Double trouble: Twins storm to Miss Lebanon 2012 win

Twin beauties Rina and Romy Chibani [2] have won first and second place in the Miss Lebanon 2012 pageant on Saturday night.Rina was crowned Miss Lebanon [3], while her sister became the First Runner-Up.During the winners’ announcement, the olive-skinned girls clutched hands, holding them up high, in what onlookers described as an “unusual” ceremony, seeing two similar faces winning both titles.16 women competed to win the title, as a jury composed of 9 members evaluated them, among them Lebanon's first and so far only Miss Universe, Georgina Rizk, former Lebanese minister Ziad Baroud, Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram [4] and Lebanese Champion Maxime Chaaya.Other runners-up included Christelle Lotfi who came second, Elsa Maria Stephan as third and Joanne Semaan was the fourth runner-up.Rina, who was handed over the crown by Miss Lebanon 2011 Yara Khoury [5] Mikhael, now holds her spot in the Miss Universe contest that will be held in Las Vegas in December.And world pageants are no stranger to Lebanese beauty. In August, Lebanese-Australian beauty Jessica Kahawaty won third place in the Miss World 2012 competition, as a representative of Australia.It was not Kahawaty’s first bid in beauty contests; she participated in the 2008 Miss Lebanon Emigrant and also competed for Miss Lebanon 2010.Kahawaty, olive-skinned and grey-eyed with features that some have called “an exotic mixture between West and East,” qualified for Miss World after winning the Miss Australia competition by playing a rendition of Beethoven’s Furelisea on the piano with a severely injured hand.

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