Brazil wins Miss Globe International 2012

Jakeline Oliveira, Miss Brazil, was the winner of Miss Globe International 2012 (not to be confused with Albanian-based Miss Globe) an event which took place in Northern Cyprus. Miss Belarus was the 1st runner-up and Miss Kazakhstan was the 2nd runner-up. Misses Guinea and Ukraine rounded out the Top 5.

About 40 countries and territories were represented in the pageant. (GB)

Former Miss Universe Ximena Navarrete unveils wax replica

Former mexican Miss Universe Ximena Navarrete unveiled her replica at a special ceremony held in the Wax Museum in Mexico City. The wax figure had a cost of more than 300,000 Mexican pesos (about USD 25,000).

The impressive replica will be exhibited in this museum, putting an end to a detailed work that lasted about six months. It is wearing the elegant red gown designed by Benito Santos, which Navarrete was wearing when she won the international crown in Las Vegas two years ago.

Navarrete commented “it is a great work. I never thought I would have a replica of myself in this museum”.

Mauricio Rabner, director of the museum, commented that it was the visitors who decided Navarrete should have a wax replica through a series of polls.

In order to create this wax figure, Navarrete had to participate in a photo session that took about four hours and 200 images. (GB)

Miss Universe France 2012

French Queens: Miss Universe France Marie Payet (L) with Miss France Delphine Wespiser (R)

Marie Payet, Miss Reunion 2011 and 2nd runner-up at the Miss France 2011-2012 competition, will represent France at theMiss Universe competition in Las Vegas, USA, on December 19th.

The official announcement was made by the president of the Miss France committee, Sylvie Tellier.  Marie comes from Saint Denis. She is 20 years old and stands 178 cm in height.

Reigning Miss France Delphine Wespiser is unable to attend the international contest since the date clashes with the national finals of Miss France 2012-2013, to take place in Limoges on December 8th. According to Miss Universe organizers, the contestants will be in Las Vegas from December 2nd until the 20th.

Recently, Miss France 2011-2012 3rd runner-up Solene Froment (Provence) competed successfully in the Miss Supranational pageant in Poland, where she placed in the semi-finals. (GB)

I AM SHE 2012

18-year old Urvashi Rautela, from Dehradun, was crowned I am She (Miss Universe India) 2012 during the annual contest held in Hyderabad on September 21st. Standing 173 cm in height, Urvashi will now represent India during the next Miss Universe competition to be held in December.

The runner-ups were Shilpa Singh (1st) and Arlette Grao (2nd). This is the 3rd edition of the “I am She” beauty contest organized by former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen.

(Global Beauties)

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Guatemala bids to host Miss Universe in 2013

September 19 (AFP) — Guatemala aspires to host the Miss Universe beauty pageant in 2013 as a way to promote the country as a worldwide tourism destination, as informed by the director of the Guatemalan Institute of Tourism (INGUAT), Pedro Duchez.

“We are trying to bring the Miss Universe competition to the country, with a tv show that is seen by millions of spectactors and with three weeks of non-stop exposure in the international media” commented Duchez during an interview with Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre.

According to Duchez, Guatemala’s bid would represent an investment of USD 3 million, so he is hoping that the private sector will participate in the organization.

Duchez said that possible scenarios to promote during the pageant would be the capital city, the colonial city of Antigua and the departments of Quetzaltenango, Chichicastenango and Peten, famous for their archaeological finds.

“Executives from the Miss Universe Organization already visited the country. There are some requirements as for hotel capacity and venue. We consider that we do have the infrastructure”, he added.

Reports from the INGUAT indicate that 1.3 million tourists visited Guatemala in the first semester of 2012. In 2011, the total number was of 1.8 million visitors.

Tourism is one of Guatemala’s main income sources. Official data states that tourism in 2011 made 18% more earnings than coffee, the country’s main exporting product. Agence France-Presse (Global Beauties)

Official: Miss Earth 2012 to be held in Manila, Philippines, November 24

It’s finally official: Carousel Productions, organizers of the Miss Earth beauty competition, have announced that the 12th edition of the contest will be held on Saturday, November 24th in Manila, Philippines, in a venue to be announced soon.

The coronation night will be shown live on Starworld and worldwide one day later at 10:00 am through participating channels.

About 80 competitors are expected to arrive in Manila on November 4th, to kick-off this year’s festivities.  The beauties will be split in several groups to attend events in different places throughout the Philippines.

The theme of this year’s competition is The International Year of Sustainable Energy.

The reigning Miss Earth is Olga Alava, from Ecuador.