Miss Lebanon

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Miss Lebanon - Lebanon's Official National Beauty Pageant (Arabic: انتخابات ملكة جمال لبنان ) is a beauty contest in Lebanon. It takes the form of reality television, wherein contestants live together for six weeks.

Miss Lebanon is the only national beauty contest that awards prizes worth more than half a million US dollars to its winners. It is broadcast by the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC).

During one year, the Lebanese winners compete in two of the five major beauty pageants, (Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss Intercontinental and Miss Earth), while two handpicked national contestants is chosen for the remaining ones.

Some delegates in the pageant during the years that have reached attention are Reine Antoine (1978), Nina Kadis (1998) and Bethany Kehdi (2002).

Miss Lebanon 2006 is Annabella Hilal, handpicked to compete the reign in 2006 and 2007, due political issues in the country. Therefore, 2006 had no pageant.

Miss Lebanon Casting Calls have been shown on the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC), asking young women of the nation to audition starting February 24, 2007. The pageant will air LIVE on LBC, April 27.

[edit] Past Winners

Year	Miss Lebanon	Comments
2007	TBA April 27

2005- 2006	Gabrielle Bou Rached	Miss Asia 2005 4th place- Miss Intelligence
2004	Nadine Njeim
2003	Marie José Hnein	Miss World 2003 Semi-finalist
2002	Dominique Hourani	Miss Intercontinental 2002 Winner
2001	Christina Sawaya (كريستين صوايا)	Miss International 2001 Winner
2000	Sandra Rizk
1999	Norma Elias Naoum
1998	Clemence Achkar
1997	Joélle Georges Behlock	Miss World 1997 Semi-finalist
1996	Nisrine Sami Nasser
1995	Dina Azar
1994	Lara Badaui
1993	Ghada El Turck
1992	Nicole Berdawel
1991	Diana Bagdache
1988-90	no pageants (civil war)
1987	Elaine George Fakhoury
1986	Mary Khoury
1985	Mirelle Abi Fares
1984	Reine Philip Barakat
1983	Elaine Khoury
1982	Dochka Abi Nader
1981	Zeina Joseph Challita
1980	Celéste El Assai
1979	Jacqueline Riachi
1978	Katia Fakhry
1977	Vera Aloune
1976	Giséle Hachem
1975	Ramona Karam	Miss World 1975 Semi-finalist
1974	Sylvia Johannessian	Miss World 1974 Semi-finalist
1973	Marcelle Herro	Miss Universe 1973 Semi-finalist
1972	no pageant (terrorist attack fears)
1971	Georgina Rizk	Miss Universe 1971 Winner
1970	Georgette Gero
1968-69	no pageants (causes by six-day war)
1967	Sonia Fares
1966	Marlene Taleh
1965	Yola George Harb
1964	Nana Bakaraf
1963	Mona Slim
1962	Eleanor Abi Karam
1961	Juliana Reptsik
1960	Giséle Nicholas Nasser