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Miss India Worldwide 2012

Alana Seebarran of Guyana is the new Miss India Worldwide 2012. She was crowned by Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani at the climax of a glittering gala last night in Paramaribo, Suriname.

Miss India Worldwide 2012 first runner-up was Kuwait’s Anvita Sudarshan, and Miss Indis Worldwide 2012 second runner-up was Australia’s Olivia Rose.

35 women competed for the coveted crown of this regal and storied diaspora pageant. 

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Miss World Dominican Republic 2012

Because of Miss World’s date shift, the pageant organizers decided to pick a winner from a casting call to represent the Dominican Republic in Miss World 2012, and will have the actual Miss World Dominican Republic pageant happening in the month of September, with the winner competing in Miss World 2013.

Jenny Claribel Blanco, 27, 1.62-m-tall, was designated asMiss World Dominican Republic 2012, and will represent her country in Miss World 2012, on August 18, in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China.

Jenny participated in the Miss Universe Dominican Republic 2009 representing Valverde, and was a top 12-semi-finalist.

She was crowned during her country’s Fashion Week, in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.

(photo courtesy of http://www.bailoteando.com/, special thanks to Times of Beauty)