Odesa girl wins Miss Ukraine 2025 title

The title of Miss Ukraine 2025 and the right to represent the country on the world stage was won by 18-year-old Valeria Lisovska from Odesa.

According to the pageant organizers, Valeria Lisovska is a second-year student at the International Humanitarian University in Odesa, where she is studying International Economic Relations.

Valeriia speaks French and English, plays tennis, acting and dancing, and has taken journalism courses. The girl is also actively developing her career as a model and often travels the world, combining her studies with her professional activities.

In 2024, she participated in the Miss International Humanitarian University 2025 pageant, and in July 2025, she announced that she had won the title of Vice Miss South Ukraine 2025 as part of the Miss Odesa pageant.

In addition to the main title, the jury determined the winners in other nominations:

• The title of Miss Ukraine. Earth" title went to Sofia Orel, who will represent Ukraine at Miss Earth 2026.
• Olga Dmitrievska was crowned Vice Miss Ukraine 2025, and Maria Kalinichenko was named Second Vice Miss Ukraine 2025.
• Margarita Naydenko (Miss Charity Ukraine 2025) and Sofia Levina (Miss People's Choice Ukraine 2025) received special awards.

Miss Ukraine is an annual national beauty contest that has been held in Ukraine since 1991. The pageant has three licenses and the exclusive right to represent Ukraine at international beauty contests: Miss World, Miss Earth, and Miss International. Veronika Shchiptsova has been the chairman of the committee and the owner of the three licenses since 2021.

In November, the jury of the Hryhorii Zlenko All-Ukrainian Literary Local History Contest, held in Odesa on November 7, the writer's birthday, summarized the results.

Кирило Бойко