Miss Universe 2012: Melinda Bam from South Africa leads post-prelims favorites.
Posted on December 17, 2012 10:56 pm
Miss South Africa Melinda Bam is #1 on Mykiru's post-preliminary list of favorites for Miss Universe 2012.
After evaluating the candidates' performances at the Miss Universe 2012 Presentation Show (or the Preliminaries), Mykiru now has a new list of favorites, with Miss South Africa Melinda Bam as the new #1 favorite , closely followed by Miss Puerto Rico Bodine Koehler (just a 0.01 difference in their scores.)
In Myriku's previous list of favorites before the prelims, Miss South Africa was 2nd, while Miss Puerto Rico was 4th. Former #1 Miss Mexico Karina Gonzalez is now only ranked #8th.
Miss Philippines Janine Tugonon ranks 3rd this time, a big jump from her previous rank of 8th, but the biggest jump was made by Miss Paraguay Egni Eckert, who from #24 is now #9.
The latest results of Myriku's Fun Poll for Miss Universe 2012 were also considered in coming up with this list of favorites:
1.) Miss South Africa, Melinda Bam 9.58

2.) Miss Puerto Rico, Bodine Koehler 9.57

3.) Miss Philippines, Janine Tugonon 9.46

4.) Miss Venezuela, Irene Sofia Esser 9.42

5.) Miss Australia, Renae Ayris 9.28

6.) Miss USA, Olivia Culpo 9.17
7.) Miss Croatia, Elizabeta Burg 9.16
8.) Miss Mexico, Karina Gonzalez 9.06
9.) Miss Paraguay, Egni Eckert 9.04
10.) Miss Colombia, Daniella Alvarez Vasquez 9.03
11.) Miss Malaysia, Kimberley Leggett 9.02
12.) Miss Georgia, Tamar Shedania 8.905
13.) Miss Czech Republic, Tereza Chlebovska 8.900
14.) Miss Kosovo, Diana Avdiu 8.87
15.) Miss Brazil, Gabriela Markus 8.82
16.) MIss Ecuador, Carolina Andrea Aguirre 8.80