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Krishnah Gravidez. Image: Owen Reyes via Instagram/@krishnahgravidez
Krishnah Gravidez‘s dream of becoming the second Miss World titleholder from the Philippines is still alive after she was chosen as one of the Top 40 semi-finalists in the pageant’s 2025 edition at the HITEX Exhibition Centre in Telangana, India, on Saturday, May 31.
Noting her as a judges’ pick, Gravidez advanced to qualify for the next level as one of the semi-finalists from the Asia & Oceania continental group after a series of grueling fast-track activities, pre-pageant activities, and closed-door interviews.
Here is the list of the candidates who advanced to the Top 40:
AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
Puerto Rico – Valeria Pérez
Martinique – Aurélie Joachim
Dominican Republic – Mayra Delgado
Trinidad and Tobago – Anna-Lise Nanton
Argentina – Guadalupe Alomar
Brazil – Jéssica Pedroso
Haiti – Christee Guirand
Jamaica – Tahje Bennett
Panama – Karol Rodríguez
United States – Athenna Crosby
AFRICA
Uganda – Natasha Nyonyozi
Namibia – Selma Kamanya
Cameroon – Issie Princesse
Zambia – Faith Bwalya
Botswana – Anicia Gaothusi
Ethiopia – Hasset Dereje Admassu
Nigeria – Joy Mojisola Raimi
Somalia – Zainab Jama
Tunisia – Lamis Redissi
Zimbabwe – Courtney Jongwe
EUROPE
Wales – Millie-Mae Adams
Ireland – Jasmine Gerhardt
Montenegro – Andrea Nikolić
Estonia – Eliise Randmaa
Belgium – Karen Jansen
Italy – Chiara Esposito
Northern Ireland – Hannah Johns
Poland – Maja Klajda
Serbia – Aleksandra Rutović
Ukraine – Maria Melnychenko
ASIA AND OCEANIA
Indonesia – Monica Kezia Sembiring
India – Nandini Gupta
Thailand – Suchata Chuangsri
Turkiye – İdil Bilgen
Australia – Jasmine Stringer
Lebanon – Nada Koussa
Malaysia – Saroop Roshi
New Zealand – Samantha Poole
Philippines – Krishnah Gravidez
Vietnam – Huỳnh Trần Ý Nhi
The Top 40 candidates were divided into four continental groups: the Americas and Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and Asia and Oceania, with each unit having 10 candidates each.
The semi-finalists were selected based on their winning performances in the Fast Track challenges, closed-door interviews, and other pre-pageant related activities.
Sixteen candidates had already been selected for the Top 40 after winning their respective fast-track challenges.
Gravidez is on a quest to bring the Philippines’ second Miss World crown after Megan Young in 2013. According to the national pageant’s director, Arnold Vegafria, in April, he said that he has a “strong feeling” that she can win.
“This time, we’re expecting another honor and another victory for Miss World. I have a strong feeling that we will get a second crown for Miss World,” he said.
While she did not win any Fast Track challenge, she was considered one of the favorites to win the coveted blue crown, with pageant platform Missosology putting her in the ninth rank in its hot picks list. /edv