Miss USA gets key to Dearborn

Miss USA Rima Fakih has returned to her hometown of Dearborn to receive a key to the city from Mayor John B. O’Reilly Jr. (more…)

Miss USA challenges Arab and Muslim stereotypes

As the first Muslim to be crowned Miss USA, Rima Fakih isn’t bothered by criticism that wearing bikinis and revealing clothing goes against the teachings of her religion.

Miss USA controversy debunked

I have been shocked extensively since Lebanese-American beauty, Rima Fakih, won the Miss USA 2010 pageant last week. However, the only thing that wasn’t shocking about the whole thing was that Fakih actually was the winner, not just because I personally see her as an absolute stunner, but because I believe in the openness, meritocracy and true democratic system which exists in the United States of America. (more…)

Hariri to address U.N. and meet Miss USA

Prime Minister Saad Hariri will travel to New York on Wednesday to deliver Lebanon’s speech before the U.N. Security Council and hold talks with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon concerning the overall issues related to Lebanon.

Lebanon currently heads the rotating chair of the U.N. Security Council. (more…)

Miss USA at Center of Controversy

US conservative writer, broadcaster and columnist Debbie Schlussel says Rima Fakih should not be Miss USA because of alleged family ties to Hezbollah

Miss USA Rima Fakih put controversy behind her

The newly crowned Miss USA, Rima Fakih put controversy behind her as she appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” to present the show’s iconic Top 10 List on Tuesday night.

Fakih was the focus of a media frenzy just 24 hours after winning the national title in Las Vegas on Sunday, when photos blanketed the Internet of her dressed in a T-shirt and short red shorts from a women-only 2007 stripper class and radio station contest. (more…)

Miss USA Hailed by Lebanese Hometown, but not by Hezbollah

Newly-crowned Miss USA Rima Fakih may be the pride and joy of her native Lebanese village, but the 24-year-old beauty contestant is far less popular among Hezbollah leaders

Miss USA ’scandal’ is just a lot of smoke and noise

On Sunday night, Rima Fakih was crowned Miss USA, but by yesterday morning she was outed as the past winner of another kind of … pageant.

Miss USA comes from south Lebanon, celebrates both Muslim and Christian faiths

By BASSEM MROUE
The Lebanese immigrant who won the Miss USA 2010 pageant comes from a family that stood out for its tolerance in a religiously divided country, relatives said Monday.

Rima Fakih, 24, was born into a powerful Shiite family in a village in southern Lebanon that was heavily bombed during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. But she and her sister said the family celebrates both Muslim and Christian faiths and prefer to be referred to as Lebanese, Arabs or Arab-Americans. (more…)

Dearborn’s Miss Michigan wins Miss USA title

Arab Americans across metro Detroit cheered as Rima Fakih of Dearborn was crowned Miss USA tonight in Las Vegas.

“This is unbelievable,” said Rami Haddad, 26 of Livonia, one of Fakih’s biggest supporters. “It’s a dream come true. I can’t express my feelings.” (more…)