awards winner
| Placement | Contestant | International placement |
| Mister Venezuela 2003 | Carabobo – Andrés Mistage | Top 10 – Mister World 2003 |
| 1st Runner-Up | Delta Amacuro – Jacinto Oropeza | |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Anzoátegui – Claudio de la Torre | Top 15 – Manhunt International 2005 |

### Mr. Handsome International Venezuela 2002

| Placement | Contestant | International placement |
| Mr. Handsome International Venezuela 2002 | Vargas – Alberto Bachour | Mr. Handsome International 2002 (Margarita Island representative) (Resigned) |

### Special awards

| Award | Contestant |
| Best Body | Delta Amacuro – Jacinto Oropeza |
| Mister Etiquette | Miranda – Irwing Ríos |
| Mister Popularity | Mérida – Vito Gasparrini |

## Pageant
### Selection committee
#### Final telecast

* Luisa Lucchi – Fashion entrepreneur
* Sabiha de Moussa – Brahim Houssein Moussa's wife, Moroccan ambassador in Venezuela
* Maruja Beracasa – Antiquarian and ¡Sálvese quien pueda! host
* Titina Penzini – Jewelry designer
* Patricia de Cohen – Caracas high society lady
* Dorián Caro – Zenit Center project coordinator
* Patricia Plizonoth
* Eugenia Sánchez Bueno – Underwear designer
* Miriam Roubicek
* Eglantina de Parés
* Martina Thorogood – Miss Venezuela 1999 and 1st Runner-Up in Miss World 1999
* Jacqueline Aguilera – Miss World Venezuela 1995 and Miss World 1995
* Desideria D'Caro – Actress
* Verónica Schneider – Actress and Miss World Venezuela 1998
* Carolina Perpetuo – Actress, TV host and Miss Miranda 1986

## Contestants

16 contestants competed for the title.
| State | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
| Anzoátegui | Claudio Alfredo de la Torre Laya | 22 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Barcelona |
| Aragua | Alain Roy Ruz Blanco | 22 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | Maracay |
| Bolívar | Julio César Vívenes Villavicencio | 21 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | San Diego |
| Canaima | Iván Guillermo Medina Valbuena | 24 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Maracaibo |
| Carabobo | Andrés Eduardo Mistage Parilli | 21 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | Valencia |
| Cojedes | Antonio José Rojas Cabrera | 22 | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Delta Amacuro | Jacinto Rafael Oropeza Soteldo | 23 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | Barquisimeto |
| Dependencias Federales | Richard De Stefano Jiménez | 26 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Caracas |
| Guárico | Simón Lorenzo Goncalves Rubio | 21 | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | La Guaira |
| Lara | José Manuel Pereiro Barbera | 19 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Barquisimeto |
| Mérida | Vito Ernesto Gasparrini Domínguez | 27 | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Miranda | Irwing Enrique Ríos Torres | 22 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | Caracas |
| Nueva Esparta | César Augusto Flores Mendoza | 22 | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Península Goajira | Michele Giurdanella Mesci | 26 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | Maracaibo |
| Portuguesa | Eddy Rafael Márquez Guzmán | 24 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | Caracas |
| Zulia | Ángel Alberto Pérez Angulo | 27 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Maracaibo |
* Claudio de la Torre (Anzoátegui) and César Augusto Flores (Nueva Esparta) became actors.

### Eliminated in reality show

12 contestants were eliminated from the competition in a previous round.
| State | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
| Amazonas | Roberto José Urbano Belisario | 23 | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Apure | Oliver Rosnay Ruiz Chirinos | 23 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | Barquisimeto |
| Barinas | Marcos Antonio Pinto Rengifo | 23 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | Caracas |
| Costa Oriental | Eric José Caruyo Criollo | 23 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Maracaibo |
| Distrito Capital | Alfonso Jesús Marrero Cermeño | 24 | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
| Falcón | José Antonio Romero Soto | 18 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Barquisimeto |
| Monagas | Rafael Simón Urbina Brito | 23 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Maturín |
| Sucre | Ender Eduardo Escobar Rivas | 21 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | Caracas |
| Táchira | José Leonardo Santos Mata | 23 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | Caracas |
| Trujillo | Adrián Mauricio Oscher Barrientos | 24 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Caracas |
| Vargas | Alberto Bachour Abdulmesih | 21 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | Cagua |
| Yaracuy | Daniel José Torres Mendoza | 19 | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Caracas |
* Alberto Bachour (Vargas) won the Mister Handsome International 2002 competition as a Margarita Island representative in the Dominican Republic resigning later to the title.