Adventures of a Beauty Queen

Miss Egypt, Donia Hamed

While Egypt doesn’t have a Miss Universe winner for the modern version of the pageant, it does have one winner for the old Miss Universe beauty pageant that ran it’s course in the 20s and 30s – Charlotte Wassef who won the title in 1935.

Fast forward to 2010: we have the willowy Donia Hamed taking the Egyptian sash to Las Vegas, site of the Miss Universe 2010!  This part-time model is one of the taller girls in the beauty contest at 5’10″. She was born and raised in Cairo and studies finance at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The AUS teaches almost all its subjects in English so it’s safe to say that Miss Egypt Universe 2010 Donia Hamed is conversant in the language. She is hoping for a career as a stock broker and becoming a Mom who can juggle a corporate career with kids.

Got this correction from Sarah Elgarhy:

Donia studied Finance in an Arab academy for science, technology and maritime transport, in Cairo, Egypt.

Just a thought after reading this Missosology Interview with Donia Hamed:

Donia Hamed is a beauty who loves the elegant life. She says that if she could be born again she would choose to return during the era of Egyptian monarchy – when they had Kings and Queens in the early 20th century. Donia says life was easier, full of glamour and people were more neighborly.

Well, she doesn’t have to go back in time anymore to enjoy a queenly life now that she’s Miss Egypt Universe 2010!

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