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At Miss Universe contest, Miss Lebanon, Miss Israel are 'best of friends'
Agence France Presse ^
| July 21, 2006
| Paul Bustamente
Posted on 07/21/2006 5:44:06 PM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: america; babepix; freedom; israel; lebanon; lotsawax; missuniverse; universe; usa; wax
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To: Cecily
As my deceased father-in-law ( a retired col. WW2) use to say, they should make Women in charge of War, and they can all have tea and go home.
To: nuconvert
Good question. I think any man would feel the need to find out. ;-)
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posted on
07/21/2006 6:19:10 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Knowledge is power, so the MSM makes sure the terrorists have our classified info.)
To: nuconvert; xsmommy
Tiny little thing.
To: Cecily
64
posted on
07/21/2006 6:20:37 PM PDT
by
Isara
To: nuconvert
To: martin_fierro
66
posted on
07/21/2006 6:21:03 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Knowledge is power, so the MSM makes sure the terrorists have our classified info.)
To: nuconvert
And hang on to your seats for Miss Brazil<benny_hill>
Actually, I'd much rather hold onto hers....!
</benny_hill>
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posted on
07/21/2006 6:21:05 PM PDT
by
Yossarian
(Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity.)
To: Isara
World peace. "World piece" is more like it!
68
posted on
07/21/2006 6:21:51 PM PDT
by
Yossarian
(Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity.)
To: martin_fierro
Needs a burger, but I think she's stunning. (though I haven't seen any other pictures of her)
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posted on
07/21/2006 6:22:34 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: nuconvert
nice to see that at least one of the contestants has properly-fleshed limbs.
70
posted on
07/21/2006 6:22:34 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
To: Cecily
despite the bloody fighting between the two countries back home Lebanon is not yet a party to this fight but is actually a bystander wit the government making noises and gestures to try to appear as having some relevance. Most actual Lebanese are probably hoping for HB to be chased out of the country with Israel then withdrawing but remaining a credible threat to HB so that HB doesn't come back. That is as of now. Who knows how it will be tomorrow?
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posted on
07/21/2006 6:23:40 PM PDT
by
arthurus
(It is better to fight them OVER THERE than here.)
To: Victor
The mind boggles that the Muzzies want to cover these girls up!!!!Because they're beautiful and guys look at them with untoward thoughts. LOL
To: nuconvert
hate to say it, but... she has a "bad case of man-face"
73
posted on
07/21/2006 6:25:45 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
To: Cecily
74
posted on
07/21/2006 6:26:20 PM PDT
by
Cecily
To: nuconvert; Cecily
That's a North American Union worth joining.
To: warsaw44
All that being said the few Lebanese women I knew while in college were beautiful! My ex had a cousin that married a Lebanese woman (Christian) that was stunning. They then had a daughter that grew up even more beautiful than her mother.
76
posted on
07/21/2006 6:27:40 PM PDT
by
DejaJude
(Admiral Clark said, "Our mantra today is life, liberty and the pursuit of those who threaten it!")
To: billhilly
I tell you what my friend, some of the best folks I have ever met were Lebanese. 90% were Muslim. They all came from working class or lower roots and they were sent to the US by the thousands to study Engineering, medicine, technology etc, etc so they could rebuild Lebanon.
One ended up as my roommate, many others ended up living on my dorm floor and as such I meet hundreds of them.
They all got along even though they were of as many different Muslim stripe there is.
They studied hard, learned English quickly, loved to laugh, loved to make friends ( they took friendship very seriously ) and were very loyal. They also drank a lot of beer.
They quickly made friends with many Lebanese outside the Boston University campus which mostly included Lebanese Christians.
I could go on and on about these great folks but basically they were the type of people you would want as neighbors and friends.
One of the deepest compliments I ever had was when my roommate, Ali Mohamed Munzer told me he thought of me as his brother.
I sure miss Ali and hope he and his family is well. I sure do think of him as my brother as well.
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posted on
07/21/2006 6:27:58 PM PDT
by
warsaw44
To: COUNTrecount
Is that you CrippleCreek? You can only have one account you know...
To: Cecily
Miss Lebanon is hot, but I would convert to Judaism just to date Miss Israel.
To: Cecily
The Black girls are not only stunning, they don't look like cheap tricks. Flame on, but that's the truth. V's wife.
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posted on
07/21/2006 6:28:29 PM PDT
by
ventana
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