Together at the heats for Miss Universe 2017, Miss Israel and Miss Iraq share photos of each other together on their respective Instagram accounts.
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Posted by Miss Universe Predictions on Monday, November 13, 2017
“Get to know, this is Miss Iraq and she’s amazing,” writes Adar Gandelsman, who is representing Israel in the international beauty pageant.
The Iraqi constant, Sarah Idan, wrote on her account, “Peace and Love from Miss Iraq and Miss Israel.”
In 2015, a seemingly innocuous selfie at the Miss Universe pageant in Miami sparked criticism in Lebanon because it featured a smiling Miss Lebanon, Saly Greige, alongside Miss Israel, Doron Matalon. Matalon had posted a picture of herself with colleagues from Japan, Slovenia and Lebanon on her Instagram account.
Earlier this year a Swedish-Lebanese beauty queen, Amanda Hanna, was stripped of her crown in the Miss Lebanon Emigrant 2017 competition after pageant organizers discovered she visited Israel in 2016.
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