A
Sassanid
era mosaic excavated at
Bishapur
. Some mosaics were
denuded during the Islamic period. This one is kept at The
Louvre.
Traditional image of a
Persian woman holding a cup of wine, as depicted at
Hasht-behesht palace,
Isfahan , 17th century
Iran
.
Qajari Persian woman,
seen here smoking the traditional
Qalyan
19th century
Empress Soraya
first queen in the modern
Iran
on the cover of an Italian magazine
Empress
Farah, the Queen of
Iran
, and
Jacqueline Kennedy.
Shahla
Vahabzadeh, Miss Universe 1967, 1st runner up
Elahe Azodi,
Miss Universe 1968
Roya Rouhani Moghaddam,
Miss
Universe 1972, 2nd runner up
Nazanin Afshin Jam
in
Miss
World
2003 contest image obtained from
here
Laleh Seddigh
(sometimes spelled '
Sadiq') (born
1977
,
Iran)
is one of the only Iranian women
race car
drivers, skilled in both
circuit and rally driving. The PhD student from
Tehran
has been called "little
Schumacher
", and has been
recognized as the best female racer in the country
Shiva Boloorian
(
Persian
: شیوا
بلوریا�
‎
​, born
5
October
1979
in
Tehran)
is an
Iranian
actress
and stage director, as
well as a TV moderator.
Dr Lily
Afshar (
Persian
: لیلی اÙشار) is a renowned
Iranian American
classical guitarist. She
is regarded as one of the world's best female classical guitarists.
Catherine Lisa Bell
is an actress with
Iranian mother who was the co-star of the hit
television
show
JAG
from 1997 to 2005.
Niki Karimi
(
Persian
: Ù�
ÛŒÚ
�
ÛŒ Ú
�
ریمی
‎ ​), born
on
10
November
1971
in
Tehran,
is a multi-award winning
Iranian
actress and movie
director.
Laleh Pourkarim
(born
June
10
,
1982
in
Iran)
is a
Swedish
singer-songwriter
of
Iranian
origin. She came to
Sweden when she was 12 and went to school in
Angered
,
Gothenburg
. She personally produced and wrote her
2005
self-titled
debut album,
in which she sung in three different languages: English, Swedish and
Persian. At the Swedish
Grammis
Awards for 2005, she
received seven nominations and won three: Artist of the Year, Producer of
the Year, and New Artist of the Year.
Susan Roshan (
Persian:
سوزÙ
�
روشÙ
�
‎ ​) (born
September 23
,
1967
in
Tehran,
Iran
) is a popular
Iranian
singer.
Aahoo Jahansouzshahi
, whose Americanized
name is
Sarah Shahi (born
January 10
,
1980
in
Euless, Texas,
USA)
is an American
actress,
model
and former
cheerleader
of
Iranian
descent
[1]
[3].
Ramona Rina Amiri
(born April 16, 1980 in
Montreal,
Quebec)
is a
Canadian
woman of
Persian
heritage
[1]
[2]
who won the
Miss
World Canada
contest in
2005.
Rudi Bakhtiar
(born
Rudabeh Bakhtiar (in
Persian:رودابه
بØ
�تیار)
on
June
21
,
1966
in
Fresno, California)
is an
Iranian-American
journalist, working for the
Fox
News Channel
.
Hammasa Kohistani
was the first
beauty contestant
of
Muslim
origin to be crowned
Miss
England,
at the age of 18, on
3
September
2005.
She was crowned following a two-day competition at
Liverpool's
Olympia Theatre
and was chosen from 40
contestants. She attended Lampton School in Hounslow and was said at one
point to have been close friends with Aditya Odedra, which most people
attribute to her success.
Anousheh Ansari (Persian: انوشه انصاری, born 12 September 1966) is the Iranian-American co-founder and chairman of Prodea Systems, Inc. Her previous business accomplishments include serving as co-founder and CEO of Telecom Technologies, Inc. (TTI). The Ansari family is also the title sponsor of the Ansari X PRIZE. On 18 September 2006, just a few days after her 40th birthday, she became the world's first female space tourist[1], the first female Muslim[2] and first Iranian in space[3].