Phnom Penh is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, industrial, and cultural centre.
Samdech Hun Sen is a Cambodian politician and former military commander who served as the prime minister of Cambodia from 1985 to 2023. He is the longest-serving head of government in Cambodia's history. He is the president of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which has governed Cambodia since 1979, and a member of the National Assembly for Kandal. His full honorary title is Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen.
Norodom Sihamoni is King of Cambodia. He became King on 14 October 2004, a week after the abdication of his father, Norodom Sihanouk.
The Cambodian Premier League is the highest professional football division in Cambodia and administered by the Cambodian Football League Company (CFLC). Contested by 10 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodian League 2.
The Community of Royalist People's Party was a Cambodian political party that lasted from March 2014 until January 2015. It was founded and led by Norodom Ranariddh, who had been ousted from FUNCINPEC back in 2006. Ideologically a royalist party, the CRPP drew its inspiration from the political legacy of the former King of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk, and competed for its voter base with both FUNCINPEC and the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). In January 2015, the CRPP was dissolved when Ranariddh returned to FUNCINPEC.
Hem Heng is a Cambodian diplomat who was the Cambodian ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2015. Prior to his appointment, Heng served as an adviser to foreign minister Hor Namhong and has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has had more than 30 years' experience in foreign affairs.
The Miss Cambodia is a national beauty pageant in Cambodia which also selects other winners to participate in big beauty pageants like Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth. The Miss Cambodia Organization also selects the other winners to participate in small pageants like Miss Asia Pacific International, and Miss Tourism International.
Sar Chakrya Thon, known professionally as Adda Angel, is a Cambodian songwriter and music producer. She is known for being a pioneer in the Cambodian Original Music Movement.
Sarita Reth is a Cambodian actress, model, presenter, and beauty pageant titleholder of Khmer origin, who was crowned Miss Universe Cambodia 2020. She represented Cambodia in Miss Universe 2020. As an actress, she is known for her role as Marima from Love9, a TV program that tackles sexual and reproductive health.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first imported case in Cambodia was detected in Sihanoukville on 27 January 2020. Although a number of imported cases and transmission to direct contacts were confirmed throughout 2020, no community transmission was detected until 29 November 2020. As of July 2021, Phnom Penh has been the most affected province with the majority of infections and deaths. Banteay Meanchey has the second-highest number of infections, whereas Kandal has second-highest number of deaths.
Ngin Marady, also known as Ngin Rosa, is a Cambodian model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Cambodia 2021. She represented Cambodia at Miss Universe 2021 in Eilat, Israel.
Heng Vong Bunchhat is a Cambodian lawyer, who is a Senior Adviser to the Government most famous for setting up the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. He was the candidate nominated by the Royal Government of Cambodia for election to the International Criminal Court in 2003. He is considered as the father of the Constitution of Cambodia, having drafted both the republican Constitution of 1974 and the royalist Constitution of 1993.
Miss Universe Cambodia 2022 was the 4th edition of the Miss Universe Cambodia pageant held on June 15, 2022 in Phnom Penh. Ngin Marady crowned Manita Hang as her successor at the end of the event.
Pol Kimsan and Sok Kimsan, together known as the Kimsan Twins, are Cambodian chefs and restaurateurs, executive chefs of the Angkor W Group of Restaurants. Despite their sobriquet and shared last name, they are not actually twins or even biologically related.
Miss Grand Cambodia 2022 was the eighth edition of the Miss Grand Cambodia beauty contest, held on 27 August 2022 at the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Miss Grand Cambodia 2021 Pokimtheng Sothida crowned her successor, Saravody Pich Votey at the end of the event.
Manita Hang is a French-Cambodian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Cambodia 2022. She represented Cambodia at the Miss Universe 2022.
Miss Grand Cambodia is an annual female beauty pageant in Cambodia, founded in 2015 by BKA Entertainment chaired by a Thai businessperson in Cambodia Boonkerd Angamnuaysiri, the finalists of the contest have been sent to participate in various international contests including its parent stage, Miss Grand International. In 2020, The pageant patent was transferred to a Phnom Penh-based event organizer managed by Sophin In, Mohahang Production, and then to a cosmetics and dietary supplement retailer, HK 7 Co., Ltd., headed by Sokunthea Im, in 2023.
Miss Grand Cambodia 2021 was the seventh edition of the Miss Grand Cambodia beauty pageant, held at the AEON Mall, Sen Sok City in Phnom Penh, on October 10, 2021. Twenty-five contestants, who qualified for the national contest through online screening, competed for the title, of whom a 23-year-old nursing student Miss City Tourism and Miss-Asia Pacific International Cambodia former from Battambang, Sothida Pokimtheng, was named the winner.She later represented Cambodia in the Miss Grand International 2021 held that year in Thailand on December 4, where she placed among the top 10 finalists and also won the Miss Popular Vote awards.
Miss Grand Cambodia 2023 will be the ninth edition of the Miss Grand Cambodia beauty pageant, scheduled to be held on 19 August 2023 in Koh Pich Theatre, Phnom Penh. Twenty-five candidates, who have qualified for the national pageant through an online profile screening performed in April. Pich Votey Saravody of Preah Sihanouk crowned Phoem Sreynor of Phnom Penh at the end of the event. Phoem Sreynor will represent Cambodia in Miss Grand International 2023, to be held in Vietnam on October 25.
Miss Universe Cambodia 2023 will be the 5th edition of the Miss Universe Cambodia pageant which was held on September 7, 2023, in Phnom Penh. Sotheary By Miss Universe Cambodia 2017 crowned Sotima John as her successor at the end of the event.
Miss Grand Cambodia 2016 Final Coronation Night, on July 5, 2016, YouTube video
