At long last! The new Miss Universe was crowned in Las Vegas, USA 19th of December in the person of 20 year old Olivia Culpo of the USA. Olivia, who was born in Rhode Island was crowned Miss Universe 2012 among 88 other delegates from all over the world. She was the 8th Miss USA to bag the Miss Universe title. This year's batch of delegates is one of the most impressive in years. However, a string of controversies and intrigues hounded this year's decision. Aside from being the homeground, Miss USA was not a heavy favorite from the start, and did not excell in the preliminaries. Our very own Janine Tugonon of the Philippines emerged as 1st runner up. She could have grabbed the crown, mainly because of her outstanding display of swimsuit and evening gown, and her answer to the crucial Q&A portion wherein her answer was well-received. Janine has been a consistent favorite from the start of the pageant. 2nd runner up went to Miss Venezuela, Irene Quintero, who was also a heavy favorite. 3rd runner up went to another favorite Miss Australia, Renae Ayris, and 4th runner up went to Miss Brazil, Gabriela Markus.
Melinda Bam of South Africa, who has been ranked as the top favorite, only made it to the top 10 cut, along with another strong contender Miss Mexico, Karina Gonzalez. Completing the top 10 were Miss Russia, France, and Hungary. Rounding up the top 16 semi-finalists were Miss Turkey, Peru, Poland, Kosovo, Croatia and India.
Several other heavy favorites did not even make the semifinals, among them delegates from Puerto Rico, Malaysia, Guyana, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Netherlands, New Zealand and Finland.
Miss Photogenic went to Miss Kosovo, Miss Congeniality to Miss Guatemala, and the Best National Costume to China.
This is the best ever placing of the Philippines in over 10 years since Miriam Quiambao emerged also as 1st runner up. For 3 consecutive years, the Philippines has placed among the top five. Venus Raj 4th runner up in 2010 and Shamsey Supsup 3rd runner up in 2011.
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