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Miss Jordan
ملكة جمال الأردن
Formation1959
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersAmman
Location
Official language
Arabic
Director
John Halabi
Jihad Magazine[1]

Miss Jordan (Arabic: ملكة جمال الأردن) was a national Beauty pageant in Jordan.

History

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Miss Jordan was founded in 1959 and organized by Jihad Magazine under the directorship of John Halabi. It was an annual event held with the patronage of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities under Minister Ghaleb Barakat. Miss Jordan featured contestants from both Transjordan and West Bank which was at that time under Jordanian administration. Usually, two titles were awarded at the pageant - "Miss Jordan" and the runner-up "Queen of Elegance". From 1959 to 1964, the pageant took place at the Hotel Philadelphia in Amman and was later moved in 1965 to Hotel Panorama in the city of Beit Jala in West Bank.[2] Ufemia Rizk née Jabaji became the first Miss Jordan 1959. The pageant became the national franchisee of Miss World in 1959 and sent the first ever international representative from Jordan to Miss World the same year.[3]

Over the course of its eight-year existence, the winners and runners-up of Miss Jordan competed at Miss World and other international pageants such as Miss International and Miss Universe. The pageant was held for the last time in 1966. The Arab-Israel war of 1967 led to the cancellation of the event indefinitely and the pageant has not been organized ever since. Subsequently, Jordan withdrew from Miss World and all other major international pageants. Vera Jalil Khamis from Jerusalem was the last Miss Jordan and representative of the country to Miss World 1966[4]

Vera Jalil Khamis was the last Miss Jordan and representative to Miss World 1966.
Year Miss Jordan Queen of Ellegance
1959 Ufemia Jabaji Eriny Emile Sabella
1960 Eriny Emile Sabella Gulnar Tucktuck
1962 Aida Anis Saba[5] Leila Emile Khadder
1963 Doris Tannous Haj Despo Drakolakis[6]
1964 Katie Barnaba Faizah[7]
1965 Nyla Munir Haddad Marlene Rock[8]
1966 Vera Jalil Khamis

Jordan at International pageants

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Miss Universe Jordan

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  •   : Declared as Winner
  •   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
  •   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
  •   : Ended as special awards winner
Year Miss Universe Jordan Placement at Miss Universe Special Awards Notes
Did not compete since 1961—present
1960 Helen Giatanapoulus Unplaced

Miss World Jordan

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  •   : Declared as Winner
  •   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
  •   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
  •   : Ended as special awards winner
Year Miss World Jordan Placement at Miss World Special Awards Notes
Did not compete since 1967—present
1966 Vera Jalil Khamis Unplaced
1965 Nyla Munir Haddad Unplaced
1964 Katie Barnaba Faizah Did not compete
1963 Despo Drakolakis Unplaced
1962 Leila Emile Khadder Unplaced
1961 Did not compete
1960 Eriny Emile Sabella Unplaced
1959 Ufemia Jabaji Unplaced

Miss International Jordan

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  •   : Declared as Winner
  •   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
  •   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
  •   : Ended as special awards winner
Year Miss International Jordan Placement at Miss International Special Awards Notes
Did not compete since 1964—present
1963 Doris Tannous Haj Unplaced
1962 Vivian Nazzal Unplaced
1961 Did not compete
1960 Gulnar Tucktuck Unplaced

Miss Intercontinental Jordan

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  •   : Declared as Winner
  •   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
  •   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
  •   : Ended as special awards winner
Year Miss Intercontinental Jordan Placement at Miss Intercontinental Special Awards Notes
Did not compete since 2009—present
2008 Serihan Marouni Unplaced

References

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  1. ^ "جريدة الغد".
  2. ^ "للسنة الثالثة على التوالي: انتخاب ملكة جمال الأردن للعام 1965 (صورة وتفاصيل)". 20 December 2014.
  3. ^ "جريدة الغد".
  4. ^ "جريدة الغد".
  5. ^ "ملكة جمال الأردن تحب الدجاج والملوخية والطحال!". 12 September 2014.
  6. ^ "ملكة جمال الأردن: متنافستان تقاسمتا اللقبين". 17 May 2014.
  7. ^ "ملكة جمال الأردن: متنافستان تقاسمتا اللقبين". 17 May 2014.
  8. ^ "للسنة الثالثة على التوالي: انتخاب ملكة جمال الأردن للعام 1965 (صورة وتفاصيل)". 20 December 2014.