Sara El-Khouly ( ar, سارة الخولي; born February 15, 1988 in

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) is an

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model and beauty pageant titleholder. She is of part- Croatian descent and grew up in

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Miss Egypt World 2010

Sara was the second runner-up in Miss Egypt 2010 national pageant and was crowned Miss Egypt World 2010 on July 7, 2010, in Cairo. At the time of the coronation, she was a student at the American University of Sharjah. Eventually, on October 20, 2010, she represented her nation at the Miss World 2010 beauty pageant, held in

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. She did not place among the 25 semi-finalists of the pageant, which was won by

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, representing the

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Miss Mediterranean 2011

On June 4, 2011, Sara represented Egypt at the 2011 Miss Mediterranean pageant held in

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

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. She beat 14 other contestants to take home the crown and title. This marked the first Egyptian representative to an international pageant after the

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Miss Universe 2011

Due to the political situation in Egypt, there was no national pageant in 2011. As an experienced beauty pageant contestant, Sara was therefore handpicked as the official Egyptian representative to the 2011 Miss Universe pageant to be held on September 12, 2011, in

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, Brazil.

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Sara El-Khouly on Twitter
1988 births Living people Egyptian female models Miss Egypt winners Models from Cairo American University of Sharjah alumni Egyptian people of Croatian descent Egyptian expatriates in the United Arab Emirates Miss World 2010 delegates Miss Universe 2011 contestants {{Pageant-bio-stub