1. Sarah Abdali Idan is an Iraqi-American model, television host, musician, beauty pageant titleholder, and politician who was crowned as Miss Universe Iraq 2017 and represented Iraq at the Miss Universe 2017 pageant.
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Sarah Idan defines herself as a cultural Muslim and supporter of Israel.
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When she was 13, Sarah Idan taught herself English by listening to the lyrics of western music.
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Sarah Idan joined the US-led Coalition forces stationed around Baghdad in 2009.
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Sarah Idan later studied in the US, graduating from Musicians Institute in performance arts in Hollywood, Los Angeles with a major in jazz and contemporary music.
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Sarah Idan describes herself as not very religious, but more spiritual and a cultural Muslim.
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In 2007, while living as a refugee in Syria, Sarah Idan attended a live concert of Enrique Iglesias in Damascus and realized she wanted to be a musician.
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Sarah Idan met with Enrique and his band after the concert and became friends with pianist Michael Bluestein whom she corresponded with through email.
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Sarah Idan plays piano, guitar and harmonica and can sing in English, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and French.
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Sarah Idan later represented Iraq at the Miss Universe 2017 pageant in Las Vegas.
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Sarah Idan is the first Iraqi model to participate in the Miss Universe pageant in 45 years.
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Sarah Idan immigrated to the United States in December 2009.
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In June 2019, Sarah Idan became an Ambassador for Peace by UN Watch, and she spoke at the UNHRC, criticizing the Iraqi government's failure to condemn death threats against her and its curtailment of freedom of speech.
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Sarah Idan called out biased media for not reporting on Hamas firing missiles at Israeli civilians and using Palestinians as human shields.
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In June 2018, Sarah Idan went to visit her friend Adar Gandelsman in Jerusalem.
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Sarah Idan toured in Mahane Yehuda Market where she was received warmly by the Israeli Jews of Iraqi origin.