Miss Egypt

Miss Egypt 1954 and Miss World 1954, Antigone Costanda

Miss Egypt 2005, Meriam George at Miss Earth 2006, Top 8 finalist, in Angeles City, Philippines.

Miss Egypt 2014, Lara Debbane

Miss Egypt, (Arabic:ملكة جمال مصر) is a national Beauty pageant in Egypt.

History

Early years

The first Miss Egypt contest was held in 1929. The only winner that held the title of Miss World was Antigone Costanda in 1954. The pageant has been sponsored by the hair care company Pantene since 1986. Many of the winners have found notable careers in television. It also introduced models and actresses such as Marina Papaelia and Iolanda Gigliotti (Dalida).

2012-2013: Absence in pageantry

In 2012 - 2013 No pageant, due to revolutionary conflicts in Egypt.

2014-present: Face to Face Modelling Agency

In 2014 Miss Egypt returns after two years absence, organized by Miss Egypt Organization Face to face (modelling agency), Let's Take Care of the Planet , the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, and the Egyptian Tourism Authority. This year's Jury consists of: Fashion designer Hany El Behery, Fitness Expert Hany Abo El Naga, Nutrition Expert Sherifa Abo El Fotouh, 2010's Miss Egypt; Donia Hamed, LTCP-UN Middle East Project Coordinator National Director Dr. Amaal Hassan Rezk, and National Director Dr. Youssef Sahalby, Dr. Simon El Matny, and Dr. Mohamed Tolba.^[1] On the 27th of August, 2014, the first auditions were held at Sofitel Cairo El Gezirah Hotel, with 79 girls from across the country, The elimination took part over two rounds with 35 girls selected in round 1 and 20 final contestants are to enter the semi-finals (round 2), which was held at Citadel of Salah Ed-Din,then they participated in the qualifiers on the final round for the title of Miss Egypt 2014. The ceremony was held in Sharm el Sheikh on the 27 of September of 2014. Lara Debbane was crowned Miss Egypt 2014 and will represent Egypt in Miss Universe 2014, Amina Ashraf^[2] was crowned Miss Egypt World 2014 and Nancy Magdy was crowned Miss Egypt Earth 2014.

Titleholders

The following is a list of winners from 1986 to 2011, since Pantene acquired the naming rights and the competition.
The pageant has not been held since 2011

Miss Egypt at Big Four pageants

Color key

The winner of Miss Egypt goes to Miss Universe.On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. Runners up or sometimes winner represent the country at the Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International. Below are official Miss Egypt representatives since 1987-present.

Year	Miss Universe	Miss World	Miss Earth	Miss International
1987	Hoda Aboud	Heba Khalaf
1988	Amina Sami El Shelbaya	Dina El Nagar
1989	Sally Atta
1990	Dalia El Behery	Dalia El Behery
1992	Lamia El Noshy
1994	Ghada El Salem
1995	Nadia El Ezz
1996	Hadeel Abd El Naga
1997	Iman Abdalla Thakeb	Amel Shawky Soleiman
1998	Karine Fahmy
1999	Angie Abdalla			Angie Abdalla
2000	Ranea El Sayed			Hagar El Taher
2001	Sarah Shaheen
2002	Sally Shaheen		Ines Gohar
2003	Nour El Semary
2004	Heba El Sisy	Heba El Sisy	Arwa Yhaia Gouda (Top 16)	Dina Abel
2005	Meriam George		Elham Wagdy
2006	Fawzia Mohamed		Meriam George (Top 8)	Elham Wagdy
2007	Ehsan Hatem El Kirdany			Madonna Khaled Adib
2008	Yara Naoum	Sanna Ismail Hamed
2009	Elham Wagdy	Samah Adel Shalaby
2010	Donia Hamed	Sara El Khouly	Doa Hakam El Mal
2011	Sara El Khouly	Donia Hamed
2014	Lara Debbana	Amina Ashraf	Nancy Magdy (Top 16) 03 ! National Costume	Perihan Fateen
2015			Imaj Ahmed Hassan 03 ! Snowman Building
2016

International Winners

• Arwa Gouda - Best Model of the World 2004
• Antigone Costanda - Miss World 1954
• Charlotte Wassef - International Pageant of Pulchritude 1935

By number of wins (region)

Below are the number of winners as Miss Egypt (1986-present) according to the year in which they crowned.

See also

• Mr Egypt
• Miss Arab World

References

External links

• Charlotte Wassef
• Pageantopolis
• Miss Egypt Info