GRAND SLAM PAGEANT NEWS (December 2011)
Miss Gabon 2012
Miss Nationale Earth France 2012 December 29, 2011. Ada Meyo Marie Noelle from Ngounie was crowned as Miss Gabon 2012. She is expected to represent her country for the first time at the Miss Universe pageant on 2012. Shanel Divouvi and Sherolle Boubeya were the 1st and 2nd Dauphine, respectively.
Miss Nationale 2012
Miss Nationale Earth France 2012 December 18, 2011. Alicia Sylvera was the winner of the Miss Nationale 2012 pageant that was held at Pau Brasil in Paris. She will represent France at the 2012 Miss Earth pageant that will be held in Vietnam on November, after winning the crown over 39 other contestants.
Miss Aruba 2012
Miss Aruba World 2012 December 14, 2011. Lucianette Verhoeks has been appointed as Miss Aruba 2012 and will represent the island-nation at the 62nd Miss World competition in Inner Mongolia in China. Aruba's candidates for Miss Earth and Miss Interntaional 2012 will be chosen on July.
Miss Prestige National 2012
Miss Prestige National France International 2012 December 5, 2011. Miss Cerdagne-Roussillon Christelle Roca was crowned as Miss Prestige National 2012 during a ceremony in Divonne-les-Bains. She will represent France at the 52nd Miss International beauty pageant on November.
Miss South Africa 2011
Miss South Africa 2011-2012 December 11, 2011. Melinda Bam from Pretoria will be representing South Africa at the 2012 Miss Universe and Miss World competitions. The new Miss South Africa was crowned at the Superbowl in Sun City. Remona Moodley and Thuli Sangweni was the first and second reunners-up, respectively.
Miss Kazakhstan 2011
Miss Kazakhstan 2011-2012 December 8, 2011. The candidate from Taldykorgan, Ainur Tolyeuova, was crowned as Miss Kazakhstan 2011 at the InterContinental Almaty Hotel in Almaty. She will represent her country at the 62nd Miss World beauty pageant in Inner Mongolia in China on July. Mariya Gorbulko and Arna Abdrakhmani were the runners-up.
Miss France 2012
Miss France 2012 December 3, 2011. Delphine Wespiser from Alsace was hailed as the 65th Miss France. She will represent France at the 61st Miss Universe pageant on the summer of 2012. The 1st Dauphine was Mathilde Couly from Pays de Loire -who will represent France at Miss World 2012, while the 2nd Dauphine was Marie Payet from Reunion.
Miss Angola 2012
Miss Angola 2012 December 3, 2011. Miss Angola 2011/2012 and Angola's candidate to Miss Universe 2012 is Marcelina Vahekeni. Manuela Agostinho was the 1st runner-up and Isilda Silva was the 2nd runner-up. The event was held at the Belas Conference Centre in Luanda.
MISS EARTH 2011
Miss Earth 2011 December 3, 2011. Ecuador bagged its 2nd Grand Slam crown for 2011. Olga Alava was proclaimed as the 11th Miss Earth winner during the spectacular Miss Earth finals held in the Philippines. Driely Bennettone of Brazil, Caroline Medina of Venezuela and Athena Imperial of the Philippines were the runners-up.

Finalists were Casandra Becerra of Mexico, Nina Astrakhantseva of Crimea, Aleksandra Kovacevic of Bosnia & Herzegovina and Thandi Muringa of Zimbabwe.

The rest of the 16 semi-fnals were Rebecca Kim Lekse of Slovenia, Kristina Oparina of Ukraine, Tomoko Maeda of Japan, Nicole Huber of Paraguay, Susana Nogueira of Portugal, Renate Cerljen of Sweden, Cherry Liu of Chinese Taipei and Niratcha Tungtisanont of Thailand.
Grand Slam Pageant Calendar
MARCH
03: Miss Earth Bosnia & Herzegovina
05: Miss Russia (Universe, World)
07: Miss Israel (Universe, World)
16: Miss Panama (Universe, World, Earth, International)
16: Miss Ecuador (Universe, World, International)
17: Femina Miss India (World, Earth, International)
17: Miss Nicaragua (Universe)
24: Miss World Fiji
24: Miss Thailand World
25: Miss Espanola (Spain Earth)
30: Miss Mundo Argentina
30: Miss Austria (World)
31: Ceska Miss (Universe, World, Earth)
31: Miss Guadeloupe Internationale (World, Earth, International)
31: Miss Liberia (World)
31: Miss Ukraine (World)
APRIL
01: Miss Universe Japan
02: Miss Mundo Brasil
04: Miss Bonaire (World)
09: Mis Lietuva (Lithuania World)
13: Miss Earth Belize
13: Miss Costa Rica (Universe)
14: Miss Gibraltar (World)
14: Miss Wales (World)
14: Miss Equatorial Guinea (World)
15: Binibining Pilipinas (Philippines Universe, International)
15: Miss Latvija (Latvia World)
17: Miss Dominican Republic Universe
21: Miss Kyrgyzstan (World)
25: Queen of Ukraine (Earth)
27: Miss Guam World
27: Miss Slovensko (Slovakia World)
27: Nuestra Belleza El Salvador (Universe, World)
28: Miss New Zealand (World, Earth, International)
28: Miss Indonesia (World)
28: Miss World Philippines
28: Miss Ireland (World)
29: Senorita Korsou (Curacao World, Earth)
29: Miss Polski (Poland World)
MAY
05: Miss Universe Great Britain
10: Miss Bolivia (Universe, World, Earth, International)
12: Miss Jamaica Universe
12: Miss Democratic Republic of the Congo (World)
13: Miss World Canada
14: Miss Northern Ireland (World)
19: Miss Universe Canada
26: Miss Seychelles (World)
26: Miss Zambia (World)
JUNE
02: Miss Cote d'Ivoire (World)
03: Miss USA (Universe)
08: Miss Guyana (World)
08: Miss Chile (World)
16: Miss Mondo Italia
17: Miss Bosnia & Herzegovina World
26: Miss England (World)
28: Miss World Sweden
JULY
17: Miss Universe China
AUGUST
18: MISS WORLD
20: Miss Pakistan (Earth)
31: Miss Earth Canada