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AAA Cup '25
** GAMBIA'S GOT GAME! **
Perhaps you've never heard of "The Gambia" (its proper name). It's the smallest country in continental Africa, surrounded by Senegal and the Atlantic Ocean. Its recent history includes membership in the British Commonwealth. And one woman born there has developed long hair so luxurious that she has her own beauty line, based in London. Now Anisa Sojka makes history - as Gambia becomes the first "Black African" country to win a Super-Hair title, as champion of AAA Cup '25!
We expected the final round would be a donnybrook, as Sojka clashed with defending AAA champion Disha Patani of India. "How dare you make us choose between these two!" one Hair Fan understandably commented. After days of close wrestling, Sojka wore down Patani's long locks - and the battle ended with Sojka claiming 58% of the vote.
"Anisa is gorgeous!" one voter wrote during group play - but Patani also had supporters: "Disha is quite a dish!" Sojka broke through after receiving four Crown Award nominations in two years; Patani entered with two Crown wins.
The Consolation Final may have been an upset, as Egyptian actress Jamila Awad dominated K-pop star and three-time Crown winner LaLisa Manoban of Thailand. "Lisa's bangs make her the gal to beat," one voter predicted - yet Awad took third place with 88% support. That earns Egypt a place in Super-Hair World Cup VII, while the Thais for now are outside.
After weeks of open nominations, we held a live drawing 24 April for a record 16-country event with four groups covering Africa, Asia and Australasia. With only one top style per country from the three parts of the world competing, the winners of our groups were as follows...
AAA CUP '25 GROUPS
RED GROUP:
GAMBIA: ANISA SOJKA. The founder of the Celui hair care line based in London dominated in her homeland's Cup debut.
Gambia 14 points, Uzbekistan (Natasha Alam) 4, Japan (Kyoko Fukada) 3, China (Leah Lewis) 0.
BLUE GROUP:
INDIA: DISHA PATANI. The actress and defending AAA champion showed why she's a Crown Award winner and World Cup VI runner-up, after disposing of Parvathy Omanakuttan in national qualifying.
India 14 points, South Korea (Kristy Lee) 8, New Zealand (Roseanne Park) 2, South Africa (Janai Norman) 0.
GREEN GROUP:
EGYPT: JAMILA AWAD. An actress in movies such as The Guest defeated Mona Zaki in national qualifying, then needed only four weeks to clinch this group.
Egypt 10 points, Australia (Rachael Price) 6, Algeria (Amel Bouchoucha) 3, Oman (Isla Fisher) 0.
ORANGE GROUP:
THAILAND: "LALISA" MANOBAN. A K-Pop performer who also won a AAA group in 2021, she has won or shared three Crown Awards - but she faded late here.
Thailand 13 points, Morocco (Zineb Triki) 9, Indonesia (Meriam Bellima) 3, Ghana (Faith Abubey) 0.
SUPER-HAIR NATIONAL RANKINGS AFTER AAA CUP '25:
1. United States... 2. Gambia... 3. Lithuania... 4. Canada... 5. India
6. England... 7. Brazil... 8. Scotland... 9. Mexico... 10. Egypt
11. Thailand... 12. Puerto Rico... 13. Italy... 14. Morocco... 15. Denmark
For the group play results and standings, click here.
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