Miss Algeria

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Miss Algérie
Miss Algeria Organization
Formation1999; 22 years ago (1999)
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersAlgiers
Location
  • Algeria
Official language
Arabic
National Director
Sarah Boutiche

Miss Algeria is a national beauty pageant in Algeria.

History and awards[]

Since its official creation on 24 November 1996 with a deposit of copyright at the ONDA, the contest organized by Abdelkader Hamdad Cherradi[1] was taken over in 2013 by his son Faisal Hamdad. Winners of the pageant are:

  • 1999: Dounia Amesrar, Annaba Province[1]
  • 2000: Soraya Boukebir, Aïn Defla Province[1]
  • 2001: Competition canceled due to the disaster which hit the region of Ain-Témouchent[1]
  • 2002: Lamia Saoudi, First Algerian to participate in the Miss World contest, it is ranked 26th in the 2002 edition[1]
  • 2003: Competition canceled (in solidarity with the victims of the earthquake of Boumerdes)[1]
  • 2004: Carmen Mehdaoui, Boumerdès Province[1]
  • 2005: Nesrine Melbani, Algiers Province[2]
  • 2013: Rym Amari, Algiers Province which won the title of Best Model of Africa 2013[3]

Conditions[]

To compete for Miss Algeria, applicants are to fulfill the following conditions:

  • Are born female and of Algerian nationality
  • Are between 18 and 27 years of age from the date of the preselection
  • Are childless and not married.
  • Do not have a criminal record.[citation needed]

Titleholders[]

Year Miss Algérie Province
1999 Dounia Amesrar Annaba
2000 Soraya Boukebir Aïn Defla
2002 Lamia Saoudi Algiers
2004 Carmen Hemdaoui Boumerdès
2005 Nesrine Melbani Algiers
2006 Meryem Leitimi Algiers
2013 Rym Amari Algiers
2014 Fatma-Zohra Sabrine Chouib Algiers
2018 Nihed Markria Oran
2019 Khadija Benhamou Adrar
2020 Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2021 TBA TBA

Notes[]

Sarah Boutiche was the first Algerian delegate at the Miss World pageant. She went on to compete in Alexandra Palace in London, United Kingdom and is unplaced.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Ali Titouche (January 31, 2005). "Miss Algérie 2005 — La beauté comme seul critère". L'Expression. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  2. ^ Yacine Idjer (April 3, 2005). "Nesrine a été élue hier soir Miss Algérie est algéroise". Info Soir. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  3. ^ Exceptionnelles Magazine (2013). "Rym Amari couronnée Miss Algérie 2013". Archived from the original on April 15, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  4. ^ milian (2005-06-15). "Lamia Saoudi". Skyrock (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-15.


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