Georgina Rizk biography: 13 things about Miss Universe 1971

Georgina Rizk is a Lebanese-Hungarian socialite, model and beauty queen. She is the first Miss Universe from Lebanon.

Fashion model and fashion designer Felicina Rossi and Rizk are half-sisters. Their mother is Hungarian.

Rossi’s father is Italian. Rizk’s father is Lebanese.

Born in in Beirut, Lebanon, Rizk grew up in a Christian household. She starred in three films namely “Guitar Al Hob”, “Al Malika Wa Ana” and “Bye Bye Ya Helwa” and one theater play titled “Singof Singof”.

Aside from Beirut, Rizk also lived in Paris, France and Cairo, Egypt. She is fluent in English and French.

Rizk is 5’7¾″ tall and she has three children. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 1967, Arab model Andrée Acouri took her under her wing. Her first modeling experience was at the Carlton Hotel in Beirut.
2. On June 30, 1970, she won Miss Lebanon 1970.
3. On November 20, 1970, she represented Lebanon at Miss World 1970 and competed against 57 other candidates at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, United Kingdom. She was unplaced.
4. On July 24, 1971, she represented Lebanon at Miss Universe 1971 and competed against 59 other candidates at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. She won the title.
5. On July 29, 1972, her successor Miss Universe 1972 Kerry Anne Wells was crowned at the Cerromar Beach Hotel in Dorado, Puerto Rico by Marisol Malaret instead of her due to government restrictions because of fears of a terrorist attack.
6. In 1975, she was married to Egyptian singer and actor Muharram Fouad. She was the star and producer of the Lebanese Folklore show at the Hordern Pavillon in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on September 14, 1975 and September 20, 1975.
7. In 1977, she and Palestinian militant Ali Hassan Salameh got married and honeymooned in Hawaii, USA and Florida, USA.
8. On January 22, 1979, the Mossad killed Salameh in Beirut. In April 1979, she gave birth to Ali Salameh in Beirut. She was a single mother when she met Lebanese singer and actor Walid Toufic Sr. while attending an event in Syria.
9. In 1990, she and Toufic got married. They have two children together namely Walid Toufic Jr. and Nourhan Toufic.
10. On May 24, 2012, she was a guest at Miss Lebanon Emigrants USA 2012 at Greenfield Manor in Dearborn, Michigan, USA were her husband Walid Sr. performed a few songs for the audience.
11. On September 29, 2012, she was one of the nine Miss Lebanon 2012 judges at the Platea theater in Jounieh, Keserwan, Lebanon.
12. In December 2022, she told Vogue Arabia, “I wasn’t into acting; I just did it for my friends.” That month, she
13. On January 3, 2024, she turned 71.