Veena Praveenar Singh: Thailand’s Miss Universe 2025 contender

Veena Praveenar Singh represents Thailand on the Miss Universe stage with her inspiring life story, multilingual skills and years of pageant experience.

Veena Praveenar Singh is representing Thailand on the Miss Universe 2025 stage, which the country is hosting this year. Born on April 16, 1996, the 29-year-old beauty queen is Thai with Indian heritage.

She stands 178 centimetres tall and graduated from Thammasat University with a degree in Russian from the Faculty of Liberal Arts. She is fluent in three languages: English, Russian and Thai.

Veena was born in Chiang Mai and later moved to Yala to live with her aunt when she was in Prathom 5, following the death of her father. Her mother has since remarried and now lives in Canada.

Veena’s childhood was far from easy; she often faced teasing due to her mixed heritage. However, she transformed these challenges into strength, saying she learnt to accept and understand herself.

Veena Praveenar Singh: Thailand’s Miss Universe 2025 contender

In 2022, Veena married her fiancé, Harncharoen Singhtakwarl, a businessman specialising in e-commerce and digital services. He is also the founder of INSPIRIO, an agency promoted as Asia’s first digital transformation agency.

She subsequently adopted his surname. This year marks the first time the Miss Universe Thailand pageant has allowed married women to compete, enabling Veena to return to the stage. Representing Phuket, she made a triumphant comeback and secured the Miss Universe Thailand 2025 crown.