Nigeria’s Tracy Richards among Miss Globe 2026 top 11 finalists

Nigeria’s representative at Miss Globe 2026, Tracy Richards, finished among the top 11 finalists at the pageant in Phuket, Thailand, on November 6. She also won the Head-to-Head Challenge and placed in the top 25 of the talent competition, which featured 52 contestants. From Imo State, Richards is a model, kindergarten educator and entrepreneur, and runs Open Horizons, an initiative supporting children in underserved communities in Lagos. Vietnam’s Nguyen Thu Thao won the crown, with Thailand’s Suttida Iadpoo and Ukraine’s Mariia Zheliaskova as first and second runners-up.