Dalia El Behery
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Dalia El Behery Egyptian actress. She won the 1990 title of Miss Egypt
Miss Egypt
Miss Egypt, is an Egyptian beauty pageant that qualifies delegates to international beauty contests. The first Miss Egypt contest was held in 1929. The only winner that held the title of Miss World was Antigone Costanda in 1954. The pageant has been sponsored by the hair care company, Pantene...

, also won 27 place the Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 pageant in Los Angeles in the same year.

Biography

She received a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels at Helwan University
Helwan University
Helwan University is a public university based in Helwan in Egypt. It comprises 18 faculties as well as 50 research centers.Generally, it is known for engineering and business studies...

, where she worked as a tour guide, then as a prelude programs on the Egyptian Satellite Channel and modeling. Her first notable appearance was in a video clip of the song "Tegeesh neaeesh", by Ali El Haggar
Ali El Haggar
Ali El Haggar is an Egyptian singer and actor.-Background:El-Haggar was raised in a musical family and during his early childhood his father, late singer and composer Ibrahim El-Haggar, taught him the principles of Arabic music and in particular singing...

. Dalia’s modeling career paved the road for her acting profession. She has worked with huge stars such as Adel Imam in his film Al Safara fe Al Emara along with other comedians and singers including Hany Ramzy, Moustafa Amar
Moustafa Amar
Moustafa Amar is an Egyptian musician and actor.- Early life :Moustafa Amar attended Al-Shaheed Abbas School where his talent and love for music and singing earned him the role of lead singer in the school concert. His father got him a guitar when he was ten and he began taking summer classes...

 and Khaled Selim
Khaled Selim
Khaled Selim is an Egyptian singer.- External links :*...

.

Dalia said in one of her interviews on television that it wishes to embody the role of pharaonic Queen "Nefertiti
Nefertiti
Nefertiti was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a religious revolution, in which they started to worship one god only...

" on the screen, denying rumors that she was reluctant about the portrayal of the Queen "Cleopatra" by the Syrian actress Solaf Fawakhirji.

In August 2008 she married Fred Morse, grandson of artist Farid Shawki
Farid Shawki
Farid Shawki Mohammad Abduh Badawi known as Farid Shawki was an Egyptian actor, screenwriter and film producer...

,from his daughter the producer Nahed Farid Shawki. She had already been married before and given birth to a daughter named Khadija, who died at the age of 8 months because of a rare disease. She also has a daughter from her second marriage named Kesmat.

El Behery signed on as a Goodwill Ambassador
Goodwill Ambassador
Goodwill Ambassador is a collective term sometimes used as a substitute honorific title or a title of honor for an Ambassador of Goodwill; but, most appropriately for a generic recognition, it is a job position or description that is usually indicated following the name of the individual recognized...

 for World Stroke Day
World Stroke Day
World Stroke Day is observed on October 29 to underscore the serious nature and high rates of stroke, raise awareness of the prevention and treatment of the condition, and ensure better care and support for survivors. On this day, organizations around the world have facilitated events emphasizing...

 in November 2010, helping to shed light on the awareness campaign to prevent and fight stroke
Stroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

. She has expressed her happiness selected for this position, saying she was looking for social work for a long time so as to help educate people from diseases that could affect them. Stroke is particularly widespread, affecting one in six people worldwide.

Political views

El Behery said the Egyptian people’s fight for their rights has made her very pleased. In a telephone conversation with the channel “Al Arabiya”, she expressed her happiness with the peaceful Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and the demands for basic rights like freedom, political reform
Political Reform
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 and a joint effort for nation building. In the meantime, Dalia said the absence of security made her feel worried, like the rest of the population. The worry, she explained, has been getting constantly worse after hundreds of prisoners fled the prison of Al Faiyum. She added that the youth revolt had ignited in the Egyptian streets and she thanked her fellow Egyptians who united to guard public property, especially the Egyptian Museum
Egyptian Museum
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms....

.

Filmography

  1. Juba (2007)
  2. Al Ghawas (2006)
  3. Ahlam Hakikiya
  4. El-Sefara fi El-Omara (The embassy in the building) (2004) Dalia
  5. Al Bahethat an al horeya(Searchers for Liberty) (2005) Aida
  6. Harim Karim (Karim's women) (2005) Maha
  7. Kalbi younadiek (My heart is calling you) (2004) TV Series
  8. Kan yom hobak (The day of your love) (2004)
  9. Sana oula nasb (2004) Dalia
  10. El Banat (The girls) (2003) mini TV Series Soheir
  11. Mohami khulaa (2002) Rasha El-Wardani

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