1. Rima Fakih Slaiby is an American former professional wrestler and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2010.
25 Facts About Rima Fakih
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Rima Fakih was a contestant in season five of WWE Tough Enough, where she trained to become a professional wrestler.
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Rima Fakih was born on September 22,1985, in Srifa, Lebanon, to parents Hussein and Nadia Fakih.
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Rima Fakih spent her early life in the village of Souk El Gharb, and attended a Catholic school near Beirut.
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Rima Fakih attended St John's Preparatory School in Astoria, while her father ran a restaurant in Manhattan.
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In New York, Rima Fakih's family faced discrimination, and believed that this was due to events in the Middle East.
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In 2003, Rima Fakih moved with her family to Dearborn, Michigan, home to one of the largest Arab American population in the country.
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Rima Fakih first began competing in pageantry at age 19, when she placed as the fourth runner-up at Miss Wayne County, a qualifying pageant for Miss Michigan within the Miss America system.
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Rima Fakih went on to compete in three minor international pageants.
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In 2008, Rima Fakih was selected to represent Michigan in the Miss Lebanon Emigrant pageant.
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Rima Fakih placed as the second runner-up in the competition, behind winner Carina El Kaddissi of Brazil and first runner-up Jessica Kahawaty of Australia.
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Rima Fakih was not selected as one of the fifteen semifinalists, becoming the first American entrant to fail to place in the competition since Shauntay Hinton at Miss Universe 2002, and only the fourth ever.
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Rima Fakih later completed her reign as Miss USA on June 19,2011, after crowning Alyssa Campanella of California as her successor at Miss USA 2011.
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In 2018, Rima Fakih received the license for the Miss Universe Lebanon competition, becoming the organization's national director.
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Rima Fakih organized the Miss Universe Lebanon 2018 competition, which crowned Maya Reaidy as its winner, who went on to represent Lebanon at Miss Universe 2018.
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Rima Fakih now serves as a board member for the organization.
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Rima Fakih was named as an ambassador for The Children's Cancer Center in Lebanon in February 2020.
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Rima Fakih first appeared as a guest star on the November 29,2010 episode of WWE Raw, where she crowned Sheamus as winner of the King of the Ring tournament.
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Rima Fakih later appeared as a contestant on season five of WWE Tough Enough on the USA Network, competing for a contract with the WWE as a professional wrestler.
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Rima Fakih was eliminated from the competition in week four.
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In 2012, Rima Fakih participated in the Fox dating game show The Choice as one of its four female celebrity bachelorettes in its June 28,2012 episode.
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In 2015, Rima Fakih competed in the Thai reality design competition series The Apartment - Celebrity Edition, where she placed as the runner-up behind Chinese actress Xiao Wang.
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In January 2010, Fakih received the key to Dearborn which was presented by Mayor John B O'Reilly Jr.
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In 2011, Rima Fakih was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, resulting in an arrest for misdemeanor drunk driving.
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On May 15,2016, Rima Fakih married music executive and talent manager Wassim Slaiby in a ceremony at The Patriarchal Edifice in Bkerke, Lebanon.