Meriam George | |
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Born |
Meriam George 1987 (age 29–30) Cairo, Egypt |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Hair color | Brown |
Eye color | Brown |
Major competition(s) |
Pantene Miss Egypt 2005 (winner) Miss Universe 2005 Miss Intercontinental 2005 (semi-finalist) Miss Earth 2006 (finalist) Miss Asia Pacific World Super Talent 2013 (1st runner-up) |
Meriam George (Egyptian Arabic: مريم چورچ, IPA: [ˈmeɾjæm ˈʒoɾʒ]; born 1987 in Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian beauty pageant titleholder. At the age of eighteen, she was the official Pantene Miss Egypt 2005 winner. She represented Egypt in Miss Universe 2005, Miss Intercontinental 2005 and Miss Earth 2006. In Miss Earth, she was among the eight finalists, in Miss Intercontinental, she was a semifinalist, and in Miss Universe, she did not place. In October 2013, she traveled to Seoul, South Korea, to represent her country as "Miss Egypt" at the Miss Asia Pacific World Super Talent 2013, where she placed as 1st runner-up, She is an Arabic-speaking Coptic Christian . Egypt's best showing in the grand slam pageants since Antigone Costanda was Miss World in 1954.