Rana Raslan Explained
Rana Raslan |
Birth Date: | 1977 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Wadi Nisnas, Haifa, Israel |
Occupation: | Model (formerly) |
Spouse: | [1] |
Competitions: | Miss Israel 1999 (Winner) Miss Universe 1999 (Unplaced) |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Haircolour: | Black |
Eyecolour: | Brown |
Rana Raslan (Arabic: رنا رسلان; Hebrew: רנא רסלאן; born 17 March 1977) is an Israeli former model who won Miss Israel in 1999.[2] With the cancellation of the pageant in 2022, she remains the only Arab and Muslim to have won the title.[3] [4] Following her crowning as national beauty queen, Raslan represented Israel at Miss Universe that same year.[5]
Concurrent Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Raslan's first-place nomination as a "clear manifestation of equality and cooperation between Jews and Arabs in Israel" and criticized the assertion that Arabs are treated as second-class citizens under Israeli law.[6] [7] [8]
Early and personal life
Raslan was born on 17 March 1977 in Wadi Nisnas, a neighbourhood in the city of Haifa; her father is an Arab Muslim and her mother is an Arab Christian who converted to Islam.
She has described herself as a "secular Muslim" in response to accusations of immorality by Muslim fundamentalists—specifically in reference to the beauty pageants' usage of swimsuits.[9]
In 2003, Raslan relocated to Dubai after her marriage to an Emirati businessman.[10] [11]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Rana: No chance for Arab in Israeli world of modeling. 2021-02-23. Bladi.info. fr-FR.
- Web site: Staff . FOR FIRST TIME, ARAB REIGNS AS MISS ISRAEL . 2022-12-14 . Buffalo News . 10 March 1999 . en.
- http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/421/re2.htm "In the eye of the beholder"
- Web site: BBC News Middle East Arab crowned Miss Israel . 2022-12-14 . news.bbc.co.uk.
- Web site: Rana Raslan - Miss Universe competition. Flickr. 3 May 2006.
- Web site: In a first, Arab wins Miss Israel pageant . https://web.archive.org/web/20221214013922/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/03/11/in-a-first-arab-wins-miss-israel-pageant/ . dead . 14 December 2022 . 2022-12-14 . Tampa Bay Times . en.
- Web site: 1999-03-11 . Back-slapping all round as Arab is crowned Miss Israel . 2022-12-14 . the Guardian . en.
- Web site: Israel's beauty queen is Arab; Contest: The Jewish state's first Muslim Miss Israel carries a lot more than a crown on her head. . 2022-12-14 . Baltimore Sun. 11 March 1999 .
- http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/12410/edition_id/239/format/html/displaystory.html "Arab beauty rides Miss Israel title through thorny issues", Jewish Telegraphic Agency, November 5, 1999
- Web site: חיים אתגר על המפגש עם השייח' אליו נישאה רנא רסלאן | חשיפה. 5 August 2021.
- Web site: Rana: No chance for Arab in Israeli world of modeling. 2021-02-23. Bladi.info. fr-FR.