Career

The pageant was held on 18 October 1954 in London, England, 16 contestants participated. In addition to Arabic she speaks Greek, English, Italian and French fluently. The following year, during the 1955 Mission World beauty pageant held in London, Costanda did not attend the event because of political hostilities between Egypt and Britain over the Suez Canal.

Her career in later years moved into interior design.

She ran a company designing the interior of business buildings. She was one of the judges at the Mission Egypt 2006 contests.

Achievements

• Her total points overall in the Mission World event were 7.941, ranked 4th. The Greek-Egyptian beauty was the first Mission Egypt candidate to win the title for Egypt. According to Eric Morley"s 1967 book, "The Mission World Story", Costanda was positively beaming as she claimed that her victory was also for the second runner-up status of Marina Papaelia, 1953"s Mission Egypt. British actress Eunice Gayson crowned Mission Venezuela as the new Mission World. Prior to winning Mission World, Costanda was gaining experience in the modelling profession, her face appearing in numerous publications. Winning Mission World further helped her to reach the top of her profession, becoming a successful model in the Middle East, France, Italy and Greece.