Yasmina Zaytoun

Biography

Yasmina Ismail Zaytoun (Arabic: ياسمينة إسماعيل زيتون; born 26 October 2002) is a Lebanese journalist, television presenter, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Lebanon 2022, and later finished as the Runner-Up of the Miss World 2023 international pageant held in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She also previously competed at the Miss Universe 2022 competition that took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

== Early life and education == Zaytoun is from Kfarchouba, South Lebanon. She entered Notre Dame University-Louaize in Zouk Mosbeh to pursue a bachelor's degree in journalism. She achieved a TV presenter certification from the Al Jazeera Media Institute. In April 2021, she began hosting an educational show on Instagram called With Yasmina Show.

== Pageantry ==

=== Miss Lebanon 2022 ===

Zaytoun represented the Hasbaya District at the Miss Lebanon 2022 competition, held at the Forum de Beyrouth in Beirut on 24 July 2022, where she competed against 16 other candidates for the title. At the conclusion of the event, Zaytoun was crowned Miss Lebanon 2022 by the outgoing titleholder Maya Reaidy, becoming the first titleholder to be crowned following the pageant’s three-year hiatus from 2019 to 2021. During a virtual address by Rima Fakih, the national director of Miss Universe Lebanon, it was announced that the winner of the pageant would represent Lebanon at the Miss Universe 2022 and Miss World 2023 competitions.

=== Miss Universe 2022 ===

Zaytoun represented Lebanon at the Miss Universe 2022 competition, held on 14 January 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she was unplaced. The title was won by R'Bonney Gabriel of the United States.

=== Miss World 2023 ===