Cairo, EGYPT, May 25 - As the Miss Egypt 2008 pageant is scheduled to take place in December to celebrate the event's 10th annuvirsary, Miss Egypt Organization (Face To Face) had to choose a representative to Miss Universe 2008.

A special pageant was held last night in Cairo and among 12 contestants who were all runner-ups in the last three editions of the pageant 20-year-old Yara Naoum, who was last years 2nd runner-up, was crowned Miss Egypt Universe 2008.

Yara who stands 176cm-tall, is a senior student at the Higher Institue of Cinema in Cairo, and has already starred in a major film production last year.

She is also a part-time model.


Photos and article cortesy of khorshed