Rima Fakih
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Rima Fakih at the WWE Tribute To The Troops (2010) show in Fort Hood, TX.
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| Born |
September 22, 1985 Srifa, South Governorate, Lebanon |
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| Alma mater | University of Michigan, Dearborn |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Title(s) |
Miss Michigan USA 2010 Miss USA 2010 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Lebanon Emigrant 2008 (2nd Runner-Up) Miss Michigan USA 2010 (Winner) Miss USA 2010 (Winner) Miss Universe 2010 (Unplaced) |
| [Official website Official website] | |
| Religion | Maronite Christianity |
Rima Fakih (Arabic: ريما فقيه) (born September 22, 1985) is a Lebanese-American actress, model, professional wrestler and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2010. She represented the state of Michigan in the national pageant, having previously won the 2010 Miss Michigan USA pageant. In 2016, Fakih converted to Christianity, and married Lebanese-Canadian music producer Wassim Slaiby known as Tony Sal.
Fakih was born in Srifa, a small city in the Jabal Amel region of Southern Lebanon, to a Shi'a Muslim family. She is the daughter of Hussein and Nadia Fakih, and has four siblings, brothers Rabih and Rami, and sisters Rana and Rouba. Rima and her three elder siblings were born in Lebanon, but the youngest, Rami was born in New York.
As a young child she lived in the village of Souk El Gharb in Mount Lebanon, and attended St. Rita's, a Catholic school near Beirut.
In 1993, her parents, Hussein and Nadia Fakih, moved their family to New York in order to escape effects of the Lebanese Civil War.
Fakih attended I.S. 145, Jackson Heights, Queens, New York and St. John's Preparatory School, Flushing, Queens. Her father ran a restaurant in Manhattan. In New York, Fakih's family felt they were subjected to threats and vandalism based on events in the Middle East. Business at her father's restaurant reportedly declined following the September 11, 2001, attacks.
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