Fakih’s family moved to New York from Lebanon in 1993, and then to the Detroit suburb of Dearborn 10 years later. When she won the Miss USA Pageant, she became the first Arab-American to do so.

Miss Michigan Rima Fakih, left, reacts as she is crowned Miss USA 2010 by Kristen Dalton, Miss USA 2009, Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Las Vegas. ((Isaac Brekken/Associated Press)) Lebanese immigrant ...

Not even a full day has passed after Rima Fakih was crowned Miss USA, ... a 24-year-old Arab-American from Michigan, was crowned Miss USA on Sunday night during the the televised beauty pageant.

DANIEL PIPES, DanielPipes.org: “News that Rima Fakih, 24, of Dearborn, Michigan, won the Miss USA beauty pageant today prompts me to recall some prior instances of Muslim women winning beauty ...

DETROIT - Former Miss USA Rima Fakih was driving with a half-empty bottle of champagne and a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when she was arrested on a drunken driving charge ...

The former Miss Michigan and the first Arab American to win Miss USA, Fakih's arrest for DUI is not the first time the pageant winner has attracted scandal. REUTERS Rima Fakih, 26, was arrested in ...

Rima Fakih, Miss USA 2010, poses for the judges in an evening gown of her choice during the 2010 Miss Universe Presentation Show at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, Aug ...

Former beauty pageant queen Rima Fakih was driving with twice the legal blood alcohol limit — and with an open Champagne bottle in her car — when she was pulled ov… Skip to Content Sections ...

Rima Fakih Slaiby became the first Arab American to win Miss USA in 2010. She was born in Lebanon in the midst of the civil war, and her family left for New York City when she was 7 years old.

LAS VEGAS, NEV.—A 24-year-old Arab American from Michigan beat out 50 other women to take the 2010 Miss USA title Sunday night, despite nearly stumbling in her evening gown. Rima Fakih of ...

Miss Michigan Rima Fakih won the Miss USA crown on Sunday night for questionable photos of her to start making their way around the Internet. In this case, they came in the form of ...

Michigan's Alma Cooper named Miss USA 00:29 (CBS DETROIT) ... Her title win comes 14 years after Rima Fakih became the last Miss USA winner from Michigan.