Miss Universe 2012, the 61st Miss Universe pageant, was held on 19 December 2012 at The AXIS, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Leila Lopes of Angola crowned her successor Olivia Culpo of the United States at the end of the event. 89 contestants competed in this year's pageant, same as last year.
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Organization
The Dominican Republic negotiated with the Miss Universe Organization to organize the pageant in Punta Cana but was not granted the hosting rights due to the country not being able to fulfill the requirements asked by the Miss Universe Organization. The backing out of the Dominican Republic caused the Miss Universe Organization to host the pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada in December deviating from the customary mid-year scheduling of the pageant.
Placements
Maps Miss Universe 2012
Contestants
The following 89 women competed for the title of Miss Universe 2012:
Judges
Preliminary competition
- Carlos Anaya
- Beverly Frank
- Duane Gazi
- Michael Greenwald
- Jimmy Nguyen
- Corinne Nicolas
- Amy Sadowsky
- Crystle Stewart - Miss USA 2008 from Texas
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Final telecast
- Nigel Barker - Fashion photographer and the host of The Face
- Diego Boneta - Singer, actor and songwriter from Mexico
- Scott Disick - Businessman, entrepreneur and reality star of Keeping Up With the Kardashians
- Brad Goreski - Fashion stylist and reality star of It's a Brad, Brad World
- Claudia Jordan - Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1990 & Miss Rhode Island USA 1997
- Masaharu Morimoto - Chef and star of Iron Chef and Iron Chef America from Japan
- Ximena Navarrete - Miss Universe 2010 from Mexico
- Pablo Sandoval - Professional baseball player from Venezuela
- Lisa Vanderpump - Reality star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
- Kerri Walsh Jennings - Professional beach volleyball player and triple gold medalist in Summer Olympics
Notes
Debuts
- Gabon
- Lithuania
Returns
Replacements
- Canada - Sahar Biniaz was replaced by Adwoa Yamoah, the 1st runner-up of Miss Universe Canada 2012 because the original winner, Sahar, had to withdraw due to a foot injury.
- Cyprus - Ntaniella Kefala was replaced by Ioánna Yiannakoú the 2nd runner-up of Star Cyprus 2012 for undisclosed reasons.
- Dominican Republic - Carola Durán was dethroned after reports surfaced of a previous marriage in 2009. She was replaced by Dulcita Lynn Lieggi the 1st runner-up of Miss Republica Dominicana 2012.
- Estonia - Kätlin Valdmets was replaced by Natalie Korneitsik, the 1st runner-up of Eesti Miss Estonia 2012 pageant due to Katlin not being able to travel to participate.
- France - Delphine Wespiser due to Miss Universe 2012 conflicting with Miss France 2013, which was held on 8 December. She was replaced by Marie Payet, the 2nd runner-up of Miss France 2012.
- Gabon - Marie-Noëlle Ada was replaced by Channa Divouvi, the 1st runner-up of Miss Gabon 2011 due to Marie being unable to attend both the pageant and Miss Gabon 2012.
- India - Urvashi Rautela resigned due to an age controversy. She was replaced by Shilpa Singh, the 1st runner-up of I Am She 2012.Urvashi Rautela later won Miss Diva 2015 and represented India at Miss Universe 2015 where she was unplaced.
- New Zealand - Avianca Böhm was replaced by Talia Bennett, the 1st runner-up of Miss Universe New Zealand 2012, after her New Zealand citizenship application was denied.
Designations
- Aruba - Liza Nerelyn Helder was appointed as "Miss Universe Aruba 2012" after Marinus Wegereef, acquired the franchise and became the new national director of Miss Universe in Aruba.
- Curaçao - Monifa Jansen was appointed to represent Curaçao after she couldn't compete in 2011 because she didn't meet the minimum age requirement.
- Denmark - Josefine Hewitt was appointed as "Miss Universe Denmark 2012" after a casting call took place.
- Germany - Alicia Endemann was appointed as "Miss Universe Germany 2012" by Kim Kotter, national director of Miss Universe in Germany.
- Haiti - Christela Jacques was appointed as "Miss Universe Haiti 2012" after a casting call took place.
- Lithuania - Greta Mikalauskyte was appointed to represent Lithuania. She was the 1st runner up at the Miss Lithuania 2012 pageant.
- Netherlands - Nathalie den Dekker was appointed as "Miss Universe Netherlands 2012" by Kim Kotter, national director of Miss Universe in the Netherlands. She previously competed at Miss World 2012, where she placed in the Top 15.
- Peru - Nicole Faverón was appointed as "Miss Universe Peru 2012", she was the 1st runner up at the Miss Peru 2011 pageant.
- Serbia - Branislava Mandic was appointed to represent Serbia. She was the 2nd runner up at the Miss Serbia 2011 pageant.
- Vietnam - L?u Th? Di?m H??ng was appointed to represent Vietnam by Unicorp. The permission was granted by the Ministry of Culture of Vietnam, which authorizes the international representation of the nation in events of any kind. Luu Thi Diem Huong recently got divorced, and she was married in 2011. She lied to Unicorp in order to compete at Miss Universe. Luu Thi Diem Huong is the first Miss Vietnam who married but competed at Miss Universe.
Withdrawals
- Egypt - Egypt didn't send a delegate because there were no sponsors for the 2012 pageant.
- Kazakhstan - Ainur Toleuova withdrew because she didn't meet the minimum age requirement.
- Portugal - The Miss Universe Portugal 2012 was not held due to losing the franchise until 2013. Portugal will returned to Miss Universe in 2014.
- Slovenia - The main national pageant organizers "Delo Revije", a magazine company, lost the franchise license due to company's bankruptcy filed in 2011.
- Turks & Caicos
- U.S. Virgin Islands
Host city
Miss Universe had been struggling to find a venue for this year's pageant. In March 2012, it was announced that the pageant would be moved to December because the broadcaster NBC could not broadcast the pageant at the same time as the 2012 Summer Olympics and the United States presidential election.
In April 2012, it was announced that Bangladesh would host the pageant on 13 December. In July 2012, the Bangladeshi president announced that they will withdraw the host nation and will not host the pageant because they will find a new host in August.
It was rumored that Guadalajara of Mexico, Isla Margarita of Venezuela, Sun City of South Africa, and Jakarta of Indonesia were to host the competition. But, in August 2012, the Dominican government received a proposal from the Miss Universe Organization to host the competition on 11 December. The Dominican Republic had once hosted the Miss Universe pageant in 1977 in Santo Domingo. The Miss Universe Organization was considering hosting the final night at the Hard Rock Resort and Casino in Punta Cana. However, The Dominican government said that the country was not able to provide any kind of financial assistance to the pageant.
Finally, in September 2012, it was confirmed by the Miss Universe Organization that the 2012 Miss Universe pageant would take place at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 19 December. It was the fourth time the Miss Universe pageant was held in Las Vegas, the other three times being in 1991, 1996, and 2010.
References
External links
- Miss Universe official website
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