Friday, December 21, 2012

Miss Olivia Culpo of USA Wins Miss Universe 2012 Crown


Miss USA Olivia Culpo was crowned the 2012 Miss Universe on Wednesday night (Thursday morning in the Philippines). The beauty queen from Rhode Island beats 88 other contestants from around the globe, including first runner-up Janine Tugonon of the Philippines, to win the highly-coveted title.

Here is the complete list of winners in the recently concluded Miss Universe 2012 Pageant:
Miss Universe 2012 - USA, Olivia Culpo
First Runner-up - Philippines, Janine Tugonon
Second Runner-up - Venezuela, Irene Sofía Esser Quintero
Third Runner-up - Australia, Renae Ayris
Fourth Runner-up - Brazil, Gabriela Markus

Miss Universe 2012 - TOP 5:

Venezuela, Irene Sofía Esser Quintero
Philippines, Janine Tugonon
Australia, Renae Ayris
USA, Olivia Culpo
Brazil, Gabriela Markus

Miss Universe 2012 - TOP 10:

France, Marie Payet
Hungary, Agnes Konkoly
Mexico, Karina González
Russia, Elizabeth Golovanova
South Africa, Melinda Bam

Miss Universe 2012 - TOP 16:

Croatia, Elizabeta Burg
Kosovo, Diana Avdiu
India, Shilpa Singh
Peru, Nicole Faverón
Poland, Marcelina Zawadzka
Turkey, Çağıl Özge Özkul

Miss Universe 2012 - SPECIAL AWARDS:

Miss Congeniality - Guatemala, Laura Godoy
Miss Photogenic - Kosovo, Diana Avdiu
Best National Costume - China, Ji Dan Xu

Watch a video below of the Miss Universe 2012 Question and Answer Portion (Q & A) with the Top 5 finalists answering questions from the judges and see for yourself if they indeed made the right selection of winner and the runners-up. Full transcript of the questions and the answer are also available below.

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