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The Miss Kyrgyzstan 2024 final was held on Thursday, July 25 in Bishkek. A total of 23 beauties competed for the national crowns at stake. Mary Kuvakova, 18, was crowned Miss Kyrgyzstan Universe 2025 and will head to the Miss Universe 2025 pageant. She received the crown from last year's winner Akylai Kalberdieva. Kyrgyzstan will be represented at Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico this November by Maya Turdalieva who was crowned Miss Kyrgyzstan Universe during last year's competition. Ariet Sanzharova, 16, clinched the Miss Kyrgyzstan World 2025 title while Aiperi Nurbekova, 24, was named Miss Kyrgyzstan Earth 2025. They are expected to participate in the next Miss World and Miss Earth competitions. View this post on Instagram A post shared by MAYA (@mayaturdalieva_) Photos: Miss Kyrgyzstan, Maya Turdalieva / Instagram

A total of 20 stunning finalists took part in the Miss Kyrgyzstan 2023 in a glittering final competition held last October 3 in Bishkek. Five beauty titles were at stake — Miss Kyrgyzstan, Miss Kyrgyzstan Universe, Miss Kyrgyzstan Earth, Miss Bishkek, and Top Model of Kyrgyzstan. Meet the winners: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miss Kyrgyzstan (@miss_kyrgyzstan_official) Miss Kyrgyzstan 2023  - Akylai Kalberdieva (will go to Miss Universe 2023) Miss Kyrgyzstan Universe 2023  - Maya Turdalieva (will go to Miss Universe 2024) Miss Kyrgyzstan Earth 2023  - Aiperi Keneshbekova (will go to Miss Earth 2023) The rest of the Top 5, Aigerim Satynbekova and Aisuluu Kalybekova, were crowned Miss Bishkek 2023 and Top Model of Kyrgyzstan 2023, respectively. Photos: Miss Kyrgyzstan / Beauty Company Kyrgyzstan

Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu took to social media to issue an apology to Miss Universe Kyrgyzstan Altynai Botoyarova for a slip-up she made during the 71st Miss Universe national costume competition. While co-hosting with Miss Universe Organization TV producer and writer Nick Teplitz, the Indian beauty mistakenly mentioned "Kazakhstan" instead of "Kyrgyzstan" as Altynai walked down the runway wearing her white swan-inspired national costume. "During the preliminary event this week in New Orleans, I failed to properly say Kyrgyzstan. I am deeply sorry for this mistake," Harnaaz shared on her Instagram story and continued by saying she will never purposely say or do something to upset a contestant or their supporters. "The preliminary competition was my first time ever co-hosting and the jitters got the best of me. My nervousness onstage is not a reflection of the deep respect I have for Kyrgyzstan. Altynai, please accept my sincerest apologies,...

Diami Almazbekova was crowned Miss Kyrgyzstan 2022 in a glittering national competition held on Thursday, October 13 in Bishkek. The 20-year-old professional model currently based in Moscow bested over 20 other contestants to win the coveted national title. She is now expected to represent her country at the 72nd Miss Universe (Miss Universe 2023). Altynai Beishenbaeva was named first runner-up while Aiperi Keneshbekova and Medina Amirova were announced the second and third runners-up, respectively. Last year's titleholder Altynai Botoyarova, who will compete in the 71st Miss Universe pageant in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA this January, passed the crown to her successor at the end of the event. The national pageant was organized by the Beauty Company Kyrgyzstan under the leadership of Ryskul Namazbekova. Kyrgyzstan, a beautiful mountainous country situated in Central Asia, made a debut at the Miss Universe pageant in 2018 with Begimay Karybekova. View this post on Instagram...

Miss Kyrgyzstan 2021 Altynai Botoyarova has been officially announced on Wednesday, September 21 as Miss Universe Kyrgyzstan 2022. The 18-year-old model, who was named Miss Kyrgyzstan in September last year, will now prepare to represent her country at the 71st Miss Universe in New Orleans, Louisiana this January. She will be the second representative of her country at Miss Universe. Prior to winning her title, she first joined her national pageant in 2020 at age 16 and got the opportunity to compete in the 70th Miss World. Due to her desire to participate in Miss Universe instead, she gave Miss Kyrgyzstan another try the following year and won. "My childhood dream was to compete in Miss Universe, and I wouldn't believe it if they told that five-year-old girl that dream would come true," she shared on social media. Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia, first joined the Miss Universe pageant in 2018 with Begimay Karybekova. Meet the new Miss Univers...