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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