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Sri Lanka’s Madusha Mayadunne became the 2nd runner up at
the 52nd Miss International 2012 pageant held in Okinawa, Japan. The first
runner-up was Viivi Suominen of Finland.
This is the first time a Sri Lankan national has has been selected to
get one of the best three crowns. The third and fourth runners up respectively
were Melody Mir Jimenez of Dominican Republic and Nicole Huber of Paraguay.
At a glittering ceremony held at Okinawa Prefectural Budokan
Arena Building, Fernanda Cornejo from Ecuador crowned her successor Ikumi
Yoshimatsu from Japan, who was adjudged as the Miss International 2012. It was a delightful occasion for Ikumi as
she was crowned in front of the people of her country.
Miss friendship was won by Ameeksha Dilchand of Mauritius, Best
in Talent was awarded to Russia’s Ekaterina Meglinskaia, Nicole Velasquez of
Honduras was adjudged Best in National Costume while Miss Photogenic was also
won by Japan.(Source : http://www.news.lk/)
