The 66th edition of Miss Universe pageant will be historic! A delegate from the Kingdom of Cambodia will be among the expected candidates. This will be the first time Cambodia will join the 66-year-old prestigious pageant.
Sotheary Bee or By Sotheary will be the first Cambodian woman to represent her country in the Miss Universe 2017 pageant. Sotheary was crowned Miss Cambodia on October 14th, 2016 at the Grand Ballroom, Nagaworld Hotel.
This 19-year-old Phnom Penh stunner is not new in the glitz of pageantry as she was the second runner-up at Super Model International 2015 and was also a contestant at Miss South East Asia 2014.
“I am so excited to represent my beloved country to the Miss Universe Pageant! I will do my best to show the real beauty of Cambodian Women and the world will know more about our country.”
Cambodia's participation in Miss Universe brings neighbor Laos as the only Indochina ( Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), and (West) Malaysia) country which doesn't participate officially in the pageant.