Miss Kurdistan

Miss Kurdistan

Dalia Hassan Miss Grand Kurdistan 2014 Leyli Chupani Miss Grand Kurdistan 2015
Formation	2012
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Erbil
Location	Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Membership	Miss World Miss Grand International Miss United Continents
Official language	Kurdish
Website	misskurdistan.krd

Miss Kurdistan is a national beauty pageant for young women in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was founded in Erbil in 2012, the first Miss Kurdistan winner was Shene Aziz Ako. The winner is assigned a one-year contract, traveling across Kurdistan, and in some cases overseas. Aside from the job, the winner also receives a cash allowance for her entire reign. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Titleholders

Year	Miss Kurdistan	First runner-up	Second runner-up	Notes
2018	Sanna Mahmod (Halabja)	Kareiz	Merian	[1] [4]
2016	Zhalia Sirwan (Erbil)	Sargol Salam Chir	Shadi Abdulkarim
2013	Fenik Muhammed (Sulaymaniyah)	Not awarded	Not awarded	[5]
2012	Shene Aziz Ako (Sulaymaniyah)	Evîn Reuf	Gardinia Yasmin Rahim	[6]

Special Awards

Year	Miss Internet	Miss National Dress	Miss Personality	Miss Tourism	Miss Peace
2013	Dalia Rebwar Hassan	Shakar Nasih	Seher Abdulla	Nady Rashid	Zhin Sebah
Year	Miss Elegance	Miss Friendship	Miss Photogenic	Not awarded
2012	Evîn Reuf	Rahma Talb	Sara Hilal

Miss Kurdistan representatives at International beauty pageants

Color key

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   : Ended as special awards winner

Miss World

Year	Representative's Name	Hometown	Placement	Special Awards	Ref
2014	Shene Aziz Ako	Sulaymaniyah	Did not compete

Miss Grand International

Main article: Miss Grand Kurdistan

Year	Representative's Name	Hometown	Placement	Special Awards	Ref
2015	Leyli Chupani	Mahabad	Unplaced		[7]
2014	Dalia Rebwar Hassan	Stockholm	Unplaced	Withdraw during the competition	[8]

Miss United Continents

Year	Representative's Name	Hometown	Placement	Special Awards	Ref
2015	Fatimah Ghadan	Mahabad	Unplaced		[9]
2014	Dalia Bapeer Mohammad	Sulaymaniyah	Unplaced

References

1. "Sana Mahmoud wins the 4th Miss Kurdistan beauty pageant". Rudaw (in Central Kurdish).
2. Editorial Staff (10 December 2018). "14 candidates to compete for Miss Iraqi Kurdistan 2019". Kurd Net - Ekurd.net Daily News.
3. "Miss Kurdistan to watch PSL final in Lahore". Samaa TV.
4. "Sana Mahmoud crowned as Miss Kurdistan 2018". Kurdistan24.
5. "Iraqi Kurds crown Miss Kurdistan 2013 Fenik Mohammad Abdul Karim". ekurd.net. Archived from the original on 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
6. "Twelve Kurdish girls participating for miss Kurdistan 2013". ekurd.net. Archived from the original on 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
7. "Miss Kurdistan bids for Miss Grand International". Rudaw.
8. "Miss Grand International". www.missgrandinternational.com (in Thai).
9. "Miss Continente Unidos - Candidatas 2015". www.misscontinenteunidos.com.

External links

• Official website