AND THE NEW MISS UNIVERSE 2012 IS....MISS USA

The new winner is only 20 years old and she represented God's own country, the USA. This would be the first time since 1997, that someone from the US is crowned Miss Universe. The new queen is from Cranston, Rhode Island, USA & a Boston University Sophomore. The 3rd from a family of 5. Both parents are professional musicians, each of her family members are into music and she plays the Cello pretty well. Her name is Olivia Culpo and she's the 61st ever Miss Universe, taking over from the Angolan beauty bombshell, Miss Leila Lopes, Miss Universe 2011. Olivia hopes to find a career in either film or television in future. 

Miss Phillipines,  Janine Tugonon, 23, was the 1st runner-up. She grew up going to the farm with her mom & going to the market with her grandma, while Miss Venezuela, Irene Esser Quintero,21 who was raised in a cocoa plantation, was the 2nd runner-up. Irene's family owns a chocolate factory.

It was a keenly contested competition, with 89 very beautiful angels from around the world competing for the highly coveted crown. Some of the Judges were Mr.Kardashian- Scott Disick, top music star Cee Lo Green, top photographer Nigel Barker, Brad Goreski, Claudia Jordan, US Olympic beach volley ball gold medallist Kerry Walsh Jennings, Iron Chef Star Masaharu Morimoto.

Olivia Culpo, the new Miss Universe, will receive an undisclosed salary, a limitless supply of beauty products , a luxury apartment in New York, USA & an unbelievable wardrobe that would make many envious.

MISS UNIVERSE 2012, OLIVIA CULPO

MOMENT BEFORE THE QUEEN WAS ANNOUNCED

AND MISS USA BECAME THE NEW MISS UNIVERSE

LEILA LOPES, MISS UNIVERSE 2011, CROWNING THE NEW QUEEN

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MBGN 2012-ISABELLA AGBOR OJONG AYUK & OTHER AFRICANS & AT THE MISS UNIVERSE 2012

MISS ISABELLA AGBOR OJONG AYUK, 26 MBGN 2012

IN HER COSTUME

IN HER EVENING WEAR

GLAMOUR SHOT

 Last night in Las Vegas, better known to the world as sin city, the preliminary stage of the Miss Universe pageant held. The venue was the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Las Vegas. The preliminary stage helps to shortlist the last 16 that goes on to the semi-finals, which would be announced on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. The announcement of the 16 would be together with the results of the online voting presently going and that would end on the night of Tuesday, December 18, 2012. 

Nigeria's own, MBGN 2012, Miss Isabella Agbor Ojong Ayuk, 26 from Cross River State in Nigeria, is flying the nations flag at this year's competition, she was one of the 89 beautiful ones vying for the coveted crown. And she was looking very stunning last night. One of the major highlights of the preliminary stage that took place last night, was the fall of Miss Guyana, Ruqayyah Boyer, which was because of the combination of the very slippery floor, her sky-high shoes and her floor-length apparel. She gingerly got up to continue her graceful walk.

We are focusing our attention on the AFRICAN contestants and some of the others with black skin. The Canadian queen at the pageant has an African name, Adwoa Yamoah, so its either she naturalized Canadian or was born in Canada to African parents. There are 16 contestants in all, who are proudly African or Blacks, from the 89 contesting from around the world. Can Africa, retain the crown? We should know by the night of Wednesday, December 19, 2012. Miss Leila Lopes of Angola (proudly African) is the reigning queen. Or would it be Nigeria's own Isabella Agbor Ojong Ayuk, 26, doing us proud again just like Agbani Darego did a few years ago? Impossible is nothing.

Check out 16 OF THE 89 Contestants- Miss Angola, Marcelina Vahekeni, Miss Bahamas, Celeste Marshall, Miss Botswana, Sheillah Molelekwa, Miss British Virgin Island, Abigail Hyndman, Miss Canada, Adwoa Yamoah, Miss Curacao, Monifa Joanne Marie Jensen, Miss Ethiopia, Helen Getachew, Miss Gabon, Channa Divouvi, Miss Ghana, Gifty Ofori, 24, Miss Guyana, Ruqayyah Boyer, Miss Haiti, Christela Jacques, Miss Namibia, Tsakana Nkandih, , Miss Nigeria (MBGN) Isabella Ayuk 26, Miss St. Lucia, Tara Edwards, Miss Tanzania, Winfrida Dominic & Miss Trinidad & Tobago, Avionne Mark.

MISS ANGOLA, MARCELINA VAHEKENI,22

MISS ANGOLA

MISS BAHAMAS,CELESTE MARSHALL,22

MISS BAHAMAS

MISS BOTSWANA, SHEILLA MOLELEKWA,19

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