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  • Barack Obama to dine with first black Miss Israel

    03/13/2013 5:32:07 PM PDT · by Bigtigermike · 25 replies
    The Telgraph ^ | Wednesday March 13, 2013
    President Barack Obama will have dinner with the first-ever black Miss Israel when he makes his first visit to the Jewish state as US leader next week. An advance party of White House officials insisted on inviting Yityish Aynaw, 22, to next Thursday's gala dinner hosted by Shimon Peres, Israel's president, after hearing how she became the first Israeli of Ethiopian origin to win the country's premier beauty queen contest last month.
  • Miss Israel is Ethiopian immigrant

    02/27/2013 10:12:18 PM PST · by goldstategop · 43 replies
    Times Of Israel ^ | 02/28/2013 | Times Of Israel Staff
    Related Topics Yityish Aynaw Ethiopian immigrants Miss Israel Yityish Titi Aynaw, a 21-year-old from Netanya, was chosen Miss Israel 2013 on Wednesday night — the first Ethiopian-born contestant to win the title. Aynaw, who came to Israel with her family when she was 12, was entered into the competition by a friend, and had no previous modeling experience. She said during the competition that she hoped to go into modeling “to change attitudes to dark-skinned models. I’d love to become the first Israeli (TV) host, the Tyra Banks of Israel."