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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Nigeria is stunning!
"she has a "bad case of man-face"
I don't think so. She has a woman's face (and a woman's body) as opposed to a girl's, like many of the others.
I think if her hair wasn't pulled back so much, she'd be very pretty.
Thought the same thing. BTW, is there a famine in Namibia?
"nice to see that at least one of the contestants has properly-fleshed limbs."
glad you pointed that out....i hadn't noticed they even had limbs....LOL
harsh jawline, squared and cleft chin, a noticeable supraorbital ridge... manface.
Not only beautiful, but elegant and sophisticated. Like something from another era: hey, lookers can be gorgeous and exotic while still retaining an ounce of ladylike glamor and even something, je ne sais quoi? demure? How retrograde and delightful! V's wife.
Heh, the arab looks slightly better than the jew. Go figure.
"AAArghh!!!...My heart...Oh, well. What a great way o go..."
Not if you are Nelson Rockefeller.
Could you find Miss Spain, and Miss South Korea?
Egypt and Israel definitely belong together!(I'll bring the camera)
Feel good stories will not change reality. The peaceful religion of Islam wants to kill anyone that refuses to tow their ideological line.
Are these Women(?) Lebanese?
Miss Spain has too much fluff on her body and too much goop on her face.
In my travels, Spain and Korea had a multitude of lovely women.
These two are perfect examples.
Many thanks!!
Ms. Trinidad Tobago is a "Hot Chick" wow!!!
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