Miss Sim Universe 2012

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**Miss Sim Universe 2012**, the 5th Miss Sim Universe Pageant, was held at Johannesbourg, South Africa on november 2, 2012. 72 delegates from around the world competed for the crown in an event distributed globally via Internet, on Miss Sim Universe Channel on Youtube, and was watched by an audience of 11k viewers worlwide to date of 2020. It is one of the less watched editions.

Famous supermodel Candice Swanepol and Twilight star Taylor Lautner hosted the show, while Rihanna and Christina Aguilera performed during the night. The number of placements remain being 16, with the inclusion of Miss Popularity on the semifinalists group, in this case Miss Malaysia, Audrey Lee Peng. Endytha Adira Salim of Indonesia ccrowned her successor Dayana Vargas of Colombia at the end of the event.

## Host city

On August 21st, 2012 the Miss Sim Universe organization finally announced that Johannesburg, South Africa was the official host city to held the 4th edition of the contest.

    Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world. It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg.

## Areas of competition

The top 16 announced during the Final NIght Show was chosen by a panel of judges who viewed all 89 contestants during a preliminary competition held a week before the coronation night of Miss Sim Universe 2012.

    The Preliminary Competition wasn't transmitted for all the adience, only for the judges. The show was divided into three major parts:

* Contestants Presentation
* Swimsuit Preliminary Competition
* Evening Gown Preliminary Competition

## Background Music

* **Opening Number:** "Miss Universe 2004 Opening Song" by Miss Universe Org.
* **Swimsuit Competition:** "Right Now" by Rihanna
* **Evening Gown Competition:** "Diaminds" by Rihanna
* **Final Look:** "Your Body" by Christina Aguilera

## Judges

* **Sam Raj** - Miss Doll Universe and Earth owner, expert in beauty pegeants, he was judge in Miss Sim Universe 2009, and now in 2012 edition.
* **Europa Esposito** - Miss Sim MONDO director and expert in the sims world.
* **La tia Lupita -** Famous Mexican entrepreneur in the sims world.
* **Diego Ort -** Beauty Expert who is really involved in the beauty pageants.
* **Angelique Dawson -** Model in USA, is actually a beauty expert, she was a judge in Miss Sim Earth 2012 and Miss Sim AVON 2013.
* **Kevin Gonzales -** Founder and former owner of Miss Sim Universe (2008-2009)
* **Perla Maria -** Expert in sims 2 machinima

## Results

 **Top 10** | * Indonesia - Almira Puteri
* Mexico - Teresa Gonzales
* Hungary - Mila Echo
* Bulgaria - Sonya Ivanova
 **Top 16** | * Spain - Paulina de la Riva
* Ethiopia - Kebre Werk Matata
* Kosovo - Dranagusha Ikrea
* Ecuador - India Silva
* Venezuela - Nayrim Ferrer
* Malaysia - Audrey Lee Peng

### **Special Awards**

 **Best National Costume** | * **Mexico** – **Teresa Gonzales**

# Notes

## Statistics

* **Colombia** wins the crown for the first time, second time for South America
* **Colombia** advance to the top for 4th time
* **Japan** advance to the top for 3rd time
* **Greece**, **Indonesia**, **Mexico**, **Spain** and **Venezuela** advance to the top for 2nd time
* **Cuba**, **Ecuador**, **Ethiopia**, **Latvia**, **Kosovo**, **Hungary**, **Malaysia**, **Bulgaria** and **US Virgin Islands** advance to the top for the 1st time

* '*Debuts:* Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guam, Haiti, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Namibia, Nepal, Peru, Portugal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, US Virgin Islands and Vietnam.
* **Withdrawals:** Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Honduras, Korea, Mauritius, Nigeria, Norway, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Turkey.
* **Returns:** Aruba (2008), El Salvador (2009), Malaysia (2009), Nicaragua (2008), Puerto Rico (2009) and Tanzania (2008).