Miss Thailand Opal Suchata Crowned Miss World 2025 in Hyderabad

Opal Suchata, Miss Thailand, was crowned Miss World 2025 at a glittering finale of the 72nd Miss World 2025 held at the Hitex Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana, on 31 May 2025. She is the first female from Thailand to be crowned Miss World. 

She beat three other contestants to win the title and a prize money of around Rs 8 crore.

Miss World 2024, Krystyna Pyszkova of the Czech Republic, as per tradition, crowned Opal Suchata Miss World 2025.

Third Miss World Beauty Pageant in India

The Miss World beauty pageant is organised by the London-based  Miss World Organisation.

India has hosted the event three times: in 1996 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, and again in 2024 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Hyderabad, Telangana, hosted the 2025 Miss World from 7 May to 31 May 2025. During the event, the contestants were showcased India’s rich and varied culture..

Finalist and Jury member 

108 Contestants, representing their country, participated in the 72nd edition of Miss World in Telangana. They were divided into four groups: the Americas and the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and Asia and Oceania.

India was represented by Miss India 2023 Nandini Gupta of Rajasthan, but she did not make the top eight contestants.

Four contestants participated in the last round:

• Miss Ethiopia Hasset Dereje, 
• Miss Martinique (colony of France in the Caribbean), Aurélie Joachim, 
• Miss Poland, Maja Klajda, and 
• Miss Thailand, Opal Suchata.

Miss Thailand Opal Suchata was crowned Miss World.

1st runner-up - Miss Ethiopia Hasset Dereje

2nd Runner-up -Miss Poland, Maja Klajda,

3rd runner-up Miss Martinique Aurélie Joachim,

Jury Members

The Jury of the finals was led by the Chairwoman of Miss World Organisation, Julia Morley.

The other members were Actor Sonu Sood, Rana Daggubati, Namrata Shirodkar, Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar, Sudha Reddy, and Jayesh Ranjan, Telangana’s Special Chief Secretary for Tourism.

Indian Winner of Miss World Title 

The first Miss World was held in England in 1951. Kerstin Margareta Håkansson of Sweden was crowned Miss World 

To date, six Indians have been crowned Miss World.

They are ;

• Reita Faria in 1966
• Aishwarya Rai -1994
• Diana Hayden -1997
• Yukta Mookhey -1999
• Priyanaka Chopra -2000
• Manushi Chiller -2017