Rima Fakih has attracted much attention since she won the Miss USA competition. Firstly conservative bloggers are having a field day because she is the first-ever Muslim to win the beauty pageant, and secondly photographic evidence has emerged that in 2007 she won a pole-dancing competition. See the TMZ website.According to the Salon website “Arab-Americans rejoiced Monday over the crowning of raven-haired beauty Rima Fakih, a 24-year-old Lebanese immigrant from Michigan, calling it a victory for diversity in the United States, especially at a time when Arabs suffer from negative stereotypes in this country — and anti-immigrant sentiment is in the news.”
But conservative commentators are saying that it was a political correct move. And, some like blogger, Debbie Schlussel who called her “Miss Hezbollah” are stereotyping dangerously.
A spokeswoman for the Miss USA competition, Lark-Marie Anton, told The Daily Beast that Fakih’s critics were way off base and the contest was conducted fairly.
“I don’t believe this has anything to do with affirmative action and I am saddened by the ignorance surrounding her multicultural heritage.” (http://blogs.timeslive.co.za)
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