Posted on 05/23/2010 10:37:31 AM PDT by freed0misntfree
Rima Fakih's beauty pageant sash declares that she is Miss USA, but journalists want to find other labels for her.
Questions about Fakih's ethnic and religious identity have been nearly as frequent as questions about photos of her dancing against a stripper's pole.
"I'd like to say I'm American first, and I am an Arab-American," Fakih said. "I am Lebanese-American, and I am Muslim-American."
Fakih, 24, was born in Lebanon, but her family moved to New York when she was 7 years old. She later moved to Michigan, where she went to college.
The rarity of a woman born in the Middle East representing the United States in the Miss Universe pageant spurred internet buzz. One rumor was that Fakih had family connections to Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite group that the U.S. designates as a terrorist organization.
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Has the label Slutty-American been created yet? Now’s as good a time as any.
Hey, she is probably a very nice girl!!! Let’s have some respect for this beauty!
Hey, perhaps she is! I don’t even begrudge her (however limited) pole dancing carreer, mine was just a sarcastic comment on all that hyphenated-American BS.
Better to have potential jihadis lusting after Rima Fakih types than lusting after virgins-to-be-provided-after.
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