Sophie Moulds

Biography

Miss World 2012 was the 62nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium in Ordos City, China, on 18 August 2012. At the end of the event, Ivian Sarcos of Venezuela crowned Yu Wenxia of China as her successor at the end of the event. This is the second time China has won the title after Zhang Zilin in 2007. Runner-Up was Sophie Moulds representing Wales and third was Jessica Kahawaty from Australia.

== Background ==

=== Controversy === On 31 January 2013, the official website of Miss World Organisation released a statement regarding the scoreboard errors in the final telecast last 18 August 2012. Miss World was under siege after beauty watchers, fans and even National Directors noticed some inconsistencies in the scoring system. According to the official statement of the Ionoco Ltd., it says that the errors occurred on the graphical scoreboard were solely caused by human error on part of the operator. Miss World Organization provided the Ionoco Ltd. with verified scores, however, the operator failed to update the score table correctly resulting in a discrepancy between the position of the contestants in the scoreboard and the point values displayed.

==== Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals ==== This edition saw the debut of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and South Sudan, and the return of Angola, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guyana, Macau, Malawi, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles and Suriname; Fiji, which last competed in 2004, Seychelles in 2008, and Angola, Ethiopia, Guyana, Macau, Malawi, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname in 2010. Cayman Islands, Egypt, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Moldova, Namibia, Romania and Saint Barthélemy, withdrew from the competition.

== Results ==

=== Placements ===

== Challenge Events == There were six challenge events. They were Beach Fashion, Beauty With a Purpose, Multimedia, Sport, Talent, and Top Model. Important points were awarded to each winner. All six winners went through to the Top 30.

=== Beach Beauty === Sophie Moulds of Wales won Miss World Beach Beauty 2012.