Official Headshot Portraits - Miss International 2012

The 68 gorgeous contestants of Miss International 2012 posed and smile in front of the camera for this year's official head shot portraits taken in a studio in Okinawa.

The grand coronation night will be held on October 21 at the 2,200-seat Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building, Naha in Okinawa, Japan.

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Miss Argentina Daiana Incandela	Miss Australia Sarah Jane Fraser	Miss Belarus Anastasia Pogranichnaya	Miss Belgium Alien Decock
Miss Belize Destinee Arnold	Miss Bolivia Stephanie Nunez	Miss Brazil Rafaela Butarelli	Miss Cameroon Francoise Odette Ngoumou
Miss Canada Marta Jablonska	Miss Chinese Taipei Nianyu Yu	Miss Colombia Melissa Varon	Miss Costa Rica Natasha Sibaja
Miss Denmark Line Christiansen	Miss Dominican Republic Melody Mir Jimenez	Miss Ecuador Tatiana Loor	Miss El Salvador Marlin Ramirez
Miss Estonia Xenia Likhacheva	Miss Finland Viivi Suominen	Miss France Marion Amelineau	Miss Gabon Channa Divouvi
Miss Germany Aline Massel	Miss Gibraltar Kerrianne Massetti	Miss Guadeloupe Aude Belenus	Miss Guam Chanel Cruz Jarrett
Miss Guatemala Christa Garcia Gonzalez	Miss Haiti Anedie Azael	Miss Honduras Nicole Velasquez	Miss Hong Kong Tracy Tsin Suet Chu
Miss Hungary Claudia Kozma	Miss India Rochelle Maria Rao	Miss Indonesia Liza Elly Purnamasari	Miss Italy Giulia Masala
Miss Japan Ikumi Yoshimatsu	Miss Korea Lee Jung-bin	Miss Latvia Kristina Viluma	Miss Lebanon Cynthia Moukarzel
Miss Macau Cherry Ng	Miss Malaysia Mei Xian Teng	Miss Mauritius Ameeksha Dilchand	Miss Mexico Jessica Garcia Formenti
Miss Mongolia Dolgion Delgerjav	Miss Myanmar Nang Khin Zay Yar	Miss Namibia Paulina Malulu	Miss Nepal Subekshya Khadka
Miss New Zealand Hannah Carson	Miss Nicaragua Reyna Perez	Miss Panama Karen Jordan Beitia	Miss Paraguay Nicole Huber
Miss Peru Rossmary Pizarro	Miss Philippines Nicole Cassandra Schmitz	Miss Poland Rozalia Mancewicz	Miss Portugal Joane Petta
Miss Puerto Rico Ashley Ruiz	Miss Russia Ekaterina Meglinskaia	Miss Singapore Leong Ying Mae	Miss Slovakia Denisa Krajcovicova
Miss Spain Ana Amparo Crespo	Miss Sri Lanka Madusha Mayadunne	Miss Suriname Wynona Redmond	Miss Sweden Katarina Konow
Miss Tahiti Ariirau Sandras	Miss Thailand Rungsinee Panjaburi	Miss Turkey Meltem Tuzuner	Miss Ukraine Julia Gershun
Miss United Kingdom Alize Lily Mounter	Miss USA Amanda Renee Delgado	Miss Venezuela Blanca Aljibes	Miss US Virgin Islands Vanessa Donastorg

* See Miss International 2012 Special Coverage

Representative of France in Miss Universe 2012

An official statement made by the president of the Miss France committee, Sylvie Tellier states that Marie Payet will be the official representative of the country in Miss Universe 2012 to be held on December 19 at the Theatre for the Performing Arts, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Marie was Miss Reunion 2011 and 2nd run-up at Miss France 2011-2012 pageant where Delphine Wespiser was the winner and was unable to compete internationally due to conflict in schedule as the finals of Miss France 2012-2013 will be held in Limoges on December 8.

Payet is 20 years old and stands 178cm tall.

Miss Srbije (Serbia) 2012

The annual Miss Srbije also referred as Miss Serbia pageant took place last October 7, 2012 at the TV Pink Studios in Simanovci. The blonde and beautiful Nikolina Bojic eventually wears the coveted crown.

25 year old Nikolina will represent Serbia in Miss World 2013 contest in Jakarta, Indonesia on September next year.

Close to the title was the 1st run-up Aleksandra Doknic. She will enter the Miss Universe 2013 competition.

The 2nd run-up position went to Ana Vrcelj.

* Nikolina Bocic resigns as Miss Serbia 2012

Miss Suriname 2012 is Rachel De La Fuente

Rachel De La Fuente won the title of Miss Suriname 2012 during the grand gala night held last October 6 at the Anthony Nesty Sports Hall in Paramaribo.

Yarina d'Agrella ended as the 1st run-up while Jennifer Dijksteel finished as the 2nd run-up.

20 year old Rachel will compete representing Suriname at the Miss World 2013 pageant in Jakarta, Indonesia on September next year.

Miss Universe Bulgaria 2012: Zhana Yaneva

23 year old Zhana Yaneva from Blagoevgrad was crowned as the new Miss Universe Bulgaria 2012 during a glittering event took place last September 30 at the Big Apple Club in Sofia.

Nina Angelova finished as the 1st run-up and Karolina Simeonova ended as 2nd run-up.

After the decision of Miss Bulgaria Organization to withdrew the Miss Universe license back in 2009, this year marks their return as the 178cm tall Zhana represents the country in the upcoming Miss Universe 2012 which was scheduled to take place on December 19 at the Theatre for the Performing Arts, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Miss Italia nel Mondo 2012 Winner

A special competition of the annual Miss Italia nel Mondo 2012 was held within the traditional Miss Italia contest with only 6 delegates participated: Tunisia, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Argentina, Cape Verde, Sri Lanka.

Wearing the crown was the stunning Miss Argentina Aylen Nail Maranges from Rosario. She is 25 years of age and stands 1.70m tall.

The very first Miss Italia nel Mondo competition was started in 1991 and it used to reunite about 40 beauties of Italian descent from all over the world. Organizers announced that starting in 2012, the international pageant would be reduced and the award would be given amongst the candidates of Miss Italia with international roots.

Fashion for Smiles in Nicaragua

“Fashion for Smiles”, a special fashion show for a cause to be held on October 19 at the Crowne Plaza convention center in Managua, Nicaragua to be participated by the reigning Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes together with 16 other beauties from the Americas to compete in the upcoming Miss Universe 2012 on December.

This event to be organized by Operation Smile Nicaragua, has the aim of raising funds to build an Awareness Center for children, teens and adults suffering from cleft lip and cleft palate.

Famous local fashion designers Fabrizio Giannone, Eduardo de las Casas and Mayda Cisneros collections will be showcased at the event.

Ticket prices range from $USD 40 (black area) to $100 (backstage area), for sale at the Operation Smile Nicaragua offices, Silhuetas modelos, Fabrizio Giannone stores and Boutique Ponte Vecchio.

The 16 Miss Universe 2012 candidates to participate are:

-Bahamas, Celeste Marshall
-Bolivia, Yessica Mouton
-Brazil, Gabriela Markus
-Canada, Sahar Biniaz
-Colombia, Daniela Alvarez
-Costa Rica, Nazareth Cascante
-Ecuador, Carolina Aguirre
-El Salvador, Ana Yancy Clavel
-Guatemala, Laura Godoy
-Honduras, Jennifer Andrade
-Mexico, Karina Gonzalez
-Nicaragua, Farah Eslaquit
-Panama, Stephanie Vander Werf
-Paraguay, Egni Eckert
-Peru, Nicole Faveron
-Puerto Rico, Bodine Koehler

* Miss Universe 2012 Complete Coverage