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Pascaline Agnes became the first woman from Tunisia to participate in Miss World 1956. Miss Tunisie was held for first time in 1956. The pageant became the national franchise of Miss World in 1956–present, Miss Universe in 1960 - 1971, and Miss International in 1960–present. In 1996, President of Association TEJ - Aida Antar revived the ...
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Prior to the 2011 revolution, Tunisia restricted women's right to wear the hijab. Even though the population of Tunisia is 99% Muslim, and women in the Muslim world commonly wear hijabs, the governments of both Ben Ali and Habib Bourguiba pursued the eradication of public Islamic
Claudia Cardinale was born Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale in La Goulette, a neighbourhood of Tunis, Tunisia, on 15 April 1938. [6] [7] Her father, Francesco Cardinale, was a railway worker, born in Gela, Sicily. [8]
The group was first described by the China Daily newspaper in 2004 as "the world's four major beauty contests". [7] [8] In April 2008, the South China Morning Post described them as "four of the world's top beauty pageants"; [9] the same description was also used by South Korea's leading newspaper, Chosun Ilbo in 2010. [10]
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also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Tunisian This category exists only as a container for other categories of Tunisian women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
In 2005, the International Parliamentary Union said that 6.5 per cent of MPs in the Arabic-speaking world were women, up from 3.5 per cent in 2000. The representation of woman in Arab parliaments varies: in Tunisia, nearly 23 per cent of members of parliament were women; however, in Egypt, this was only 4 per cent. [46]