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First underwater fashion show in Egypt

Egyptian fashion designer Amany Yehia held her first underwater photo shoot, the first of its kind in Egypt.

A model participates in the first underwater fashion show in Egypt.
— Courtesy of Beshoy Fayez

Egyptian fashion designer and diver Amany Yehia thought of a way to combine her two talents and created Egypt's first underwater fashion show.

Yehia has been diving for four years and, with the help of two friends who are also divers, she came up with a plan to organize an underwater photo shoot of dresses designed by her.

“I adore diving and the Red Sea. I wish people could see the majestic underwater world as I see it. So I came up with this idea,” Yehia told Al-Monitor. She said that in the beginning the idea seemed difficult to implement.

She contacted her friend Beshoy Fayez, a diver and professional (underwater) photographer to help her achieve her dream to organize the first underwater fashion show in Egypt. “He was so excited,” she said.

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