{{Short description|Lebanese Australian model (born 1988)}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Jessica Kahawaty . | image = 2014 Jaguar Style Stakes - MediaEvent (12560168275) (cropped).jpg | caption = Jessica Kahawaty in 2014. | birth_name = Jessica Michelle Kahawaty | competitions = Miss Lebanon Australia 2007<br>(Winner)<br>Miss Lebanon Emigrant 2008<br>(Winner)<br>Miss Lebanon International 2008<br>(Winner)<br>[[Miss International 2008]]<br>(Top 12)<br>Miss Lebanon 2010<br>(3rd Runner-Up)<br>Miss World Australia 2012<br>(Winner)<br /> [[Miss World 2012]]<br>(2nd Runner-Up) | title = Miss Lebanon Australia 2007<br>Miss Lebanon Emigrant 2008<br>Miss Lebanon International 2008<br>Miss World Australia 2012 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|9|12}} | birth_place = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | hair_colour = Dark brown | eye_colour = Dark brown }} '''Jessica Michelle Kahawaty''' ({{langx|ar|جيسيكا ميشيل قهواتي}}; born 12 September 1988 in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]) is a [[Lebanese Australians|Lebanese Australian]] model and beauty pageant titleholder who won [[Miss World Australia]] 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/45287|title=Lebanese Jessica Kahawaty Crowned Miss World Australia 2012|date=3 July 2012|website=Naharnet|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref> and represented [[Australia]] at [[Miss World 2012]] in [[Ordos City]], [[Inner Mongolia]], [[China]] where she claimed second runner-up.
==Career== Kahawaty was born in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] to a [[Syrians|Syrian]]-[[Armenians|Armenian]] father and a [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] mother.<ref> https://katewaterhouse.com/tag/jessica-kahawaty/]</ref> She studied law.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogbaladi.com/australian-lebanese-jessica-kahawaty-second-runner-up-in-miss-world-2012/|title=Australian-Lebanese Jessica Kahawaty second runner-up in Miss World 2012|website=Blog Baladi|date=19 August 2012|access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref> She competed in [[Miss Lebanon]] 2010 held at the LBC studios in Adma, [[Lebanon]], where she was rewarded the position of third runner-up.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
Kahawaty won her first beauty pageant at the age of 17 years in Sydney in 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 of Lebanese origin from around the world. In November, she represented Lebanon in [[Miss International 2008]], where she placed in the Top 12.
==Honours== ===Domestic beauty pageants=== * Miss World Australia 2012: '''Winner'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/d/lebanon-news/46415/miss-world-2012-australian-lebanese-jessica-kahawa/en| title=Miss World 2012: Australian-Lebanese Jessica Kahawaty comes in third| language=en |accessdate=2022-09-14}}</ref> * Miss Lebanon 2010: 3rd Runner-Up * Miss Lebanon Australia 2007: '''Winner'''
===International beauty pageants=== * [[Miss World 2012]]: 2nd Runner-Up (representing [[Australia]]) * [[Miss International 2008]]: Top 12 (representing [[Lebanon]]) * Miss Lebanon Emigrant 2008: '''Winner''' (representing [[Australia]])
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Jessica Kahawaty}} * [https://www.facebook.com/MEProjectRunway/ MEProjectRunway] * [http://www.jessicakahawaty.com/ Jessica Kahawaty] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011025602/http://www.jessicakahawaty.com/ |date=2016-10-11 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120715235855/http://www.missworld.com/Contestants/Australia/ Contestant Profile on MissWorld.com] * {{Instagram|jessicakahawaty}} * [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jessica-Kahawaty-Miss-Lebanon-Australia-2007-Miss-Lebanon-Emigrant-2008-/102295693147375?ref=search Jessica Kahawaty on Facebook] * [https://twitter.com/jessicakahawaty?lang=en Jessica Kahawaty on Twitter]
{{S-start}} {{S-ach}} {{Succession box | before={{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Amanda Vilanova]] | title=[[Miss World]] 2nd Runner-Up | years=[[Miss World 2012|2012]] | after={{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter|Carranzar Shooter]] }} {{Succession box | before=Amber Greasley | title=Miss World Australia | years=2012 | after=[[Erin Holland]] }} {{Succession box | before=Grace Bejjani | title=Miss Lebanon International | years=2008 | after=Sarah Barbosa Mansour }} {{S-end}}
{{Miss International 2008 delegates}} {{Miss World 2012 delegates}}
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