Perla Helou
Perla Helou | |
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Born | Perla Helou 10 July 1995 |
Occupation | Beauty pageant titleholder |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Lebanon 2017 |
Major competition(s) | Miss Lebanon 2017 (Winner) Miss World 2017 (Top 10 People's Choice Top 5 Multimedia Among Top 40 Overall) |
Perla Helou (Arabic: بيرلا حلو)[2] (born 10 July 1995)[3] is a Lebanese beauty queen, who was crowned Miss Lebanon in 2017.[1] She participated in Miss World 2017 on November 18 in Sanya, China[4] where she placed 7th in People's Choice,[5] 4th in Multimedia and in the Top 40 overall among the 118 contestants.[6] She also won the head to head challenge of her group.[6]
Biography
Perla studied at the Saint Joseph University in Beirut, where she graduated in June 2016, in Business Administration. She is currently pursuing her Master in Management and Marketing degree in École supérieure des affaires (Beirut).[7]
Miss Lebanon 2017
On September 24, 2017 Perla was crowned Miss Lebanon 2017 at Casino du Liban. The pageant was televised on LBCI and LDC. As Miss Lebanon, Perla competed at the Miss World 2017 pageant. Perla's answers on the judges questions in addition to her look helped her win the title. In the final question Perla was asked "In your opinion, can civil society protest movements change the reality of Lebanon?" She replied that "protesters should first agree on the objectives to be achieved in order to ensure the effectiveness of their movement."[1]
Miss World 2017
Perla placed 7th in People's Choice,[5] 4th in Multimedia and in the Top 40 overall among the 118 contestants.[6] She also won the head to head challenge of her group.[6] Perla was among the top 10 in many prediction leaderboards, such as Zardebelleza's leaderboard and others.[citation needed]
After pageantry
Perla chose to support the causes that she believes in, in particular, empowering women.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Perla Helou décroche la couronne de Miss Liban 2017". Lorientlejhour.com. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "بيرلا حلو ملكة جمال لبنان 2017... صبية على العرش". Annahar.com (in Arabic). 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Perla Helou décroche la couronne de Miss Liban 2017". Lorientlejour.com. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Miss World". missworld.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Top 10 Finalists of People's Choice Award at Miss World 2017". Tkop.org. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Miss World". missworld.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "ملكة جمال لبنان 2017 بيرلا الحلو: لا ينقص الشابة اللبنانية شيء لتصبح ملكة جمال العالم - Laha Magazine". 18 October 2017.
- ^ "ملكة جمال لبنان 2017 بيرلا الحلو: تسلّحت بالثقة وقضيتي حقوق المرأة". lahamag (in Arabic). 7 October 2017.