At Miss Universe contest, Miss Lebanon, Miss Israel are 'best of friends'

Agence France Presse ^ | July 21, 2006 | Paul Bustamente

[Cecily]

LOS ANGELES - Peace reigns at least at the Miss Universe 2006 contest, where beauties Miss Lebanon and Miss Israel are the "best of friends" despite the bloody fighting between the two countries back home, their companions said.

Even as Israel has bombarded Lebanon in the wake of a missile barrage by the Hezbollah militia in the country's south, the two women -- Gabrielle Bou Rached of Lebanon and Israel's Anastacia Entin -- have struck up a friendship ahead of Sunday's tough competition to see who is named the world's most beautiful woman.

"I think the perpetrators of the current Middle East crisis could learn a few lessons from Miss Lebanon and Miss Israel, who are the best of friends here," said Miss Germany Natalia Ackerman.

The contest doesn't allow much room for warring, with contestants from 86 countries this year all crammed into the same Los Angeles hotel for a month with a rigorous schedule of rehearsals for the show. Mostly in their early twenties, the women become friends mainly based on geographic nearness and shared languages.

Entin and Rached have been pulled together by the force of shared cultures, whatever is happening back home, smiling, posing for pictures together, even though Rached's presence sparked a protest by some 20 Lebanese Muslims Wednesday in front of the downtown Los Angeles hotel.

[King Prout]

( like eating a bag of Oreos and finding a roach turd at the bottom.)

there... fixed it for you.

[ccmay]

My cousin is married to a Lebanese Christian guy, whose family has been here for a hundred years. They don't speak Arabic any more but they have some incredible family recipes. He is a real stand-up guy, a cowboy type in fact, who owns a contracting business and makes the world a better place wherever he goes.

-ccm

[A CA Guy]

That was foolish of her.

DUMB DUMB DUMB

[exdem2000]

LOL

[A CA Guy]

Sad, dead and stupid is a bad combination.

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

Hopefully these women will bring about greater friendship among the people of the world. As an aside, I usually chuckle to myself whenever I think about Rachel Corrie and her idiocy.

~ Blue Jays ~

[King Prout]

but an apt description of the aspirations of Palestinians

[RandallFlagg]

Yeah, but at least she won't do it again.

[danmar]

Does Miss Lebanon have a matching bomb vest to wear with her swimsuit?

Do not confuse Lebanon with that shit-hole called Palestine. Big, very big difference! The Lebanese people are a different kind of folks altogether versus the Palestinian fanatics.

[A CA Guy]

If she was protecting the terrorist on purpose, that is real bad.
If she was some stupid twisted kid who was fooled into thinking she was doing something good for the world because she was just young, that would be a shame.
In any case, she set herself up for that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Corrie

According to above, she belonged to some international movement that seemed to only be into screwing Israel, so she did this to herself no doubt.

KARMA!

[RandallFlagg]

Oh, most of us knew her history already. But it's always good to remind those readers who might have never heard of her.

Thanks.

[RandallFlagg]

Along with the Caterpillar boycott attempt, too.

[Inyerface]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgina_Rizk - 35 years ago, Georgina Rizk of Lebanon turned the world upside down by winning the title in Miami Beach. I've a feeling the security detail for the next year could bankrupt "The Donald" if it happens again. It'll help if this year's winner doesn't marry a terrorist.

[RightWingNilla]

Miss Hezballah

ROFLMAO!!!!

[Perdogg]

[grey_whiskers]

( like eating a bag of Oreos and finding a roach turd at the bottom.)

Sorry, it was the only way my wife would let me on the thread ...

[King Prout]

ah.
well-trained slave, are we?

[nickcarraway]

We need more Robert Burns on FR.

[PJ-Comix]

I love the Miss Universe contestants. Much better than the LAME Miss America contest.

[nickcarraway]

Is this connected to the other Poland thread on FR today, that Poland declared homosexuals second class citizens?