Las Vegas will host the 61st Annual Miss Universe 2012 pageant and 89 contestants from around the world will compete for the coveted title on December 19.

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The pageant will be held at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes will crown the winner.

Shilpa Singh, the winner of "I Am She Miss Universe 2012," will represent India at the international pageant. She was the first runner-up, but was later upgraded after the original winner Urvashi Rautela relinquished her title following controversy about her age.

Singh, a 23-year-old software engineer from Bihar, will compete with 88 other contestants and will wear the creation of designers Anjalee and Arjun Kapoor for the finale.

It has been over a decade since India last brought home the Miss Universe title and people's expectations from Shilpa Singh are high. Bollywood actress Lara Dutta was the last Indian to be crowned Miss Universe, back in 2000.

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Miss Poland 2012 Marcelina Zawadzka poses for a photo in her swimsuit in Las Vegas

Handout of Miss Bolivia Mouton and Miss Brazil Markus wearing swimwear as part of a filming green screen segment at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vega

Miss Belgium 2012 Laura Beyne poses for a photo in her swimsuit by the pool in Las Vegas

Fourth Runner Up: Miss Brazil: Gabriela Markus

Miss Germany 2012 Endemann, Miss Netherlands 2012 den Dekker and Miss Belgium 2012 Beyne pose for photos in their swimsuits in Las Vegas

Third Runner Up: Miss Australia: Renae Ayris

Handout of Miss Australia Ayris wearing swimwear as part of a filming green screen segment at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas

Miss Curacao 2012 Monifa Jansen walks the runway during the Welcome Event at Bally's in Las Vegas, Nevada

Miss Montenegro 2012 Andrea Radonjic poses for a photo in her swimsuit in Las Vegas

Miss Japan 2012 Ayako Hara walks the runway during the Welcome Event at Bally's in Las Vegas, Nevada

Miss Canada 2012 Yamoah Adwoa plays with water by the pool in Las Vegas

Miss Philippines Janine Tugonon

Miss Honduras 2012 Jennifer Andrade poses for a photo in her swimsuit in Las Vegas

Miss Guatemala 2012 Laura Godoy poses at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas

Miss Chile Ana Luisa Konig poses in Las Vegas, Nevada

Miss Canada 2012 Yamoah Adwoa walks the runway during the Welcome Event at Bally's in Las Vegas, Nevada

Miss Poland 2012 Marcelina Zawadzka poses for a photo in her swimsuit in Las Vegas

Miss Honduras 2012 Jennifer Andrade gets her makeup done before posing for a photo in her swimsuit in Las Vegas

Miss Australia 2012, Renae Ayris, poses for photos in in Las Vegas, Nevada in this handout photo

Miss Brazil 2012 Gabriela Markus poses during a photoshoot at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas

Miss Indonesia Maria Selena and Miss Miss Peru Nicole Faveron pose in Las Vegas, Nevada

Miss Curacao 2012 Jansen, Miss Guatemala 2012 Godoy and Miss Aruba 2012 Helder pose in Las Vegas

Miss Indonesia Maria Selena, Miss Ireland Adrienne Murphy, Miss Australia Renae Ayris, Miss Chile Ana Luisa Konig and Miss Peru Nicole Faveron, pose in Las Vegas

Miss British Virgin Islands 2012 Abigail Hyndman walks the runway during the Welcome Event at Bally's in Las Vegas, Nevada

Miss Chile Ana Luisa Konig poses in Las Vegas, Nevada

Miss Haiti 2012 Christela Jacques, Miss Gabon 2012 Channa Divouvi and Miss Mauritius 2012 Ameeksha Dilchand pose for a photo with performer Chantell Adams from the Jubilee Show at Bally's in Las Vegas

Miss Jamaica 2012 Chantal Zaky poses in her swimsuit at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas

Miss Poland 2012 Marcelina Zawadzka poses with performers Chantell Adams and Tiffany Boomer from the Jubilee Show at Bally's in Las Vegas, Nevada

Miss Germany 2012 Alicia Endemann is pictured in the pool at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas

Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes of Angola poses with dancers from the Jubilee Show at Bally's in Las Vegas, Nevada

Miss Ireland Adrienne Murphy, Miss Australia Renae Ayris, and Miss Chile Ana Luisa Konig pose for photos in Las Vegas

Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes of Angola tries on a Jubilee head piece as the Jubilee Show dancers wait for her during a tour at Bally's in Las Vegas, Nevada

Miss Serbia 2012 Mandic, Miss Montenegro 2012 Radonjic, Miss Peru 2012 Faveron, Miss Cayman Islands 2012 Japal and Miss Aruba 2012 Helder attend the Jubilee Show at Bally's in Las Vegas

Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes of Angola walks the runway during the Welcome Event at Bally's in Las Vegas, Nevada

Handout of Miss South Africa Bam, Miss Venezuela Quintero, Miss Guatemala Godoy pose inside the Gallery Club at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas

Handout of Miss Vietnam Diem Huong Luu, Miss Malaysia Leggett and Miss Thailand Waller sitting on the floor during rehearsals at Bally's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

Miss Turkey Ozkul, Miss Peru Faveron, Miss Guam Aguero, Miss Greece Tsirogianni, and Miss Hungary Konkoly arrive in Las Vegas

Handout of Miss Uruguay Vezzoso attending rehearsals at Bally's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

Handout of Miss Brazil Markus and Miss Turkey Ozkul posing at Pure Nightclub at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas