Nariman Battikha

Biography

Nariman Battikha is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who won Reina Hispanoamericana 2018. Battikha also represented Portuguesa state at Miss Venezuela 2017, and was a semifinalist. She represented Venezuela in Miss Grand International 2025, and was fourth runner-up. Battikha was previously Miss Supranational Venezuela 2018 and represented Venezuela at Miss Supranational 2018, where she reached the top 10.

== Life and career ==

=== Early life === Battikha was born in Maturín, Monagas, and is from a Syrian family. After finishing high school, she moved to the United States to learn English. Battikha has a degree in Business Economics from the Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas.

== Pageantry == Battikha's first pageant was Sambil Model Venezuela 2015, together with 11 other participants. In 2017, Battikha represented Portuguesa state, and reached the top 10 of Miss Venezuela 2017, held at the Venevisión studios, on November 9, 2017. She won the Miss Glamor award. Battikha represented Venezuela and won Reina Hispanoamericana 2018, on November 3, 2018, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, She was crowned by her predecessor, Teresita Marquez of the Philippines. In May 2018, Battikha was appointed as the representative of Venezuela for Miss Supranational 2018. She reached the top 10, on December 7, 2018 at the Municipal Sports and Recreation Center MOSIR, in Malopolska, Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. Nariman received the Miss Photogenic Award. In 2025, Nariman represented Monagas and won Miss Grand Venezuela 2025 on August 31, in Valencia, Venezuela. Representing Venezuela again, she was fourth runner up at Miss Grand International 2025, on October 18, 2025 at the MGI Hall, in Bangkok, Thailand.

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