Fatemeh Fakhraie

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Beauty pageants are plastic and degrading for all of the run-of-the-mill feminist reasons: the history of racism and exploitation in pageants, those impossible beauty ideals, and the overwhelming sense that it's all being orchestrated for the titillation of a primarily male audience.

So imagine my surprise when I, a Muslim feminist, heard that Rima Fakih, a Michigan-based Lebanese-American Muslim woman, won this year's Miss USA contest last Sunday in Las Vegas. Did her win change all the rules overnight just because she's Arab and Muslim?

Not exactly. Let's not downplay the fact that Fakih's crown represents sexist ideals and expectations. Her victory is not a real one for Muslim women or Arab-American women, in that it does not necessarily do anything to advance rights for either group.…  Seguir leyendo »