Story of Middle Eastern Monarchy The presentation throws light on the life and her passion for fashion. Princess Fauzia Fuad was the goddess of beauty, Venus. She captured media's attention with her enchanting beauty.

4. Styles of
Princess Fawzia of Egypt and of Iran
Reference style Her Imperial & Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Imperial & Royal Highness
Alternative style Ma'am

5. EARLY CHILDHOOD
HRH baby born Princess Fawzia

7. Her Sultanic Highness Princess Fawzia

10. Princess Fawzia (right) and two of her sisters

11. She was the youngest daughter of King Fuad of
Egypt and youngest sister to King Farouk of Egypt, the
last monarch of Egypt.
She was of Albanian, French and Circassian descent (the
Egyptian royal family was not ethnically Egyptian).
Princess Fawzia was a member of the Muhammad Ali
dynasty, a family of Albanian origin. Born on November 5
1921, Fawzia grew up in royal palaces and gardens,
shielded from the outside world by an English governess.

12. She looked liked Hollywood actress Vivien Leigh.

14. King Farouk's glamorous sister, Princess Fawzia was
dubbed one of the most beautiful women in the
world; A display case holds a broach with her name
spelt

18. Chic Suiting and hat: Princess Fawzia, 1930'

20. Couture and Jewels: Princess Fawzia, 1939

22. AS THE STYLE ICON

25. Fawzia Khan Social Profiles (83)

26. H.R.H Princess Fawzia of Egypt

29. THE PERSONAL LIFE OF AN EGYPTIAN
PRINCESS
She was described by the Egyptian writer and courtier Adel Sabit, “ A shy,
pretty girl with blue eyes and black hair and “a supremely naive, over-
protected, cellophane-wrapped, gift-packaged little girl” who lived“in
bucolic surroundings, mobbed by adoring servants, aunts and ladies-in-
waiting”.
She was 17 when the match with the young Iranian crown prince was first
discussed. By this time she had been educated in Switzerland. The princess
indulged in socializing, European fashion, and had never worn the veil. But
once she got back in Egypt, her status as royal princess allowed her little
freedom. “Fawzia was in those days virtually a prisoner in her mother’s
houseboat on the Nile,” Adel Sabit wrote. “She rarely went out, and when
she did she was surrounded by ladies-in-waiting and retainers. At a time
when all other young girls were enjoying a relative freedom, Fawzia, by
virtue of her position, was closely hemmed in.”

30. From princess to empress to a royal forgotten amid Egypt’s
transformations.

31. TEENAGERS WHO UNITED TWO
MUSLIM LANDS
In 1939, when Princess Fawzia of Egypt married the crown prince
of Iran, Mohammed Reza, the teenagers united two great
Muslim lands. Each side had political and personal motives for
welcoming the union: for the Egyptian King Farouk, the
princess’s brother, the marriage asserted a constitutional
monarch’s power in a region lorded over by the British.
For the shah of Iran, formerly an ordinary soldier, the century-
old Egyptian royal family conferred aristocratic legitimacy on his
own. At the wedding in Cairo, guests received bonbon boxes
made of gold and precious stones; flower-filled floats paraded
down the wide avenues; fireworks were set off over the Nile.

32. Wedding to then Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi,
1939

33. Princess Fawzia and Reza Pahlavi

35. Justice for Iran | Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt
who became Queen.

38. Fawzia and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. She is wearing the double row
necklace that is part of this parure in addition to a longer diamond
necklace.

40. The 17-year-old princess grew up in highly
developed, exclusive Cairo speaking French,
English and Arabic.
She was a knockout: a more luscious version of
Hedy Lamarr, a softer Vivien Leigh.
Cecil Beaton photographed her for the cover of
Life magazine. Her life was chronicled in
newspapers worldwide, which referred to her as
“one of the world’s most beautiful women.”

41. Queen Fawzia of Iran, official Imperial photo from
the Pahlavi court

42. Princess Fawzia and Mohamed Reza Pahlevi

48. HRH Princess Fawzia Attending a Charity Event - Cairo In
1940's

49. Princess Fawzia, Queen Farida and Princess
Faiza in the Royal Opera House in 1939

50. Empress Fawzia in the Opera

51. THE QUEEN’S DIAMONDS
Princess Fawzia's Van Cleef &
Arpels Tiara
This elaborate tiara was commissioned for the occasion
by the bride's family. Van Cleef & Arpels finished the
tiara (and its accompanying parure of jewels) in 1938.
Made of diamonds set in platinum, the tiara features
two rows of upright pear-shaped diamonds, each
underlined by multiple rows of baguette-cut diamonds.
The design is a rather exuberant arrangement of carat
power, quite distinctly in the Van Cleef & Arpels style.
And it’s definitely overflowing with carat power: the
54 pear-shaped diamonds weigh 92 carats all together,
and the 530 baguette diamonds add another 72 carats
to the piece. Apart from this, the set also included a
double row necklace of baguette and round diamonds
and two pairs of earrings.

56. QUEEN OF IRAN

57. FASHIONISTA

58. Fashionista Fawzia: Princess Fawzia of Egypt

59. FASHION ROYAL

60. Asian Venus: "Life" Magazine described Queen
Fawzia of Iran, for having “a perfect heart-
shaped face and strangely pale but piercing
blue eyes.”

61. Queen Fawzia wearing a gown in Iran

66. From left to right: Fawzia Fuad, Reza Shah, Nazli Sabri (Fawzia's mother), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

67. In the royal wedding of Princess Fauzia

68. HRH Princess Fawzia of Egypt and Sudan was the first wife and queen
consort of HIM Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran. She is the
oldest daughter of Sultan Fuad I of Egypt and the sister of King Farouk
of Egypt

72. EPITOME OF GLAMOUR
In the eyes of the world, Fawzia was the epitome of glamour, her
style a mixture of European fashion and oriental mystique. Her
portrait, taken by Cecil Beaton, appeared on the cover of Life
magazine in 1942.
“She had sad and mournful eyes,” Beaton wrote, “pitch-black
hair, a perfectly sculpted face and soft, graceful hands bereft of
the wrinkles of labour.”
Shortly after the divorce from the Shah of Iran, Princess Fawzia
went to the famous, French milliner Suzanne Talbot and ordered
100 hats, just because she decided to wear hats.

73. Hat and Fur Love: Princess Fawzia of Egypt
FUR AND DIVA

77. Princesses Fawzia & Faiza at The Royal Opera House - Cairo In
1950

79. 1947 Princesses Faiza of Egypt, Neslishah of Turkey and Egypt
and Fawzia of Egypt.

81. The glamorous Princess Fawzia

82. Princess of Egypt and Persia, and former queen of Egypt.
She is of Egyptian heritage. Born 1921

83. Princess Fawzia in wedding ceremony of King Farouk and Queen Nariman

85. In 1951, the princess of Egypt attended the Jacques
Fath Couture runway show, and Fawzia and her
sisters reportedly ordered "coats, cocktail gowns,
evening dresses, fur garments and casual outfit", and
alone Fawzia also ordered a large number of formal
suits. Indeed, Fawzia was a fashionista.
Princess Fawzia would have been a "Hola!" Magazine
DREAM: Gorgeous; loves fashion, travelling and
jewels

88. HRH Princess Fawzia of Egypt and HM Queen Farida of Egypt on an Official Visit

90. Princess Fawzia
at Queen
Narriman Sadek's
Wedding to King
Farouk of Egypt

91. Princess Fawzia of Egypt

92. Princess Fawzia by Artist-in-Despair

94. VINTAGE COLLECTION
#5155 - c. 1930's House of
WORTH, Paris Brown Silk
Crepe Fox Trimmed
Ensemble! Previously
Owned by Princess Fawzia
of Egypt, Queen of Iran!!
This ensemble was previously sold by Doyle
Couture Auction in April 2005 with this
listing: "Brown silk crepe, the elbow length
cape with shoulder darts, tucked applied
neckline twisted at rear to conclude in self ties
at front, edges with pale brown fox fur, floor
length slender skirt, snap closure, grosgrain
waistband, size 6/8. Labeled C.
WORTH/62727. From the Collection of Princess
Fawzia of Egypt. $1200 - $1500."
This is a semi-sheer, lightweight silk (perfect for
Middle-Eastern weather). Weighs nearly
nothing! Measures: 26/27" waist.

95. DESIGNER CLOTHING
Renown costume designer Ray Aghayan
who designed outfits for stars like Barbra
Streisand and Diana Ross and was
nominated for an Oscar recalled that one
of his biggest challenges was to design an
outfit for Queen Fawzia of Iran.

96. HER STYLISH HATS

98. HRH Princess Fawzia

102. Princess Fawzia and other princesses

104. Fawzia lived in Egypt after the 1952 revolution that
toppled King Farouk. Later in life, Princess Fawzia lived
in Alexandria, Egypt, where she died on 2 July 2013 at
the age of 91. She was buried in Cairo next to her
second husband.

105. REFERENCES
1.The New York Times
Magazine / The lives they
lived Queen Fawzia
b.1921
2. www.telegraph.co.uk
3. wikipedia

106. PRESENTER

108. Ms. Dayamani Surya holds Master’s Degree in the English Literature from Osmania
University, Hyderabad, Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching of English from CIEFL, Post
Graduate Diploma in Teaching of English from CIEFL, Bachelor’s degree in Science and
Bachelor’s degree in Education.
She holds online professional certifications:
•Project Management
•Human Resource Management
•Financial Accounting
• Management and Accounting
• Business Process Outsourcing
•Advance Learning Certificate in English Literature Analysis from Ireland.
As a Research Associate in the District Centre for English Scheme, Department of Training
and Development, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad since 1 May
2007, her work focuses on administration, curriculum development and teaching in the
International Training Programme for Foreign Students at the University.
At the personal level, she works online as a mentor, helps the scholars in their project work,
compilation of articles and papers, contributes to the publication of articles and journals. She
is interested in writing diaries, blogs and short stories.