Nadine Njeim, 20, has been elected Miss Lebanon 2004 in a nationally televised pageant that kept most of the population mesmerized before their TV sets until midnight, the Beirut media reported on Saturday.
She was crowned under the glare of LBC cameras at the climax of a six-week Reality TV contest that began with 16 contestants and ended up with six finalists to succeed Lebanon's 2003 beauty queen Marie-Jose Hnein.
When the choice of Nadine Njeim was formally announced, first runner up Lamitta Franjieh stunned the audience by abruptly turning her back to the cameras and leaving the stage in a huff. Second runner up was Cynthia Saadeh.