ARMENIAN BEAUTY TO REPRESENT ARMENIA AT BEAUTY CONTEST "MISS EUROPE JUNIOR- 2006" FOR THE FIRST TIME

ARMINFO News Agency
September 27, 2006 Wednesday

A 19-years-old Mariam Melyan will represent Armenia for the first
time at the Beauty Contest "Miss Europe Junior-2006", to be held
October 14, 2006, in a Czech town of Liberec, the President of the
International Organizational Committee of "Miss & Mister World"
Contest, Ashot Khachatryan, said at yesterday’s press-conference.

A. Khachatryan noted that M. Melyan has underwent a difficult
selection round in July, 2006, with participation of 40 girls. The
main requirements, besides good physical data , included knowledge of
English, computer and Internet. Today M. Melyan leaves for Prague to
actively prepare for the coming Contest. Moreover, she will take part
in the Contest "Miss Talent" to be held in Tunis on September 30 –
October 6, 2006. Besides M. Melyan, the girls at the age of 20 from
30 countries of the world, including Russia, will participate in the
Contest "Miss Europe Junior- 2006". To be noted, M Melyan is the only
representative of the Caucasian region in this Contest.