Miss Universe Ethiopia
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Miss Universe Ethiopia is a beauty pageant to select a delegate from Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

 for 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.

Ferehiwot Abebe was selected to be the first Miss Universe Ethiopia on April 19, 2004.

The reigning Miss Universe Ethiopia is Dina Fekadu, who was crowned in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, April 14, 2006.

History

The Ethiopian Life Foundation and Andy Abulime the National Director and CEO is the franchise holder since 2004 when Ethiopia made its first appearance at Miss Universe 2004
Miss Universe 2004
Miss Universe 2004, the 53rd Miss Universe pageant, was held in Centro de Convenciones CEMEXPO, Quito, Ecuador on June 1, 2004. It was won by Jennifer Hawkins of Australia....

 in Ecuador.

The Ethiopian Life Foundation remains at the fore front of Beauty pageant development in Ethiopia, and has also since gone on to organise the first ever International beauty pageant in Ethiopia in October 2007 Miss Tourism of the Millennium: http://www.misstourismofthemillennium.com

Winners

Year Name Placement at Miss Universe
2004 Ferehiwot Abebe Miss Universe 2004#Delegates
2005 Atetegeb Tesfaye Worku Miss Universe 2005#Contestants
2006 Dina Fekadu Miss Universe 2006#Contestants Miss Universe 2006
Miss Universe 2006
Miss Universe 2006, the 55th Miss Universe pageant, took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA. Unlike past events, it was broadcast live on NBC on a Sunday, July 23, 2006, almost two months later than usual....

 - Top 20
2007 Kidan Tesfahun
Kidan Tesfahun
-Biography:Kidan was crowned Ethiopia's Miss Millennium Queen organisied by London based Ethiopian Life Foundation in 2007. She subsequently represented Ethiopia in Miss Earth 2008 in Quezon City, Philippines, as well as Miss International 2007 in Tokyo, Japan....

 Miss Earth 2008#Contestants (Crowned Miss Millennium Queen of Ethiopia)
2008 Contest not Held
2009 Melat Yante (Named Ethiopia Top Model 2009 @ Private casting. NOT crowned in any national pageant but attended MU09')
2010 No Pageant Held

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