Sabrina Houssami (; born 3 July 1986) is an Australian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won

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2006, as well as Miss World Asia Pacific and second second runner up at

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. She gained the national title although she did not officially win the national competition. The Miss World Australia organisation cancelled the pageant for that year, due to the Miss World pageant being postponed for 3 months, and gave Houssami the title directly as she was the previous year's runner up. Houssami was born in the city of Sydney, initially lived in the

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suburb of

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, and eventually moved to the riverside suburb of

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. She attended

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for her secondary education. She comes from a multicultural heritage. Her mother Alka is an Indian Hindu from Delhi and her father Ahmad is a Lebanese Muslim Houssami was a Liberal Studies student majoring in Psychology and English at the

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. She represented Australia at

and placed third, taking the second runner up position, as well as winning the title Miss World Asia Pacific. She also tied with Miss India World to make the semi-finals. Both of them had the same scores from the judges. Houssami handed over the Miss World Australia crown on 4 April 2007. She appeared on the first series of the Australian version of ''

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'', which began in September 2009. She was fired on 16 November 2009, finishing in fifth place.

Awards and title

2006

* Miss World Australia 2006 * Miss World Asia Pacific 2006 * Miss World 2006 second runner-up * Miss Grand Slam 2006

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Houssami, Sabrina 1986 births Australian people of Indian descent Australian people of Lebanese descent Australian Muslims Miss World 2006 delegates The Apprentice Australia candidates Australian beauty pageant winners Models from Sydney Living people Actresses from Sydney University of Sydney alumni