According to various sources, there are about 500,000 million Abkhazians living outside Abkhazia today. The majority of the Abkhaz Diaspora live in Turkey, as well as in Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Europe, the United States and Canada - only about 60 countries of resettlement.  

Keriman Halis Ece (Ebjnou)

Keriman Halis Ece - the most beautiful young lady in the world.  She became the winner of the first beauty contest "Miss World", held in Brussels 1932.

Her real name was Keriman Halis-Ebjnou. Her family lived in the territory of modern Adler, and then moved to Turkey, where the grandfather of the future beauty queen became a pasha, and her uncle and aunt became famous as talented musicians.  

The most beautiful girl in the world was born in the family of merchant Tevfik Halis-bey. Her parents gave her a good education, but from a young age, the beauty of Keriman Halis captivated admiring glances. Her father refused to the organizers of various beauty contests five times, referring to the young age of her daughter.

But as soon as her parents allowed Keriman to participate in the contest of beauties, she first became the winner of the contest at the local school, and then - in the district. June 3, 1932, bypassing 50 applicants, Keriman won the title of the first beauty of Turkey. In the same year she went to the world's first beauty contest in Brussels.

It was a time of democratic reforms in the country, the first president of Turkey Ataturk Mustafa Kemal advocated secularism, including for the rights and freedom of women. "Miss World" Keriman Khalis was met in Turkey as a heroine. At the Istanbul train station the girl was waiting for a crowd of admirers.

The first "Miss World" Keriman Halis Edge died in 2012 in Istanbul in the hundredth year of life from heart failure.