Rana Raslan (Arabic: ??? ??????, Hebrew: ??? ??????; born 17 March 1977) is an Arab-Israeli and former model from Haifa who won the Miss Israel title in 1999.
She was the first, and so far the only, Israeli-Arab to win the first place.
She also represented Israel at the 1999 Miss Universe beauty pageant.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Raslan's nomination as a feat of democracy in Israel.
Rana Raslan describes herself as a "secular Muslim" in responding to accusations of Muslim fundamentalists regarding immorality – specifically in reference to the swimsuit part of the pageant.
Raslan's father is a Muslim-Arab, whereas her mother is a convert from Christianity to Islam.
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