New representative from Egypt

Samah Shalaby, a 23 years-old, is the new representative from Egypt at Miss World 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She replaces Yara Naoum who was originally appointed earlier this year.

Yara Naoum

Yara Naoum 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 represented Egypt in last year's Miss Universe Pageant in Vietnam and she will going to compete in the Miss World 2009 Pagent in South Africa this December.

elham wagdi

Elham Wagdi, from Cairo, was chosen as Miss Egypt Universe 2009. She stands 1.75 m tall, will represent Egypt at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant in the Bahamas next August.

She was 1st runner-up at the Miss Egypt 2005 contest and has also represented the country internationally in events like Miss Earth and Miss Intercontinental.