Miss World 2012 was the 62nd edition of the

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Mi ...

pageant, held at the Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium in

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, China, on 18 August 2012.

Ivian Sarcos Ivian Sarcos (born July 26, 1989) is a Venezuelan model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2011 on November 6, 2011, in London, United Kingdom. Sarcos is the sixth woman from Venezuela to win Miss World. Early life Ivian was a diplomac ...

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

crowned

Yu Wenxia Yu Wenxia ( zh, s=于文霞, t=于文霞, p=Yú Wénxiá; born 5 July 1989) is a Chinese actress, tv host, singer, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 2012 in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, the second Chinese national to do so after Zhang Zi ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

as her successor at the end of the event. This is the second time China has won the title.

Background

Controversy

On 31 January 2013, the official website of Miss World Organisation released a statement regarding the scoreboard errors in the final telecast last 18 August 2012. Miss World was under siege after beauty watchers, fans and even National Directors noticed some inconsistencies in the scoring system. According to the official statement of the Ionoco Ltd., it says that the errors occurred on the graphical scoreboard were solely caused by human error on part of the operator. Miss World Organization provided the Ionoco Ltd. with verified scores, however, the operator failed to update the score table correctly resulting in a discrepancy between the position of the contestants in the scoreboard and the point values displayed.

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition saw the debut of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and South Sudan, and the return of Angola, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guyana, Macau, Malawi, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles and Suriname; Fiji, which last competed in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, Seychelles in

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, and Angola, Ethiopia, Guyana, Macau, Malawi, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname in

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

. Cayman Islands, Egypt, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Moldova, Namibia, Romania and Saint Barthélemy, withdrew from the competition.

Results

Placements

Challenge Events

There were six challenge events. They were Top Model, Beach Fashion, Sport, Multimedia, Talent, and Beauty With a Purpose. Important points were awarded to each winner. All six winners went through to the Top 30.

Top Model

Atong Demach of

South Sudan South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...

won Miss World Top Model 2012.

Beach Beauty

Sophie Moulds Miss World 2012 was the 62nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium in Ordos City, China, on 18 August 2012. Ivian Sarcos of Venezuela crowned Yu Wenxia of China as her successor at the end of the even ...

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

won Miss World Beach Beauty 2012.

Sport

Sanna Jinnedal of

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won Miss World Sport 2012.

Multimedia

Vanya Mishra Vanya Mishra (born 27 February 1992) is an Indian technology entrepreneur, dancer, former actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India World 2012. Vanya was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, and raised in Chandigarh. Sh ...

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won Miss World Multimedia 2012.

Talent

won Miss World Talent 2012.

Beauty With a Purpose

won Miss World Beauty With a Purpose 2012.

Judges

Miss World 2012 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges. *

Julia Morley Julia Evelyn Morley (née Pritchard; born 25 October 1939) is an English businesswoman, charity worker and former model. She is the chairman and CEO of the Miss World Organization, which organizes the Miss World and Mister World pageants. She ...

– Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization * Mike Dixon * Andrew Minarik – hairstylist for the event * Stan Reynolds * Jodie Reynolds * Chief Mandela *

Zhang Zilin Zhang Zilin (, born 22 March 1984) is a Chinese actress, singer, fashion model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2007; she was previously crowned Miss China World, Miss China World 2007. Biography Zhang was born in Weihai, Shandong, o ...

–

Miss World 2007 Miss World 2007 was the 57th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China, on December 1, 2007. Taťána Kuchařová of the Czech Republic crowned Zhang Zilin of China as her successor at the end of ...

from

* Jane Wang * Alfreda Burke * Shenjian Hong

Contestants

116 contestants competed for the title.

Notes

Venues

The primary site for the competition was Ordos in

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's China–Mongolia border, border with the country of Mongolia. ...

. A fashion show was held in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

, and the beachwear competitions were held at the desert resort of Xiangshawan.

International broadcasters

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* : Star World * :

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application) * : Direct TV * : Star World * :

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References

External links

Pageantopolis – Miss World 2012
{{Miss World 2012 delegates Miss World 2012 beauty pageants 2012 in China Beauty pageants in China August 2012 in China