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Meet All Of Lebanon’s Beauty Queens Since 1952

The inaugural Miss Lebanon beauty pageant took place back in 1952, marking 72 years since its inception. So many impressive beauties have been crowned since then, here is a brief overview of Lebanon’s beauty queens.

1. Leila Saroufim, 1952

2. Hania Baydoun, 1953

3. Gladys Tabet, 1959

4. Leyla Antaki, 1960

5. Nohad El Cabbabe, 1961

6. Eleonore Abi Karam, 1962

7. Mona Slim, 1963

8. Natalie Barakat, 1964

9. Yolla Harb, 1965

10. Marilyn Talih, 1966

11. Sonya Fares, 1967

12. Rola Majzoub, 1969

13. Georgina Rizk, 1970 (Miss Universe 1971)

14. Marcelle Herro, 1972

15. Silvia Ohannessian, 1973

16. Gisele Hashem, 1974

17. Ramona Karam, 1975

18. Vera Alouane, 1977

19. Katia Fakhry, 1978

20. Jacqueline Daou, 1979

21. Denise Sfeir, 1980

22. Zeina Joseph Shallita, 1981

23. Batoul Attar, 1982

24. Silvia Hobeika, 1983

25. Renee Philip Barkat, 1984

26. Mireille Abi Fares, 1985

27. Marie Khoury, 1986

28. Collette Boulos, 1988

29. Diana Bekdash, 1991

30. Nicole Bardawil, 1992

31. Ghada Al Turk, 1993

32. Lara Badawi, 1994

33. Dina Azar, 1995

34. Nasreen Sami Nassar, 1996

35. Joelle Behlock, 1997

36. Clemence Achkar, 1998

37. Norma Naoum, 1999

38. Sandra Rizk, 2000

39. Christina Sawaya, 2002/2001

40. Marie Jose Honein، 2003

41. Nadine Nassib Njeim, 2004

42. Gabrielle Bou Rached, 2005

43. Nadine Wilson Njeim, 2007

44. Rosarita Tawil, 2008

45. Martine Andraos, 2009

46. Rahaf Abdallah, 2010

47. Yara Khoury Mikhael, 2011

48. Rina Chibany, 2012

49. Karen Ghrawi, 2013

50.  Sally Jreij, 2014

51. Valerie Abou Chacra, 2015

52. Sandy Tabet, 2016

53. Perla Helou, 2017

54. Maya Reaidy, 2018-2021

55. Yasmina Zaytoun, 2022-2023

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