Charlotte Wassef (Coptic: ϣⲁⲣⲗⲟⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲥⲉⲫ, Arabic: شارلوت واصف) was born in 1929 in Alexandria, Egypt to Egyptian Coptic parents.[1][2] she was an Egyptian beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Egypt 1934 title.[3][4] She was also crowned Miss Universe 1935 in Brussels, Belgium [4] and she became Egypt's first Miss Universe.[5]