For the first time, joint winners were chosen at the Miss Albania beauty competition: Both Miss World Albania and Miss Universe Albania were crowned in the same event. Miss Albania organizer Vera Grabocka (who owns the Miss World franchises) joined forces with photographer Fadil Berisha (franchise holder for Miss Universe in Albania) to produce a single event to choose the local representatives for the international competitions.
22-year old Ersela Kurti, from Tirana, has been chosen Miss World Albania 2013 and will represent the country at the Miss World competition to take place in Indonesia in September; while 18-year old Adrola Dushi was crowned Miss Universe Albania 2012 and will travel to Las Vegas (USA) this December to compete for the Miss Universe title. Adrola is 18-years old and 179 cm in height.
At the same time the winner of Mister Albania was chosen: Geraldo Bibo, who stands 2 meters in height and will travel to Kent, England, to compete in the Mister World 2012 competition.