10 things about Miss World Turkiye 2025 Idil Bilgen

Dr. Idil Bilgen represented Turkiye in the 72nd edition of Miss World. The country is home to Miss World 2002 Azra Akin.

BIOGRAPHY

Bilgen is a Turkish doctor and beauty queen from Ankara, Turkiye. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is Mustafa Levent Bilgen‘s daughter.
2. After earning her medical degree, she started working at a health center in Yayladere, Bingol, Turkiye.
3. In 2018, her mother died from breast cancer.
4. From 2018 to 2024, she attended the Faculty of Medicine of Koç University in Istanbul, Turkiye where she earned her medical degree.
5. In 2022, she started delving into groundbreaking head and neck cancer research within the radiation oncology department of the Perlmutter Cancer Center of New York University (NYU) Langone Health in New York City, New York, United States.
6. In 2024, she visited Ukraine, Spain, Greece.
7. She won Miss Türkiye 2024.
8. On January 9, 2025, she turned 25.
9. She was a Miss World 2025 quarterfinalist.
10. After Miss World 2025, she will start her medical residency training in the U.S. to specialize in radiation oncology. 

TIMELINE

Bilgen is 5’10” tall and she speaks Turkish, English and French. While reigning as Miss World Turkiye 2025, she participated in events related to her breast cancer awareness advocacy.

2023

• On October 15, 2023, her father became Türkiye’s ambassador to Ukraine.

2024

• In March 2024, she traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine.
• In July 2024, she traveled to Barcelona, Spain.
• In August 2024, she traveled to Kos, Greece.
• On September 11, 2024, she competed against 19 other Miss Türkiye 2024 candidates at the Lazzoni Hotel in Istanbul and won the title.
• On November 18, 2024, she attended the launch of the 64th Annual Quadrille Ball at the German Consulate in New York City.
• On November 25, 2024, she attended the Street Art is Female exhibit at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
• In December 2024, she visited Washington, D.C., USA and went back to Kyiv where she helped raise awareness about women’s health and educating the public on specific health issues.

2025

• On January 1, 2025, she was invited to the residence of Argentina’s ambassador in Ukraine for a New Year’s gathering with other ambassadors and Ukrainian officials.
• On January 9, 2025, she visited the Ukrainian Center of Motherhood and Childhood at the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv.
• On May 20, 2025, she won the head-to-head challenge of the Asia and Oceania group of Miss World 2025.
• On May 31, 2025, she represented Turkiye at Miss World 2025 and competed against 107 other candidates at the HITEX Exhibition Centre in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. She finished in the Top 40.