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. 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.
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.
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss International 2012 – Ikumi Yoshimatsu 1st Runner-Up – Viivi Suominen 2nd Runner-Up – Madusha Mayadunne 3rd Runner-Up – Melody Mir 4th Runner-Up – Nicole Huber Top 15 – Rafaela Butarelli – Melissa Varón – Anedie Azael – Rochelle Rao – Jessica García Formenti – Paulina Malulu – Nicole Schmitz – Alize Lily Mounter – Amanda Renee Delgado – Blanca Aljibes
Contestants Country/Territory Contestant Age Height Hometown Continental Group Daiana Incandela 23 Buenos Aires Americas Sarah Jane Fraser 21 Newcastle Oceania Anastasia Pogranichnaya 20 Minsk Europe Alien Decock 24 Brussels Europe Destinee Arnold 19 Roaring Creek Americas Stephanie Nuñez 20 Pando Americas Rafaela Butarelli 23 Marília Americas Francoise Odette Ngoumou 22 Douala Africa Marta Jablonska 24 Hamilton Americas Colombia Melissa Varón 25 Santa Marta Americas Natasha Sibaja 21 Pérez Zeledón Americas Line Christiansen 18 Aarhus Europe Melody Mir Jiménez 23 Santiago de los Caballeros Americas Tatiana Loor 21 Santo Domingo Americas Marlin Ramirez 21 San Salvador Americas Xenia Likhacheva 23 Tallinn Europe Viivi Suominen 25 Turku Europe Marion Amelineau 23 Givrand Europe Channa Divouvi 21 Libreville Africa Aline Marie 25 Munich Europe Kerrianne Massetti 24 Gibraltar Europe Aude Belenus 21 Basse-Terre Americas Chanel Cruz Jarrett 18 Agana Heights Oceania Christa Irene García González 20 Guatemala City Americas Anedie Azael 23 Port-au-Prince Americas Nicole Velasquez 21 Tegucigalpa Americas Tracy Tsin Suet Chu 24 Hong Kong Asia Claudia Kozma 21 Budapest Europe Rochelle Maria Rao 23 Chennai Asia Indonesia Liza Elly Purnamasari 21 Malang Asia Yael Markovich 23 Haifa Asia Giulia Masala 19 Ploaghe Europe Ikumi Yoshimatsu 25 Saga Asia Kristīna Viļuma 22 Riga Europe Cynthia Moukarzel 24 Beirut Asia Cherry Ng 25 Macau Asia Mei Xian Teng 21 Perak Asia Ameeksha Dilchand 25 Port Louis Africa Mexico Jessica García Formenti 22 La Paz Americas Dolgion Delgerjav 21 Ulaanbaatar Asia Nang Khin Zay Yar 24 Taunggyi Asia Paulina Malulu 23 Windhoek Africa Subeksha Khadka 18 Lalitpur Asia Hannah Carson 25 Auckland Oceania Nicaragua Reyna Pérez 20 Chinandega Americas Karen Jordán Beitia 23 David Americas Nicole Huber 22 Asunción Americas Rossmary Pizarro 25 Iquitos Americas Nicole Schmitz 24 Cebu City Asia Rozalia Mancewicz 25 Białystok Europe Joana Peta 22 Faro Europe Ashley Ruiz 24 Rincón Americas Ekaterina Meglinskaia 20 Saratov Europe Leong Ying Mae 22 Singapore Asia Denisa Krajčovičová 24 Bratislava Europe Lee Jung-bin 19 Gwangju Asia Ana Amparo Crespo 22 Valencia Europe Madusha Mayadunne 25 Colombo Asia Wynona Redmond 25 Paramaribo Americas Katarina Konow 19 Stockholm Europe Ariirau Sandras 22 Papeete Oceania Nianyu Yu 20 Taipei Asia Rungsinee Panjaburi 21 Lamphun Asia Meltem Tüzüner 23 Istanbul Europe Julia Gershun 23 Dnipropetrovsk Europe Alize Lily Mounter 24 London Europe Amanda Renee Delgado 22 Los Angeles Americas Vanessa Donastorg 23 Saint Thomas Americas Blanca Aljibes 24 Valencia Americas
Notes Debuts
Returns
Last competed in 1961: (as Burma) Last competed in 2005:
Last competed in 2008:
Last competed in 2009:
Last competed in 2010:
Withdrawals
– Zhang Chengcheng
– Mariam Girmisashvili
– Donique Leonard – Winfrida Dominic
Did not compete – Melkam Endale
References
External links Miss International official website