Jessica Kahawaty

Jessica Michelle Kahawaty (; born 12 September 1988 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a Lebanese Australian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss World Australia 2012 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 Syrian-Armenian father and a Lebanese mother. She studied law. She competed in Miss Lebanon 2010 held at the LBC studios in Adma, Lebanon, where she was rewarded the position of third runner-up.

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 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)