Miss International 2012

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.

Miss International 2012
Miss International 2012, Ikumi Yoshimatsu
Date	October 21, 2012
Entertainment	Ryoko Sunakawa Toshiro Gourobe
Venue	Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building, Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Broadcaster	UStream (webcast)
Entrants	69
Placements	15
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
Winner	Ikumi Yoshimatsu Japan
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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]

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.^[5]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant[6]
Miss International 2012	Japan – Ikumi Yoshimatsu
1st Runner-Up	Finland – Viivi Suominen
2nd Runner-Up	Sri Lanka – Madusha Mayadunne
3rd Runner-Up	Dominican Republic – Melody Mir
4th Runner-Up	Paraguay – Nicole Huber
Top 15	Brazil – Rafaela Butarelli  Colombia – Melissa Varón  Haiti – Anedie Azael  India – Rochelle Rao  Mexico – Jessica García Formenti  Namibia – Paulina Malulu  Philippines – Nicole Schmitz  United Kingdom – Alize Lily Mounter  United States – Amanda Renee Delgado  Venezuela – Blanca Aljibes

Contestants

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Continental Group
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
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
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
South Korea	Lee Jung-bin[11]	19	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Gwangju	Asia
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
Taiwan	Nianyu Yu[11]	20	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	Taipei	Asia
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)	Dnipropetrovsk	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
United States 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

• Cameroon
• Gibraltar
• Haiti
• Namibia
• United States Virgin Islands

Returns

Last competed in 1961: Myanmar (as Burma) Last competed in 2005: Israel

Last competed in 2008: Suriname Last competed in 2009: Argentina Gabon

Last competed in 2010: Canada Mauritius Nicaragua Sri Lanka United Kingdom

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