Sophida Kanchanarin

Sophida Kanchanarin (Thai: โศภิดา กาญจนรินทร์), nicknamed Ning (Thai: นิ้ง), (born 1 April 1995) is a Thai beauty pageant titleholder, who represented the host country at Miss Universe 2018.

Miss Universe
She qualified for the Miss Universe finals by winning Miss Universe Thailand 2018. She was the 2018 host country's pageant title holder. As she is the Thai representative, she is scheduled to host Miss Universe 2018, held December 17, 2018 at 07:00 local time (UTC+7). (7:00 PM December 16 in the United States and Canada, and 01:00 CST December 17 at the 2018 Swiss Open).

At Miss Universe, "Ning Sophida Kanchanarin" was announced among the top 20 contestants. It was later revealed that she placed inside the top 20, and top 5 in the Asia-Africa region. When they announced her, it was later revealed that Thailand finished Miss Universe inside the top ten for the fourth straight year.