Miss Universe Cambodia 2024 was the 8th edition of the
Miss Universe Cambodia pageant, held at the Camwood CTN in
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Cambodia, most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industr ...
, Cambodia, on August 29, 2024.
Sotima John of
Kampong Cham crowned
Davin Prasath
Davin Prasath (; born 29 May 1991) is a Cambodian actress, model, philanthropist and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Cambodia 2024 on August 29, 2024 in Phnom Penh. She is notably the first married woman and mother to wi ...
of
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Cambodia, most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industr ...
as her successor at the end of the event. Davin represented
Cambodia
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at the
Miss Universe 2024
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Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua crowned Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark as her successor at the conclusion of the e ...
pageant held in
Mexico
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, where she placed in the top thirty, making her the first Cambodian woman to be placed in the semis of Miss Universe history. She is noted as the first-ever married
Cambodian woman and mother to have been selected to represent the country in
Miss Universe
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.
Background
Location and date
On April 2, 2024, the
Miss Universe Cambodia organization announced that the coronation night will be held on August 29 at the Camwood CTN studio in
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Cambodia, most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industr ...
,
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
.
Selection of participants
On May 29, 2024,
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international major beauty pageant that is run by a Thailand and Mexican-based Miss Universe Organization.Natalie Tadena (July 2, 2015"Donald Trump's Miss USA Pageant Lands on Reelz Cable Channel". ''The Wall Stree ...
announced Mr.Chhoy as the new National Director of
Miss Universe Cambodia. This marks his first time overseeing and organizing the pageant. Subsequently, on June 8, 2024,
Miss Universe Cambodia announced the top five contestants.
The event also featured face-to-face interviews, where the winners were selected to represent
Cambodia
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in the upcoming
international competition.
Results
Placements
Contestants
There are only 5 candidates.
References
{{Reflist
2024 beauty pageants
Cambodian awards
2024 in Cambodia