10 things about Miss Universe Ukraine 2025 Sofiya Tkachuk

Sofiya Tkachuk (Софія Ткачук) is an alumna of the Escuela de Administración de Empresas (EAE) Business School in Barcelona, Spain. She represented Ukraine in the 74th edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Tkachuk is a Ukranian entrepreneur, model and beauty queen. She is trilingual.

Before Tkachuk became Miss Universe Ukraine 2025, she partnered with a company that did medical research on cannabidiol (CBD). They helped many people with deep pain and severe wounds.

On August 16, 2025, Tkachuk turned 26. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She was born in Rivne, Ukraine.
2. She, her brother and their parents are based in Barcelona.
3. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the EAE Business School in Barcelona.
4. Before becoming a beauty queen, she worked with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), coordinated projects in partnership with the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
5. In 2003, she and her family left Ukraine and moved to Barcelona.
6. In 2023, she visited Tanzania.
7. In 2024, she visited England, United Kingdom and Mexico.
8. In 2025, she will visit Thailand.
9. She won Miss Universe Ukraine 2025 while studying macroeconomics and investment mechanisms.
10. She was a Miss Universe 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

Tkachuk has lepidopterophobia. She is 5’9¹⁄₂” tall and she speaks Ukrainian, English and Spanish.

2023

• In March 2023, she traveled to Ngorongoro, Anusha, Tanzania.

2024

• In February 2024, she traveled to London, England.
• In June 2024, she traveled to Mexico.

2025

• In March 2025, she visited her relatives in Ukraine.
• She was one of the 31 Miss Universe Ukraine 2025 semifinalists who competed through online voting and was chosen as one of the five finalists who were interviewed by a selection committee. On June 9, 2025, she was chosen as the winner.
• On November 21, 2025, she represented Ukraine at Miss Universe 2025 and competed against 119 other candidates at the Impact Challenger Hall in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand. She was unplaced.