Ahmed, Doaa (2017), Egyptian Beauty Queens of La Belle Epoque, Women of Egypt Mag, consultado el 6 de septiembre de 2017, «Laila Fawzy was born in Turkey to an Egyptian father and a Turkish mother. Her father owned fabric stores in Cairo, Damascus and Istanbul. She won Miss Egypt contest in 1940 and was awarded a small role in the movie Wives Factory in 1941.».
