Miss Universe 2012 Official Delegates

The most prestigious international beauty pageant in the world, the Miss Universe 2012 will take place again this year celebrating it's 61st year in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

A total of 89 beauties will vie for the coveted crown currently worn by the reigning queen, Leila Lopes of Angola.

The finals will be staged on December 19 at the PH Live, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Hosting the event were Andy Cohen and Giuliana Rancic and broadcasted live by NBC in partnership with Telemundo.

MEET THE MISS UNIVERSE 2012 OFFICIAL CANDIDATES:

Albania Adrola Dushi	Angola Marcelina Vahekeni	Argentina Camila Solorzano Ayusa	Aruba Liza Nerelyn Helder
Australia Renae Ayris	Bahamas Celeste Marshall	Belgium Laura Beyne	Bolivia Yessica Mouton Gianella
Botswana Sheillah Molelekwa	Brazil Gabriela Markus	British Virgin Islands Abigail Hyndman	Bulgaria Zhana Yaneva
Canada Adwoa Yamoah	Cayman Islands Lindsay Katarina Japal	Chile Ana Luisa Konig	China Diana Xu Jidan
Colombia Daniella Alvarez	Costa Rica Nazareth Cascante	Croatia Elizabeta Burg	Curacao Monifa Jansen
Cyprus Ioanna Giannakou	Czech Republic Tereza Chlebovska	Denmark Josefine Hewitt	Dominican Republic Dulcita Lynn Lieggi
Ecuador Carolina Aguirre	El Salvador Ana Yancy Clavel	Estonia Natalie Korneitsik	Ethiopia Helen Getachew
Finland Sara Yasmina Chafak	France Marie Payet	Gabon Channa Divouvi	Georgia Tamar Shedania
Germany Alicia Endemann	Ghana Gifty Ofori	Great Britain Holly Hale	Greece Vasiliki Tsirogianni
Guam Alyssa Cruz Aguero	Guatemala Laura Godoy	Guyana Ruqayyah Boyer	Haiti Jacques Christela
Honduras Jennifer Denise Andrade	Hungary Agnes Konkoly	India Shilpa Singh	Indonesia Maria Selena Nurcahya
Ireland Adrienne Murphy	Israel Lina Makhuli	Italy Grazia Maria Pinto	Jamaica Chantal Zaky
Japan Ayako Hara	Korea Lee Seong-hye	Kosovo Diana Avdiu	Lebanon Rina Chibany
Lithuania Greta Mikalauskyte	Malaysia Kimberley Leggett	Mauritius Ameeksha Devi Dilchand	Mexico Karina Gonzalez
Montenegro Andrea Radonjic	Namibia Tsakana Nkandih	Netherlands Nathalie den Dekker	New Zealand Talia Bennett
Nicaragua Farah Eslaquit	Nigeria Isabella Agbor Ayuk	Norway Sara Nicole Andersen	Panama Stephanie Vander Werf
Paraguay Egni Eckert	Peru Nicole Faveron	Philippines Janine Mari Tugonon	Poland Marcelina Zawadzka
Puerto Rico Bodine Koehler Pena	Romania Delia Monica Duca	Russia Elizaveta Golovanova	Serbia Branislava Mandic
Singapore Lynn Tan	Slovak Republic Lubica Stepanova	South Africa Melinda Bam	Spain Andrea Huisgen
Sri Lanka Sabrina Herft	Saint Lucia Tara Carla Edward	Sweden Hanni Beronius	Switzerland Alina Buchschacher
Tanzania Winfrida Dominic	Thailand Nutpimon Farida Waller	Trinidad & Tobago Avionne Mark	Turkey Cagıl Ozge Ozkul
Ukraine Anastasia Chernova	Uruguay Camila Vezzoso	USA Olivia Culpo	Venezuela Irene Esser
Vietnam Luu Thi Diem Huong

See Universal Queen's Miss Universe 2012 Special Report