The Miss Universe 2012, National Costume (Japan-Vietnam)

National Costumes at Miss Universe can go from the very simple to the absurd but in the night of the presentation, beauty watchers noted some few malfunctions. First, Miss Estonia almost tripped after she kept stepping on her skirt. Miss St. Lucia couldn't open her umbrella properly and Miss USA kept on pulling something. It was supposed to show off a spectacular/surprise thing like fireworks or glitters or whatever but the point is it didn't work.

The National Costume presentation however is a chance of the candidates to flaunt their country's culture. Like this costume of Miss Korea which is actually a traditional hanbok. View the rest of the costumes from Miss Japan to Miss Vietnam and share your Top 3 in this group.

Country/Territory Contestant Age Height Hometown
Japan Ayako Hara[51] 24 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Sendai
Korea Lee Sung-hye [52] 24 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Seoul
Kosovo Diana Avdiu [53] 19 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Prishtina
Lebanon Rina Chibany[54] 21 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Beirut
Lithuania Greta Mikalauskyte [55] 19 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Šiauliai
Malaysia Kimberley Leggett[56] 19 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Penang
Mauritius Ameeksha Devi Dilchand[57] 26 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Curepipe
Mexico Karina González[58] 21 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Aguascalientes City
Montenegro Andrea Radonjic[59] 20 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Podgorica
Namibia Tsakana Nkandih[60] 22 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Windhoek
Netherlands Nathalie den Dekker[61] 22 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Amsterdam
New Zealand Talia Bennett[62] 24 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) North Harbour
Nicaragua Farah Eslaquit[63] 21 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Masaya
Nigeria Isabella Agbor Ayuk[64] 26 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Calabar
Norway Sara Nicole Andersen[65] 20 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Oslo
Panama Stephanie Vander Werf[66] 26 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Panama City
Paraguay Egni Eckert[67] 25 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Luque
Peru Nicole Faverón[68] 24 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Iquitos
Philippines Janine Mari Tugonon[69] 23 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Balanga City
Poland Marcelina Zawadzka[70] 22 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Malbork
Puerto Rico Bodine Koehler Peña[71] 20 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) San Juan
Romania Delia Monica Duca[72] 26 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Bucharest
Russia Elizaveta Golovanova[73] 19 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Smolensk
Serbia Branislava Mandic[74] 21 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Čurug
Singapore Lynn Tan[75] 24 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Singapore
Slovak Republic Ľubica Štepanová[76] 24 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Prievidza
South Africa Melinda Bam[77] 24 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Pretoria
Spain Andrea Huisgen[78] 22 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Barcelona
Sri Lanka Sabrina Herft[79] 25 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Colombo
St. Lucia Tara Carla Edward[80] 24 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Gros Islet
Sweden Hanni Beronius[81] 22 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Gothenburg
Switzerland Alina Buchschacher[82] 21 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Bern
Tanzania Winfrida Dominic[83] 19 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Dar es Salaam
Thailand Nutpimon Natthayalak[84] 19 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Krabi
Trinidad & Tobago Avionne Mark[85] 22 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) San Juan
Turkey Çağıl Özge Özkul[86] 24 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Ankara
Ukraine Anastasia Chernova[87] 20 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Kharkiv
Uruguay Camila Vezzoso [88] 19 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Artigas
USA Olivia Culpo[89] 20 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Cranston
Venezuela Irene Esser[90] 20 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Río Caribe
Vietnam Luu Thi Diem Huong[91] 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Ho Chi Minh City

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