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Monday, May 17, 2010
12:02 a.m.
It Stays In Vegas:
History was made the Miss USA Pageant Sunday night.
For the first time ever, an Arab American has been named Miss USA, and tonight America is buzzin' about this Dearborn, Michigan beauty.
Rima Fakih, 24, Miss Michigan beat out 50 other women to take the 2010 Miss USA title Sunday night, despite nearly falling on her face in the evening gown competition. I love this annual event, and tonight NBC is celebrating a ratings blockbuster!
Fakih won the pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
I knew that all of the "pre-buzz" over Fakih was worth it. She took the stage with a smile that was just as bright as any hotel marquee on the Vegas strip.
Eyebrow rose when she appeared in her orange and gold bikini, and wore a strapless white gown that resembled a wedding dress. She got into the political fray when she said in the Interview competition that health insurance should cover birth control pills. Yikes. This is not your typical Miss USA.
When asked how she felt about winning the crown, she said, "Ask me after I've had a pizza." WTF? Pizza? Pizza? With that figure?
Fakih, is a Lebanese immigrant. She celebrates both Muslim and Christian faiths and moved to the United States as a baby and was raised in New York. She attended a Catholic school (yet she appears to support a woman's right to choose), and her family moved to Michigan in 2003.
Fakih sold her car after graduating college in Michigan to help pay for her run in the Miss Michigan USA pageant.
She said she believed she had the title on Sunday after glancing at pageant owner Donald Trump as she awaited the results with the first runner-up, Miss Oklahoma USA Morgan Elizabeth Woolard. "That's the same look that he gives them when he says, 'You're hired,'" on Trump's reality show "The Apprentice," she said.
Fakih replaces Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton and won a spot representing the United States this summer in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant. She also gets a one-year lease in a New York apartment with living expenses, an undisclosed salary (some say it is around $500,000) and various health, professional and beauty services.
Miss Virginia USA Samantha Evelyn Casey was the second runner-up, Miss Colorado USA Jessica Hartman was third runner-up, and Miss Maine USA Katherine Ashley Whittier was the fourth runner-up. Miss California Nicole Johnson from nearby Westlake Villiage made the Top 10.
During the interview portion, Fakih was asked whether she thought birth control should be paid for by health insurance, and she said she believed it should because it's costly. "I believe that birth control is just like every other medication even though it's a controlled substance," Fakih said.
My top moment: Joan and Melissa Rivers backstage. OMG. What a riot! Joan, you will always be my "Miss USA!"
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