Rana Raslan
Raslan after being crowned national beauty queen in Tel Aviv, 9 March 1999
Born (1977-03-17) 17 March 1977
Wadi Nisnas, Haifa, Israel
OccupationModel (formerly)
Spouse
Unknown
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(m. 2003)​
[1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colourBlack
Eye colourBrown
Major
competition(s)		Miss Israel 1999 (Winner)
Miss Universe 1999 (Unplaced)

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rana: No chance for Arab in Israeli world of modeling". Bladi.info (in French). Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Staff (10 March 1999). "FOR FIRST TIME, ARAB REIGNS AS MISS ISRAEL". Buffalo News. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "In the eye of the beholder" Archived 2007-03-02 at the Wayback Machine Al-Ahram #421, March 1999
  4. ↑ "BBC News | Middle East | Arab crowned Miss Israel". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Rana Raslan - Miss Universe competition". Flickr. 3 May 2006.
  6. ↑ "In a first, Arab wins Miss Israel pageant". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Back-slapping all round as Arab is crowned Miss Israel". the Guardian. 11 March 1999. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "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". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Arab beauty rides Miss Israel title through thorny issues", Jewish Telegraphic Agency, November 5, 1999
  10. ↑ "חיים אתגר על המפגש עם השייח' אליו נישאה רנא רסלאן | חשיפה". 5 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Rana: No chance for Arab in Israeli world of modeling". Bladi.info (in French). Retrieved 23 February 2021.


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