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Lebanon seeks most beautiful Lebanese
expatriate at Dearborn pageant
Dearborn,
Michigan – Lebanon is looking for the most beautiful Lebanese expatriate to
represent their culture and country, and Dearborn has been selected to host
this year’s US competition.
The American pre-pageant
competition, open to Lebanese American women between the ages of 17 and 27,
will be held Thursday, May 24 at the Greenfield Banquet Hall, 4770 Greenfield,
in Dearborn, Michigan. Applications must be submitted no later than May 10 at www.MissLebanonEmigrants.com.
The winner of the Dearborn beauty
pageant will join pre-pageant winners from more than 35 other countries at
Castle Assouf in Dhour Shweir, Lebanon on August 11.
Georgina Rizk Lebanon’s first
Miss Universe in 1972, and the only Arab to win the contest, will be attending
along with Lebanese Minister for Tourism HE Fady Abboud, and other Lebanese and
American dignitaries including the founder of AUD (American University of
Dubai).
Krystelle Khoury, winner of the
2011 Miss Lebanon Emigrants competition, will also speak about her experiences
during the past year before turning over the crown to the 2012 winner in
Lebanon. Khoury was recognized as one of the 50 most beautiful women in the world out of hundreds beautiful women
who emerged in the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational
and Miss International pageants.
“This is
an excellent opportunity for young women of Lebanese heritage to proudly
represent the Lebanese people in a worldwide beauty contest and to also open a
door to great opportunity,” said Joumana Kayrouz, President
and owner of the Law Offices of Joumana Kayrouz, P.L.L.C.. Kayrouz was recently
appointed President of the Miss Lebanon
Emigrants USA Board of Directors by the
Lebanese Ministry of Tourism.
“Many of
the Miss Lebanon Emigrants USA contestants have gone on to international fame
including Rima Fakih who won in 2008 and was named Miss USA at the pageant in
2010.”
Kayrouz said the winner of the USA contest
will receive an all-expense-paid 15-day
trip to Lebanon to participate in the Miss Lebanon Emigrants 2012 beauty
pageant. There are other benefits, too, Kayrouz said including tuition for one
semester at one of the American Universities in Beirut, a 3-day vacation cruise
and more. The winner of the Miss Lebanon Emigrants 2012 pageant held in Lebanon
will receive more than $50,000 in prizes and benefits.
“It is a great chance for young women who are
looking to break into a modeling career or maybe even go on to the big screen,”
said Kayrouz who noted that there are an estimated 18 million Lebanese
expatriates living outside of Lebanon.
Additional benefits include entry into the Miss
Supranational Beauty Pageant to be held in Poland and a chance to win
$25,000 in cash; a chance to participate in local and international charity
events as well as fashion shows around the world; the chance to appear on
selected magazine covers and on television talk shows in the USA and Lebanon, a
one year spa membership and hair and makeup services for a full year.
Candidates must be between the ages
of 17 and 27 at
the time of local pageant May 24, be of Lebanese origin, (one parent must
be of Lebanese origin, 2nd and 3rd Lebanese Generations are welcome),
be a resident of the US at least six months prior to the pageant competition,
and have a high school degree or GED (by June 1).
The contestants must also be
able to travel to Lebanon to participate in Miss Lebanon Emigrants 2012 (costs
will be covered by the pageant) and must be available to represent the Miss Lebanon
Emigrants USA at charity and honoring events all over USA (will be notified at
least 15 days prior to appearance dates).
The
Miss Lebanon Emigrants 2012 Beauty Pageant is organized with the collaboration
of the Lebanese Ministry of Tourism, the Lebanese embassy in the USA, MTV, and
the WLCU.
Kayrouz said she expects many contestants to enter the competition.
She noted that Fakih
left the US Pageant to place third in the Miss Lebanon Emigrants contest held
in Batroum, Lebanon in 2009, finishing behind Carina El Kaddissi of Brazil and
Jessica Kanawaty of Australia. Fakih won the Miss Michigan USA pageant on
September 19, 2009 at the McMorran Place Theater in Port Huron before taking
the Miss USA title and becoming the first Miss Michigan USA to win the national
title since Kenya Moore in 1993.
“The message is contestants
from the United States and Michigan have a good chance to excel and represent
the Miss Lebanon Emigrants in the international contest later this year,”
Kayrouz said.
For more information visit
www.MissLebanonEmigrants.com or visit the groups Facebook Page at
www.Facebook/groups/285559908196342.
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