10 things about Miss Universe Belarus 2025 Alena Kucheruk

Alena Kucheruk (Алёна Кучерук) represented Polotsk, Vitebsk Region, Belarus in the 14th edition of Miss Belarus. She represented the country in the 74th edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Kucheruk is a Ukrainian-Belarusian singer, choir conductor and beauty queen based in Polotsk. Her father died months before she won Miss Belarus, according to NEWS.RU.

Aside from singing, Kucheruk also enjoys working out at the gym. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She was born in Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine to a Ukrainian father and a Belarusian mother.
2. She has been singing since childhood.
3. As a child, she brought home a stray cat and secretly kept it because her mother did not want it but eventually, her mother agreed to keep it.
4. While based in Donetsk, she and her mother often visited her maternal grandmother in Goryany, Polotsk.
5. She is the second Miss Universe Belarus.
6. She was born in 2007.
7. In 2014, she and her mother moved from Donetsk to Polotsk while her father stayed in Donetsk.
8. In 2022, she entered Novopolotsk State Music College in Novopolotsk, Vitebsk Region to pursue a bachelor’s degree in academic choir conducting.
9. She won Miss Belarus 2025.
10. She was a Miss Universe 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

Belarus’s president Alexander Lukashenko was in the audience when Kucheruk was crowned Miss Belarus 2025. Her prizes included jewelry from Kristall, cosmetics from L’Etoile and a brand new Geely car.

2025

• On May 5, 2025, she performed at a concert of the philharmonic orchestra of Vitebsk Region.
• On September 12, 2025, she represented Polotsk at Miss Belarus 2025 and competed against 23 other candidates at the Minsk Sports Palace in Minsk, Belarus. She won the title.
• On November 21, 2025, she represented Belarus at Miss Universe 2025 and competed against 119 other candidates at the Impact Challenger Hall in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand. She was unplaced.