Background
Location and date
On 16 November 2024, at Miss Universe 2024, pageant co-owner Raúl Rocha Cantú announced that the shortlisted host cities for the 74th edition of the pageant were in Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Morocco, India, South Africa, Spain, and Thailand. [2] [3] The Miss Universe Organization announced Thailand as the host country on 7 February 2025, designating the Impact Challenger Hall in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, as the central venue with ancillary events scheduled for Phuket and Pattaya. This will mark the fourth time that Thailand hosted the pageant, and the third time the event will be held in the said venue after the 2005 and 2018 pageants. [4] [5]
Selection of participants
Among the delegates designated as of 2 September 2025, nine were appointed to the position after being runner-up in their national pageant, [a] or being chosen through a casting process. [b]
Debuts and returns
This edition will mark the debuts of Latina, Mozambique, Palestine and Saudi Arabia. [c] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Additionally, this edition will feature the returns of Iraq and Slovenia which last competed in 2017; [17] [18] Ghana in 2022; [19] and Kosovo, Panama, and South Africa which last competed in 2023. [20] [21] [22]
