| Born on November 7, 1984 in the city of Santiago | | | | During the Miss Universe pageant, Vega also won |
| de los Caballeros in Dominican Republic, is the first | | | | the National Costume award. She was the third |
| Dominican Republic woman who won the | | | | Miss Universe winner who also won the said |
| prestigious tile of Miss Universe 2003 - Amelia | | | | special award. Other title holders who won the |
| Vega Polanco. | | | | National Costume award were Porntip |
| Vega is a daughter of a general medical | | | | Nakhirunkanok from Thailand in 1988 and Wendy |
| practitioner Otto Vega who has offices in Miami | | | | Fitzwilliam from Trinidad & Tobago in 1998. |
| and New York City. Her mother Patricia Alvarez | | | | During her reign as the Miss Universe 2003, Vega |
| was a beauty titlist as well who competed in the | | | | moved to a New York City apartment that was |
| Miss World contest in 1980 to represent | | | | provided by Donald Trump, which was also part |
| Dominican Republic. Vega has one younger | | | | of her prize. She visited various countries such as |
| brother named Adrian. She is also he niece of | | | | Switzerland, Germany, Chile, Indonesia, China, |
| Juan Luis Guerra, a Grammy-award winning singer. | | | | Vietnam, Thailand, Russia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, |
| When Vega won the title of Miss Dominican | | | | Ecuador, Switzerland, and Canada. In 2003, Vega |
| Republic Universe, she represented her home | | | | also received honorary medal during Pan American |
| country to the Miss Universe 2003 competition in | | | | Games that was held in Santo Domingo. She also |
| Panama City. She won the crown and was the | | | | co-hosted a Latin American music concert Festival |
| first Dominican Republic to ever win the | | | | Presidente de Música Latina. That event lasted |
| prestigious beauty contest. | | | | for three days. |