From over 2,000 applicants to 130 shortlisted, and now 20 finalists: meet them!
Following Türkiye’s strong performance at Miss World in recent years, expectations are high for the new class of candidates. After advancing to the Miss World Top 40 two years in a row, Türkiye now presents a particularly competitive and well-prepared group of finalists.
The candidates are hoping to follow in the footsteps of Idil Bilgen, who at the Miss World Festival in Telangana delivered a standout performance, winning the Head-to-Head Challenge and advancing to the Top 40, as well as placing among the Top 10 in Asia and Oceania.
Reigning Miss World Türkiye, Idil Bilgen.From thousands of applications, 130 candidates advanced to the preliminary round, with 20 young women remaining in the competition for the national title.
Meet them:
Contestant No. 1
İlayda Güvenç
Height: 1.82 m
Age: 22
Graduate of Ankara MBA College
Contestant No. 2
Hülya Fazla
Height: 1.80 m
Age: 24
Graduate of Marmara University, Department of Labor Economics
Contestant No. 3
Sude Çetinkaya
Height: 1.80 m
Age: 22
Student at Nişantaşı University, New Media Department
Contestant No. 4
Yasemin Arık
Height: 1.80 m
Age: 23
Student at Istanbul Aydın University, Arabic Language Department
Contestant No. 5
Arya Bozabalı
Height: 1.77 m
Age: 25
Graduate of Kadir Has University, Theatre Department
Contestant No. 6
Naz Şimşek
Height: 1.78 m
Age: 19
Graduate of Istanbul Medipol University, Dental Prosthetics Department
Contestant No. 7
Başak Kaya
Height: 1.76 m
Age: 26
Graduate of Bahçeşehir University, Advertising Department
Contestant No. 8
Begüm Nil Kutluay
Height: 1.76 m
Age: 27
Graduate of Kadir Has University, Theatre Department
Contestant No. 9
Mukadder Albaz
Height: 1.75 m
Age: 25
Graduate of Vizyon University, Psychology Department
Contestant No. 10
Irmak Elmacı
Height: 1.75 m
Age: 21
Student at İzmir University of Economics, Interior Architecture Department
Contestant No. 11
Sıla Çetin
Height: 1.73 m
Age: 19
Student at Ankara University of Music and Fine Arts
Contestant No. 12
Irmak Dokuzluoğlu
Height: 1.75 m
Age: 20
Student of Electrical Engineering at Koç University
Contestant No. 13
Yasemin Serpil
Height: 1.72 m
Age: 22
Scholarship student in Business Administration at ESSEC Business School
Contestant No. 14
Zeynep Arslan
Height: 1.77 m
Age: 21
Student of Linguistics at Istanbul University
Contestant No. 15
Ayşenur Büşra Selvitop
Height: 1.80 m
Age: 28
Graduate of Adnan Menderes University, School of Physical Education and Sports
Contestant No. 16
Didar Azra Nur
Height: 1.76 m
Age: 20
Student of Genetics at Istanbul Bilgi University
Contestant No. 17
İlayda Pulat
Height: 1.78 m
Age: 23
Graduate of İzmir Democracy University, English Language Teaching
Contestant No. 18
Merve Sude Ötkün
Height: 1.80 m
Age: 25
Student of Industrial Engineering at İzmir University of Economics
Contestant No. 19
Azra Başak Aslan
Height: 1.80 m
Age: 22
Student of Architectural Restoration at Nişantaşı University
Contestant No. 20
Sıla Saraydemir
Height: 1.80 m
Age: 22
Student of Social Services at University of Health Sciences
The Lazzoni Hotel in Istanbul will host the final event, on December 19. Best of luck to all!
