Dreams do come true! Meet the new Miss USA, Rema Fakih. She represented Michigan, however, . Rema is of Lebanese descent and is said to be one of few Arabs to be crowned in this age-old competition. The beauty says she sold her car to earn money to enter the contest. Obviously, that was a good move for her. A lesson about taking risks in order to move ahead, people. LOL @ her saying Trump gave her the "you're hired" look when she glanced at him just before the results were read. Speaking of Trump, he's getting kudos in the news for sparking discussions about dual-religion (Rema's Lebanese family celebrate both Islam and Christianity) and throughout the show, soundbites were captured with opinions on challenging topics such as war.
*Update: Rema won a pole dancing contest prior to Miss USA and the pics were leaked the day after her win. The blogs are eating it up. Trump is not trippin'. We're over it... though the pics are posted after the jump-- teeheehee*
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Via Google News:
Lebanese immigrant Rima Fakih says it was a certain look from Donald Trump that tipped her off that she had won the 2010 Miss USA title.
The 24-year-old Miss Michigan beat out 50 other women to take the title Sunday night, despite nearly stumbling in her evening gown.
She told reporters later that she believed she had won after glancing at pageant owner Trump as she awaited the results with the first runner-up, Miss Oklahoma USA Morgan Elizabeth Woolard.
“That’s the same look that he gives them when he says, ‘You’re hired,’” on Trump’s reality show “The Apprentice,” she said.
“She’s a great girl,” said Trump, who owns the pageant with NBC in a joint venture.
Fakih took top honors at the pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip after strutting confidently in an orange and gold bikini, wearing a strapless white gown that resembled a wedding dress and saying health insurance should cover birth control pills.
Fakih, an Arab-American from Dearborn, Mich., told pageant organizers her family celebrates both Muslim and Christian faiths. She moved to the United States as a baby and was raised in New York, where she attended a Catholic school. Her family moved to Michigan in 2003.
Pageant officials said historical pageant records were not detailed enough to show whether Fakih was the first Arab American, Muslim or immigrant to win the Miss USA title.
Fakih told reporters she sold her car after graduating college in Michigan to help pay for her run in the Miss Michigan USA pageant.
In a moment that was replayed during the broadcast, Fakih nearly fell while finishing her walk in her gown because of the length of its train. But she made it without a spill and went on to win.
Fakih replaces Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton and won a spot representing the United States this summer in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant. She also gets a one-year lease in a New York apartment with living expenses, an undisclosed salary, and various health, professional and beauty services.
During the interview portion, Fakih was asked whether she thought birth control should be paid for by health insurance, and she said she believed it should because it’s costly.
“I believe that birth control is just like every other medication even though it’s a controlled substance,” Fakih said.
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