Miss International 2012
Miss International 2012 | |
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UStream (webcast) | |
Entrants | 69 |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Ikumi Yoshimatsu Japan[1] |
Congeniality | Ameeksha Dilchand Mauritius |
Best National Costume | Nicole Velasquez Honduras |
Photogenic | Ikumi Yoshimatsu Japan |
Miss International 2012, the 52nd
Fernanda Cornejo from Ecuador crowned her successor Ikumi Yoshimatsu from Japan at the end of the event.[1]
Yoshimatsu was dethroned shortly before the end of her reign, but she was not replaced.[2][3][4] She was ordered by The International Culture Association (Miss International organizer) to skip the succession ceremony and “play sick and shut up” out of fear of scandal.[5]
Background
On June 8, 2012, it was announced during a Facebook conferenced by Akemi Shimomura, the president of the International Cultural Association, that the 2012 pageant will be held in Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building,
Results
Placements
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss International 2012 | |
1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up |
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3rd Runner-Up | |
4th Runner-Up |
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Top 15 |
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Special awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Friendship | |
Miss Photogenic | |
Miss Talent |
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Best National Costume |
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Miss Internet | |
Miss JOICFP |
Order of announcements
- Top 15
- 1. Colombia
- 2. Brazil
- 3. Japan
- 4. Sri Lanka
- 5. Finland
- 6. Namibia
- 7. Venezuela
- 8. United Kingdom
- 9. United States
- 10. Dominican Republic
- 11. Philippines
- 12. Paraguay
- 13. Mexico
- 14. India
- 15. Haiti
Contestants
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Continental Group |
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Argentina | Daiana Incandela[7] | 23 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Capital Federal |
Americas |
Australia | Sarah Jane Fraser[8] | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Newcastle | Oceania |
Belarus | Anastasia Pogranichnaya | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Minsk | Europe |
Belgium | Alien Decock[8] | 24 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Brussels | Europe |
Belize | Destinee Arnold[9] | 19 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Roaring Creek | Americas |
Bolivia | Stephanie Nuñez | 20 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Pando | Americas |
Brazil | Rafaela Butarelli[10] | 23 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Marília | Americas |
Cameroon | Francoise Odette Ngoumou[11] | 22 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Douala | Africa |
Canada | Marta Jablonska[11] | 24 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Hamilton | Americas |
Chinese Taipei | Nianyu Yu[11] | 20 | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | Taipei | Asia |
Colombia | Melissa Varón[12] | 25 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Santa Marta | Americas |
Costa Rica | Natasha Sibaja | 21 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Pérez Zeledón | Americas |
Denmark | Line Christiansen | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Århus |
Europe |
Dominican Republic | Melody Mir Jiménez | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Santiago de los Caballeros | Americas |
Ecuador | Tatiana Loor[13] | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Santo Domingo | Americas |
El Salvador | Marlin Ramirez[14] | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | San Salvador | Americas |
Estonia | Xenia Likhacheva[11] | 23 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Tallinn | Europe |
Finland | Viivi Suominen[15] | 25 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Turku | Europe |
France | Marion Amelineau[11] | 23 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Givrand | Europe |
Gabon | Channa Divouvi[11] | 21 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Libreville | Africa |
Germany | Aline Marie[16] | 25 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Munich | Europe |
Gibraltar | Kerrianne Massetti[11] | 24 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Gibraltar | Europe |
Guadeloupe | Aude Belenus[8] | 21 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Basse-Terre | Americas |
Guam | Chanel Cruz Jarrett | 18 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Agana Heights |
Oceania |
Guatemala | Christa Irene García González[11] | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Guatemala City | Americas |
Haiti | Anedie Azael[11] | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Port-au-Prince | Americas |
Honduras | Nicole Velasquez[11] | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Tegucigalpa | Americas |
Hong Kong | Tracy Tsin Suet Chu[11] | 24 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Hong Kong | Asia |
Hungary | Claudia Kozma | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Budapest | Europe |
India | Rochelle Maria Rao[17] | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Chennai | Asia |
Indonesia | Liza Elly Purnamasari | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Malang | Asia |
Israel | Yael Markovich[18] | 23 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Haifa | Asia |
Italy | Giulia Masala[11] | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Ploaghe | Europe |
Japan | Ikumi Yoshimatsu[19] | 25 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Saga |
Asia |
South Korea | Lee Jung-bin[11] | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Gwangju | Asia |
Latvia | Kristīna Viļuma[11] | 22 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Riga | Europe |
Lebanon | Cynthia Moukarzel[20] | 24 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Beirut | Asia |
Macau | Cherry Ng[21] | 25 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Macau | Asia |
Malaysia | Mei Xian Teng[11] | 21 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Perak | Asia |
Mauritius | Ameeksha Dilchand[8] | 25 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Port Louis | Africa |
Mexico | Jessica García Formenti[22] | 22 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | La Paz | Americas |
Mongolia | Dolgion Delgerjav | 21 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Ulaanbaatar | Asia |
Myanmar | Nang Khin Zay Yar[11] | 24 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Taunggyi | Asia |
Namibia | Paulina Malulu[11] | 23 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Windhoek | Africa |
Nepal | Subeksha Khadka | 18 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Lalitpur | Asia |
New Zealand | Hannah Carson | 25 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Auckland | Oceania |
Nicaragua | Reyna Pérez[11] | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Chinandega | Americas |
Panama | Karen Jordán Beitia | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | David | Americas |
Paraguay | Nicole Huber | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Asunción | Americas |
Peru | Rossmary Pizarro | 25 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Iquitos | Americas |
Philippines | Nicole Schmitz[23] | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Cebu City | Asia |
Poland | Rozalia Mancewicz[24] | 25 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Bialystok |
Europe |
Portugal | Joana Peta | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Faro | Europe |
Puerto Rico | Ashley Ruiz[25] | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Rincón | Americas |
Russia | Ekaterina Meglinskaia[8] | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Saratov | Europe |
Singapore | Leong Ying Mae[26] | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Singapore | Asia |
Slovak Republic | Denisa Krajčovičová | 24 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Bratislava | Europe |
Spain | Ana Amparo Crespo[11] | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Valencia | Europe |
Sri Lanka | Madusha Mayadunne[11] | 25 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Colombo | Asia |
Suriname | Wynona Redmond[11] | 25 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Paramaribo | Americas |
Sweden | Katarina Konow | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Stockholm | Europe |
Tahiti | Ariirau Sandras[11] | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Papeete | Oceania |
Thailand | Rungsinee Panjaburi[11] | 21 | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Lamphun |
Asia |
Turkey | Meltem Tüzüner[27] | 23 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Istanbul | Europe |
Ukraine | Julia Gershun[11] | 23 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Dnepropetrovsk |
Europe |
United Kingdom | Alize Lily Mounter[28] | 24 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | London | Europe |
United States | Amanda Renee Delgado[29] | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Los Angeles | Americas |
US Virgin Islands | Vanessa Donastorg[30] | 23 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Saint Thomas | Americas |
Venezuela | Blanca Aljibes[31] | 24 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Valencia |
Americas |
Notes
Debuts
Returns
Last competed in 1961 :
Last competed in 2005: |
Last competed in 2008: Last competed in 2009: |
Last competed in 2010:
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Withdrawals
- Aruba
- China – Zhang Chengcheng
- Cuba
- Georgia – Mariam Girmisashvili
- Hawaii
- Kyrgyzstan
- Netherlands
- Romania
- South Africa – Donique Leonard
- Tanzania – Winfrida Dominic
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Vietnam
- Zimbabwe
Did not compete
- Ethiopia – Melkam Endale
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