Miss Jordan
{{Short description|Beauty pageant}}
{{Infobox organization
|name = Miss Jordan
ملكة جمال الأردن
|caption = Ufemia Jabaji, the first Miss Jordan 1959
|image = Miss_Jordan_1959.jpg
|formation = 1959
|type = Beauty pageant
|headquarters = Amman
|location = Jordan
|membership =
|language = Arabic
|leader_title = Director
|leader_name = John Halabi
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Miss Jordan ({{langx|ar|ملكة جمال الأردن}}) was a national Beauty pageant in Jordan.
History
Miss Jordan was founded in 1959 and organized by Jihad Magazine under the directorship of John Halabi. It was an annual event held with the patronage of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities under Minister Ghaleb Barakat. Miss Jordan featured contestants from both Transjordan and West Bank which was at that time under Jordanian administration. Usually, two titles were awarded at the pageant - "Miss Jordan" and the runner-up "Queen of Elegance". From 1959 to 1964, the pageant took place at the Hotel Philadelphia in Amman and was later moved in 1965 to Hotel Panorama in the city of Beit Jala in West Bank.{{Cite web|url=http://www.zamancom.com/?p=3970|title=للسنة الثالثة على التوالي: انتخاب ملكة جمال الأردن للعام 1965 (صورة وتفاصيل)|date=20 December 2014}} Ufemia Rizk née Jabaji became the first Miss Jordan 1959. The pageant became the national franchisee of Miss World in 1959 and sent the first ever international representative from Jordan to Miss World the same year.{{cite web | url=http://www.alghad.com/prints/738257-ملكة-جمال-الأردن-ما-تزال-تحتفظ-باللقب-منذ-عام-1963?s=b2f92d9e8cbaa2822381cef323b81178 | title=جريدة الغد }}
Over the course of its eight-year existence, the winners and runners-up of Miss Jordan competed at Miss World and other international pageants such as Miss International and Miss Universe. The pageant was held for the last time in 1966. The Arab-Israel war of 1967 led to the cancellation of the event indefinitely and the pageant has not been organized ever since. Subsequently, Jordan withdrew from Miss World and all other major international pageants. Vera Jalil Khamis from Jerusalem was the last Miss Jordan and representative of the country to Miss World 1966{{cite web | url=http://www.alghad.com/prints/738257-ملكة-جمال-الأردن-ما-تزال-تحتفظ-باللقب-منذ-عام-1963?s=b2f92d9e8cbaa2822381cef323b81178 | title=جريدة الغد }}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center"
!width="60"|Year | width="250"|Miss Jordan | width="250"|Queen of Ellegance |
| 1959 | Ufemia Jabaji | Eriny Emile Sabella |
| 1960 | Eriny Emile Sabella | Gulnar Tucktuck |
| 1962 | Aida Anis Saba{{Cite web|url=http://www.zamancom.com/?p=2509|title=ملكة جمال الأردن تحب الدجاج والملوخية والطحال!|date=12 September 2014}} | Leila Emile Khadder |
| 1963 | Doris Tannous Haj | Despo Drakolakis{{Cite web|url=http://www.zamancom.com/?p=492|title = ملكة جمال الأردن: متنافستان تقاسمتا اللقبين|date = 17 May 2014}} |
| 1964 | Katie Barnaba Faizah{{Cite web|url=http://www.zamancom.com/?p=492|title = ملكة جمال الأردن: متنافستان تقاسمتا اللقبين|date = 17 May 2014}} | — |
| 1965 | Nyla Munir Haddad | Marlene Rock{{Cite web|url=http://www.zamancom.com/?p=3970|title=للسنة الثالثة على التوالي: انتخاب ملكة جمال الأردن للعام 1965 (صورة وتفاصيل)|date=20 December 2014}} |
| 1966 | Vera Jalil Khamis | — |
Jordan at International pageants
=Miss Universe Jordan=
{{plainlist|
- {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner
- {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner
}}
| class="wikitable " style="font-size: 95%;"
!width="60" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Miss Universe Jordan !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement at Miss Universe !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Special Awards !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Notes |
| colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete since 1961—present}} |
| 1960
| Helen Giatanapoulus | Unplaced | | |
=Miss World Jordan=
{{plainlist|
- {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner
- {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner
}}
| class="wikitable " style="font-size: 95%;"
!width="60" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Miss World Jordan !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement at Miss World !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Special Awards !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Notes |
| colspan=5 {{n/a|Did not compete since 1967—present}} |
| 1966
| Vera Jalil Khamis | Unplaced | | |
| 1965
| Nyla Munir Haddad | Unplaced | | |
| 1964
| Katie Barnaba Faizah | Did not compete | | |
| 1963
| Despo Drakolakis | Unplaced | | |
| 1962
| Leila Emile Khadder | Unplaced | | |
| 1961
| colspan=5 {{n/a|Did not compete}} |
| 1960
| Eriny Emile Sabella | Unplaced | | |
| 1959
| Ufemia Jabaji | Unplaced | | |
=Miss International Jordan=
{{plainlist|
- {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner
- {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner
}}
| class="wikitable " style="font-size: 95%;"
!width="60" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Miss International Jordan !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement at Miss International !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Special Awards !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Notes |
| colspan=5 {{n/a|Did not compete since 1964—present}} |
| 1963
| Doris Tannous Haj | Unplaced | | |
| 1962
| Vivian Nazzal | Unplaced | | |
| 1961
| colspan=5 {{n/a|Did not compete}} |
| 1960
| Gulnar Tucktuck | Unplaced | | |
=Miss Intercontinental Jordan=
{{plainlist|
- {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner
- {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner
}}
| class="wikitable " style="font-size: 95%;"
!width="60" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Miss Intercontinental Jordan !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement at Miss Intercontinental !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Special Awards !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Notes |
| colspan=5 {{n/a|Did not compete since 2009—present}} |
| 2008
| Serihan Marouni | Unplaced | | |
References
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{{Miss Universe countries and territories}}
{{Miss World countries and territories}}
{{Miss International countries and territories}}