Will Rima Fakih win the Miss Universe crown?

Rima Fakih, Miss USA 2010, performs in her swimsuit by Dar Be Dar Swimwear during the Presentation Show for the 2010 Miss Universe Pageant at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, August 19, 2010. Source: Flickr/ho/Miss Universe Organization LP, LLLP

Rima Fakih: Publicity photo, June 2010.

Rima Fakih, born at Srifa, South Governorate (al-Janoub), Lebanon, moved to the United States with her family in her childhood. As a Muslim and an Arab, she is the first person of her nationality, ethnicity or religion to win Miss USA. In 2008 she traveled back to Lebanon to compete in the Miss Lebanon Emigrant pageant and was Miss Lebanon Emigrant 2008 2nd runner-up.

Prior to winning the Miss USA title she worked as a sales associate at the Detroit Medical Center, developing and recruiting in the Arab American community.

Fakih won the Miss Michigan USA pageant on September 19, 2009 at the McMorran Place Theater Port Huron. In May 2010 she represented Michigan at the Miss USA 2010 pageant held at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. She won the Miss USA title on May 16, 2010, becoming the first Miss Michigan USA to win the national title since Kenya Moore in 1993.

After winning the Miss Michigan USA 2010 title in her hometown, the 24 year old beauty, it seems, she will settle for nothing less than the Miss Universe crown. Will she won’t she?

Rima Fakih competing for Miss Universe 2010

Miss Bolivia 2010 Claudia Arce Lemaitre, Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih and Miss Venezuela 2010 Marelisa Gibson pose in their swimsuits during the registration and fitting process in preparation for the Miss Universe 2010 Competition at Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Sunday August 8, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will conclude with a live telecast on August 23, 2010.

Rima Fakih, Miss USA 2010, has her make up done by Kryolan Make-Up Artist Linda Rasstanie, as she starts the registration and fitting process in preparation for the Miss Universe 2010 Competition at Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Sunday Aug. 8, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will conclude with a live telecast on Aug. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/DarrenDecker/Miss Universe Organization)

Rima Fakih in evening gown

Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih being crowned

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Rima Fakih, 24, of Dearborn, Michigan, reacts after being crowned Miss USA 2010, while Kristen Dalton, Miss USA 2009 places the Diamond Nexus Labs Crown on her, at the conclusion of the LIVE NBC telecast from the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino Theatre for the Performing Arts, in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 16, 2010. Fakih is 5'8" tall with light brown eyes and black hair. She will spend her year-long reign making special appearances on behalf of the MISS Universe Organization, its sponsors and affiliated charities.

Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih and first runner-up Morgan Elizabeth Woolard

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Morgan Elizabeth Woolard, Miss Oklahoma USA 2010 (left) and Rima Fakih, Miss Michigan USA 2010 (right), wait for the judges’ decision for the title of MISS USA 2010 to be announced by co-hosts Curtis Stone and Natalie Morales from the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino Theatre for the Performing Arts, in Las Vegas May 16, 2010.