Okay, I'm not a fan of beauty pageants but I'm taking the risk blogging this one. lol
The photos below were arranged by a gay friend and were saved in my laptop. so...
The 61st Miss Universe pageant will happen this 19th of December, this year
in Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Paradise, Nevada.
Leila Lopes from Angola, Miss Universe 2011 will crown her successor.
As of October 18, 2012; 11:27pm EST, the following are the confirmed candidates:
upper left clockwise:
Angola Marcelina Vahekeni 21
Aruba Liza Helder 22
Australia Renae Ayris 20
Bahamas Celeste Marshall 19
upper left clockwise:
Belgium Laura Beyne 19
Bolivia Yéssica Mouton 23
Botswana Sheillah Molelekwa 19
Brazil Gabriela Markus 23
upper left clockwise:
British Virgin Islands Abigail Hyndman 21
Bulgaria Joan Yaneva 22
Canada Sahar Biniaz 26
Cayman Islands Lindsay Japal 23
upper left clockwise:
China Diana Xu 22
Colombia Daniella Álvarez 24
Costa Rica Nazareth Cascante 21
Croatia Elizabeta Burg 18
upper left clockwise:
Curaçao Monifa Jansen 18
Cyprus Ntaniella Kefala 19
Czech Republic Tereza Chlebovská 21
Dominican Republic Lynn Lieggi 23
upper left clockwise:
Ecuador Carolina Aguirre 20
El Salvador Ana Yancy Clavel 20
Estonia Natalie Korneitsik 23
Ethiopia Helen Getachew 22
upper left clockwise:
Finland Sara Chafak 21
France Marie Payet 20
Gabon Marie-Noëlle Ada 21
Georgia Tamar Shedania 20
upper left clockwise:
Ghana Gifty Ofori 24
Great Britain Holly Hale 21
Guam Alyssa Cruz Aguero 24
Guatemala Laura Godoy 23
upper left clockwise:
Guyana Ruqayyah Boyer 20
Honduras Jennifer Andrade 24
Hungary Agnes Konkoly 24
India Shilpa Singh 20
upper left clockwise:
Indonesia Maria Selena 21
Israel Lina Machola 18
Italy Grazia Maria Pinto 24
Jamaica Chantal Zaky 24
upper left clockwise:
Japan Ayako Hara 24
Kazakhstan Aynur Toleuova 18
Korea Lee Seong-hye 23
Kosovo Diana Avdiu 19
upper left clockwise:
Lebanon Rina Chibany 21
Lithuania Greta Mikalauskyte 19
Malaysia Kimberley Leggett 19
Mauritius Ameeksha Dilchand 24
upper left clockwise:
Mexico Karina González 21
Montenegro Andrea Radonjic 18
Namibia Tsakana Nkandi 22
New Zealand Talia Bennett 23
upper left clockwise:
Nicaragua Farah Eslaquit 20
Nigeria Isabella Ayuk 26
Norway Sara Nicole Andersen 20
Panama Stephanie Vander Werf 25
upper left clockwise:
Paraguay Egni Eckert 24
Peru Nicole Faverón 22
Philippines Janine Tugonon 22
Poland Marcelina Zawadzka 22
upper left clockwise:
Puerto Rico Bodine Koehler 19
Russia Elizaveta Golovanova 18
Serbia Brana Mandic 20
Singapore Lynn Tan 24
upper left clockwise:
Slovak Republic Ľubica Štepanová 24
South Africa Melinda Bam 22
Spain Andrea Huisgen 22
Sri Lanka Sabrina Herft 25
upper left clockwise:
Sweden Hanni Beronius 22
Switzerland Alina Buchschacher 20
Tanzania Winfrida Dominic 19
Thailand Farida Waller 18
upper left clockwise:
Turkey Çağıl Özge Özkul 23
Uruguay Camila Vezzoso 18
USA Olivia Culpo 20
Venezuela Irene Esser 20
UPCOMING NATIONAL PAGEANTS
Ukraine October 18, 2012
St. Lucia October 20, 2012
Trinidad & Tobago October 21, 2012
Netherlands October 22, 2012
Chile October 26, 2012
Albania November 2, 2012
Ireland November 2, 2012
Greece November 14, 2012
Denmark November 2012
Romania November 2012
Argentina TBA
Germany TBA
Haiti TBA
Vietnam TBA
P.S. GO MISS PHILIPPINES! lol <3 xoxo