10 things about Miss Universe Kyrgyzstan 2024 Maya Turdalieva
Maya Turdalieva (Майя Турдалиева) won the 13th edition of Miss Kyrgyzstan. She represented Kyrgyzstan in the 73rd edition of Miss Universe.
BIOGRAPHY
Turdalieva is a Kyrgyz model and beauty queen born and raised in Bishkek, Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan. She is a polyglot.
On May 12, 2025, Turdalieva turned 26. Here are 10 more things about her:
- From 2004 to 2006, she lived in Karakol, Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan with her paternal grandparents while visiting her maternal grandparents in the same city every weekend.
- From 2009 to 2015, she attended Bishkek Kyrgyz Turkish Girls High School “Aychurok” in Bishkek.
- In 2019, she studied at several universities across different cities in China.
- In 2020, she visited Russia and South Korea.
- In 2022, she visited the United Arab Emirates.
- She won Miss Kyrgyzstan 2024.
- She was an Istanbul Fashion Week 2024 model and a Miss Kyrgyzstan 2024 judge.
- In 2024, she visited Mexico, Turkiye and the United States.
- She was a Miss Universe 2024 candidate.
- In 2025, she was a model at the New York Fashion Week and the Miami Swim Week.
TIMELINE
Turdalieva speaks Kyrgyz, Russian, Turkish, English and basic Mandarin Chinese. Her Miss Universe 2024 roommate was Christina Chalk of Great Britain.
2010s
- On February 3, 2019, she visited the Karakol Ski Resort in Karakol.
2020s
- She traveled to Seoul, South Korea in January 2020 and Moscow, Russia in February 2020.
- In February 2022, she traveled to Dubai, UAE.
- On October 3, 2023, she competed against 19 other Miss Kyrgyzstan 2023 candidates in Bishkek and wore a Maksat Smanov dress during the competition. She won the title.
- On November 25, 2023, she had a meeting with Miss Universe Kazakhstan 2023 Tomiris Zair in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- On January 25, 2024, she walked the runway at the Istanbul Fashion Week in Istanbul, Turkiye.
- On July 25, 2024, she served as a judge at Miss Kyrgyzstan 2024 in Bishkek where she crowned her successor Maya Kuvakova.
- On August 1, 2024, she walked the runway at the Cappadocia Fashion Week at Yunak Evleri in Ürgüp, Nevşehir, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkiye.
- On November 12, 2024, she wore a Vonama Arzubek dress during her closed-door interview with the Miss Universe 2024 judges at the Hotel Presidente Intercontinental Polanco in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico.
- On November 12, 2024, she wore a bodysuit handmade by Kyrgyz artisans and a Minh Tuan dress during the Miss Universe 2024 preliminary round and national costume competition at the Arena Ciudad de México (Arena CDMX) in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City.
- On November 16, 2024, she represented Kyrgyzstan at Miss Universe 2024 and competed against 124 other candidates at the Arena CDMX. She was unplaced.
- In December 2024, she traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA and Los Angeles, California, USA.
- In January 2025, she visited El Matador Beach in Malibu, California and San Diego Zoo in San Diego, California.
- In February 2025, she walked for Alonso Maximo Abel at the New York Fashion Week 2025 in New York City, New York, USA.
- In May 2025, she walked the runway at the Miami Swim Week 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
