Religion has no role in the beauty stakes

THE Irish media recently devoted a lot of time and space to Rima Fakih who was featured as the first Muslim woman to win a beauty contest.

Wed, 26 May, 2010 - 01:00

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I find this very amusing because the first Muslim woman to win a beauty contest was Zeenat Aman of India who won the Miss Asia Pacific title way back in 1970.

In this respect, the USA is 40 years behind India.

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