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Roma Riaz, Pakistan’s Miss Universe 2025, has been announced as the national director of Miss Universe Pakistan.

She announced the news on her Instagram account on Thursday, saying she was “incredibly humbled, grateful and honoured”.

“To have the opportunity to continue serving this organisation and, most importantly, to help shape the journey of the women who will carry Pakistan onto the global stage is a responsibility I will never take lightly!”

Thanking Miss Universe franchise owner Josh Yugen for “believing in me, trusting me and giving me the opportunity to continue being part of something I care so deeply about”, Riaz said she was incredibly excited for the upcoming chapter.

“Here’s to a new chapter, bigger dreams, louder voices and taking Pakistan to the universe,” she wrote in her caption.

The announcement was made in the Philippines, where the new Miss Universe Pakistan was also crowned. Misbah Arshad will be the fourth woman to represent Pakistan on the Miss Universe stage when she heads to Puerto Rico later this year for the 75th Miss Universe pageant.

Riaz spoke to Images before heading to the Philippines about her journey and what she hoped to see in her successor. She said representing Pakistan on the global stage was “the biggest honour and responsibility of my life”.