Miss International 2012

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Miss International 2012
Miss International 2012, Ikumi Yoshimatsu
DateOctober 21, 2012
Entertainment
  • Ryoko Sunakawa
  • Toshiro Gourobe
VenueOkinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building, Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Broadcaster
Entrants69
Placements15
Debuts
  • Cameroon
  • Gibraltar
  • Haiti
  • Namibia
  • United States Virgin Islands
Withdrawals
  • Aruba
  • China
  • Cuba
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Netherlands
  • Romania
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Vietnam
  • Zimbabwe
Returns
  • Argentina
  • Canada
  • Gabon
  • Israel
  • Mauritius
  • Myanmar
  • Nicaragua
  • Sri Lanka
  • Suriname
  • United Kingdom
WinnerIkumi Yoshimatsu
Japan

Miss International 2012, the 52nd Miss International pageant, was held on October 21, 2012, at Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building in Okinawa, Japan. Fernanda Cornejo from Ecuador crowned her successor Ikumi Yoshimatsu from Japan at the end of the event.

Yoshimatsu was dethroned shortly before the end of her reign, but she was not replaced.[1][2][3] 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.[4][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, Naha, Okinawa, Japan on October 21, 2012.[6]

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant[7]
Miss International 2012
1st Runner-Up
  •  Finland – Viivi Suominen
2nd Runner-Up
  •  Sri Lanka – Madusha Mayadunne
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
  •  Paraguay – Nicole Huber
Top 15

Contestants

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHeightHometownContinental Group
ArgentinaDaiana Incandela[8]231.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Buenos AiresAmericas
AustraliaSarah Jane Fraser[9]211.70 m (5 ft 7 in)NewcastleOceania
BelarusAnastasia Pogranichnaya201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)MinskEurope
BelgiumAlien Decock[9]241.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)BrusselsEurope
BelizeDestinee Arnold[10]191.68 m (5 ft 6 in)Roaring CreekAmericas
BoliviaStephanie Nuñez201.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)PandoAmericas
BrazilRafaela Butarelli[11]231.78 m (5 ft 10 in)MaríliaAmericas
CameroonFrancoise Odette Ngoumou[12]221.85 m (6 ft 1 in)DoualaAfrica
CanadaMarta Jablonska[12]241.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)HamiltonAmericas
Colombia ColombiaMelissa Varón[13]251.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)Santa MartaAmericas
Costa RicaNatasha Sibaja211.68 m (5 ft 6 in)Pérez ZeledónAmericas
DenmarkLine Christiansen181.70 m (5 ft 7 in)AarhusEurope
Dominican RepublicMelody Mir Jiménez231.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Santiago de los CaballerosAmericas
EcuadorTatiana Loor[14]211.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Santo DomingoAmericas
El SalvadorMarlin Ramirez[15]211.70 m (5 ft 7 in)San SalvadorAmericas
EstoniaXenia Likhacheva[12]231.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)TallinnEurope
FinlandViivi Suominen[16]251.75 m (5 ft 9 in)TurkuEurope
FranceMarion Amelineau[12]231.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)GivrandEurope
GabonChanna Divouvi[12]211.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)LibrevilleAfrica
GermanyAline Marie[17]251.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)MunichEurope
GibraltarKerrianne Massetti[12]241.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)GibraltarEurope
GuadeloupeAude Belenus[9]211.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)Basse-TerreAmericas
GuamChanel Cruz Jarrett181.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)Agana HeightsOceania
GuatemalaChrista Irene García González[12]201.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Guatemala CityAmericas
HaitiAnedie Azael[12]231.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Port-au-PrinceAmericas
HondurasNicole Velasquez[12]211.78 m (5 ft 10 in)TegucigalpaAmericas
Hong KongTracy Tsin Suet Chu[12]241.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Hong KongAsia
HungaryClaudia Kozma211.70 m (5 ft 7 in)BudapestEurope
IndiaRochelle Maria Rao[18]231.70 m (5 ft 7 in)ChennaiAsia
Indonesia IndonesiaLiza Elly Purnamasari211.75 m (5 ft 9 in)MalangAsia
IsraelYael Markovich[19]231.68 m (5 ft 6 in)HaifaAsia
ItalyGiulia Masala[12]191.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)PloagheEurope
JapanIkumi Yoshimatsu[20]251.70 m (5 ft 7 in)SagaAsia
LatviaKristīna Viļuma[12]221.68 m (5 ft 6 in)RigaEurope
LebanonCynthia Moukarzel[21]241.65 m (5 ft 5 in)BeirutAsia
MacauCherry Ng[22]251.68 m (5 ft 6 in)MacauAsia
MalaysiaMei Xian Teng[12]211.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)PerakAsia
MauritiusAmeeksha Dilchand[9]251.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Port LouisAfrica
Mexico MexicoJessica García Formenti[23]221.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)La PazAmericas
MongoliaDolgion Delgerjav211.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)UlaanbaatarAsia
MyanmarNang Khin Zay Yar[12]241.68 m (5 ft 6 in)TaunggyiAsia
NamibiaPaulina Malulu[12]231.75 m (5 ft 9 in)WindhoekAfrica
  NepalSubeksha Khadka181.65 m (5 ft 5 in)LalitpurAsia
New ZealandHannah Carson251.70 m (5 ft 7 in)AucklandOceania
Nicaragua NicaraguaReyna Pérez[12]201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)ChinandegaAmericas
PanamaKaren Jordán Beitia231.73 m (5 ft 8 in)DavidAmericas
ParaguayNicole Huber221.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)AsunciónAmericas
PeruRossmary Pizarro251.75 m (5 ft 9 in)IquitosAmericas
PhilippinesNicole Schmitz[24]241.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Cebu CityAsia
PolandRozalia Mancewicz[25]251.75 m (5 ft 9 in)BiałystokEurope
PortugalJoana Peta221.75 m (5 ft 9 in)FaroEurope
Puerto RicoAshley Ruiz[26]241.75 m (5 ft 9 in)RincónAmericas
RussiaEkaterina Meglinskaia[9]201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)SaratovEurope
SingaporeLeong Ying Mae[27]221.75 m (5 ft 9 in)SingaporeAsia
Slovak RepublicDenisa Krajčovičová241.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)BratislavaEurope
South KoreaLee Jung-bin[12]191.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)GwangjuAsia
SpainAna Amparo Crespo[12]221.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)ValenciaEurope
Sri LankaMadusha Mayadunne[12]251.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)ColomboAsia
SurinameWynona Redmond[12]251.75 m (5 ft 9 in)ParamariboAmericas
SwedenKatarina Konow191.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)StockholmEurope
TahitiAriirau Sandras[12]221.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)PapeeteOceania
TaiwanNianyu Yu[12]201.62 m (5 ft 4 in)TaipeiAsia
ThailandRungsinee Panjaburi[12]211.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)LamphunAsia
TurkeyMeltem Tüzüner[28]231.78 m (5 ft 10 in)IstanbulEurope
UkraineJulia Gershun[12]231.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)DnipropetrovskEurope
United KingdomAlize Lily Mounter[29]241.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)LondonEurope
United StatesAmanda Renee Delgado[30]221.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Los AngelesAmericas
United States Virgin IslandsVanessa Donastorg[31]231.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Saint ThomasAmericas
VenezuelaBlanca Aljibes[32]241.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)ValenciaAmericas

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 1961:

Last competed in 2005:

Last competed in 2008:

Last competed in 2009:

Last competed in 2010:

Withdrawals

Did not compete

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