This is not a good week for Muslim women celebrities. Pakistani actress Veena Malik is embroiled in a nude photo shoot controversy. And now this below.
The Huffington Post reports from the moment she received her Miss USA crown, Rima Fakih has been embroiled in controversies.
She initially grabbed headlines in 2010 when she became one of the only, if not the first, Arab American and Muslim to win the Miss USA crown. Hailing from Michigan since 2003, Fakih is a Lebanese immigrant who moved here when she was a baby and celebrates both Muslim and Christian faiths.
But despite the feel-good nature of her 2010 win, Fakih got caught up in scandal after scandal -- including a new one just last night.
TMZ reports that the beauty queen was arrested in Highland Park, Michigan on Saturday for suspicion of drunk driving. Fakih tried to deny the incident initially, tweeting on Saturday, "Let's clear things up now.... I'm NOT in Michigan and I'm NOT in jail! Wrong Fakih."
But Doraid Elder, her attorney, told the Detroit Free Press, "Unfortunately she was." The tweet has since disappeared and Elder commented that Fakih is "very saddened and very apologetic for the situation that she is in right now."
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