Jessica Kahawaty

Who is Jessica Kahawaty?

Jessica Michelle Kahawaty is a Lebanese Australian beauty pageant winner from Australia and most recently the face and presenter for Yahoo Maktoob's new entertainment shows, 'omg! NOW' and 'omg! NUJOOM'. Jessica won Miss World Australia 2012, then proceeded to Miss World 2012 in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China, where she claimed second runner-up. In 2010, she competed in Miss Lebanon 2010 held at the LBC studios in Adma, Lebanon. Despite receiving the highest scores from nine independent jury members, she was only rewarded the position of third runner-up. She received the highest score in Swimwear, with a score of 9.778, ranked first again in Evening wear with a mark of 9.811 and ranked second in Questions with a difference of only 0.006 from first. Kahawaty previously represented Lebanon at the age of 19, at the Miss International 2008 pageant held in Macau on 8 November 2008, where she placed as one of the Top 12 semi-finalists.

Jessica won her first beauty pageant at the age of 17 years old in Sydney, Australia on May 2007. She was crowned Miss Lebanon Australia 2007 and was the first Lebanese Australian to subsequently win Miss Lebanon World 2008 in the following year. The pageant, held in Batroun Village Club, Lebanon, on 14 August 2008 featured 31 contestants with Lebanese origin from around the world. In November, she represented Lebanon in Miss International 2008, where she was awarded fifth runner-up out of 75 global beauties. Recently, Jessica was voted as the most likely contestant to win the Miss Lebanon 2010 pageant, with local and international media on her side. However, due to political and religious interferences, she finished third runner-up with Rahaf Abdallah taking the crown with scores lower than Kahawaty.