Meriam George (, arz, مريم چورچ, ; born 30 May 1987 in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

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) is an Egyptian

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titleholder and first runner-up at

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Career

At the age of eighteen, she was the official Pantene

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2005 winner. She represented Egypt in Miss Universe 2005, Miss Intercontinental 2005 and Miss Earth 2006. In

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, she was among the eight finalists, in Miss Intercontinental, she was a semifinalist, and in

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, she did not place. In October 2013, she traveled to Seoul, South Korea, to represent her country as "Miss Egypt" at the

of the World 2013, where she placed as first runner-up, Egypt's best showing in the grand slam pageants since Antigone Costanda was Miss World in 1954. She is a

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Mariam George is Miss Universe Egypt 2005
1987 births Egyptian female models Egyptian people of Coptic descent Living people Miss Earth 2006 contestants Miss Egypt winners Miss Universe 2005 contestants Models from Cairo {{Egypt-bio-stub