Founder
Abdelkader Hamdad Cherradi
1996 — 2013
Created Miss Algérie in 1996 and registered it as the national competition, leading the organisation through its first seventeen years and its earliest international appearances.
Three decades of celebrating Algerian women — how the national competition was founded, the family that has led it, and the milestones along the way.
The earliest edition of the competition was staged in 1985, held as part of an international friendship forum — the first time a national selection of this kind brought Algerian representation to an international audience.
It became a formal institution just over a decade later. On 24 November 1996, Miss Algérie was officially created and registered with the ONDA, Algeria's national copyright office — establishing it as the country's officially recognised national competition. It was founded and organised by Abdelkader Hamdad Cherradi, and the organising committee has been based in Algiers ever since.
The purpose was, and remains, twofold: to give young women from every wilaya of Algeria a national platform of their own, and to ensure Algeria is represented with dignity at the world's major international competitions.
Miss Algérie has been led by the same family since its founding — passed from father to son in 2013.
1996 — 2013
Created Miss Algérie in 1996 and registered it as the national competition, leading the organisation through its first seventeen years and its earliest international appearances.
2013 — present
Took over the organisation from his father in 2013, and continues to lead Miss Algérie today — expanding the competition's reach across the wilayas and its presence on the international stage.
The team organising Miss Algérie, year after year.
Team profiles will be published here shortly.
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