13 things about Miss Universe Botswana 2025 Lillian Andries

Lillian Nompumelelo Andries won the 10th edition of Miss Universe Botswana. She represented Botswana in the second edition of Miss Grand International and the 74th edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Andries is a Motswana geologist, entrepreneur, philanthropist and beauty queen from Ramotswa, Botswana. She is an alumna of the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) in Palapye, Botswana.

On October 23, 2025, Andries turned 31. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From 2013 to 2017, she attended BIUST where she earned a bachelor’s degree in geological and earth sciences.
2. She is Miss Grand Botswana 2014.
3. She was a Miss Grand International 2014 candidate.
4. She was a Miss Teen Palape 2015 judge.
5. From 2018 to 2022, she was a teacher at Royal Academy Botswana in Gaborone, Botswana.
6. In 2018, she visited South Africa.
7. From 2019 to 2024, she was a member of Girl Code 101 in Botswana.
8. In 2020, she was a field work assistant of a researcher from the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, United States.
9. From 2021 to 2022, she was an intern at Botswana Geoscience Institute in Lobatse, Botswana.
10. In 2022, she became an employee of Botala Energy in Gaborone.
11. In 2025, she visited Thailand.
12. She won Miss Universe Botswana 2025.
13. She was a Miss Universe 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

Andries is also known as Lillian Dlamini. She speaks Zulu and English.

2010s

• In August 2013, she entered BIUST.
• On October 7, 2014, she represented Botswana at Miss Grand International 2014 and competed against 84 other candidates at the Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok, Thailand. She was unplaced.
• On April 18, 2015, she served as a judge at Miss Teen Palape 2015 in Palape.
• In September 2017, she graduated from BIUST.
• In January 2018, she joined Royal Academy Botswana in Gaborone as a mathematics and science teacher.
• In April 2018, she traveled to Glenharvie, Gauteng, South Africa.
• In March 2019, she joined Girl Code 101.

2020s

• From September 2020 to October 2020, she assisted a University of Delaware researcher with collecting water samples for analyzing the solute behavior of rivers in arid watersheds in Maun, Botswana.
• In January 2021, she joined Botswana Geoscience Institute in Lobatse as an intern geologist.
• In September 2022, her internship at Botswana Geoscience Institute ended.
• In October 2022, she joined Botala Energy in Gaborone as a geologist.
• In December 2022, she left Royal Academy Botswana.
• In August 2024, she left Girl Code 101.
• On September 21, 2024, she attended the Miss Universe Botswana 2024 coronation ceremony at the Gaborone International Conference Centre in Gaborone.
• On August 30, 2025, she competed against 13 other Miss Universe Botswana 2025 candidates at the Adansonia Hotel in Francistown, Botswana and won the title.
• On November 21, 2025, she represented Botswana at Miss Universe 2025 and competed against 119 other candidates at the Impact Challenger Hall in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand. She was unplaced.