MMDI is a
Nonprofit organization which was created in February 2010. The Chief executive officer of pageant is Bonita Ann Leek, In 2005, Leek founded the Miss Deaf
USA (MDU) contest in
Las Vegas,
Nevada. In the early 2005, she was told about the
Miss Deaf World pageant, which was held in
Prague, the
Czech Republic. The Miss Deaf USA 2005 winner was the first USA participant in this competition. As MDU's CEO, Leek attended the event and met pageant directors from other countries, who expressed their will to initiate a similar pageant in the US as well as in other countries. In the spring of 2009, Deaf Nation, granted Miss Deaf International (MDI) a permission to host its international event in conjunction with the Deaf World Expo in July 2010. On June 18, 2012, Abbou won again the second vice Miss
Ile de France 2012. From the experience in 2010, Miss Deaf International added three continental pageants: Miss Deaf
Europe, Miss Deaf
South America, and Miss Deaf
Asia. recruited Deaf ladies from all over the world to participate in
Orlando,
Florida in July 2011. During the meeting in Orlando, MDI agreed to include a Mister Deaf International pageant, and its name was changed into Miss & Mister Deaf International Inc. In July 2012, MMDI 2012 was held in
Ankara,
Turkey, and the Ankara Deaf
Club volunteers made the pageant possible. Miss Deaf
Germany 2012 was disqualified of her title "Miss Deaf Congeniality 2012", after she had broken the arranged expectations of MMDI. == Titleholders ==