mj.scuba Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 So what do you have to accomplish to be crowned Miss USA? You have to look pretty but this one was never going to win it on brains: and . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiphany Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 You have to look pretty but this one was never going to win it on brains: Bwahahahaaa. Thanks for that. So what did she win it on then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 She's also a Christian. on that wiki it states "Fakih and her family are Muslim, but they also celebrate elements of Christianity, such as Christmas." and she also attended catholic school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 She is a beauty and a well deserved winner. I don't think the USA should be congratulated, since when do we congratulate on the basis of not being racist? I think it illustrates that her religion and ethnic origin was never an issue for the people of the USA, indeed it is only an issue to those that choose to highlight it, as demonstrated by the OP. No, just congratulate them on being sexist instead! There is a history of ethnic women winning Miss USA, as far as I'm aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 on that wiki it states "Fakih and her family are Muslim, but they also celebrate elements of Christianity, such as Christmas." and she also attended catholic school Yeah, Lebanon is very mixed and quite complex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 No, just congratulate them on being sexist instead! There is a history of ethnic women winning Miss USA, as far as I'm aware. From the wiki link "Fakih is widely believed to be the first Lebanese American, the first Arab American and the first Muslim to win the Miss USA title; however, pageant officials stated their records are not detailed enough to confirm these claims The first Michigan delegate to win the Miss USA title, Carole Gist, became the first African-American Miss USA in 1990.[5]" so only since 1990? which is still a major thing seen as they were still hanging black people from trees in certain places in america after that time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Well, the country has a black President after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 Well, the country has a black President after all! yup, wonders never cease how many muslim or black people do we have as politicians let alone that are ever likely to get the top job and people still rant about theyre taking over the country lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 yup, wonders never cease how many muslim or black people do we have as politicians let alone that are ever likely to get the top job and people still rant about theyre taking over the country lol She's clearly not a devout Muslim otherwise she'd have no business parading around in a swimsuit. Baroness Warsi is a Muslim. She's the only one I can name off the top of my head, there are a few others whose names escape me at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 She's clearly not a devout Muslim otherwise she'd have no business parading around in a swimsuit. Baroness Warsi is a Muslim. She's the only one I can name off the top of my head, there are a few others whose names escape me at the moment. ashok kumar was the most prominent one around here but sadly he died a couple of months ago, did a lot for the local area too. and yeah on the wiki link i gave about Rima it states "Many Arab Americans celebrated Fakih's victory,[7] but some Muslims felt she did not properly represent their religion. Muslim scholar Ghazal Omid wrote "To say that she is a Muslim is inaccurate. No Muslim woman can call herself a ... Muslim and be on stage with her bikini".[20] Responding to the issue in interviews, Fakih said she and her family are Muslims and respect the religion, but they may not be as strict as many people and do not define themselves by their religion; they view themselves as more "spiritual" than "religious" and appreciate all religions" in other words shes just like the rest of us really, say wer're christian or whatever but only in a spiritual / name type thing rather than practice it to the letter. again it just goes to show despite what certain people on here would have you believe they are not ALL bomb toting extremist nutjobs out to kill us all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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