Valerie Abou Chacra ( ar, فاليري أبو شقرا; born 15 January 1992) is a Lebanese actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Lebanon 2015. She represented

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. She has also starred in widely watched Arabic TV series such as 'Ma Fiyi'

Education

Abou Chacra studied Communication Arts: Radio and TV films at the

Lebanese American University The Lebanese American University (LAU) ( ar, الجامعة اللبنانية الأميركية) is a secular and private American university located in Lebanon. It is chartered by the board of regents of the University of the State of New Y ...

Pageantry

Valerie Abou Chacra was crowned

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on 12 October 2015. She represented Lebanon at

and was selected among the Top 5 finalists. She was the first woman from Lebanon to place that high in

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's history while

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from Spain, was also the first Spanish Woman to win the title.

Career

Abou Chacra started acting in a TV series, ''A'shra Abid Zghar'' (''Ten Little Slaves''), in 2014. She later participated in ''Dancing with the Stars: Raqs el Noujoum'' in 2016, and finished third. In 2017, she hosted ''

Project Runway ''Project Runway'' is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on December 1, 2004. The series focuses on fashion design. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted by time, mater ...

''. Also she participated in ''

Celebrity Duets Arab World Celebrity Duets is the Arabic version of the American program Celebrity Duets, where Arab’s most prominent professional singers team up with 13 non-singing celebrities from different backgrounds, in front of a live studio audience, a panel of ...

'' season 3 and finished third. She then made an appearance in the American TV series ''

Teen Wolf ''Teen Wolf'' is a 1985 American coming-of-age romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman. Michael J. Fox stars as the title character, a high school student whose ordinary life is changed ...

'' during its sixth season. Later on, she acted in ''

Al Hayba ''Al Hayba'' ( ar, الهيبة) is an Arabic drama television series directed by Samer Al Barkawi and produced by Ziad El Khatib It has 5 seasons; and Taim Hasan, named "Jabal Sheikh Al Jabal" is the lead character in all 5 seasons. The ser ...

'' Season 2 in 2018, Ma Fiyi in 2019. and La Hukm Alayh in 2021. Valerie is also founder of @justcarengo, a non-profit organisation to help patients affected by Traumatic Brain Injury.

Personal life

In 2019, she was engaged to a Lebanese businessman, Ziad Ammar. The couple married on 1 August 2020. In September 2021, Valerie gave birth t
twin girls

Filmography

References

External links

* 1992 births Living people People from Beirut Miss World 2015 delegates Lebanese Christians Lebanese American University alumni {{Pageant-bio-stub