{"id":54621,"date":"2025-06-23T16:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T16:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/15-contestants-advance-to-the-final-round-of-miss-burundi-2025-photos\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T16:40:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T16:40:33","slug":"15-contestants-advance-to-the-final-round-of-miss-burundi-2025-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/15-contestants-advance-to-the-final-round-of-miss-burundi-2025-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"15 contestants advance to the final round of Miss Burundi 2025 (Photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The competition, which celebrates beauty, culture, and intellect, is now entering its most thrilling phase. The 15 finalists will go head-to-head in the coming weeks, culminating in a spectacular finale scheduled for 25 July 2025, when the new queen will be crowned.<\/p>\n<p>All the contestants, including those who didn\u2019t advance, took part in an intensive boot camp designed to hone their cultural understanding, confidence, and public presentation skills. The winner will take over the crown from the reigning Miss Burundi, Lellie Carelle Ndayizeye.<\/p>\n<p>As anticipation builds, all eyes are now on the finalists, each hoping to capture the crown and become the new face of Burundian elegance and ambition.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89697 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miss_burundi.jpg\" alt=\"The finalists beam with pride after making it through the tough selection process.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89696 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miss_burundi_3.jpg\" alt=\"All eyes are now on who will rise above the rest and claim the crown.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89694 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miss_burundi_4.jpg\" alt=\"Each contestant gave it her all to earn a spot among the final 15.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89693 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miss_burundi_5.jpg\" alt=\"The competition celebrates beauty, culture and intellect.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89692 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miss_burundi_6.jpg\" alt=\"The Miss Burundi competition started in March this year, with contestants selected from each province before narrowing down to the provincial representatives.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89691 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miss_burundi_7.jpg\" alt=\"The new Miss Burundi will be crowned in July 2025.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89690 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miss_burundi_8.jpg\" alt=\"The finalists for Miss Burundi 2025 have been revealed, with many already backing their favourites.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89689 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miss_burundi_9.jpg\" alt=\"The 15 contestants competing for the crown were announced at the end of last week.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89688 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miss_burundi_10.jpg\" alt=\"The contestants were chosen following their presentations before the judging panel.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89687 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miss_burundi_11.jpg\" alt=\"The 15 finalists earned their spot in the final round after competing in multiple regional contests across their provinces.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89686 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miss_burundi_12.jpg\" alt=\"The finalists were revealed after completing an intensive training camp.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The race for the Miss Burundi 2025 crown is heating up, with 15 contestants officially securing their spots in the grand finale. The names were announced during a glittering event held on the evening of Saturday, 22 June 2025, following a nationwide search that spanned several provinces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000089698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000089698,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/miss_burundi_2.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/miss_burundi_2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/miss_burundi_2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/miss_burundi_2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/miss_burundi_2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/miss_burundi_2.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000089698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54621"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54621"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}