Sara Moatamid crowned Miss Morocco 2012

Fez – On Saturday, February 4th, 2012, Sara Moatamid was crowned Miss Morocco 2012 in a big ceremony held at Mazagan Resort Beach in al-Jadida.

Sara Moatamid is a 19 year-old student from Casablanca. She studies at l’ENCG (École Nationale de Commerce et Gestion) and speaks five languages: Arabic, French, English, German and Spanish.

Among the criterion of becoming Miss Morocco, she’ll need to have a project of an association that can benefit society. Sara will engage in voluntary work through the establishment of an association to train youth who have not benefited from normal schooling.

The Miss Morocco ceremony included the normal pageant segments, including evening gowns, except the swimsuits which was replaced with Moroccan traditional gowns segment in an attempt to respect the Moroccan traditions.

Sara will be representing Morocco at Miss World ceremony, which will be held later this year in Ordos, China. Morocco did not participate in this contest in years and this is considered the first comeback; the last Moroccan to compete at Miss World was Zakia Chamouch in 1968.