Rima Fakih Latest Photos Crowned Miss USA 2010

Rima Fakih born October 2, 1986 is a Lebanese American beauty pageant titleholder and winner of Miss USA 2010. She won the Miss Michigan USA pageant on September 19, 2009, and the Miss USA pageant on May 16, 2010. She is the first Miss Michigan to win the Miss USA title since Kenya Moore in 1993.

Although Fakih has been reported to be the first Arab American, the first woman of the Muslim faith and the first immigrant to win the Miss USA title, pageant officials stated their records are not detailed enough to confirm these claims, and some consider the 1983 winner, Julie Hayek, to hold the “first Arab American” distinction, based on her Lebanese descent.

Fakih currently resides in Dearborn, Michigan.She is a graduate of the University of Michigan–Dearborn, with degrees in economics and business management.She plans to attend law school after her year-long reign.Following the pageant, internet entertainment media directed attention a website featuring a 2007 “Stripper 101? pole dancing contest sponsored by Detroit radio station WKQI and won by Fakih.

WKQI said they had been contacted by representatives of the Miss Universe Organization, requesting additional photographs and information about the contest. The station expressed their support for Fakih, adding “the photos taken from our website are no more provocative than those on the Miss USA website.