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Tamar Morali at the Miss Germany competition in Rust, Germany. February 24, 2018. (Jeremy Moller)
April 2, 2018, 5:09 am
Germany’s Jewish Miss Internet wears her Zionism on her sleeve
Following in the footsteps of Israeli megastar Gal Gadot, headline-making beauty queen Tamar Morali touts her heritage during her rise to the fore of the glamour industry
By Yaakov Schwartz
Tamar Morali hopes to represent Germany in the Miss Universe competition. (Tamar Morali via Instagram/JTA)
January 16, 2018, 7:02 pm
Jewish woman advances to finals of Miss Germany contest
Tamar Morali, 21, wins title of Miss Internet, qualifying her to compete against some 20 others for Berlin’s top pageant prize
By JTA
Miss Lebanon Emigrant Amanda Hanna (Facebook)
August 23, 2017, 7:32 pm
Lebanese beauty queen stripped of title over Israel visit
Strict anti-Israel laws lead to Beirut denying Amanda Hanna of her Miss Lebanon Emigrant 2017 crown
By TOI staff
Sara Netanyahu (center) with the winner of a beauty pageant for Holocaust survivors, Anna Grinis, in Haifa on October 30, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 31, 2016, 3:44 pm
Israel’s fifth ‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’ crowned
75-year-old Russian-born Anna Grinis wins charity beauty pageant; ‘world’s oldest choir’ makes its debut
By TOI staff
Ta’alin Abu Hanna, shortly after winning the Miss Trans Israel pageant on May 27, 2016. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 19, 2016, 11:39 pm
Israeli comes second in Miss Transsexual final
All the contestants are ‘winners,’ says Ta’alin Abu Hanna from Nazareth, who was beaten to the title by Brazilian rival
By Daniel BOSQUE
Two photos of the winner of the Miss Hitler 2016 contest run by the British white supremacist group National Action. (National Action)
June 30, 2016, 2:19 am
Neo-Nazi group names Miss Hitler 2016
British white supremacist group says contest designed to ‘challenge preconceptions’ against it, empower female supporters
By JTA
Former Miss Turkey Merve Buyuksarac (YouTube screenshot)
May 31, 2016, 4:50 pm
Ex-Miss Turkey sentenced ‘for insulting Erdogan’
Former beauty queen receives suspended sentence, is one of over 2,000 prosecuted for criticizing president
By AFP
In this Sunday, May 22, 2016 photo, contestants in the first Miss Trans Israel beauty pageant, rest during rehearsal in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
May 26, 2016, 9:41 pm
Israeli transgender women ready for contest finals
Miss Trans Israel pageant, to be held at the national theater in Tel Aviv, brings together contestants of all religions
By Oded Balilty
Iraqi Shaymaa Qasim, from the multi ethnic city of Kirkuk, waves after winning the Miss Iraq beauty contest on December 19, 2015 in the capital Baghdad. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
December 22, 2015, 9:05 am
Iraq gets first beauty queen since 1972
Winner Shaymaa Abdelrahman, from the restive city of Kirkuk, says she’s ‘very happy to see Iraq going forward’
By AFP
Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez (L) is mistakenly crowned Miss Universe 2015 by Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega (R) during the 2015 MISS UNIVERSE show at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, California, on December 20, 2015. (Valerie Macon/AFP)
December 21, 2015, 3:02 pm
Wrong Miss Universe crowned in stellar live TV mix-up
Las Vegas-based pageant apologizes after Miss Colombia, instead of Miss Philippines, initially announced as the winner
By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015 file photo, Miss Lebanon, Saly Greige, poses for photos after she painted on a wall in Miami's Wynwood area. (photo credit: AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)
January 23, 2015, 11:13 pm
‘Miss Israel chased Greige for days’
Miss Lebanon says Doron Matalon attempted to ambush her numerous times to take joint photo
By TOI staff
Jon Stewart on The Daily Show (Photo credit: Youtube screen capture)
January 20, 2015, 9:50 pm
Jon Stewart pokes fun at selfie scandal
Jewish comedian weighs in on Miss Israel photobomb — ‘It’s a beauty pageant!’ Stewart says. ‘They’re all enemies!’
By TOI staff
Miss Israel, Doron Matalon, speaking in a January 2015 interview. (screen capture: YouTube/Miss Universe)
January 18, 2015, 5:13 pm
‘Photobomb’ pits Miss Lebanon vs Israel
Contestant Doron Matalon causes ruckus in Beirut after uploading picture with Lebanese beauty queen on Instagram account
By Justin Jalil
Tala Safadi, the Miss Earth Israel 2014 delegate who's heading to the Philippines this month for the contest (Courtesy Tala Safadi official Facebook page)
November 3, 2014, 8:45 pm
Miss Earth pulls for Palestine
The annual beauty contest plans on a Palestinian delegate in 2015
By Jessica Steinberg
Linor Shefer (photo credit: Youtube screenshot)
October 21, 2014, 5:35 pm
Israeli TV star snags Moscow beauty prize
Ukraine-born Linor Shefer of ‘Big Brother’ fame wins pageant open to young, unmarried Jewish women
By JTA
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