The 89 beautiful contestants vying for the title of Miss Universe 2012 – 2013 were officially welcomed to Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino
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Second from the right Miss Lebanon Rina Chibany
Miss Lebanon Picked favorite by American Media and Donal Trump!! we hope all the best
Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino Regional President, David Hoenemeyer and Miss Universe Organization President, Paula Shugart welcomed the contestants and officially launched the start of the Miss Universe competition with a fashion show that featured the most beautiful women in the world who were absolutely stunning parading down the runway in their fabulous gowns. Co-hosting the ceremony was Comedian/Writer Nick Teplitz and reigning Miss Universe Leila Lopes who introduced each contestant and their native country individually.
The event marked the start of three weeks of festivities and events leading up to the pageant which will be telecast live on December 19th at 8pm on NBC from PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.
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Below is a list of this year’s 2012 – 2013 Universe contestants:
Albania – Adrola Dushi
Angola – Marcelina Vahekeni
Argentina – Camila Solórzano Ayusa
Aruba – Liza Helder
Australia – Renae Ayris
Bahamas – Celeste Marshall
Belgium – Laura Beyne
Bolivia – Yéssica Mouton
Botswana – Sheillah Molelekwa
Brazil – Gabriela Markus
British Virgin Islands – Abigale Hyndman
Bulgaria – Zhana Yaneva
Canada – Adwoa Yamoah
Cayman Islands – Lindsay Japal
Chile – Ana Luisa König
China – Diana Xu Jidan
Colombia – Daniella Ãlvarez
Costa Rica – Nazareth Cascante
Croatia – Elizabeta Burg
Curacao – Minifa Jansen
Cyprus – Ioánna Giannakoú
Czech Republic – Tereza Chlebovská
Denmark – Josefine Hewitt
Dominican Republic – Dulcita Lieggi
Ecuador – Carolina Aguirre
El Salvador – Ana Yancy Clavel
Estonia – Natalie Korneitsik
Ethiopia – Helen Getachew
Finland – Sara Chafak
France – Marie Payet
Gabon – Channa Divouvi
Georgia – Thamtha Shedania
Germany – Alicia Endemann
Ghana – Gifty Ofori
Great Britain – Holly Hale
Greece – Vasiliki Tsirogianni
Guam – Alyssa Cruz Aguero
Guatemala – Laura Godoy
Guyana – Ruqayyah Boyer
Haiti – Christela Jacques
Honduras – Jennifer Andrade
Hungary – Agnes Konkoly
India – Shilpa Singh
Indonesia – Maria Selena Nurcahya
Ireland – Adrienne Murphy
Israel – Lina Machola
Italy – Grazia Maria Pinto
Jamaica – Chantal Zaky
Japan – Ayako Hara
Korea – Sung-hye Lee
Kosovo – Diana Avdiu
Lebanon – Rina Chibany
Lithuania – Greta Mikalauskyte
Malaysia – Kimberley Leggett
Mauritius – Ameeksha Dilchand
Mexico – Karina González
Montenegro – Andrea Radonjić
Namibia – Tsakana Nkandi
New Zealand – Talia Bennett
Nicaragua – Farah Eslaqui
Nigeria – Isabella Ayuk
Norway – Sara Nicole Andersen
Panama – Stephanie Vander Werf
Paraguay – Egni Eckert
Peru – Nicole Faverón
Phillipines – Janine Tugonon
Poland – Marcelina Zawadzka
Puerto Rico – Bodine Koehler
Romania – Delia Monica Duca
Russia – Elizaveta Golovanova
Serbia – Branislava Brana Mandic
Singapore – Lynn Tan
Slovak Republic – Ľubica Å tepanová
South Africa – Melinda Bam
Spain – Andrea Huisgen
Sri Lanka – Sabrina Herft
St. Lucia – Tara Carla Edward
Sweden – Hanni Beronius
Switzerland – Alina Buchschacher
Tanzania – Winfrida Dominic
Thailand – Nutpimon Farida Waller
Trinidad and Tobago – Avionne Mark
Turkey – Çağıl Özge Özkul
Ukraine – Anastasia Chernova
Uraguay – Camila Vezzoso
USA – Olivia Culpo
Venezuela – Irene Esser
Vietnam – LÆ°u Thị Diá»…m HÆ°Æ¡ng