13 things about Miss Universe Persia 2024 Ava Vahneshan

Ava Vahneshan represented Iran in the 73rd edition of Miss Universe. She wore a Miss Universe Persia sash instead of Miss Universe Iran.

BIOGRAPHY

Vahneshan is an Iranian-Portuguese singer and beauty queen based in Estoril, Carcais, Lisbon, Portugal. She is also a specialist of Chinese medicine.

On September 13, 2025, Vahneshan turned 27. Here are 13 more things about her:

She is Fardin Vahneshan and Nadia Vahneshan‘s daughter.
She was born and raised in Mashhad, Iran.
In 2017, she moved from Iran to Portugal.
In 2018, she visited Spain.
In 2019, she visited São Tomé and Príncipe.
In 2021, she was a “The Voice of Portugal” Season 9 contestant.
In 2022, she visited Turkiye.
In 2023, she visited the United States and France.
She is Miss Persia USA 2023.
In 2024, she visited Italy and Mexico.
She was originally Miss Universe Persia 2024 first runner-up and crowned Miss Earth Persia 2024.
She was appointed Miss Universe Persia 2024.
She was a Miss Universe 2024 candidate.

Ava is the first ever Persian contestant of “The Voice of Portugal” and Miss Universe. She has a brother named Aydin Vahneshan.

In December 2015, she was in Yazd, Iran.
On August 30, 2016, NICHEBOOM took to Facebook to share her song “Dele Man”.
On July 14, 2017, she took to Instagram to share a video of herself singing inside a mosque in Ardabil, Iran.
In January 2018, she traveled to Marbella, Spain.
On July 20, 2018, she sang at the Estoril Casino in Estoril.
In September 2019, she traveled to Lagoa Azul in São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe.

On July 3, 2021, she sang at Taverna dos Trovadores in Sintra, Portugal.
She competed in “The Voice of Portugal” Season 9, which premiered on October 17, 2021.
In July 2022, she, Aydin and their parents attended Faraz Behkarfar and Kamelia Vahneshan‘s wedding in Istanbul, Turkiye.
In March 2023, she and her mother traveled to San Francisco, California, USA.
In August 2023, she visited was crowned Miss Persia USA 2023 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA.
In September 2023, she visited in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In October 2023, she visited Paris, France.
On January 9, 2024, she attended the unveiling of the Miss Universe Persia 2024 crown in Rome, Italy.
On February 16, 2024, she became a member of the European Union Parliament.
On June 17, 2024, she competed against 18 other Miss Universe Persia 2024 candidates at the Grand Hotel Plaza Roma in Rome. She was runner-up to Fay Asghari and was crowned Miss Earth Persia 2024.
She was appointed Miss Universe Persia 2024 on September 7, 2024 after Asghari relinquished the title and officially crowned on September 26, 2024.
On November 16, 2024, she represented Iran at Miss Universe 2024 and competed against 124 other candidates at the Arena Ciudad de México (Arena CDMX) in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico. She was unplaced.