Rima Fakih becomes first Arab, first Muslim to win Miss USA
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Arab Americans across metro Detroit cheered as Rima Fakih of Dearborn was crowned Miss USA tonight in Las Vegas.
“This is unbelievable,” said Rami Haddad, 26 of Livonia, one of Fakih’s biggest supporters. “It’s a dream come true. I can’t express my feelings.”
Fakih, of Lebanese descent, is believed to be the first Arab American and Muslim to become Miss USA.
She is also the first Michigander to be Miss USA since 1993.
“This is great news for Michigan,” said Haddad. “We have beauty here. We have talent.”
Haddad said Fakih’s win can help motivate Michiganders to dream big.
“This will motivate us,” Haddad said. “She was so determined.”
“This is historic,” Imad Hamad, regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said. “This shows the greatness of America, how everyone can have a chance to make it.”
Supporters are gathering at La Pita in Dearborn for a party to celebrate Fakih’s win.
The contestants took the stage tonight at Las Vegas' Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino to compete for the crown and the opportunity for a place in the Miss Universe pageant.
The 24-year-old brunette from Michigan beat out four blondes and 46 other women for the 2010 Miss USA title after nearly stumbling in her evening gown.
Fakih won the pageant Sunday night after swimsuit, evening gown and interview competitions.
During the competition, Fakih nearly fell while finishing her walk in a long, strapless gown because of the length of its train, but she recovered without a spill and went on to win.
In the interview, Fakih was asked whether she thought birth control should be paid for by health insurance, and she said she believed it should.
Miss Oklahoma USA Morgan Elizabeth Woolard was first runner-up after handling a question about Arizona's new immigration law. She said she supports it.
This year, the pageant was aired live on NBC. The television network owns the pageant in a joint venture with Donald Trump.
The competition, which is not affiliated with the Miss America pageant, was hosted by celebrity chef Curtis Stone and NBC correspondent Natalie Morales, with commentary by comedian Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa.
The show also featured musical performances from country star Trace Adkins and Boys Like Girls.
The pageant began as a local bathing beauty competition sponsored by a swimwear company in Long Beach, California, in 1952. Its first winner was Jackie Loughery. [/release]
:foxnews: Looks like the terrorists finally won.:foxnews:
She's hot as fuck.
Dam more pics please!
:fappery:
[QUOTE=Bledrix;21999507]Dam more pics please![/QUOTE]
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She is da Bomb.
Hot.
I wouldn't have known she was arab just by looking at her. She doesn't look arab really to be honest.
She's pretty. Good for her.
Good for the judges too.
8/10 at most. Judges have poor taste, but maybe the other contestants were just not as good.
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[QUOTE=CivilProtection;21999728]I wouldn't have known she was arab just by looking at her. She doesn't look arab really to be honest.[/QUOTE]
Probably because she has most of her clothes off.
She's pretty damn hot.
[QUOTE=CivilProtection;21999728]I wouldn't have known she was arab just by looking at her. She doesn't look arab really to be honest.[/QUOTE]
Lebanese are usually hot.
Example:
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[QUOTE=Sprocket Shit;21999856]8/10 at most. Judges have poor taste, but maybe the other contestants were just not as good.
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Probably because she has most of her clothes off.[/QUOTE]
You and your completely realistic standards :cop:
:20bux: says sprocket has a face like a horse and a body like playdoh.
Rednecks everywhere rage
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[QUOTE=Kade;21999581]She is da Bomb.[/QUOTE]
Well she is a Arab
Get it? eh? eh?
I'd tap dat.
[QUOTE=HubmaN;22000069]I'd tap dat.[/QUOTE]
Too bad Being Miss USA is right up there with declaring chastity.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;22000086]Too bad Being Miss USA is right up there with declaring chastity.[/QUOTE]
Or at least they act like that while they are under the public eye
The humour is that if she went to Saudi Arabia, she'd be stoned to death for showing her face in public or some other imagined offence.
Know why she's miss USA? She doesn't wear a goddamn headscarf.
Not really a Muslim then is she?
[QUOTE=Mobzor;22000596]Not really a Muslim then is she?[/QUOTE]
Uh... yeah. She's still a muslim.
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She's hot, but she looks so much like my cousin that I don't even want to go there.
Good on her.
i always thought most arab women were attractive
also she looksl ike kim kardashian :tinfoil:
I've got a fit Muslim friend too
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Iv'e never liked the eyebrows of the arab women, nor the noses.
related
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Yeah, the nose always seems a bit off and the eyebrows look like they were drawn on. Still, if everything else is great I don't mind a few things like that.
It's not surprising though. She's hot
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Plus I don't care whether the lady model is Muslim, Christian or Jewish. As long as they are hot, that's fine
Why do I have a feeling she'll eventually be murdered for being a "disgrace to Islam" or some shit.
I mean, in some places they stone women to death for being raped.
That sure is one beautiful woman.
A lot better than all those fake blondes who make it to Miss USA, IMO...
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