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Miss Universe 2022 - Meet The Contestants 5
Miss Universe 2022 - Meet The Contestants 5

45. Si Jeni? - KOSOVO!

Miss Universe 2022 - Meet The Contestants 5

Roksana Ibrahimi is a 24 year old model from Kosovo who recently completed her degree in dentistry. She is an avid reader and likes to practise her profession and fitness.”Being Miss does not mean just being beautiful, because beauty is superficial and does not define you as an individual. I do not want to be known simply as a beautiful girl who won, but I want to be known as the woman who used her voice for people whose voice could not be heard.” she stated. Wishing her all the best for her Miss Universe journey. Wishing Kosovo all the best for MU’22!

46. Saibaidee - LAOS!

Miss Universe 2022 - Meet The Contestants 5

Payengxa Lor is a 21 year old business management student in a Lao-American university located in Vientiane. She is the first Hmong to ever win the title of Miss Laos. She started teaching English in 2018 via Learn English with Payengxa and in March 2022, she co-founded Hmong Woman Network that intends to empower young women and make them independent and successful. Wishing her best of luck for the upcoming competition. Hmong, is an ethnic group residing in China and ASEAN countries. They had to migrate out of these countries after their civil wars and now they are mostly found in Thailand and the United States as refugees. Wishing this Hmong queen everything in this universe!

47. Sveiki - LATVIA!

Miss Universe 2022 - Meet The Contestants 5

Kate Alexeeva is one of the oldest contenders for this year’s competition, being 28 years old. She is a famous model and also runs her own cosmetic brand called Glambox that is directed towards Turkish customers and their needs. Latvia is returning to Miss Universe after 14 years of withdrawal and we have high hopes from queen Kate. This is also only the third time we shall be seeing a Latvian woman grace the stage of the Universe as Latvia has sent representatives only twice in the competition - 2005 and 2006!

48. Marhaba -  LEBANON!

Miss Universe 2022 - Meet The Contestants 5

Yasmina Zaytoun is a 20 years old student pursuing a degree in journalism from Notre Dame University-Louaize in Zouk Mosbeh. She also has earned certification for being a TV presenter by none other than the international news station - Al Jazeera’s media institute.

Lebanon is another country returning after a long hiatus from the world of Miss Universe. The nation has not been a part of the prestigious pageant after 3 years now. Yasmina hosts a show on her IG called With Yasmina Show which features well-known personalities such as Enjy Kiwan, NourAldin, Paula Yacoubian, and Lana Daoud. She also has experience working in music videos before.Also an avid reader, and also loves travelling.

49. Salaam - MALAYSIA!

Miss Universe 2022 - Meet The Contestants 5

Cheam Wei Yeng is a 26 years old graduate in pharmaceutical and health science. She works as an assistant manager and a multilingual host in Malaysia. Cheam won several subtitles at her national contest, a few being - Miss Radiant Confidence and Miss Beautiful Hair. She wants to use her platform provided by the Miss Universe Organisation to spread awareness about mental health and the need to address it in today’s day and age. Malaysia too is returning to Miss Universe after skipping the 2021 edition because of the crisis with Israel. 

50. Bongu - MALTA!

Miss Universe 2022 - Meet The Contestants 5

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Maxine Formosa is a 22 years old law graduate from Malta. She is partly Maltese and partly British as her father is also British. She works as a legal assistant in her country. Maxine dreamed of becoming a singer and songwriter as a child and had even moved to the United Kingdom to pursue her dream. However, she was bullied heavily and had to return back to Malta. She loves staying active and is also a fitness enthusiast. She loves going to the gym and playing sports like volleyball, padel, golf and tennis. She was heavily supported by her father and her grandmother. In fact, her grandmother pushed her to participate in Miss Universe Malta 2021, where she ended up as the second runner up to Jade Cini. Her father passed away three months later and her grandmother too lost her battle to cancer a few months before Maxine was given this title. Maxine shall now fulfil the dreams of both her father and her Grandmother by representing her nation Malta at the 71st edition of Miss Universe. Wishing her all the best for her journey in New Orleans!

51. Bonzour - MAURITIUS!

Miss Universe 2022 - Meet The Contestants 5

Alexandrine Belle-Étoile made history when she became the first ever representative from Mauritius to ever place in the top 12 of Miss Supranational. She represented her country at Miss Supranational 2022 pageant and placed in the top 12 during the finale. is a 26 years old teacher who has also modelled for various big brands back in her home country. She teaches Arts and French in an elementary school and holds a degree in Fine Arts too. In our personal opinion, she is the strongest Miss Maurice that the stage of the universe has seen in the last couple of years. We are truly still in awe of her Miss Supranational performance and we want her to amuse us further this Miss Universe season. All the best queen!

52. Hola - MEXICO!

Miss Universe 2022 - Meet The Contestants 5

Irma Christina Miranda Valenzuela is yet another 26 years old model from Mexico. She also works as a TV host. Prior to participating in Mexicana Universal, we had seen Irma participating alongside Kristal Silva in Nuestra Belleza México 2016, where she was adjudged as the first runner up to Kristal. Other than being in showbiz, Miss Miranda is a graduate from the Sonora Institute of Technology where she completed her bachelor's degree in economics and finance. She loves dancing and has been training since childhood for ballet and folklore dancing too. She loves her Mexican culture and loves promoting it every chance she gets. Last year, while the reigning queen of the Universe was Andrea Meza from Mexico, Debora Hallal failed to continue Mexico’s unexceptional performance streak. We are crossing our fingers for seeing her slay on stage during the Finale this year.

53. Mingalarbar - MYANMAR!

Miss Universe 2022 - Meet The Contestants 5

Zar Li Moe is a 21 year old commercial model from the land of Myanmar. She had previously won the title of Miss Tourism and Culture Universe Bhamo 2020. She won various subtitles during her Miss Universe Myanmar days including Miss Royal, Miss Beautiful smile and Face of Pan aesthetics. Many gorgeous women have represented the nation at the stage of the Universe, but Myanmar has never won the title before. This time, they are returning back to Miss Universe, after skipping one edition because of the host nation controversy, and we are excited beyond words to see them back. Wishing queen Zar only the best!

54. Halo - NAMIBIA!

Miss Universe 2022 - Meet The Contestants 5

Cassia Sharpley is a 23 years old basic life support paramedic in her country Namibia. She is currently pursuing a degree in emergency medical care and advanced life support. She advocates for supporting and helping people living in poverty in her country and has also founded the Honeycomb Haven Foundation, directed towards helping those less fortunate people of her community. She is also a dancer and a model professionally. This woman has everything it takes to take home the most coveted Miss Universe crown. She truly represents the “force for good” - the tag also carried by the new Miss Universe emblem - the ocean blue crown.

55. Namaskara - NEPAL!

Miss Universe 2022 - Meet The Contestants 5

Sophiya Bhujel is a 27 year old entrepreneur from Nepal. She also works as a professional model and likes to work for different social organisations too. Owing to her volunteering work back in Nepal, she has gained popularity as a social worker in her country too. Sophiya stayed in India for the longest part of her life. Darjeeling’s Mount Hermont School is where she completed her early schooling from and then she later completed her graduation in business management from India too. She participated in the Miss Nepal pageant, back in 2019, alongside Anushka Shrestha, where she finished in the top 7. Miss Bhujel has also represented Nepal at the Global Asian Model, where she managed to place in the top 10 too. She has also represented her country at Miss Eco International pageant in 2022 where she placed in the top 10 - the best Nepal has done in the said competition since 2019.During her national competition of Miss Universe Nepal, she was also awarded with the title for being a social impact leader. Taking inspiration from India’s very own Miss World - Manushi Chhillar, Sophiya’s project RED is aimed at providing free menstrual hygiene products to the rural and less fortunate parts of her community. Wishing this neighbouring queen best of luck!

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