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Alena Kucheruk bested over 20 other contestants to win Miss Belarus 2025 on Friday, September 12 at the Sports Palace in Minsk. The 18-year-old music student from Polotsk is now expected to represent Belarus at the 74th Miss Universe (Miss Universe 2025) pageant in Thailand this November. Aliya Korotkaya and Tatiana Marchuk were named the first and second runners-up, respectively. The new Miss Belarus was crowned by her predecessor, Miss Belarus 2023 Eleonora Kachalovskaya, who participated in Miss Universe 2024 last November in Mexico. Photo: Miss Belarus / Instagram

Belarus, a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, will participate for the first time in the Miss Universe pageant. Eleanora Kachalovskaya, a 24-year-old fashion model from Minsk, has recently been appointed officially as Miss Universe Belarus 2024. No stranger to pageantry, the first-ever Miss Universe Belarus has competed in Miss Belarus 2023 and won the title among 24 contestants. She also went to the Miss Europe Continental Global Edition last year in Naples, Italy and placed first runner-up. The first-ever Miss Universe Belarus will now represent her country at Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico this coming November. Road to the 73rd Miss Universe: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Элеонора Качаловская | модель (@_kachalovskaya_elia) Photos: Miss Belarus, Eleonora Kachalovskaya / Instagram

Eleonora Kachalovskaya was crowned Miss Belarus 2023 (Miss World Belarus) in a national competition held on Friday, September 8 at the Minsk Sports Palace. The 23-year-old model bested 23 other competitors to win the national title. She succeeds Daria Goncharevich and is now expected to represent Belarus at the 72nd Miss World (Miss World 2024) pageant. Ksenia Vlasyuk and Milana Yakimovich were the first and second runners-up, respectively. Rounding out the Top 10 were Elizabeth Kazak, Daria Nizhnikov, Diana Tsareva, Christina Ivanova, Alina Gerasimenko, Martha Mireiko, and Nadezhda Tolstikova. Meet the new Miss Belarus: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Elia | Элеонора Качаловская (@_kachalovskaya_elia) Photos: Miss Belarus, Eleonora Kachalovskaya / Instagram

Daria Goncharevich bested 28 other beauties to be crowned Miss Belarus 2021 at the Palace of Sports in Minsk last Friday, September 10. The 18-year-old model and runway instructor from Minsk fluently speaks Russian and English. She will represent her country at the 70th Miss World pageant to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico this December. Yulia Mishchenko and Alexandra Popok were named first and second runners-up, respectively. Photos: Miss Belarus