Miss USA in Hot Water

Rima Fakih a 24yr old Lebanese immigrant wins the Miss USA competition. This is the first time a Muslim has won and at a time when Arabs are being stereotyped, this is a step up for them. Unfortunately theres already scandal brewing up for the young women, pictures of her pole dancing wearing shorts and a tank top in a night club for a radiow show in 2007 have just been brought up to the media. I've seen the pictures and to be honest they are not as bad as the news is making them sound, its not as if shes naked and worst pictures have been seen of past winners. Fakih was born in Srifa, a village in southern Lebanon that was heavily bombed during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. She moved to the United States with her family in 1993 and attended a Catholic school in New York. Her family moved to Michigan in 2003. The family knew that being of muslim descent would play a role in the competition but the host of the show claims that her race and religion were not issues and that hopefully she was only judged on her beauty and elegance. In my opinion her race should not even be an issue but I would see why people might have a problem with it followin september 11, but shes only one person and her chances of winning shoulkd not be lessened due to the actions taken on by others.