Miss Universe 2012
Miss Universe
Miss Universe 2012
| Miss Universe 2012 | |
| Date | September 2012 |
| Broadcaster | NBC, Telemundo, Xbox Live |
| Returns | Morocco, Norway, Papua New Guinea |
Miss Universe 2011 Winner
Miss Universe is an international beauty contest held once in a year. It is run by the Miss Universe Organization. Miss Universe beauty pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with over 600 million viewers.
Set up in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills, Miss Universe changed its name from Miss Universe Inc. to Miss Universe Organization in 1998. The headquarters of Miss Universe Organization is in New York City, U.S with Paula Shugart as the President.
Miss Universe 2011 to be held on 12 September 2011 at the Credicard Hall, Sao Paulo Brazil is the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico, the current Miss Universe of 2010 will crown her successor at the end of the event.
88 countries are participating in the Miss Universe pageant. The countries participating are Argentina, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Finland, Lebanon, Thailand and others. Below are the following set of events to be held for Miss Universe pageant in August September.
Miss Universe 2011 Results
| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 2011 | Angola – Leila Lopes |
| 1st runner-up | Ukraine – Olesya Stefanko |
| 2nd runner-up | Brazil – Priscila Machado |
| 3rd runner-up | Philippines – Shamcey Supsup |
| 4th runner-up | China – Zilin Luo |
| Top 10 |
Australia – Scherri-Lee Biggs |
| Top 16 |
Kosovo – Afërdita Dresha |
Miss Universe 2011 Special Awards
| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Congeniality | Montenegro – Nikolina Lončar |
| Miss Photogenic | Sweden – Ronnia Fornstedt |
| Best National Costume | Panama – Sheldry Sáez |
