2013. 2nd Runner-Up, Aleksandra

Miss Polonia 2012 was the 38th Miss Polonia pageant, held on February 2, 2013. The winner was Paulina Krupińska of Masovia and she represented Poland in Miss Universe 2013. 2nd Runner-Up, Aleksandra Szczęsna represented the country in Miss Earth 2013.

Tabawan Island or Tabauawan is the highest and largest of a group of heavily wooded islands lying in the southwest quadrant of Darvel Bay, Sabah. It has dual volcanic peaks, and is 275 metres at its highest point. On the south side of the island there is a small bay, or inlet, quite deep, at 25 to 35 metres. It is about 7.25 kilometres from Sebatik Island, which lies to the southeast. For decades, the pearl farm of the island has safeguarded nearby waters to keep thieves and trespassers away.

Solarigraphy is a concept and a photographic practice based on the observation of the sun path in the sky and its effect on the landscape, captured by a specific procedure that combines pinhole photography and digital processing. Invented around 2000, solarigraphy uses photographic paper without chemical processing, a pinhole camera and a scanner to create images that catch the daily journey of the sun along the sky with very long exposure times, from several hours to several years. The longest known solarigraph was captured over the course of eight years. Solarigraphy is an extreme case of long-exposure photography, and the non-conventional use of photosensitive materials is what makes it different to other methods of sun paths capture such as the Yamazaki's \"heliographys\".