Miss Universe 2025

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Miss Universe 2025
Date	2025
Returns	Azerbaijan Kosovo Panama South Africa
← 2024 2026 →

Miss Universe 2025 will be the 74th Miss Universe pageant. Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark will crown her successor at the end of the event.

Background

Location and date

On 16 November 2024, at the Miss Universe 2024 pageant, Raúl Rocha Cantú, the owner of Legacy Holding Group USA Inc., announced that the 74th edition of the Miss Universe pageant could be held in one of these shortlisted countries; Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Morocco, India, South Africa, Spain, or Thailand.^[1]^[2]

Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition will feature the return of Azerbaijan, who last competed in 2013, and Kosovo, Panama and South Africa who last competed in 2023.

Contestants

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age^[a]	Hometown
China	Xuhe Hou^[3]	22	Jilin
Kyrgyzstan	Mary Kuvakova^[4]	18	Bishkek
Suriname	Chiara Wijntuin^[5]	21	Paramaribo

Upcoming national pageants

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Country/Territory	Date
Angola	30 November 2024
Guinea	30 November 2024
Venezuela	5 December 2024
Great Britain^[6]	5 July 2025

Notes

^ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

^ Alvarez, Anaité (18 November 2024). "Expectativa global: ¿Dónde será Miss Universe 2025?". TV Azteca Guate (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
^ Purnell, Kristoff (17 November 2024). "Chelsea Manalo wins 1st Miss Universe Asia; 2025 hosts teased". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
^ "侯旭合摘得桂冠！！第 72 届环球小姐中国区大赛皇冠之夜：华丽落幕，星光绽放". China Daily (in Chinese). 30 July 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
^ "На конкурсе «Мисс Кыргызстан — 2024» выбрали сразу трех победительниц — фото". Vesti (in Kyrgyz). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
^ "Chiara Wijntuin gekroond tot Miss Suriname 2025". Waterkant (in Dutch). 3 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
^ "Miss Universe GB 2025". Miss Universe GB. Retrieved 18 November 2024.

External links

Official website

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Miss Universe participant countries and territories

Active
(1952–present)

Africa	Angola Botswana Cameroon Cote d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Guinea Kenya Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Senegal Somalia South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Argentina Aruba Bahamas Belize Bolivia Bonaire Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Lucia Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Uruguay United States US Virgin Islands Venezuela
Asia	Bahrain Bangladesh Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Albania Armenia Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand Samoa

Inactive since 2024 (under JKN Metaverse Inc.)

Africa	Benin (1962) Ethiopia (2017) Eswatini (1994) Gabon (2015) Gambia (1986) Ghana (2022) Lesotho (1978) Liberia (1977) Madagascar (1961) Morocco (2021) Réunion (1986) Seychelles (2022) Sierra Leone (2019) Tunisia (1971)
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda (2008) Barbados (2020) Bermuda (1997) Dominica (1985) French Guiana (1984) Greenland (1990) Grenada (1964) Haiti (2022) Saint Kitts and Nevis (1981) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2006) Sint Maarten (2006)
Asia	Bhutan (2022) Chinese Taipei (2004) Iraq (2017) Jordan (1960)
Europe	Austria (2017) Azerbaijan (2013) Georgia (2019) Lithuania (2019) Luxembourg (1994) Slovenia (2017) Sweden (2021)
Oceania	American Samoa (1978) Cook Islands (1999) Guam (2019) New Caledonia (1982) Northern Marianas (2006) Papua New Guinea (1986) Tahiti (1985) Vanuatu (1978)

Inactive territories and dependencies
(1952–2006)

Constituent countries of Great Britain (began 1992, using Great Britain sash at Miss Universe)	England (1955–1990) Scotland (1961–1990) Wales (1961–1990)
Prefecture of Japan	Okinawa (1963–1968)
Bantustans of South Africa	Bophuthatswana (1979) Transkei (1979–1983)
States of the United States	Alaska (1952–1958) Hawaii (1952–1959)
Former entities (1952–2006)	Commonwealth of Independent States (1992) Czechoslovakia (1970–1992) Micronesia (1975) Southern Rhodesia (1961) Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) Soviet Union (1990–1991) West Indies (1954–1958) Yugoslavia (1968–2002)