Miss Supranational 2012 - Belarus wins!

Ecuador (4th RU), Czech Republic (2nd RU), Belarus (Winner), Thailand (1st RU), Philippines (3rd RU)

Miss Belarus, Ekaterina Buraya, is the new Miss Supranational 2012. The country had previosly been 1st runner up in 2009 and 2011. Runners-up were Miss Thailand, Nanthawan Wannachutha, Miss Czech Republic, Michaela Dihlová, Miss Philippines, Elaine Kay Moll, and Miss Ecuador, Sulay Castillo.

The following 15 girls made it to the semifinals:

Bosnia & Herzegovina, Ema Golijanin
Canada, Katie Starke
Costa Rica, Kary Ramos
Denmark, Julia Prokopenko
Dominican Repubic, Chantel Martínez de la Cruz
England, Rachael Howard
France, Solène Froment
Honduras, Natalia Coto
Iceland, Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir
Panama, Elissa Estrada
Poland, Agnieszka Karasiewicz
Puerto Rico, Gabriela Berríos
South Africa, Michelle Giden-Huys
Spain, Nieves Sanchez
Suriname, Periskia Laing



The 4 Continental Queens winners are:

Europe: Denmark, Julia Prokopenko
Asia-Pacific: Vietnam, Lại Hương Thảo
Americas: Panama, Elissa Estrada
Africa: South Africa, Michelle Giden-Huys




If we compair the results with our Hot Picks for Miss Supranational 2012, we can see that 15 out of the 20 semifinalists made it in. That's a 75% of correct forecast.

The eventual winner, Belarus, was our 4th runner-up.
The evntual 1st runner-up, Thailand, was our 1st runner-up as well.
The eventual 4th runner-up, Ecuador, was our 6th placer pick.
All 5 eventual top 5 placers made it in, at least, to our top 20 picks. Philippines was #15 (#13 after replacements), and Czech Republic was #20 after replacements.


You can take a loot at our Hot Picks here: http://universalparadeofbeauties.blogspot.com.es/2012/09/miss-supranational-2012-hot-picks.html