Tomcat from Romania crowned Europe’s most beautiful in 2025
<p>Nexus, an 8-month silver British shorthair with blue eyes, was crowned Europe’s most beautiful tomcat at the European Feline Championship 2025, an event held in Warsaw, Poland.</p>
<p>The tomcat, by his full name Nexus of Winter Foxes, is owned by Oana Pintilii and Alexandru Paraschiv, breeders who have dedicated seven years to this passion. </p>
<p>Nexus’s European Champion title places him among the favorites for this year’s World Championship – FIFe World Winner Show, the most prestigious international feline competition, where over 1,000 cats from all over the world will compete for the World Winner 2025 title.</p>
<p>This year, and for the first time in history, Romania will host the World Feline Championship. Organizers say that the honor of hosting marks a country’s important position within the Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFe).</p>
<p>The event will take place in Bucharest on October 25-26 at the Romexpo Exhibition Center.</p>
<p>Around half (48%) of households in Romania house at least one cat, the highest percentage of cat-owners in Europe in 2023, according to a report by FEDIAF, the organization that represents the interests of European pet food producers.</p>
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<p><em>(Photo source: press release)</em></p>