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In the News (Sat 22 Nov 08)

  
  Arasale.com Miss Lebanon 2005
Miss Lebanon is coming back, with new idea and new concept.
Although the concept of the show is different from Reality TV, the candidates will be preparing and training daily but will continue their normal family lifestyle.
She defeated 30 other contestants over five rounds to win the title of Miss Lebanon 2005.
www.arasale.com /secure/miss2005/misslebanon2005.html   (316 words)

  
  Lebanon
The Lebanese Republic or Lebanon is a country in the Middle East, along the Mediterranean Sea (on the west), bordered by Syria on the east and north, and Israel on the south.
Lebanon borders Syria for 375 kilometres to the north and to the east and Israel for 79 kilometres to the south.
Lebanon claims that the Shebaa farms are occupied Lebanese territory, Israel claims that the Shebaa farms are occupied Syrian territory (and thus would be dealt with in an Israel-Syrian treaty).
creekin.net /n103-lebanon.html   (3649 words)

  
 Salon People | Miss Militant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Miss Israel later indicated that the proposal was not her final offer, and called Miss Palestine "a drama queen." Miss Palestine said Miss Israel had tried to annex her appetizer while she was in the bathroom.
Miss Philippines and Miss Libya are now said to be preparing to discuss the release of the contestants with Miss MILF as soon as their toenail polish is dry.
Miss Norwegian Envoy, hoping to help broker a peace deal between battered Miss Sri Lanka and a much larger Miss India, traveled to Miss India's room on Thursday to relay the message that Miss Norway would assist in finding a solution to the conflict as soon as her teeth were Vaselined.
archive.salon.com /people/log/2000/05/12/miss_militant   (539 words)

  
 Miss Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miss Lebanon - Lebanon's Official National Beauty Pageant (Arabic: انتخابات ملكة جمال لبنان) is a beauty contest in Lebanon.
Miss Lebanon is the only national beauty contest that awards prizes worth more than half a million US dollars to its winners.
The Misses Lebanon that won an international title are Georgina Rizk (Miss Universe 1971, Christina Sawaya (Miss International 2001) and Dominique Hourani (Miss Intercontinental 2003).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miss_Lebanon   (156 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: Pageant Contends With World's Political, Safety Woes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Miss Turkey and Miss Greece are also never paired together because of territorial disputes over the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
When Miss Universe Denise Quinones visited Venezuela last year, the South American country's media pounced on the Puerto Rican beauty queen, saying she had gained a few pounds.
Miss Egypt, Sally Shaheen, says her desire to be a reigning beauty queen is also within the parameters of her faith.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2002/vol6n21/Pageant-en.shtml   (1113 words)

  
 All Headline News - Miss Lebanon, Miss Israel are "Best Of Friends" - November 11, 2006
While Israel continues to bombard Lebanon with intense ferocity for 11 days straight and Hezbollah rockets sow destruction in the coastal town of Haifa, Gabrielle Bou Rached of Lebanon and Anastacia Entin of Israel have struck an unusual friendship ahead of the competition for the world's most beautiful woman.
Although contest organizers said the format of the competition does not give much room for infighting as the 86 contestants from around the globe are crammed in one Los Angeles hotel for a month with intense schedule or rehearsals for the show.
Miss Canada's Alice Pankian told reporter, "The fact that Miss Lebanon and Miss Israel can be friends...people can see that it sets a wonderful example."
www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/7004297819   (312 words)

  
 Extratv.com : Miss Universe 2002
Miss USA may be all smiles, this year she'll be taking a patriotic pose wearing the uniform of New York's bravest.
But Miss Lebanon made her political statement by bowing out instead of standing on stage next to Miss Israel.
Miss Trinidad and Tobago, a Muslim, is being criticized by the Islamic world for taking part in the skimpy bathing-suit competition.
extratv.warnerbros.com /dailynews/extra/05_02/05_29a.html   (231 words)

  
 Access Hollywood
Security is on high alert at the Miss Universe pageant as death threats are received after Miss Lebanon and Miss Israel-- who are friends-- posed together for a photograph.
Miss Israel and Miss Lebanon are not talking about the threat, but it was still a hot topic for the other contestants.
In 2002, Miss Lebanon refused to compete alongside Miss Israel.
www.accesshollywood.com /news/ah985.shtml   (392 words)

  
 miss lebanon
I really like miss lebanon she is the most beautifull women in the world plz vote 4 her
You see Lebanon used to be called Phonecia, and any one who knows anything about history will tell you they were the first people recorded in History, so really we are all decendants of the Lebanese wether you like it or Not.
Lebanon is one of the most beautiful people i have ever seen.
cracker.com.au /viewthread.aspx?threadid=9930&categoryid=11131   (1304 words)

  
 Lebanese South Africa
Greek was widely spoken in the cities of Phoenicia, "it is still presently used in the liturgies of the Melkite Orthodox, and Melkite Catholic churches in Lebanon, and the rest of the Arab world".
The Mardaites succeeded, until Justinian II betrayed them, 12000 of their fighters, and their families were removed from Lebanon, and dispersed in Anatolia, What remained of them merged with the rest of the inhabitants of the Lebanese mountain, who were followers of a Syrian hermit, Saint Maron.
Members of religious sects in Lebanon married partners from their own sects, and very seldom intermarried with the other sects, even at present.
www.lebanese.co.za   (838 words)

  
 Arasale.com Miss Lebanon 2004
She is a professional dancer, and participated in many musical comedies in Lebanon and abroad.
She's majoring in Interior Design and affirms that Miss Lebanon participation, for her, is now or never.
Ambitious, go-ahead type, she participated in numerous international competitions, such as Miss Resorts when she was 10, and Miss Amber, and Miss Lebanon of the World 2003.
www.arasale.com /secure/misslebanon2004.html   (724 words)

  
 Gabrielle Bou Rached: Missosology's Beauty Talks
Whenever I'm in a restaurant with my friends, I'm used to shouting and yelling and I often forget that I'm Miss Lebanon and that I should be more quiet and more mature.
She made Lebanon so proud of her and I'll really do my best to be like her and make my country proud of me. She had the poise and elegance of great women like Grace Kelly, Lady D. or Jacqueline Kennedy.
Miss Universe could be the ultimate dream of any girl on earth.
www.missosology.org /missuniverse06/gabriellerached.html   (1391 words)

  
 Miss Lebanon Contest miss lebanon lbc, lbc miss liban, misslebanon reality show, miss lebanon history, lebanon beauty ...
Miss Lebanon is the most important and the official beauty contest in Lebanon.
Miss Lebanon is the only national beauty contest that awards big prizes worth over half a million US dollars to its winners.
However the only Miss Lebanon to have won a title were Georgina Rizk (Miss Universe 1971) and Christina Sawaya (Miss International 2001).
www.lebanonlinks.com /entertainment/miss_lebanon.html   (198 words)

  
 Cattlemen In Lebanon Miss Lucre of Hashish
Hezbollah's television station, Al Manar, recently ran a segment suggesting that the United States was dumping inferior cows, and pictures of sick American cows are a staple of local press coverage.
Before Lebanon's civil war erupted in 1975, an effort was made to supplant the cannabis with sunflowers.
Starting in 1997, Lebanon paid $6 million for 3,000 American dairy cows delivered over four years to 1,000 farmers, a third of them in the Bekaa.
www.mapinc.org /drugnews/v01.n601.a03.html   (1539 words)

  
 Lebanon Criterion, April-May 1918
Edward A. O'Neil to Miss Katherine Schnabel of Portland, April 18, 1918.
Allen Vogel of Sumner, WA; Miss Emma of Aberdeen, WA; Miss Anna of Seattle, WA; Mrs.
Henry Glasser, Miss Amelia, and Edward of Lebanon.
www.usgennet.org /usa/or/town/lebanon/news/aprilmay1918.html   (740 words)

  
 Israeli ministers call for reprisals against Lebanon Miss World says she was raped in Italy last month German aide ...
He has called for a staged withdrawal from Lebanon but added that the Lebanese government would be held responsible for preventing Hizbollah attacks from the areas which Israel has evacuated.
Italian police confirmed that the new Miss World, Israel's Linor Abargil, reported that she was attacked last month while in Italy for a fashion show, British newspapers reported in Sunday's editions.
Abargil, the reigning Israel who was crowned Miss World Saturday night, told police she was attacked Oct. 6 after going to a travel agency to buy a plane ticket to Rome, where she planned to meet her mother before flying home, The Times of London and several other newspapers reported.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=9937   (2266 words)

  
 Al Mashriq - the Levant - Lebanon and the Middle East
Lebanon - with facts and general information, army, articles, constitution and law, ethnology, environment, history, maps, news, places,pictures, politics, postcards, research, travel, tourism, cyberleb, currency, weather.
Um Kalthoum was born in 1904 and died in1975.
The Fafo-reports - These reports on the living conditions of Palestinian refugees in the Occupied Territories and Lebanon, are examples of Fafo's strategic research which has contributed to the peace process in the Middle East.
almashriq.hiof.no   (326 words)

  
 Extratv.com : Miss Universe
Miss Lebanon, Christina Sawaya has dropped out because she won't compete in a pageant alongside Miss Israel.
In Puerto Rico, where the pageant is being held, the rumors were that Miss Israel couldn't even wear her sash for security reasons.
Last year, miss Israel wore a bulletproof vest and Miss France was rumored to really be a man. Well, she wasn't.
extratv.warnerbros.com /dailynews/extra/05_02/05_16a.html   (234 words)

  
 Pageant News Bureau - Miss Universe 2000 - Page 2
For Miss Lebanon, Norma Naoum, the message she wishes to spread is one of peace.
Lebanon for years was part one of the Arab nations that refused to countenance any reconciliation with the Jewish state.
Before the civil war, Lebanon was the most prosperous and cosmopolitan of the Arab states, referred to as the "Paris of the Middle East." Along with Israel and Egypt, it is one of the few Middle East countries that have traditionally sent representatives to Miss Universe.
www.pageant.com /universe00/page2.htm   (1578 words)

  
 ELECTED ‘MISS INTERNATIONAL’ IN TOKYO CHRISTINA SAWAYA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I couldn’t take part in the Miss Universe competition, which was held in May. My inability to do so was because of the renewal of conflict in the Middle East and because of our show of solidarity with the Palestinians.
Miss World is awarded by a British association while Miss Universe is an American enterprise and Miss International is Japanese.
My first initial mission when I was elected Miss Lebanon was to the elderly, and this will also be one of my sectors of interest as Miss International.
www.mmorning.com /article.asp?Article=4580&CategoryID=6   (1396 words)

  
 Report: ETA to give up arms US says Mideast deal must be implemented on time Dethroned Miss Croatia might go to world ...
Citing a state of war with Israel, Lebanon's new beauty queen declared that she would not shake hands with her Israeli counterpart at the Miss World and Miss Universe contests.
Ashkar, an 18-year-old sociology student, was chosen as Miss Lebanon from 23 contestants during a four-hour ceremony.
Lebanon, which is technically at war with Israel, forbids any dealing or contacts with the Jewish state.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=9508   (3217 words)

  
 Miss Lebanon 2001-2002
I was the winner of "Miss Universities" 98 and I won "Model of the year" 99.
Christina Sawaya represented Lebanon in Miss World 2001 in November 2001.
Lebanon did her best at this competition, but she couldn't make the cut to the top 10.
www.geocities.com /miss_egypt_club_6/Miss_Lebanon_2001.html   (138 words)

  
 iafrica.com | news | world news Miss Lebanon, Israel 'best of friends'
Peace reigns at least at the Miss Universe 2006 contest, where beauties Miss Lebanon and Miss Israel are the "best of friends" despite the bloody fighting between the two countries back home, their companions said.
Even as Israel has bombarded Lebanon in the wake of a missile barrage by the Hezbollah militia in the country's south, the two women — Gabrielle Bou Rached of Lebanon and Israel's Anastacia Entin — have struck up a friendship ahead of Sunday's tough competition to see who is named the world's most beautiful woman.
Every year, they noted, there are more competitors from Muslim and Buddhist cultures — India, Nigeria, Indonesia and Lebanon, for instance — and their posing in swimsuits and bikinis raises the ire of some of their more conservative compatriots back home.
iafrica.com /news/worldnews/739110.htm   (521 words)

  
 Miss Lebanon 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Congratulations to Gabrielle Bou Rashed, the new Miss Lebanon for the year 2005.
The new Miss Lebanon was crowned on Friday 9th of December at Casino du Liban, Maameltien, Jounieh.
Gabrielle Bou Rashed 19 years was elected Miss Lebanon, the first runner up was Anabella Hilal, and the second runner up was Nadine Yazbeck.
www.daleelaustralia.com /media/Miss_Lebanon_2005.php   (153 words)

  
 Miss Emigrants 2004
The party of Miss Emigrants 2004 elections was held on Saturday 7/8/2004 at the New Central Hotel, Dhour el Shweir.
The critical and crucial moments for the emergence of the solemn results were due and each one returned to his assigned place, the girls standing on the stage for the last time to hear the results announced.
Miss Lebanon, Christina Sawaya, Crowned "Miss International" in Tokyo...
www.shweir.com /miss_emigrants_2004.htm   (948 words)

  
 MISS WORLD PAGEANT - Miss World 1999 Yukta Mookhey, India - Entertainment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
SNOOPYY3K: The Miss World competion this year was a surprise for me. Even though I did not see the competion the top ten list was to see very interesting for lack of a better word ala Miss Universe 1998, and 1999.
Celon: Misses India and Venezuela are gorgeous and perfect, no question about it, but its very depressing that Miss Philippines didnt make to the semi-finals, she has the confidence, best personality and poise.
I think that the Miss Venezuela Organization decided to send her to Miss World because they were confident that she was going to get another Miss World Title for Venezuela (5 times Miss World so far).
maxpages.com /beautypageants/Miss_World_Pageant - !http://maxpages.com/beautypageants/Miss_World_Pageant   (1788 words)

  
 Miss World 2006
Miss World 2005 was warmly welcomed on stage to assist in the announcement of the grand total, which was in excess of 63,000 zloty.
Miss Curacao and St. Lucia are the longshots in this group due to their hair, smile, and figure.
Miss Estonia, Iceland, and Latvia are beautiful in their own ways, which are also strong alternates to place.
pageant-beauties.tripod.com /id30.html   (2898 words)

  
 Miss Lebanon | Gabrielle Bou Rached | Miss Liban 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the year 2001 Gabrielle was crowned as the 1st runner up to Lebanon's Model of the year.
In Februay 2004, Gabrielle was crowned as Miss ETIB at the School of translation and interpretation Beirut..
Miss Lebanon participated in a movie called Falafel.The movie "Falafel" was filmed 2 years before Gabrielle became Miss Lebanon.
www.gabriellebourached.com   (186 words)

  
 Miss Lebanon, Miss Israel 'best of friends' at Miss Universe contest - Women - Middle East Times
MISS LEBANON: Gabrielle Bou Rached, Miss Lebanon 2006, shows off the gift that she brought from her country for the 2006 Miss Universe National Gift Auction, on July 14.
LOS ANGELES, CA, USA -- Peace reigns at least at the Miss Universe 2006 contest, where beauties Miss Lebanon and Miss Israel are the "best of friends" despite the bloody fighting between the two countries back home, their companions said.
Even as Israel has bombarded Lebanon in the wake of a missile barrage by the Hizbullah militia in the country's south, the two women - Gabrielle Bou Rached of Lebanon and Israel's Anastacia Entin - have struck up a friendship ahead of Sunday's tough competition to see who is named the world's most beautiful woman.
www.metimes.com /articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060724-043116-2215r   (601 words)

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