From the kitchen to the camera, Group 8 brought the flavour.
As part of the 73rd Miss World Festival, Queen Tamunosoye Karibi-George took part in the World’s Head Chef Beauty Challenge, joining seven other contestants as Group 8 for a day of cooking, creativity, and cross-cultural connection in the kitchen.
Here is who made up her team, and what the day was like.
A Kitchen Full of Nations
Group 8 brought together contestants from eight countries: Nigeria, represented by Queen Soye; India, represented by Sadhvi Sail; Jamaica, represented by Neveah Kye Allen; Denmark, represented by Josephine Emilie Meinert Bøttger; Côte d’Ivoire’s Miss World representative; Mexico’s Cassandra García; England’s Grace Richardson; Finland’s Kiia Huutoniemi; and Belgium’s Olga Lombardo.
Queen Soye described the group as a beautiful mix of cultures, personalities, and flavours, noting that Group 8 brought the energy to the challenge from start to finish.
Cooking, Creating, and Connecting
Reflecting on the day, Queen Soye said it was a pleasure creating, cooking, and sharing the experience with such an incredible group of women. Challenges like this one give Miss World contestants an opportunity to bond outside of the formal competition stage, working together on a shared task rather than competing individually.
That collaborative spirit came through in how she described the day, less about individual performance and more about the shared energy of a diverse team working toward the same goal.
A Little Taste of the Day
In a follow-up post, Queen Soye shared a closer look at the challenge, describing the energy, creativity, and fun Group 8 brought to the kitchen. The behind-the-scenes glimpses captured a lighter, more playful side of the competition, a contrast to the formality of the pageant’s other stages.
Why Challenges Like This Matter
Beyond the entertainment value, events like the World’s Head Chef Beauty Challenge highlight a side of Miss World that rarely makes headlines: the everyday teamwork and cultural exchange happening between contestants throughout the festival. For Queen Soye, representing Nigeria in a kitchen alongside women from India, Jamaica, Denmark, and beyond offered a small but meaningful demonstration of the same inclusion and collaboration themes she has championed through the Beyond Labels Initiative back home.
A Small Stage With a Big Message
It would be easy to treat a cooking challenge as pure entertainment, a light segment between the more serious stages of an international pageant. But for Queen Soye, whose platform back home is built around inclusion and collaboration through the Beyond Labels Initiative, Group 8’s kitchen turned into a small working example of the same principles. Eight women from eight different countries, none of whom shared a native language or culinary tradition, found a way to create something together in a matter of hours.
That kind of cross-cultural teamwork rarely gets the same attention as a formal courtesy visit or a Top Model stage walk, but it may say just as much about what Queen Soye’s presence at Miss World represents: proof that shared purpose can bridge distance, language, and culture just as effectively as any policy statement.
Follow the Journey
As the 73rd Miss World Festival continues, this site will keep following Queen Soye through each stage of the competition, from formal pageant rounds to lighter moments like this one.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the World’s Head Chef Beauty Challenge?
It was a cooking-based challenge at the 73rd Miss World Festival, where contestants were placed into teams to cook, create, and collaborate together.
Who was on Queen Soye’s team, Group 8?
Group 8 included representatives from Nigeria, India, Jamaica, Denmark, Côte d’Ivoire, Mexico, England, Finland, and Belgium.
What did Queen Soye say about the experience?
She described it as a pleasure to create, cook, and share the experience with an incredible group of women, calling Group 8 a beautiful mix of cultures, personalities, and flavours.
