Lamitta Frangieh

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Lamitta Frangieh
Born (1980-11-15) 15 November 1980 (age 43)
Occupations
  • Model
  • 1st Runner at Miss Lebanon 2004
  • Actress
  • Broadcaster
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Title1st runner-up at Miss Lebanon 2004
Miss World 2005
(Unplaced)
Spouse
Freddy Makhraz
(m. 2014)
[1]
Children1

Lamitta Frangieh (Arabic : لاميتا فرنجية; born 15 November [2] 1980 [3] ) is a Lebanese actress, [4] model and beauty pageant titleholder who placed 1st Runner-up at Miss Lebanon 2004 and represented her country at Miss World 2005 but was unplaced.

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Beauty pageants and modeling

She claimed first runner-up at the 2004 Miss Lebanon Competition held at the LBC studios in Adma, Lebanon. Despite receiving the highest scores from nine independent jury members, she was only rewarded the position of first runner-up. She received the highest score (9.882) in Swimwear. Frangieh was voted as the most likely contestant to win the Miss Lebanon 2004 pageant, with local media on her side. However, due to political and religious interferences, she finished as first runner-up then proceeded to Miss World 2005 pageant, where she placed in the Top 12. [5]

Acting

In her acting career, she has filmed various movies and series, her start was with Lebanese series called 3asser el harim. In 2009, she moved to Egypt, where she was acting in various movies, Had Same' Haga with Ramez Galal, Mohtaram Ella Rob' with Mohammad Ragab, 365 days of happiness with Ahmad Ezz, Ana badi3 ya Wadi3, Omar w Salma 3 with Tamer Hosny.

Personal life

In 2014, Lamita Franjieh married Lebanese businessman Freddy Makhraz in a private ceremony in Paris. [6] They spent their honeymoon in Monaco and Thailand. She gave birth to their child, a son called Justin (b. 2016) at an American hospital in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. [7] [8]

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References

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