Miss Jordan () was a national Beauty pageant in Jordan.
History Miss Jordan was founded in 1959 and organized by Jihad Magazine under the directorship of John Halabi. It was an annual event held with the patronage of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities under Minister Ghaleb Barakat. Miss Jordan featured contestants from both Transjordan and West Bank which was at that time under Jordanian administration. Usually, two titles were awarded at the pageant - "Miss Jordan" and the runner-up "Queen of Elegance". From 1959 to 1964, the pageant took place at the Hotel Philadelphia in Amman and was later moved in 1965 to Hotel Panorama in the city of Beit Jala in West Bank. Ufemia Rizk née Jabaji became the first Miss Jordan 1959. The pageant became the national franchisee of Miss World in 1959 and sent the first ever international representative from Jordan to Miss World the same year.
Over the course of its eight-year existence, the winners and runners-up of Miss Jordan competed at Miss World and other international pageants such as Miss International and Miss Universe. The pageant was held for the last time in 1966. The Arab-Israel war of 1967 led to the cancellation of the event indefinitely and the pageant has not been organized ever since. Subsequently, Jordan withdrew from Miss World and all other major international pageants. Vera Jalil Khamis from Jerusalem was the last Miss Jordan and representative of the country to Miss World 1966
YearMiss JordanQueen of Ellegance1959 Ufemia Jabaji Eriny Emile Sabella1960 Eriny Emile Sabella Gulnar Tucktuck1962 Aida Anis Saba Leila Emile Khadder1963 Doris Tannous Haj Despo Drakolakis 1964 Katie Barnaba Faizah —1965 Nyla Munir Haddad Marlene Rock1966 Vera Jalil Khamis —2026Destiny Anbar
Jordan at International pageants Miss Universe Jordan
YearMiss Universe JordanPlacement at Miss UniverseSpecial AwardsNotes 2026 Destiny Anbar TBA colspan=6 1960 Helen Giatanapoulus Unplaced
Miss World Jordan
YearMiss World JordanPlacement at Miss WorldSpecial AwardsNotes colspan=5 1966 Vera Jalil Khamis Unplaced 1965 Nyla Munir Haddad Unplaced 1964 Katie Barnaba Faizah Did not compete 1963 Despo Drakolakis Unplaced 1962 Leila Emile Khadder Unplaced 1961 colspan=5 1960 Eriny Emile Sabella Unplaced 1959 Ufemia Jabaji Unplaced
Miss International Jordan
YearMiss International JordanPlacement at Miss InternationalSpecial AwardsNotes colspan=5 1963 Doris Tannous Haj Unplaced 1962 Vivian Nazzal Unplaced 1961 colspan=5 1960 Gulnar Tucktuck Unplaced
Miss Intercontinental Jordan
YearMiss Intercontinental JordanPlacement at Miss IntercontinentalSpecial AwardsNotes colspan=5 2008 Serihan Marouni Unplaced
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