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 four major beauty pageants, (Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth), while two handpicked national contestants is chosen for the remaining ones.

The Misses Lebanon that won an international title are Georgina Rizk (Miss Universe 1971, Christina Sawaya (Miss International 2001) and Dominique Hourani (Miss Intercontinental 2003).

[edit] Past Winners

Year	Miss Lebanon	Comments
2006	Anabella Hilal	Miss World 2006 Semi-finalist
2005	Gabrielle Bou Rached (غابريال أبو راشد)
2004	Nadine Njeim (نادين نجيم)
2003	Marie José Hnein	Miss World 2003 Semi-finalist
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	Queen of the World 1996 Semi-finalist
1994	Lara Badawi
1993	Ghada El Turck
1992	Nicolle Bardawil
1991	Diana Begdache
1988-90	no pageants (civil war)
1987	Elaine George Fakhoury
1986	Josiane Haddad
1985	Mirella Abi Fares
1984	Reine Philip Barakat
1983	Eliane Khoury
1982	Dochka Abi Nader
1981	Zeina Joseph Challita
1980	Celéste El Assai
1979	Jacky Riachi
1978	Reine Antoine Seman
1977	Vera Aloune
1976	Ramona Karam	Miss Universe 1976 Semi-finalist
1975	Giséle Hachem
1974	Sylvia Johannessian	Miss World 1974 Semi-finalist
1973	Marcelle Herro	Miss Universe 1973 Semi-finalist
1971	Georgina Rizk	Miss Universe 1971 Winner
1970	Rola Mayzoub
1967	Sonia Fares
1966	Marlene Tala
1965	Jola George Harb
1964	Nanna Bakaraf
1960	Giséle Nicholas Nasser