Miss Universe Switzerland 2025: A highly emotional finale full of glitz and glamor

It’s just after eight. In the Kur­saal Bern, the spot­lights bathe the hall in warm light. The music starts – and an evening beg­ins that twen­ty young women have been working towards for months.Right in the midd­le of the action: Dr. Lia Geor­gouli, Medi­cal Direc­tor of the Swiss Der­ma Cli­nic. Today she is in the spot­light, not as a doc­tor, but as co-host of this year’s Miss Uni­ver­se Switz­er­land Gala. Sup­port­ed by gre­at pre­sen­ters and an enthu­si­a­stic audi­ence. And a top-class jury, all experts from sci­ence, aes­the­tics, medi­ci­ne and indus­try. The fina­le full of glamor and gre­at emo­ti­ons has begun.

From casting to the show stage

„The fina­lists‘ path from the first cas­ting to the big show stage was also a path of deve­lo­p­ment and self-dis­co­very – and I was allo­wed to accom­pa­ny them from the very beginning.
First as a mem­ber of the cas­ting jury. In May, we then invi­ted the twen­ty fina­lists to the Swiss Der­ma Cli­nic for the Skin Qua­li­ty Mas­ter­class in Zurich. A day that focu­sed on skin­ca­re tips, make-up, rege­ne­ra­ti­on and mindful­ness. And how to remain authen­tic even in the spot­light. Our aim was to make the fina­lists‘ skin glow. Co-hos­ting the final is a very emo­tio­nal expe­ri­ence for me“ Lia Geor­gouli, Medi­cal Direc­tor Swiss Der­ma Clinic

The big gala in the Kursaal Bern

On Sep­tem­ber 27, 2025, the time had come. The stage, the audi­ence, the exci­te­ment and the cli­cking of the came­ras – it all came tog­e­ther to crea­te an evening to remember.Dr. Geor­gouli and her pre­sen­ta­ti­on part­ner led the audi­ence through the pro­gram, accom­pa­nied by music, dancing and a fes­ti­ve three-cour­se meal. In the audi­ence: col­le­agues and very per­so­nal sup­port­ers – abo­ve all her fian­cé Olaf Reit­mai­er, manage­ment assistant Ste­fa­nie Beil and employee Ana Vuja­no­vic, who was cele­bra­ting her bir­th­day that evening.

After the first rounds and stage per­for­man­ces, it was clear who had made it into the top 10. It was a moment fil­led with applau­se and emo­ti­on. A litt­le later, the top 5 were announ­ced. The ten­si­on in the hall rose and you could lite­ral­ly hear a pin drop. And final­ly the grand fina­le: the top 3 were announced:

🥇 Nai­ma Cos­ta, the new Miss Uni­ver­se Switz­er­land 2025,
🥈 Lisa Bar­ras,
🥉 Méli­na Mal­on­ga Matou­ba.

A look behind the scenes: Passion in all areas

And what real­ly made this evening so spe­cial was also evi­dent back­stage: pas­si­on, team­work and atten­ti­on to detail.
Ever­yo­ne work­ed hand in hand: make-up pro­fes­sio­nals, sty­lists and light­ing and sound technicians.

„This clo­se col­la­bo­ra­ti­on and the per­so­nal com­mit­ment of each indi­vi­du­al was incre­di­bly fasci­na­ting.“ Lia Georgouli

An evening with a lasting impression

As the applau­se died away at the end of the evening, a fee­ling of gra­ti­tu­de remained.
For the encoun­ters, the exch­an­ge, the trust – and once again for the rea­liza­ti­on that aes­the­tics and atti­tu­de are not mutual­ly exclu­si­ve, but mutual­ly reinforcing.

„The­se women have shown that beau­ty and strength belong tog­e­ther. And that healt­hy skin beau­ti­fies, not chan­ges.“ Lia Georgouli

Outlook

The Swiss Der­ma Cli­nic will pro­ba­b­ly be a part­ner of Miss Uni­ver­se Switz­er­land again next year. With new the­mes, new faces and the same claim:
Making skin health visi­ble, living skin lon­ge­vi­ty, on stage, in ever­y­day life and whe­re­ver self-con­fi­dence and radi­ance are required.