Iraqi beauty pageants

Miss Iraq Organization
Formation1947
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersBaghdad
Location
Membership
Official language
Arabic
Kurdish
Director
Ahmed Laith Salman
Websitemissuniverseiraq.com
missiraq.net

Miss Iraq is a national beauty pageant in Iraq.

History
Renee Dangoor, an Iraqi Jew, won the first title of Miss Iraq in 1947.

The Miss Iraq has been founded in 1947 and in 1972 the country participated in Miss Universe history. Wijdan Sulyman was crowned Hasna'a Al-Iraq (or Belle of Iraq) in 1972 and is the first known Iraqi woman to hold a national beauty title. She was the first Iraqi Pageant winner to participate in Miss Universe.[1]

In 2015 the first season after 43 years absence, the official national beauty contest of Iraq recognized by Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Antiquities has been held in Baghdad.[2] The Miss Iraq titles set to be three categories which are Miss Iraq, Iraq's Maiden of Beauty and Mesopotamian Princess.

The pageant is organized by a group of civil activists, leaders from the beauty/fashion community and with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Antiquities of Iraq.[3]

National franchise holders

The Miss Iraq plans to return and debut to some International pageants like Miss Universe. Recently, Miss Iraq has been signed up to participate at the Miss Earth by the second Runner-up of 2015, Miss Iraq pageant.[4]

Titleholders
YearMiss IraqGovernorate
1947 Renee Dangoor Baghdad
1962 Kholoud Saleh Baghdad
1963 Sameera Zeidan Baghdad
1971 Nasik Shali Sulaymaniyah
1972 Wijdan Burhan El-Deen Sulyman Baghdad
2015 Shimaa Qasim[5] Kirkuk
2017 Sarah Idan Babil

Big Four pageants representatives

The following women have represented Iraq in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[6][7] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[8][9][10]

Miss Universe Iraq
  •      : 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 Governorate Miss Iraq Placement at Miss Universe Special Awards Notes
Miss Universe Iraq
2020 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
Did not compete between 2018—2019
2017 Baghdad Sarah Idan Unplaced Best National Costume (Top 16)
Miss Iraq
2016 Kirkuk Shimaa Qasim Did not compete Withdrew, due to personal reasons
Did not compete between 1973—2015
1972 Baghdad Wijdan Burhan El-Deen Sulyman Unplaced

Miss World Iraq
  •      : 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 Governorate Miss Iraq Placement at Miss World Special Awards Notes
2017 Halabja Masty Hama Did not compete First Runner-up of Miss Iraq 2017

Miss Earth Iraq
  •      : 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 Governorate Miss Iraq Placement at Miss Earth Special Awards Notes
2016 Baghdad Susan Amer Unplaced Second Runner-up of Miss Iraq 2015

References
  1. "Critical Beauty: First ever televised Miss Iraq pageant to take place tonight!". criticalbeauty.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. "Miss Iraq is back after 43 years". CNN. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. "Miss Iraq begins her year of activities". Kalimba Radio. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. "Miss Earth Iraq 2016 is Suzan Amer (Second Runner-up of Miss Iraq)". missosology.info. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  5. "Student Shakes Off Threats to Win Miss Iraq in Name of Women's Rights". NBC News. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  6. Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  7. Kenya, News (2011-07-15). "Beauty with scandals". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  8. Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  9. Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  10. Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
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