Miss World 2012

Miss World 2012 was the 62nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium in Ordos City, China, on 18 August 2012.

Miss World 2012
Yu Wenxia in 2013
Date	18 August 2012
Presenters	Jason Cook Myleene Klass Steve Douglas
Venue	Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China
Entrants	116
Placements	30
Debuts	Equatorial Guinea Gabon South Sudan
Withdrawals	Cayman Islands Egypt Ghana Kyrgyzstan Liberia Moldova Namibia Romania Saint Barthélemy
Returns	Angola Ethiopia Fiji Guyana Macau Malawi Saint Kitts and Nevis Seychelles Suriname
Winner	Yu Wenxia China
← 2011 2013 →

Ivian Sarcos of Venezuela crowned Yu Wenxia of China as her successor at the end of the event. This is the second time China has won the title.

Background

Controversy

On 31 January 2013, the official website of Miss World Organisation released a statement regarding the scoreboard errors in the final telecast last 18 August 2012. Miss World was under siege after beauty watchers, fans and even National Directors noticed some inconsistencies in the scoring system. According to the official statement of the Ionoco Ltd., it says that the errors occurred on the graphical scoreboard were solely caused by human error on part of the operator. Miss World Organization provided the Ionoco Ltd. with verified scores, however, the operator failed to update the score table correctly resulting in a discrepancy between the position of the contestants in the scoreboard and the point values displayed.^[1]

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition saw the debut of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and South Sudan, and the return of Angola, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guyana, Macau, Malawi, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles and Suriname; Fiji, which last competed in 2004, Seychelles in 2008, and Angola, Ethiopia, Guyana, Macau, Malawi, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname in 2010.

Cayman Islands, Egypt, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Moldova, Namibia, Romania and Saint Barthélemy, withdrew from the competition.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant[2]
Miss World 2012	China – Yu Wenxia
1st Runner-Up	Wales – Sophie Moulds
2nd Runner-Up	Australia – Jessica Kahawaty
Top 7	Brazil – Mariana Notarangelo  India – Vanya Mishra  Jamaica – Deanna Robins  South Sudan - Atong Demach
Top 15	England – Charlotte Holmes  Indonesia – Ines Putri  Kenya – Shamim Ali  Mexico – Mariana Berumen  Netherlands – Nathalie den Dekker  Philippines – Queenierich Rehman  Spain – Aranzazu Estevez  United States – Claudine Book
Top 30	Colombia – Barbara Turbay  Denmark – Iris Thomsen  Dominican Republic – Sally Aponte  Guadeloupe – Brigitte Golabkan  Guam – Jeneva Bosko  Guatemala – Monique Aparicio  Israel – Shani Hazan  Kazakhstan – Evgenia Klishina    Nepal – Shristi Shrestha  Northern Ireland – Tiffany Brien  Panama – Maricely Gonzalez  Paraguay – Fiorella Migliore  Portugal – Melanie Vicente  Puerto Rico – Janelee Chaparro  Sweden – Sanna Jinnedal

Challenge Events

There were six challenge events. They were Top Model, Beach Fashion, Sport, Multimedia, Talent, and Beauty With a Purpose. Important points were awarded to each winner. All six winners went through to the Top 30.

Top Model

Atong Demach of South Sudan won Miss World Top Model 2012.

Final result	Contestant
Winner	South Sudan - Atong Demach
Top 10	Australia - Jessica Kahawaty Belize - Chantae Chanice Guy Brazil - Mariana Notarangelo Chile - Camila Recabarren China - Yu Wenxia Jamaica - Deanna Robbins Mexico - Mariana Berumen Poland - Weronika Szmajdzińska Spain - Aránzazu Estevez

Beach Beauty

Sophie Moulds of Wales won Miss World Beach Beauty 2012.

Final Result	Contestant
Winner	Wales - Sophie Moulds
Top 10	Australia - Jessica Kahawaty Brazil - Mariana Notarangelo China - Yu Wenxia Colombia - Bárbara Turbay Czech Republic - Linda Bartošová Guadeloupe - Brigitte Ramassamy Golabkan   Nepal - Shristi Shrestha Nigeria - Damiete Charles-Granville Northern Ireland - Tiffany Brien

Sport

Sanna Jinnedal of Sweden won Miss World Sport 2012.

Final result	Contestant
Winner	Sweden - Sanna Jinnedal
Swimming	Portugal - Melanie Vicente
Long Jump	England - Charlotte Holmes
100-Meter Dash	Scotland - Nicole Treacy
Kick-Off	Sweden - Sanna Jinnedal Uganda - Phiona Bizzu

Multimedia

Vanya Mishra of India won Miss World Multimedia 2012.

Final result	Contestant
Winner	India - Vanya Mishra
1st Runner-Up	Mexico - Mariana Berumen

Talent

Yu Wenxia of China won Miss World Talent 2012.

Final result	Contestant
Winner	China - Yu Wenxia
Top 5	Jamaica - Deanna Robbins Norway - Karoline Olsen Panama - Maricely González Philippines - Queenierich Rehman
Top 16	Brazil - Mariana Notarangelo Curaçao - Stephanie Rose Chang Denmark - Iris Thomsen Kazakhstan - Evgenia Klishina Latvia - Anastasija Skibunova Macau - Winnie Sin Mongolia - Bayarmaa Huselbaatar Paraguay - Fiorella Migliore Saint Kitts and Nevis - Markysa O'Loughlin Sierra Leone - Vanessa Williams United States Virgin Islands - Taiesa Lashley

Beauty With a Purpose

Vanya Mishra of India won Miss World Beauty With a Purpose 2012.

Final result	Contestant
Winner	India - Vanya Mishra
1st Runner-Up	Australia - Jessica Kahawaty
2nd Runner-Up	United States - Claudine Book
3rd Runner-Up	Indonesia - Ines Putri
4th Runner-Up	Kenya - Shamim Ali

Judges

Miss World 2012 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges.^[3]

• Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization
• Mike Dixon
• Andrew Minarik – hairstylist for the event^[4]
• Stan Reynolds
• Jodie Reynolds
• Chief Mandela ^[5]
• Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 from China
• Jane Wang
• Alfreda Burke
• Shenjian Hong

Contestants

116 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Height	Hometown
Albania	Floriana Garo[6]	25	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Durrës
Angola	Edmilza dos Santos[7]	21	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Malanje
Argentina	Josefina Herrero[8]	18	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Mercedes
Aruba	Lucianette Verhoeks[9]	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Oranjestad
Australia	Jessica Kahawaty[10]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Sydney
Austria	Amina Dagi[11]	17	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Bregenz
Bahamas	Daronique Young[12]	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Nassau
Barbados	Marielle Wilkie[13]	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Bridgetown
Belarus	Julia Skalkovich[14]	20	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Baranovichi
Belgium	Laura Beyne[15]	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Brussels
Belize	Chantae Chanice Guy[16]	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Belmopan
Bermuda	Rochelle Minors[17]	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Hamilton
Bolivia	Mariana García[18]	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	La Paz
Bonaire	Ana Gisel Maciel[19]	19	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Kralendijk
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Fikreta Husić[20]	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Brčko
Botswana	Tapiwa Anna-Marie Preston[21]	19	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Gaborone
Brazil	Mariana Notarangelo[22]	22	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Duque de Caxias
Bulgaria	Gabriela Vasileva[23]	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Byala Slatina
Canada	Tara Teng[24]	23	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	Fort Langley
Chile	Camila Recabarren[25]	21	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	La Serena
China	Yu Wenxia[26][27]	23	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Shangzhi
Colombia	Bárbara Turbay[28]	19	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Bogotá
Costa Rica	Silvana Sánchez[29]	23	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Palmares
Côte d'Ivoire	Hélène-Valerie Djouka[30]	18	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Divo
Croatia	Maja Nikolić[31]	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Zagreb
Curaçao	Stephanie Rose Chang[32]	20	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Willemstad
Cyprus	Georgia Georgiou[33]	21	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Limassol
Czech Republic	Linda Bartošová[34]	19	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Vraclav
Denmark	Iris Thomsen[35]	25	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Osterbro
Dominican Republic	Sally Aponte Tejada[36]	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Salcedo
Ecuador	Cipriana Correia[37]	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Esmeraldas
El Salvador	Maria Luisa Vicuña[38]	18	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Sonsonate
England	Charlotte Holmes[39]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Plymouth
Equatorial Guinea	Jennifer Riveiro Ilende[40]	20	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Malabo
Ethiopia	Melkam Endale[41]	21	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Addis Ababa
Fiji	Koini Elesi Vakaloloma[42]	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Lautoka
Finland	Sabina Särkkä[43]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Helsinki
France	Delphine Wespiser[44]	20	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Magstatt-le-Bas
Gabon	Marie-Noëlle Ada[45]	22	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Mouila
Georgia	Salome Khomeriki[46]	20	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Tbilisi
Germany	Martina Ivezaj[47]	23	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Munich
Gibraltar	Jessica Baldachino[48]	24	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Gibraltar
Greece	Maria Tsagkaraki[49]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Crete
Guadeloupe	Brigitte Golabkan[50]	18	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Le Moule
Guam	Jeneva Bosko[51]	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Chalan Pago
Guatemala	Monique Aparicio[52]	21	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Quetzaltenango
Guyana	Arti Cameron[53]	23	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Georgetown
Honduras	Jennifer Valle[54]	17	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Santa Rosa de Copan
Hong Kong	Kelly Cheung[55]	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Hong Kong
Hungary	Tamara Cserháti[56]	20	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Győr
Iceland	Íris Telma Jónsdóttir[57]	21	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Reykjavík
India	Vanya Mishra[58]	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Jalandar
Indonesia	Ines Putri Chandra[59]	22	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Denpasar
Ireland	Rebecca Maguire[60]	20	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Dublin
Israel	Shani Hazan[61]	19	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Kiryat Ata
Italy	Jessica Bellinghieri[62]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Messina
Jamaica	Deanna Robins[63]	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Kingston
Japan	Nozomi Igarashi[64]	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Yamagata
Kazakhstan	Evgeniya Klishina[65]	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Astana
Kenya	Shamim Nabil[66]	18	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Mombasa
Latvia	Anastasija Skibunova[67]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Riga
Lebanon	Sonia-Lynn Gabriel[68]	20	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Mont-Liban
Lithuania	Rasa Vereniūtė[69]	20	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Vilnius
Macau	Winnie Sin[70]	25	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)	Macau
Macedonia	Aneta Stojkoska[71]	19	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Gostivar
Malawi	Susan Mtegha †[72]	24	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Mzuzu
Malaysia	Yvonne Lee[73]	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Daniela Darmanin[74]	21	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Mġarr
Martinique	Andy Govindin[75]	23	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Fort-de-France
Mauritius	Shalini Panchoo[76]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Saint Pierre
Mexico	Mariana Berumen[77]	20	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Guanajuato
Mongolia	Bayarmaa Huselbaatar[78]	20	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Ulan Bator
Montenegro	Nikolina Lončar[79]	19	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Pljevlja
Nepal	Shristi Shrestha[80]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Bharatpur
Netherlands	Nathalie den Dekker[81]	22	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Amsterdam
New Zealand	Collette Lochore[82]	18	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Auckland
Nicaragua	Lauren Lawson[83]	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Granada
Nigeria	Damiete Charles Granville[84]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Port Harcourt
Northern Ireland	Tiffany Brien[85]	21	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Belfast
Norway	Karoline Olsen[86]	21	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Klo
Panama	Maricely González[87]	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Panama City
Paraguay	Fiorella Migliore[88]	23	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Asunción
Peru	Giuliana Zevallos[89]	23	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Lima
Philippines	Queenierich Rehman[90]	24	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Las Piñas
Poland	Weronika Szmajdzińska[91]	18	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Szczecin
Portugal	Melanie Vicente[92]	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Torres Vedras
Puerto Rico	Janelee Chaparro[93]	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Barceloneta
Russia	Elizaveta Golovanova[94]	19	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Safonovo
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Markysa O'Loughlin[95]	20	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Basseterre
Scotland	Nicole Treacy[96]	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Paisley
Serbia	Bojana Lečić[97]	22	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Nova Varoš
Seychelles	Sherlyn Ferneau[98]	21	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Victoria
Sierra Leone	Vanessa Williams[99]	22	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Freetown
Singapore	Karisa Sukamto[100]	19	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	Singapore
Slovakia	Kristína Krajčírová[101]	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Bratislava
Slovenia	Nives Orešnik[102]	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Maribor
South Africa	Remona Moodley[103]	23	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Cape Town
South Korea[b]	Kim Sung-min[104]	23	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Seoul
South Sudan	Atong Demach[105]	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Bor
Spain	Aránzazu Estévez[106]	23	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Las Palmas
Sri Lanka	Sumudu Prasadini[107]	23	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Kurunegala
Suriname	Stefanie Grace Gentle[108]	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Nieuw Nickerie
Sweden	Sanna Jinnedal[109]	19	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Borås
Tanzania	Lisa Jensen[110]	24	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Dar es Salaam
Thailand	Vanessa Herrmann[111]	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Phuket
Trinidad and Tobago	Athaliah Samuel[112]	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Port of Spain
Turkey	Açelya Samyeli Danoğlu[113][114]	20	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Istanbul
Uganda	Phiona Bizzu[115]	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Lira
Ukraine	Karina Zhyronkina[116]	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Kharkiv
United States	Claudine Book[117]	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	California
United States Virgin Islands	Taiesa Lashley[118]	24	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	Saint Thomas
Uruguay	Valentina Henderson[119]	18	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Salto
Venezuela	Gabriella Ferrari[120]	21	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Valencia
Vietnam	Vũ Thị Hoàng My[121]	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Đồng Nai
Wales	Sophie Moulds[122]	19	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Ferndale
Zimbabwe	Bongani Dlakama[123]	24	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Bulawayo

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant
2. Competed as Korea in the pageant

Venues

The primary site for the competition was Ordos in Inner Mongolia, China. A fashion show was held in Shanghai, and the beachwear competitions were held at the desert resort of Xiangshawan.

International broadcasters

•  Afghanistan: Star World
•  Angola: TPA
•  Anguilla: Direct TV
•  Antigua and Barbuda: Direct TV
•  Argentina: Direct TV^[124]
•  Armenia: Armenia TV
•  Aruba: Direct TV
•  Australia: FOXTEL-E!^[125]
•  Bahamas: ZNS^[126]
•  Bangladesh: SRK showtime
•  Barbados: Direct TV
•  Belarus: ONT
•  Belgium: STAR!
•  Belize: Channel 5^[127]
•  Bermuda: Direct TV
•  Bolivia: Unitel^[128]
•  Bonaire: Direct TV
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina: RTRS,^[129] FTV
•  Botswana: BTV
•  Brazil: UOL^[130]
•  British Virgin Islands: Direct TV
•  Brunei: Star World
•  Cambodia: Star World
•  Canada: E!
•  Cayman Islands: Direct TV
•  Chile: Canal 13
•  China: CCTV 2^[131]
•  Colombia: Canal 1^[132]
•  Curacao: TDS^[133]
•  Cyprus: Sigma TV
•  Denmark: STAR! & TNT^[134]
•  Dominica: Direct TV
•  Dominican Republic: Direct TV
•  Ecuador: Direct TV^[135]
•  Egypt: Dalycartoon
•  El Salvador: Canal 2
•  England: DRG TV^[136]
•  Estonia: STAR!^[134]
•  Fiji: Fiji Broadcast Corporation^[137]
•  Finland: STAR!^[134]
•  France: Paris Premiere^[138]
•  Georgia: Telemedia
•  Germany: E!
•  Ghana: GBC
•  Grenada: Direct TV
•  Guadeloupe: Paris Premiere^[138]
•  Guatemala: Canal 11
•  Haiti: Direct TV
•  Honduras: Telesistema^[139]
•  Hong Kong: Star World
•  Israel: STAR!^[134]
•  India: Zee Cafe
•  Indonesia: RCTI
•  Iran: Manoto
•  Ireland: E! Entertainment
•  Italy: E!
•  Jamaica: TVJ^[140]
•  Japan: Star World
•  Kenya: Royal Media Services Ltd.
•  Laos: Star World
•  Latvia: STAR!^[134]
•  Lebanon: LBCI
•  Lithuania: Lietuvos rytas TV^[141]
•  Luxembourg: STAR!^[134]
•  Macau: Star World
•  Macedonia: Sitel
•  Malaysia: Star World
•  Maldives: Star World
•  Montserrat: Direct TV
•  Martinique: Paris Premiere^[138]
•  Mauritius: MBC
•  Mexico: Galavision
•  Micronesia: Star World
•  Mongolia: UBS TV^[142]
•  Mozambique: STV
•  Myanmar: Star World
•  Namibia: NBC
•  Nauru: Star World
•  Netherlands: STAR!^[134]
•  New Caledonia: Star World
•  Nicaragua: Canal 2^[143]
•  Nigeria: Silverbird
•  New Zealand: TV2^[144]
•  Northern Ireland: DRG TV^[136]
•  Norway: STAR!^[134]
• Pacific Islands: Star World
•  Palau: Star World
•  Panama: Telemetro
•  Papua New Guinea: Star World
•  Paraguay: La Tele
•  Peru: Direct TV^[145]
•  Philippines: TV5
•  Poland: Polsat
•  Portugal: Sic Internacional
•  Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico TV^[146]
•  Russia: Star World
•  Saba: Direct TV
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis: Direct TV
• Saint Eustasius: Direct TV
•  Saint Lucia: Direct TV
•  Saint Martin: Direct TV
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Direct TV
•  Scotland: DRG TV^[136]
•  Seychelles: SBC^[147]
•  Singapore: MediaCorp Channel 5
•  Solomon Islands: Star World
•  South Africa: SABC 3^[148]
•  South Korea: T Cast
•  Spain: Mediaset España
•  Swaziland: Swazi TV
•  Sweden: STAR!^[134]
•  Taiwan: Star World
•  Thailand: Channel 3
•  Trinidad and Tobago: CTV^[149]
•  Turkey: CNBC-e
•  Turks and Caicos Islands: Direct TV
•  Uruguay: Direct TV^[150]
•  United States: E! Entertainment, Xbox Live (via Xfinity video on demand application)
•  United States Virgin Islands: Direct TV
•  Vanuatu: Star World
•  Venezuela: Venevisión
•  Vietnam: VTV
•  Wales: DRG TV^[136]
•  Zambia: ZNBC
•  Zimbabwe: ZBC