Maria Farhad

Maria Farhad (Arabic: ماريا فرهاد, born 2001) is a beauty pageant titleholder who was named Miss Iraq 2021. She represented Iraq at the Miss World 2021 pageant in Puerto Rico in 2022.[1]

Maria Farhad
Born
Maria Farhad

2001
Qaraqosh, Iraq
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Iraq 2021
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)		Iraqi beauty pageants 2021

Early life

Farhad was born to an ethnic Assyrian family in Qaraqosh, located in the Nineveh Governorate, northern Iraq. Farhad is studying computer science at the University of Mosul. Farhad relocated to Erbil in the wake of the Islamic State attacks in 2014.[2]

Pageantry

Farhad was named Miss Iraq 2021 at a pageant held in Erbil and sponsored by the Iraqi Culture Ministry and broadcast on Al Rasheed TV.[3]

Although the Miss Iraq organization held a contest to send its representative to Miss Universe, it participated in Miss World 2021 instead since the Miss Universe 2021 contest venue was Israel.[4]

See also

Iraqi beauty pageants

References
  1. "Christian Survivor of ISIS Crowned as Miss Iraq 2021". 13 January 2019.
  2. "Maria Farhad wins Miss Iraq 2021". 30 July 2021.
  3. "العراق يشارك في مسابقتي " ملكة جمال العالم " و "ملكة جمال الارض"".
  4. "Reigning 'Miss Universe' rejects calls to boycott Israel-hosted pageant". 18 November 2021.


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