10 things about Miss Universe Senegal 2024 Fatou Bintou Gueye

Fatou Bintou Gueye competed in the 23rd edition of Miss Senegal. She represented Senegal in the 73rd edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Gueye is a Senegalese model and beauty queen originally from Louga, Senegal. She is the fourth woman to represent Senegal in Miss Universe.

An advocate for women’s education and empowerment in Senegal, Gueye is passionate about promoting Senegalese culture and heritage. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She moved from Louga to Dakar, Senegal to Thies, Senegal.
2. She attended René Merceron in Saly, Senegal.
3. She studied transport planning at L’Institut Technique de Commerce (ITECOM) in Dakar.
4. She was born in 2001.
5. In 2024, she visited Mexico.
6. She is Miss Louga 2024.
7. She was Miss Senegal 2024 first runner-up.
8. She is Miss Universe Senegal 2024.
9. She was a Miss Universe 2024 candidate.
10. In 2025, she became the national president of Mothers Army in Senegal.

TIMELINE

Gueye is 5’10” tall. Her Miss Universe 2024 roommate was Saran Bah of Guinea.

2024

• In January 2024, she walked the runway at the Petite Cote Fashion Week at Hôtel Club Safari in M’bour, Senegal.
• On July 12, 2024, she represented Louga at Miss Senegal 2024 and competed against 11 other candidates at the Doudou Ndiaye Coumba Rose Grand Theater in Dakar. She was runner-up to Mame Fama Gaye and was crowned Miss Universe Senegal 2024.
• On October 26, 2024, she had a photoshoot in Saly, M’bour, Thiès, Senegal.
• On October 27, 2024, she had a photoshoot at Mövenpick Resort Lamantin Saly in Dakar.
• She and her fellow Miss Universe 2024 candidates Laura Bircher, Rachel Silvera and Joanne Rhodes were chosen to go on a hot air balloon ride in Teotihuacán, Estado de Mexico, Mexico on November 8, 2024.
• On November 9, 2024, she and other Miss Universe 2024 candidates had a conversation with Olivia Quido-Co, the Miss Universe vice president for global partnerships, at the Hotel Presidente Intercontinental Polanco in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico.
• On November 14, 2024, she wore a dress designed by Bathily Baye Fall in the Miss Universe 2024 national costume competition at the Arena Ciudad de México (Arena CDMX) in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City.
• On November 16, 2024, she represented Senegal at Miss Universe 2024 and competed against 124 other candidates at the Arena CDMX. She was unplaced.

2025

• In April 2025, Alioune Ndoye paid tribute to her at the Petite Cote Fashion Week in Saly.
• On August 20, 2025, she started serving as the national president of Mothers Army in Senegal.
• On September 27, 2025, she crowned her successor Miss Universe Senegal 2025 Camilla Diagne at the Centre Culturel Blaise Senghor in Dakar.