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Ava Vahneshan has been named the new Miss Universe Persia 2024 and will represent Persia (Iran) at the Miss Universe 2024 pageant in Mexico. The 26-year-old Chinese medicine specialist and talented singer from Portugal replaced the original winner, Iranian-American nurse practitioner Fay Asghari. According to the pageant's national director Golshan Bakhtiary, Fay Asghari and the Miss Universe Persia Organization have both mutually agreed that it's in the best interest of both parties to part ways. Golshan also explained that Fay's obligations to her practice and her patients at her successful medical spa in Los Angeles prevent her from committing the necessary time to prepare for the Miss Universe competition. A decision to appoint a replacement was made so the national title went to the first runner-up of the Miss Universe Persia 2024 competition, which was held in Rome, Italy on June 17. The newly appointed Miss Universe Persia is of Persian descent and the daughter of a...

Persia (Iran) is set to debut at the 73rd Miss Universe (Miss Universe 2024) pageant with the newly crowned Miss Universe Persia 2024 Fay Asghari. The crown was won by a 31-year-old Iranian-American nurse practitioner, model, and entrepreneur representing Persian-speaking women in the USA. Fay emerged victorious from a group of 21 stunning contestants during the glittering national competition held on Monday, June 17 at the Grand Hotel Plaza Roma in Rome, Italy. She made history as the first-ever Persian woman to become Miss Universe Persia and represent her country for the first time at the annual Miss Universe pageant. This year's Miss Universe competition is expected to take place in Mexico this November. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miss Universe Persia Official صفحه رسمی (@missuniversopersia) Photos: GEMxFoto, Miss Universe Persia / Instagram

Miss Iran 2022 Mahrou Ahmadi has been officially announced to represent her country at the Miss Earth 2022 pageant in the Philippines this November. The 24-year-old beauty will be the second Iranian representative at Miss Earth and the first one to participate in a live competition. Last year's Miss Iran, Hima Zaker, the first-ever Miss Earth Iran, joined the virtual edition during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid the chaos in her country resulting from the tragic death of a young woman named Mahsa Amini, the new Miss Earth Iran promised to be the voice of her fellow people especially the girls, on the international stage, and she said: I stand with the women of Iran. This is for us." "I want to thank my family, all of you, and [Miss Iran] for giving me this title. I am now an ambassador of Iran. I will always represent you and I’ll be your voice upon the world, in every journey and endeavor," she wrote in a statement on social media. Mahrou was born in Tehran and is a he...