Rana Raslan

Rana Raslan
Raslan after being crowned national beauty queen in Tel Aviv, 9 March 1999
Born (1977-03-17) 17 March 1977 (age 47)
Wadi Nisnas, Haifa, Israel
OccupationModel (formerly)
Spouse
Unknown
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(m. 2003)​
[1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colourBlack
Eye colourBrown
Major
competition(s)		Miss Israel 1999 (Winner)
Miss Universe 1999 (Unplaced)

Rana Raslan (Arabic: رنا رسلان; Hebrew: רנא רסלאן; born (1977-03-17)17 March 1977) is an Israeli former model who won Miss Israel in 1999.[2] With the cancellation of the pageant in 2022, she remains the only Arab and Muslim to have won the title.[3][4] Following her crowning as national beauty queen, Raslan represented Israel at Miss Universe that same year.[5]

Concurrent Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Raslan's first-place nomination as a "clear manifestation of equality and cooperation between Jews and Arabs in Israel" and criticized the assertion that Arabs are treated as second-class citizens under Israeli law.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "Rana: No chance for Arab in Israeli world of modeling". Bladi.info (in French). Retrieved 23 February 2021.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "FOR FIRST TIME, ARAB REIGNS AS MISS ISRAEL". Buffalo News. 10 March 1999. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ^ Al-Masry, Mohamed (March 1999). "In the eye of the beholder". Al-Ahram. No. 421. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007.
  4. ^ "Arab crowned Miss Israel". BBC News. 10 March 1999. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Rana Raslan - Miss Universe competition". Flickr. 3 May 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  6. ^ "In a first, Arab wins Miss Israel pageant". Tampa Bay Times. 11 March 1999. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ^ Sharrock, David (11 March 1999). "Back-slapping all round as Arab is crowned Miss Israel". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Israel's beauty queen is Arab; Contest: The Jewish state's first Muslim Miss Israel carries a lot more than a crown on her head". Baltimore Sun. 11 March 1999. Retrieved 14 December 2022.