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After analyzing the results of the recent challenges especially the Head to Head and Top Model Challenges, it appears that Miss World 2025 would be a battle between Miss Somalia Zainab Jama and Miss India Nandini Gupta. It seems too simplistic to boil down the entire competition to just two frontrunners but that is prevailing sentiment right now.
Miss Somalia Zainab Jama made a moving speech so much so that she earned praises not only from her fellow candidates but also from Julia Morley herself. Zainab is oozing with awesomeness and intelligence and she has a compelling story to tell. The caveat however is that she didn’t really win the Head to Head challenge or any other challenges for that matter.
That is why the host delegate, Miss India Nandini Gupta, may have the upper hand after all. The dynamics are stacked on her favor not just because the pageant is being held in her country but she because she actually won the Top Model challenge. She also did well with the Talent Challenge. She is in a formidable position to win her country’s 7th crown!
Just a bit of reminder that our Hot Picks normally don’t follow the format of any pageant. The aim is to predict the winner and not the runners-up nor the Top 5 placements. Indeed, it would be very interesting what our Final Hot Picks would look like. For the moment, without further ado, here’s the 3rd Hot Picks for Miss World 2025:
Miss World 3rd Hotpicks
1. Somalia – Zainab Jama
2. India – Nandini Gupta
3. Wales – Millie-Mae Adams
4. Martinique – Aurélie Joachim
5. Ireland – Jasmine Gerhardt
6. Turkey – İdil Bilgen
7. Trinidad and Tobago – Anna-Lise Nanton
8. Namibia – Selma Kamanya
9. Philippines – Krishnah Gravidez
10. South Africa – Zoalise Jansen van Rensburg
11. Indonesia – Monica Kezia Sembiring
12. Zambia – Faith Bwalya
13. France – Agathe Cauet
14. Brazil – Jessica Pedroso
15. Puerto Rico – Valeria Perez
16. Poland – Maja Klajda
17. Thailand – Suchata Chuangsri
18. Zimbabwe – Courtney Jongwe
19. Guatemala – Jeymi Escobedo
20. Belgium – Karen Jansen
