13 things about Miss Universe Zambia 2024 Brandina Lubuli

Brandina Kaonga Lubuli Chiyabi is from Mufulira, Copperbelt Province, Zambia. She represented the country in Miss Teen Commonwealth International, Miss International, Face of Beauty of International, Miss Model of the World, Mrs. Worldwide, Mrs. Glam World and Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Chiyabi is a Zambian science laboratory technologist, business administrator, model and beauty queen. She and her husband Stanley Chiyabi have two children together.

An advocate for women and children’s rights, Brandina is the founder of the Brandina Lubuli Foundation (BLF). She is an alumna of Kantanshi High School in Mufulira and Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka, Zambia.

Brandina is 5’9″ tall. She speaks English and Spanish.

On May 24, 2025, Brandina turned 29. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2014, she visited England, United Kingdom.
2. She won Miss Teen Commonwealth International 2014.
3. She visited Japan in 2015, Mongolia in 2016, China in 2017 and Singapore in 2019.
4. She is Miss International Zambia 2015 and was a Miss International 2015 candidate.
5. She is Face of Beauty Zambia 2016 and was Face of Beauty International 2016 first runner-up.
6. She is Miss Globe Zambia 2017 and was a Miss Model of the World 2017 semifinalist.
7. In 2018, she became a mother.
8. She was crowned Mrs. World Peace 2019 at Mrs. Worldwide 2019.
9. In 2020, she participated in various activities as a Shoprite Zambia brand and community ambassador.
10. She visited India in 2022 and Mexico in 2024.
11. She won Mrs. Glam World 2022.
12. She won Miss Universe Zambia 2024.
13. She was a Miss Universe 2024 candidate.

TIMELINE

In 2024, Lubuli became the first mother and the first married woman to represent Zambia in Miss Universe. She did not attend the coronation of her successor Miss Universe Zambia 2025.

2010s

• On November 15, 2014, she represented Zambia at Miss Teen Commonwealth International 2014 and competed against 53 other candidates at the Park Inn by Radisson Hotel and Conference Centre London Heathrow in London, England. She won the title.
• On September 30, 2015, she was appointed Miss International Zambia 2015.
• On November 5, 2015, she represented Zambia at Miss International 2015 and competed against 69 other candidates at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. She was unplaced.
• On October 8, 2016, she represented Zambia at Face of Beauty International 2016 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Concert Hall and Convention Centre in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She was runner-up to Alena Raeva of Russia.
• On July 8, 2017, she and Stanley got married.
• On September 26, 2017, she was appointed Miss Globe Zambia 2017.
• In October 2017, she walked the runway at the Zambia Fashion Week 2017 at the New Government Complex in Lusaka, Zambia.
• On November 25, 2017, she represented Zambia at Miss Model of the World 2017 and competed against 60 other candidates at China Folk Culture Villages Theme Park in Nanshan in Shenzhen, China. She finished in the Top 30.
• In September 2018, she gave birth to her first child Theo Chiyabi.
• On October 20, 2019, she represented Zambia at Mrs. Worldwide 2019 and competed against 27 other candidates at the Singapore Island Country Club in Upper Thomson, Bishan, Singapore. She finished in the Top 10 and was crowned Mrs. World Peace 2019.

2020s

• On August 27, 2022, she represented Zambia at Mrs. Glam World 2022 and competed against 13 other candidates at Gokulam Convention Center in Kochi, Kerala, India. She won the title.
• On June 21, 2023, she crowned her successor Mrs. Glam World 2023 Pooja Mohan at Le Meridien in Kochi, Ernakulam, Kerala, India.
• On September 15, 2024, she competed against 11 other Miss Universe Zambia 2024 candidates at the EastPark Mall’s The Music Club in Lusaka, Zambia and won the title.
• On November 16, 2024, she represented Zambia 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.
• On April 20, 2025, her successor Miss Universe Zambia 2025 Kunda Mwamulima was crowned at the Mulungushi International Conference Center in Lusaka.