2012 Miss Universe Favorites

It's Miss Universe season once again, and it's the very last of the major international beauty pageants for 2012, and the most prestigious. The 2012 Miss Universe will be held in Las Vegas and 89 delegates from all over the universe will be competing for the title. The delegates have already arrived in Las Vegas, and they have started to undergo the preliminary activities. Social media, and the major bloggers and beauty pageant experts have already selected their favorites. Coronation night will be on December 19th.
Our very own Janine Tugunon of the Philippines is one of the early favorites, and is among the top 16 contenders. The Philippines has scored runner up positions for the past 2 consecutive years: Venus Raj was 4th runner up in 2010, and Shamsey Supsup was 3rd runner up in 2011. Will we be able to score a higher place this year?? But the competition is very tight this year! There are several stand-outs, and among them are delegates from South Africa, Colombia, Australia, Mexico, Venezuela, USA, Angola, Ecuador, Paraguay, Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, Puerto Rico and France. It's going to be another year of South American beauties, and it seems that our very own Janine is the only Asian to be a favorite so far.