A Muslim for Miss USA?!?! Rima Fakih made history by becoming the first Muslim crowned Miss USA. Donned in a gold bikini and a strapless white dress for the pageant, she will return to Las Vegas in August to represent America in the Miss Universe contest.She comes from a Muslim and Christian family originally from Lebanon. After living in Queens, N.Y., where Fakih attended a Catholic high school, the family settled in Dearborn, Mich., home to one of the largest Arab-American communities in America. Many Muslims are critical of beauty pageants as lewd and degrading to women (yawn! yawn!). At the same time, Fakih, 24, is being hailed as a symbol of Muslim-American integration that shatters the stereotype of the cloaked and dour Muslim woman.
Since Miss Fakih's crowning, it has reinforced my suspicion that Muslim girls can be hot... Salam wa aleikum.
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