She was hailed as the poster girl of new America, a Lebanese immigrant who won the Miss USA crown.
But just a day after, Rima Fakih’s victory has been tarnished with pictures of her pole dancing at a strip club emerging on the Internet.
The 24-year-old from Michigan who is thought to be the first Muslim woman ever to win the competition, features in a video sliding up and down a stripper’s pole in a blue tank top, hot pants and high heels.
Fakih won the Stripper 101 contest at the Coliseum Gentleman’s Club in 2007 and other photographs showed her wearing a bra stuffed with dollar bills, reported Daily Mail online.
The photos were posted on the website of a Detroit-based radio show following her triumph at the Miss USA contest on Sunday night.
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Racist slur by Bend It... actor?
Los Angeles: Bend It Like Beckham star Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been accused of making a racial slur after he was banned from boarding a plane.
The Irish actor, who has checked into rehab for alcoholism on several occasions, reportedly used the derogatory term when officials intervened and stopped him from boarding a United Airlines flight at John F. Kennedy airport in New York because he was drunk, Radar Online reported. An airline employee has confirmed to the website that the 32-year-old star used the slur when he was told he couldn’t board the morning flight to Los Angeles. It is not yet known whether he was aiming the racial abuse at a specific individual or if it was towards a number of members of staff. —PTI