# Miss International 2012 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_International_2012 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_International_2012.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International_2012 > Source revision: 1338288418 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Beauty pageant Miss International 2012 Miss International 2012, Ikumi Yoshimatsu Date October 21, 2012 Entertainment Ryoko Sunakawa Toshiro Gourobe Venue Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building, Naha, Okinawa, Japan Broadcaster UStream (webcast) Entrants 69 Placements 15 Debuts Cameroon Gibraltar Haiti Namibia United States Virgin Islands Withdrawals Aruba China Cuba Georgia Hawaii Kyrgyzstan Netherlands Romania South Africa Tanzania Trinidad and Tobago Vietnam Zimbabwe Returns Argentina Canada Gabon Israel Mauritius Myanmar Nicaragua Sri Lanka Suriname United Kingdom Winner Ikumi Yoshimatsu Japan ← 2011 2013 → **Miss International 2012**, the 52nd [Miss International](/source/Miss_International) pageant, was held on October 21, 2012, at Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building in [Okinawa](/source/Okinawa_Prefecture), Japan. [Fernanda Cornejo](/source/Fernanda_Cornejo) from [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador) crowned her successor [Ikumi Yoshimatsu](/source/Ikumi_Yoshimatsu) from [Japan](/source/Japan) at the end of the event. Yoshimatsu was dethroned shortly before the end of her reign, but she was not replaced.[1][2][3] 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.[4][5] ## 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](/source/Naha), [Okinawa](/source/Okinawa_Prefecture), [Japan](/source/Japan) on October 21, 2012.[6] ## Results ### Placements Placement Contestant[7] Miss International 2012 Japan – Ikumi Yoshimatsu 1st Runner-Up Finland – Viivi Suominen 2nd Runner-Up Sri Lanka – Madusha Mayadunne 3rd Runner-Up Dominican Republic – Melody Mir 4th Runner-Up Paraguay – Nicole Huber Top 15 Brazil – Rafaela Butarelli Colombia – Melissa Varón Haiti – Anedie Azael India – Rochelle Rao Mexico – Jessica García Formenti Namibia – Paulina Malulu Philippines – Nicole Schmitz United Kingdom – Alize Lily Mounter United States – Amanda Renee Delgado Venezuela – Blanca Aljibes ## Contestants Country/Territory Contestant Age Height Hometown Continental Group Argentina Daiana Incandela[8] 23 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Buenos Aires Americas Australia Sarah Jane Fraser[9] 21 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Newcastle Oceania Belarus Anastasia Pogranichnaya 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Minsk Europe Belgium Alien Decock[9] 24 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) Brussels Europe Belize Destinee Arnold[10] 19 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Roaring Creek Americas Bolivia Stephanie Nuñez 20 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Pando Americas Brazil Rafaela Butarelli[11] 23 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Marília Americas Cameroon Francoise Odette Ngoumou[12] 22 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Douala Africa Canada Marta Jablonska[12] 24 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Hamilton Americas Colombia Melissa Varón[13] 25 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Santa Marta Americas Costa Rica Natasha Sibaja 21 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Pérez Zeledón Americas Denmark Line Christiansen 18 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Aarhus Europe Dominican Republic Melody Mir Jiménez 23 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Santiago de los Caballeros Americas Ecuador Tatiana Loor[14] 21 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Santo Domingo Americas El Salvador Marlin Ramirez[15] 21 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) San Salvador Americas Estonia Xenia Likhacheva[12] 23 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) Tallinn Europe Finland Viivi Suominen[16] 25 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Turku Europe France Marion Amelineau[12] 23 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Givrand Europe Gabon Channa Divouvi[12] 21 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Libreville Africa Germany Aline Marie[17] 25 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Munich Europe Gibraltar Kerrianne Massetti[12] 24 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) Gibraltar Europe Guadeloupe Aude Belenus[9] 21 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) Basse-Terre Americas Guam Chanel Cruz Jarrett 18 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) Agana Heights Oceania Guatemala Christa Irene García González[12] 20 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Guatemala City Americas Haiti Anedie Azael[12] 23 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Port-au-Prince Americas Honduras Nicole Velasquez[12] 21 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Tegucigalpa Americas Hong Kong Tracy Tsin Suet Chu[12] 24 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Hong Kong Asia Hungary Claudia Kozma 21 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Budapest Europe India Rochelle Maria Rao[18] 23 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Chennai Asia Indonesia Liza Elly Purnamasari 21 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Malang Asia Israel Yael Markovich[19] 23 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Haifa Asia Italy Giulia Masala[12] 19 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Ploaghe Europe Japan Ikumi Yoshimatsu[20] 25 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Saga Asia Latvia Kristīna Viļuma[12] 22 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Riga Europe Lebanon Cynthia Moukarzel[21] 24 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Beirut Asia Macau Cherry Ng[22] 25 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Macau Asia Malaysia Mei Xian Teng[12] 21 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Perak Asia Mauritius Ameeksha Dilchand[9] 25 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Port Louis Africa Mexico Jessica García Formenti[23] 22 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) La Paz Americas Mongolia Dolgion Delgerjav 21 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Ulaanbaatar Asia Myanmar Nang Khin Zay Yar[12] 24 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Taunggyi Asia Namibia Paulina Malulu[12] 23 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Windhoek Africa Nepal Subeksha Khadka 18 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Lalitpur Asia New Zealand Hannah Carson 25 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Auckland Oceania Nicaragua Reyna Pérez[12] 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Chinandega Americas Panama Karen Jordán Beitia 23 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) David Americas Paraguay Nicole Huber 22 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Asunción Americas Peru Rossmary Pizarro 25 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Iquitos Americas Philippines Nicole Schmitz[24] 24 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Cebu City Asia Poland Rozalia Mancewicz[25] 25 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Białystok Europe Portugal Joana Peta 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Faro Europe Puerto Rico Ashley Ruiz[26] 24 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Rincón Americas Russia Ekaterina Meglinskaia[9] 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Saratov Europe Singapore Leong Ying Mae[27] 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Singapore Asia Slovak Republic Denisa Krajčovičová 24 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) Bratislava Europe South Korea Lee Jung-bin[12] 19 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Gwangju Asia Spain Ana Amparo Crespo[12] 22 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Valencia Europe Sri Lanka Madusha Mayadunne[12] 25 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Colombo Asia Suriname Wynona Redmond[12] 25 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Paramaribo Americas Sweden Katarina Konow 19 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Stockholm Europe Tahiti Ariirau Sandras[12] 22 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Papeete Oceania Taiwan Nianyu Yu[12] 20 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Taipei Asia Thailand Rungsinee Panjaburi[12] 21 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) Lamphun Asia Turkey Meltem Tüzüner[28] 23 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Istanbul Europe Ukraine Julia Gershun[12] 23 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Dnipropetrovsk Europe United Kingdom Alize Lily Mounter[29] 24 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) London Europe United States Amanda Renee Delgado[30] 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Los Angeles Americas United States Virgin Islands Vanessa Donastorg[31] 23 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Saint Thomas Americas Venezuela Blanca Aljibes[32] 24 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Valencia Americas ## Notes ### Debuts - **[Cameroon](/source/Cameroon)** - **[Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar)** - **[Haiti](/source/Haiti)** - **[Namibia](/source/Namibia)** - **[United States Virgin Islands](/source/United_States_Virgin_Islands)** ### Returns Last competed in 1961: Myanmar (as Burma) Last competed in 2005: Israel Last competed in 2008: Suriname Last competed in 2009: Argentina Gabon Last competed in 2010: Canada Mauritius Nicaragua Sri Lanka United Kingdom ### Withdrawals - **[Aruba](/source/Aruba)** - **[China](/source/China)** – Zhang Chengcheng - **[Cuba](/source/Cuba)** - **[Georgia](/source/Georgia_(country))** – Mariam Girmisashvili - **[Hawaii](/source/Hawaii)** - **[Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan)** - **[Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)** - **[Romania](/source/Romania)** - **[South Africa](/source/South_Africa)** – Donique Leonard - **[Tanzania](/source/Tanzania)** – [Winfrida Dominic](/source/Winfrida_Dominic) - **[Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago)** - **[Vietnam](/source/Vietnam)** - **[Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe)** ### Did not compete - **[Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia)** – Melkam Endale ## 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Retrieved 2011-09-25. ## External links - [Miss International official website](http://www.miss-international.org) v t e Miss International 2012 national titleholders BLZ: Destinee Arnold COL: Melissa Varón DOM: Melody Gudzowaty ECU: Tatiana Loor GAB: Channa Divouvi HTI: Anedie Azael IND: Rochelle Rao IDN: Liza Elly Purnamasari ISR: Yael Markovich JPN: Ikumi Yoshimatsu MUS: Ameeksha Dilchand MMR: Nang Khin Zay Yar NAM: Paulina Malulu PAN: Karen Jordán PHL: Nicole Schmitz POL: Rozalia Mancewicz SWE: Katarina Konow GBR: Alize Lily Mounter v t e Miss International 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Miss International 2012](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International_2012) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International_2012?action=history)). 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