Porto Alegre will host Miss World Brazil 2012′s final event

TweetThe city of Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul state, will host Miss World Brazil 2012‘s final event, which will take place on April 2nd. After a special selection process which started wit over 70 beauties who competed in Miss World Brazil in the last 3 years, 6 “super finalists” have been chosen [...]

Bb. Pilipinas pageant to send one of its 3 winners to Miss Tourism Queen Int’l 2012

Tweet It is now official: Bb. Pilipinas, the most traditional beauty pageant in the Philippines, will crown one of its 3 winners as the Philippines’ official representative in Miss Tourism Queen. The best ranked winner will compete in Miss Universe, 2nd place will go to Miss International, and 3rd place will represent the Philippines in [...]

30 candidates to compete in Miss World Malta 2012

Tweet A total of 30 girls will be competing for the title of Miss World Malta after having been chosen to represent their individual localities. The final contest will be held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre on 14 April. Sue Rossi and Claudia Calleja, under the organisation of Modelle International, will be responsible for organising [...]

Miss Supranational Dominican Republic 2012

TweetSally Aponte, Miss World Dominican Republic’s 2nd runner-up in 2011, was crowned Miss Supranational Dominican Republic 2012 and is now getting ready to represent her country in Miss Supranational 2012, in October. She is 19 years old, hails from the city of Salcedo, and is 1.76 m tall. Aponte is an environment advocate, and has [...]

Miss International Denmark 2012

TweetLine Knapp Christiansen, a 17-year-old model and student from Copenhagen, was crowned Miss International Denmark 2012 in an exclusive event which recently took place in the Danish capital city. She will compete in Miss International 2012, in China, later this year. Special thanks to Peter Hadward

Miss Peru for Miss World and Miss Universe 2012

TweetThe Peruvian representatives in Miss World and Miss Universe 2012 were handpicked by local pageant organizers, and the winners were crowned during a press conference held in Lima last Thursday afternoon. They are: Miss World Peru -  Giuliana Zevallos Roncagliolo, a former Miss Universe candidate (2010) who won the Miss American Continent title in Ecuador, also [...]

Miss Earth 2012 no longer in Vietnam?

Tweet What seemed like a done deal might fall apart. Mr. Nguyen Cong Khe (Chairman of Thanh Nien Media Corp, and licensors of Miss Earth in Vietnam), told the Vietnam Express that hosting the Miss Earth 2012 pageant in the country is not official and still under “discussion”. Mr Khe said that there are still [...]

Miss USA 2012 to be held on June 3; Miami out of the Race

TweetWeeks of talks to bring the steamy event and its 51 contestants to South Beach paused recently, with parent company Miss Universe deciding against moving the primetime pageant to Miami Beach in 2012. Miss Universe and South Florida business and government representatives, however, are still working to bring the event to the Miami Beach Convention [...]

Miss Morocco 2012

Tweet19-year old Sarah Mouatamid, a 19-year old student of commerce from Casablanca was crowned Miss Morocco 2012 during a special event held at the Mazagan beach resort in El Jadida on February 4th.   Sarah, who speaks 5 languages, stands 1.74 m in height; she won a salary, an automobile and the right to represent Morocco [...]

Miss World 1993 Lisa Hanna appointed Jamaica’s Minister of Youth and Culture

TweetLisa Hanna, who was crowned Miss World in 1993, was recently appointed the new Minister of Youth and Culture of Jamaica.  During her tenure, she plans to develop and explore more cultural industries as part of the new administration’s strategy for economic growth. Hanna is a communications consultant and has been involved in her country’s [...]