Miss Latin America 2012

Miss América Latina 2012 was the twenty-sixth international edition of the Miss América Latina contest, and the twenty-eighth overall. The final event was held on June 9, 2012 in Riveria Maya, Mexico. At the conclusion of the pageant, Georgina Mendez of Guatemala was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Estefani Chalco of Ecuador.^[1]

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss América Latina 2012	Guatemala - Georgina Mendez
1st runner-up	Portugal - Sara Silveira
2nd runner-up	Puerto Rico - Victoria Zambrano
3rd runner-up	Uruguay - Belen Sogliano
4th runner-up	Colombia - Eyra Baquero
Semi-finalists (in order of placement)	USA - Sasha Zacarias  Ecuador - María Alejandra Proaño  Venezuela - Genesis Vergara  Brazil - Karyne Medeiros  Panama - Marielena Gonzalez  Dominican Republic - Laura Báez  Spain - Estela Cruz

Contestants^[2]

Argentina - Melisa Lara  Belize - Tatiana Rivero  Brazil - Karyne Medeiros  Canada - Angie Medina  Colombia - Eyra Baquerizo  Costa Rica - Suryen Alvarado  Dominican Republic - Laura Báez  Ecuador - María Alejandra Proaño  El Salvador - María Alejandra Martinez  Guatemala - Georgina Mendez  Korea - Grace Staring  Mexico - Joela Robles

Nicaragua - Karen Gutierrez  Panama - Marielena Gonzalez  Paraguay - Elisa de Felci  Peru - Susana De Las Casas  Portugal - Sara Silveira  Puerto Rico - Victoria Zambrano  Spain - Estela Cruz  Spain Latina - Yazmin Vergara  Uruguay - Belen Sogliano  USA - Sasha Zacarias  Venezuela - Genesis Vergara

National Notes

Debuts

•  Korea

References