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Miss Universe 2012 – Host Candidate Olivia Culpo Wins 8th Miss Universe Crown for USA

Miss Universe 2012 is won by host candidate Olivia Culpo, Miss USA, during the coronation night held on December 19, 2012, at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. She's the 8th Miss Universe winner from USA and the 61st Miss Universe queen overall.

USA Wins

USA Wins Title at Home

She may not be one of the favorites during the preliminaries but the audience and judges are by her side. Olivia Culpo, the host candidate, won and she’s the third one to win the title of a beauty contest at home this year, the first was China in Miss World and the second was Japan in Miss International.

During the final question and answer portion, E! online noted that among the five finalists, Philippines had the best answer and Venezuela had the worst.

Check out their commentary:

Best Answer: There were some decent answers, but Miss Philippines did an exceptional job with her question about whether or not she felt Miss Universe should be required to know English. “For me, being Miss Universe is not about knowing how to speak a specific language. It’s about being able to influence and inspire other people. So whatever language you have, as long as your heart is to serve and you have a strong mind to show to people, then you can be Miss Universe.”

Worst Answer: Oh, Miss Venezuela. When asked what law she would want to implement and why, a clearly nervous Miss Venezuela, went around in circles with her answer. It had something to do about no new laws and surfing? We couldn’t even tell.

Do you agree with the results?

MISS UNIVERSE 2012:
USA, Olivia Culpo

1ST RUNNER UP:
Philippines, Janine Tugonon

2ND RUNNER UP:
Venezuela, Irene Esser

3RD RUNNER UP:
Australia, Renae Ayris

4TH RUNNER UP:
Brazil, Gabriela Markus

TOP 10

France, Marie Payet
Hungary, Agnes Konkoly
Mexico, Karina González
Russia, Elizabeth Golovanova
South Africa, Melinda Bam

TOP 16

Croatia, Elizabeta Burg
Kosovo, Diana Avdiu
India, Shilpa Singh
Peru, Nicole Faverón
Poland, Marcelina Zawadzka
Turkey, Ça??l Özge Özkul

SPECIAL AWARDS

Miss Congeniality:
Guatemala, Laura Godoy

Miss Photogenic:
Kosovo, Diana Avdiu

Best in National Costume:
China, Ji Dan Xu

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