Miss Algeria

Miss Algeria

Formation	2002
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Algiers
Location	Algeria
Membership	Miss World Miss International
Official language	Arabic
National Director	Sarah Boutiche

Miss Algeria is a national Beauty pageant in Algeria.

History and Awards

Since its official creation 24 November 1996 with a deposit of copyright at the ONDA, the contest organized by Abdelkader Hamdad Cherradi was taken over in 2013 by his son Faisal Hamdad:

• 1999: Dounia Amesrar, Annaba Province
• 2000: Soraya Boukebir, Aïn Defla Province
• 2001: Competition canceled due to the disaster which hit the region of Ain-Témouchent
• 2002: Lamia Saoudi, First Algerian to participate in the Miss World contest, it is ranked 26th in the 2002 edition
• 2003: Competition canceled (in solidarity with the victims of the earthquake of Boumerdes)
• 2004: Carmen Mehdaoui, Boumerdès Province
• 2005: Nesrine Melbani, Algiers Province
• 2013: Rym Amari, Algiers Province which won the title of Best Model of Africa 2013

Conditions

To compete for Miss Algeria are asked to fulfill the following conditions:

• Being born female and Algerian nationality
• Have an age between 18 and 27 years from the date of the preselection
• Being childless (s) and not married.
• Not having a criminal record.

Titleholders

Color key

•      Declared as winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semi-finalists

Representatives at Miss World

Year	Miss Algeria	Placement	Special Awards
2002	Lamia Saoudi	Unplaced

Notes

Sarah Boutiche was the first Algerian delegate at the Miss World pageant. She went to compete in Alexandra Palace in London, United Kingdom and she is unplaced.