20 women in Miss Egypt competition

The main event of Miss Egypt competition will take place at the Cairo International Conference Center on Friday to select the woman who will represent Egypt at the Miss Universe Pageant, held in May in Trinidad Tobago Island, while a second winner will represent Egypt in the Miss World competition.

20 Egyptian women will be taking part in this competition which is to be held officially for the second year in a row after an Egyptian fashion designer obtained authorization from the main bureau in the US to hold this competition.

In the competition, 13 well-known judges will be responsible for selecting the winners: movie star Youssra, movie director Inas El-Deghedy, fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, Miss Universe 1996 Alicia Machado, French jeweler Philip Charriol, Representative of Dior Brigttee LeFebvre, the ambassador of Argentina, owner Moataaz Raslan, president of Mobinile Osman Sultan, and businessman Magda Salmawy.

Egyptian press writer Mohamed Salmawy, chief editor of Ahram Edo, published in French, will head the arbitration panel.