CONAN DailyJan 30

Maria Cepero crowns Miss Intercontinental 2025 Varvara Yakovenko in Sahl Hasheesh

Maria Cepero represented Puerto Rico, United States at Miss Intercontinental 2024 and competed against 58 other candidates at Tal Avenue in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt on December 6, 2024. She won the title.

On January 29, 2026, Cepero crowned her successor Varvara Yakovenko at the V Luxury Resort in Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt. The latter is the fourth Miss Intercontinental from Russia.

Miss Intercontinental 2025 results

beauty pageant: Miss Intercontinental
chief executive officer: Detlef Tursiesedition: 53rd
date: January 29, 2026
venue: The V Luxury Resort, Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt
candidates: 57hosts: Lutz Riemenschneider, Azeezah Hashim

WINNERS

PLACEMENT20252024Miss
IntercontinentalVarvara Yakovenko
RussiaMaria Cepero
Puerto Rico1st
runner-upLorena Suárez
CubaGeorgette Musrie
Venezuela2nd
runner-upVanessa Wenk
ThailandAlyssa Redondo
Philippines3rd
runner-upFaidha Kassim
TanzaniaBùi Khánh Linh
Vietnam4th
runner-upChristina Vanhefflin
PhilippinesCelina Weil
Germany5th
runner-upCristiane Guerrero
EcuadorKenyatta Beazer
USA6th
runner-upBrilliant Maroko
KenyaAmanda Peresu
Zimbabwe

FINALISTS

PLACEMENTNAME (COUNTRY/TERRITORY)Top 7Lorena Suárez (Cuba)
Cristiane Guerrero (Ecuador)
Brilliant Maroko (Kenya)
Christina Vanhefflin (Philippines)
Varvara Yakovenko (Russia)
Faidha Kassim (Tanzania)
Vanessa Wenk (Thailand)Top 12Ida Princesse (Cameroon)
Sasha Perea (Colombia)
Shraddha Patel (India)
Andreea Stan (Romania)
Brooke Cohee (United States)Top 23Clara Marques (Brazil)
Anna Mařaková (Czech Republic)
Chantal Schwarz (Germany)
Zhang Shuting (Macao)
Carolina Ruelas (Mexico)
Eva van Bellen (Netherlands)
Kelsey Turner (New Zealand)
Emesiobi Dwelling (Nigeria)
Natália Weissová (Slovak Republic)
Raquel Castejón (Spain)
Nguyễn Thị Thu Ngân (Vietnam)

CONTINENTAL QUEENS

TITLENAME (COUNTRY/TERRITORY)Miss Intercontinental
Africa 2025Brilliant Maroko
KenyaMiss Intercontinental
Asia & Oceania 2025Vanessa Wenk
ThailandMiss Intercontinental
Europe 2025Varvara Yakovenko
RussiaMiss Intercontinental
North America 2025Lorena Suárez
CubaMiss Intercontinental
South America 2025Cristiane Guerrero
Ecuador

SPECIAL AWARDS

AWARDCANDIDATEMiss CongenialityCristiane Guerrero
EcuadorMiss PhotogenicVarvara Yakovenko
RussiaMiss Force and HarmonyHansana Balasuriya
Sri LankaMiss PopularityEva van Bellen
NetherlandsMiss Power of BeautyChristina Vanhefflin
PhilippinesBest in National CostumeNguyễn Thị Thu Ngân
VietnamBest in SwimsuitBrilliant Maroko
KenyaPeople’s ChoiceFaidha Kassim
Tanzania

JUDGES

  • Alyssa Reondo
  • Celina Weil
  • Christoph Hofmann
  • Mahmut Karaton
  • María Cepero
  • Rudi Omar
  • Stephanie Helmschrott

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X61ukzVBv_w

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    CONAN DailyJan 24

    57 Miss Intercontinental 2025 candidates competing in Sahl Hasheesh

    Maria Cepero represented Puerto Rico, United States at Miss Intercontinental 2024 and competed against 58 other candidates at Tal Avenue in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt on December 6, 2024. She won the title.

    Miss Intercontinental 2025 candidates

    On January 29, 2026, Cepero will crown her successor at the V Luxury Resort in Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt. It is the 53rd edition of the international beauty pageant led by Detlef Tursies.

    There are 57 women competing for the Miss Intercontinental 2025 title. Here are the candidates:

  • Daniela Alejandra Martinez, 26, Argentina
  • Nicole Papadimas, 26, Australia
  • Natalie Nock, 31, Austria
  • Ilana Schelfhaut, 25, Belgium 
  • Unasimba Thembela Moesi, 24, Botswana
  • Maria Clara Borges Marques, 21, Brazil
  • Eveline Cardoso, 22, Cabo Verde
  • Ebena Ida Princesse, 24, Cameroon
  • Reem Qureshi Amil, 28, Canada
  • Andrea Constanza Lagos Figueroa, 28, Chile
  • Zhao Qianwen, 28, China
  • Sasha Perea, 31, Colombia
  • Lorena Suarez Lara, 23, Cuba
  • Anna-Marie Mařáková, 22, Czech Republic
  • Cristiane Guerrero Marques das Neves, 28, Ecuador
  • Carolina Tamm, 18, Estonia
  • Sofia Anna Emilia Raivio, 25, Finland
  • Pauline Mouchard, 26, France
  • Chantal Schwarz, 25, Germany
  • Aline Poisson, 22, Guadeloupe
  • Boglarka Schrick, 23, Hungary
  • Shraddha Patel, 20, India
  • Adinda Puri Damayanti, 31, Indonesia
  • Alannah Pettigrew, 20, Ireland
  • Oumaima “Umi” El Bouyanfif Mobarik, 31, Italy
  • Christabelle Brown, 28, Jamaica
  • Brilliant Mukanda Maroko,  22, Kenya
  • Zhang Shuting, 31, Macau
  • Marija Petrovic, Malta
  • Carolina Pano Ruelas, 24, Mexico
  • Eva Aloisa van Bellen, 25, Netherlands
  • Kelsey Joan Turner, 21, New Zealand
  • Dwelling Chisaoku Emesiobi, 26, Nigeria
  • Tijana Petreska, 25, North Macedonia
  • Christina Labareno Vanhefflin, 34, Philippines
  • Dominika Zak, 24, Poland
  • Diana Freitas Pinto de Carvalho, 26, Portugal
  • Gabriela Figueroa Aviles, 28, Puerto Rico
  • Kira Andreea Stan, 26, Romania
  • Varvara Yakovenko, 18, Russia
  • Marija Čitaković, 27, Serbia
  • Isniya Sapkota, 18, Singapore
  • Natália Weissová, 21, Slovak Republic
  • Chenique Terreblanche, 20, South Africa
  • Shin Yoo Jeong, 28, South Korea
  • Raquel Castejón Dones, 31, Spain
  • Hansana Balasuriya, 25, Sri Lanka
  • Faidha Kassim Kivuyo, 23, Tanzania
  • Anastasia Chernetsova, 20, Tatarstan
  • Vanessa Nattacha Wenk, 22, Thailand
  • Sezin Özgür, Turkiye
  • Emily Gibbins, 24, United Kingdom
  • Brooke Ellen Cohee, 22, United States
  • Rubí Esmeralda Crespo Pérez, 30, Venezuela
  • Nguyễn Thị Thu Ngân, 22, Vietnam
  • Chipo Chibalamuna, 28, Zambia
  • Rumbidzai Hannah Muzopa, 29, Zimbabwe

    • The following were originally listed as candidates but they withdrew from the competition:

  • Sumnima Puri, 22, Nepal
  • Samantha Samaka, 24, Rwanda

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v7plzUmNRQ

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    56 Miss Intercontinental 2025 candidates competing in Sahl Hasheesh

    Maria Cepero represented Puerto Rico, United States at Miss Intercontinental 2024 and competed against 58 other candidates at Tal Avenue in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt on December 6, 2024. She won the title.

    Miss Intercontinental 2025 candidates

    On January 29, 2026, Cepero will crown her successor at the V Luxury Resort in Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt. It is the 53rd edition of the international beauty pageant led by Detlef Tursies.

    There are 56 women competing for the Miss Intercontinental 2025 title. Here are the candidates:

  • Daniela Alejandra Martinez, 26, Argentina
  • Nicole Papadimas, 26, Australia
  • Natalie Nock, 31, Austria
  • Ilana Schelfhaut, 25, Belgium 
  • Unasimba Thembela Moesi, 24, Botswana
  • Maria Clara Borges Marques, 21, Brazil
  • Eveline Cardoso, 22, Cabo Verde
  • Ebena Ida Princesse, 24, Cameroon
  • Reem Amil, 28, Canada
  • Andrea Constanza Lagos Figueroa, 28, Chile
  • Zhao Qianwen, 28, China
  • Sasha Perea, 32, Colombia
  • Lorena Suarez Lara, 23, Cuba
  • Anna-Marie Mařáková, 22, Czech Republic
  • Cristiane Guerrero Marques das Neves, 28, Ecuador
  • Carolina Tamm, 18, Estonia
  • Sofia Anna Emilia Raivio, 25, Finland
  • Pauline Mouchard, 26, France
  • Chantal Schwarz, 25, Germany
  • Aline Poisson, 22, Guadeloupe
  • Boglarka Schrick, 23, Hungary
  • Shraddha Patel, 20, India
  • Adinda Puri, 31, Indonesia
  • Alannah Pettigrew, 20, Ireland
  • Oumaima “Umi” El Bouyanfif Mobarik, 31, Italy
  • Christabelle Brown, 28, Jamaica
  • Brilliant Mukanda Maroko,  22, Kenya
  • Zhang Shuting, 31, Macau
  • Carolina Pano Ruelas, 24, Mexico
  • Sumnima Puri, 22, Nepal
  • Eva Aloisa van Bellen, 25, Netherlands
  • Kelsey Joan Turner, 21, New Zealand
  • Dwelling Chisaoku Emesiobi, 26, Nigeria
  • Tijana Petreska, 25, North Macedonia
  • Christina Labareno Vanhefflin, 34, Philippines
  • Dominika Zak, 24, Poland
  • Diana Freitas Pinto de Carvalho, 26, Portugal
  • Gabriela Figueroa Aviles, 28, Puerto Rico
  • Kira Andreea Stan, 26, Romania
  • Varvara Yakovenko, 18, Russia
  • Samantha Samaka, 24, Rwanda
  • Isniya Sapkota, 18, Singapore
  • Natália Weissová, 21, Slovak Republic
  • Chenique Terreblanche, 20, South Africa
  • Shin Yoo Jeong, 28, South Korea
  • Raquel Castejón Dones, 31, Spain
  • Hansana Balasuriya, 25, Sri Lanka
  • Faidha Kassim Kivuyo, 23, Tanzania
  • Vanessa Nattacha Wenk, 22, Thailand
  • Sezin Özgür, Turkiye
  • Emily Gibbins, 24, United Kingdom
  • Brooke Cohee, 22, United States
  • Rubí Esmeralda Crespo Pérez, 30, Venezuela
  • Nguyễn Thị Thu Ngân, 22, Vietnam
  • Chipo Chibalamuna, 28, Zambia
  • Rumbidzai Hannah Muzopa, 29, Zimbabwe

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de8XoCc2N5k

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    Miss Intercontinental 2025 candidates

    On January 29, 2026, Cepero will crown her successor at the V Luxury Resort in Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt. It is the 53rd edition of the international beauty pageant led by Detlef Tursies.

    There are 57 women competing for the Miss Intercontinental 2025 title. Here are the candidates:

  • Daniela Alejandra Martinez, 26, Argentina
  • Nicole Papadimas, 26, Australia
  • Natalie Nock, 31, Austria
  • Ilana Schelfhaut, 25, Belgium 
  • Unasimba Thembela Moesi, 24, Botswana
  • Maria Clara Borges Marques, 21, Brazil
  • Eveline Cardoso, 22, Cabo Verde
  • Ebena Ida Princesse, 24, Cameroon
  • Reem Amil, 28, Canada
  • Andrea Constanza Lagos Figueroa, 28, Chile
  • Zhao Qianwen, 28, China
  • Sasha Perea, 32, Colombia
  • Lorena Suarez Lara, 23, Cuba
  • Anna-Marie Mařáková, 22, Czech Republic
  • Cristiane Guerrero Marques das Neves, 28, Ecuador
  • Carolina Tamm, 18, Estonia
  • Sofia Anna Emilia Raivio, 25, Finland
  • Pauline Mouchard, 26, France
  • Chantal Schwarz, 25, Germany
  • Patience Mawusi Adodeafe, 22, Ghana
  • Aline Poisson, 22, Guadeloupe
  • Boglarka Schrick, 23, Hungary
  • Shraddha Patel, 20, India
  • Adinda Puri, 31, Indonesia
  • Alannah Pettigrew, 20, Ireland
  • Oumaima “Umi” El Bouyanfif Mobarik, 31, Italy
  • Christabelle Brown, 28, Jamaica
  • Brilliant Mukanda Maroko,  22, Kenya
  • Zhang Shuting, 31, Macau
  • Tijana Petreska, 25, Macedonia
  • Carolina Pano Ruelas, 24, Mexico
  • Sumnima Puri, 22, Nepal
  • Eva Aloisa van Bellen, 25, Netherlands
  • Kelsey Joan Turner, 21, New Zealand
  • Dwelling Chisaoku Emesiobi, 26, Nigeria
  • Christina Labareno Vanhefflin, 34, Philippines
  • Dominika Zak, 24, Poland
  • Diana Freitas Pinto de Carvalho, 26, Portugal
  • Gabriela Figueroa Aviles, 28, Puerto Rico
  • Kira Andreea Stan, 26, Romania
  • Varvara Yakovenko, 18, Russia
  • Samantha Samaka, 24, Rwanda
  • Isniya Sapkota, 18, Singapore
  • Natália Weissová, 21, Slovak Republic
  • Chenique Terreblanche, 20, South Africa
  • Shin Yoo Jeong, 28, South Korea
  • Raquel Castejón Dones, 31, Spain
  • Hansana Balasuriya, 25, Sri Lanka
  • Faidha Kassim Kivuyo, 23, Tanzania
  • Vanessa Nattacha Wenk, 22, Thailand
  • Sezin Özgür, Turkiye
  • Emily Gibbins, 24, United Kingdom
  • Brooke Cohee, 22, United States
  • Rubí Esmeralda Crespo Pérez, 30, Venezuela
  • Nguyễn Thị Thu Ngân, 22, Vietnam
  • Chipo Chibalamuna, 28, Zambia
  • Rumbidzai Hannah Muzopa, 29, Zimbabwe

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de8XoCc2N5k

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    Miss Intercontinental 2025 candidates

    On January 29, 2026, Cepero will crown her successor at the V Luxury Resort in Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt. It is the 53rd edition of the international beauty pageant led by Detlef Tursies.

    There are 63 women competing for the Miss Intercontinental 2025 title. Here are the candidates:

  • Daniela Alejandra Martinez, 26, Argentina
  • Nicole Papadimas, 26, Australia
  • Ilana Schelfhaut, 25, Belgium 
  • Unasimba Thembela Moesi, 24, Botswana
  • Darina Deliverska, 19, Bulgaria
  • Eveline Cardoso, 22, Cabo Verde
  • Hok Sarytola, 23, Cambodia
  • Ebena Ida Princesse, 24, Cameroon
  • Reem Amil, 28, Canada
  • Andrea Constanza Lagos Figueroa, 28, Chile
  • Sasha Perea, 32, Colombia
  • Lorena Suarez Lara, 23, Cuba
  • Anna-Marie Mařáková, 22, Czech Republic
  • Suny Galvez, Dominican Republic
  • Cristiane Guerrero Marques das Neves, 28, Ecuador
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  • Carolina Tamm, 18, Estonia
  • Sofia Anna Emilia Raivio, 25, Finland
  • Pauline Mouchard, 26, France
  • Chantal Schwarz, 25, Germany
  • Patience Mawusi Adodeafe, 22, Ghana
  • Aline Poisson, Guadeloupe
  • Chidania Compere, Haiti
  • Boglarka Schrick, Hungary
  • Shraddha Patel, 20, India
  • Adinda Puri, 31, Indonesia
  • Alannah Pettigrew, 20, Ireland
  • Oumaima El Bouyanfif, Italy
  • Christabelle Brown, 28, Jamaica
  • Mako Miyazawa, Japan
  • Ayana Bissakhalova, Kazakhstan
  • Brilliant Mukanda Maroko,  22, Kenya
  • Carolina Pano Ruelas, 24, Mexico
  • Khine Zin Aung, 25, Myanmar
  • Sumnima Puri, 22, Nepal
  • Eva Aloisa van Bellen, Netherlands
  • Kelsey Joan Turner, 21, New Zealand
  • Dwelling Chisaoku Emesiobi, Nigeria
  • Christina Labareno Vanhefflin, 34, Philippines
  • Dominika Zak, 24, Poland
  • Diana Freitas Pinto de Carvalho, 26, Portugal
  • Gabriela Figueroa Aviles, Puerto Rico
  • Kira Andreea Stan, 26, Romania
  • Varvara Yakovenko, 18, Russia
  • Samantha Samaka, 24, Rwanda
  • Marija Citakovic, Serbia
  • Isniya Sapkota, 18, Singapore
  • Natália Weissová, 21, Slovak Republic
  • Chenique Terreblanche, 20, South Africa
  • Shin Yoo Jeong, 28, South Korea
  • Raquel Castejón Dones, 31, Spain
  • Hansana Balasuriya, 25, Sri Lanka
  • Hanna Turevi, 23, Sweden
  • Faidah Kassim, Tanzania
  • Vanessa Nattacha Wenk, 22, Thailand
  • Sezin Özgür, Turkiye
  • Anastasiia Panchenko, 22, Ukraine
  • Emily Gibbins, 24, United Kingdom
  • Brooke Cohee, 22, United States
  • Rubí Esmeralda Crespo Pérez, 30, Venezuela
  • Nguyễn Thị Thu Ngân, 22, Vietnam
  • Chipo Chibalamuna, 28, Zambia
  • Rumbidzai Muzopa, Zimbabwe

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de8XoCc2N5k

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